Demoscene: The Strangest (and Coolest) Computer Subculture - Inside Gaming Explains

If this sparked an interest in your little acid ravin' computer art-ing gamer heart, here are some links for further Demoscene exploration:

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[SterlingHarrison]

The happiness in Lawrence’s eyes when he gets to talk about nerd shit is heart warming

[synomuumi]

The biggest gaming and esports event in Finland, Assembly, actually began as a demo show

[JimLeonard]

0:23 I did not expect to see myself in an Inside Gaming video :-) Thanks very much for covering this topic, it's always nice to see the demoscene get some coverage.

[jimemmonstein]

This is absolutely the best content I've seen on this channel since you started it. This is what I want to see more of. This is journalism filled with positive attitude, excitement and just intense interest. This is what will make people remember you as a channel that was a 'good' experience, instead of one that presents a ton of 'negative' feedback and info dumping (that can be found on, quite literally, 300 other channels)

[TrashHeapCustodian]

I would honestly love a "Lawdogg nerds out about random shit" show on the regular

[Assassin_Duck]

One of the biggest "gatherings" of the demo scene back in the day was a Norwegian convention/expo called The gathering. It is a crossover between a nerd convention and a Lan party and it's great fun to attend.

[antonm_]

The Pico-8 community seems to be the place for new "demos", especially when looking at 3D stuff (pico-8 is a virtual console specifically for 2D, and so 3D is implemented as a software renderer).

[happydawg]

Aaaah the good old days of the demoscene, 740kb of pure optimized code running on Amiga with graphics that will become affordable on PCs 8 years later.

[xenocore]

My taste in music was set in place by demo scenes and the Future Crew. Explains why I like euro-centric techno!

[mglanzer]

I used quite a lot of the code I used in my cracktros and demos later on in the commercial GBA/PS1/PS2 games I worked on. Good times.

[seanl]

I want more stuff like this from inside gaming, too bad they're reserved for the Sunday shows

[selfsch]

I like how often Lawrence had to reiterate how "cool" all of that was hehe.

[TrustyLicious]

Awesome! Thanks for the education. I love finding out what influenced things I use on a daily basis. It would be cool to delve into this, and see how it changed the gaming world today.

[thejagermeizter]

Haircut looking fresh. Happy to see you back on Inside Gaming Lawrence

[dovesr]

Bless this channel, they are not afraid to cover obscure topics. I had no idea this ever existed, really great info here. Also Lawrence looking sharp af with that fresh cut.

[JoolsyB]

I remember the Atari XL demo scene in the 80's, I even did the music for a few, my old pal "Zaphod" was a genius demo coder.

[selosindis]

I love the entire team, but it's really good to see Lawrence!

[jacksterlaugh]

This is really cool that you touch on something that is a fossil of what the industry is today and now I feel the warm and fuzzy seeing this again! Thanks guys keep up the good work! This is what keeps me coming back.

[Cygnet]

Those flashy noisy crack files that euhh my friend always used make a lot more sense now.

[Rianoria]

I learned something today. Today was a good day.