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Hello, this is a list of demoscene productions from each year that I recommend you to see. This is not a best-of list per se, but a selection of works with fascinating, often distinctive qualities. A local maximum of creativity. More…
Coup de cœur is a French expression roughly similar to "love at first sight" in English. It comes from the Demoscene website pouet.net where it acts as a special honor the users can bestow on Demoscene productions. This lists purpose is to provide coherent selection of such interesting productions.
Indeed the keyword here is interesting ; Demos that in various ways stand out and fascinate and inspire the mind. This is not a quest for technical skill—though such merits are not left overlooked—but to celebrate bold creative decisions and artistic talent. The best technical solutions are such that help reach that goal. These are not the best demoscene productions ever made, but the ones that have given me the most striking impression.
There is no specific criteria to be met. The list is constructed entirely arbitrarily by one person. It includes both the famous and the forgotten, the alauded and the lampooned. I've also consciously decided to exclude my own work from the list, since it's extremely difficult to judge their merits from my own perspective and to pit against others' works. The exception to this is Waillee, which I still years later feel holds up and makes a meaningful enough statement to warrant inclusion (though my mind may change in the future…).
I apologize for the susceptible layout and the extremely dodgy CSS; I am no web developer. The page uses some Javascript to toggle this disclaimer and also to query the screenshot images. Many thanks to Gargaj for help with that feature, and for administrating Pouët and all its data.
ps. please don't take the title too seriously.
Slay Bells, Win/PC
61Q0, Web/JS
Peisik & ____blnk, Win/PC
Still, Win/PC
FMS_Cat, Win/PC 64k
MFX & Holon, Win/PC
LJ & Virgill, Win/PC 4k
Limp Ninja, Win/PC
The Black Lotus, OCS/Amiga
Dekadence, iPhone
Petet & Sintel, TIC-80
FMS_Cat, Web/JS
Altair, Win/PC
K-Storm, Win/PC
Jumalauta, Animation/Video
Orange, Win/PC
Altair, Win/PC
Limp Ninja, Win/PC
Prismbeings, Win/PC 4k
Satori, Win/PC
Multistyle Labs, Commodore 64 (Musicdisk)
Quite & T-Rex, Win/PC
Eos & Alcatraz, Win/PC 4k
FMS_Cat, Web/JS
lft, Commodore 64
Fairlight, Commodore 64
Satori, Win/PC
Darkness Lay Your Eyes Upon Me
Conspiracy, Win/PC 64k
Mercury, Win/PC 64k
Satori, Win/PC
Fairlight & CNCD, Win/PC
Jugz, Win/PC
Jupiter 666 Video Computer System
Hackers, Win/PC
Computer Graphics Demonstration Tape
Hackers, Win/PC
One Studio Off, Win/PC
Jorge Fuentes, Animation/Video
ASD, Win/PC
Limp Ninja, Win/PC
Hack'n'Trade, Commodore 64
Illogictree, Win/PC
Adapt, Win/PC
Satori, Win/PC
Dead Roman, Win/PC
ASD, Win/PC
Holon, Win/PC
Satori, Win/PC
Komplex, Win/PC
Nothing, Processing/PC
Quite, Win/PC 4k
Still, Win/PC
mfx, Win/PC
Limp Ninja, Win/PC
mfx, Win/PC
Up Rough, AGA/Amiga
Limp Ninja, Win/PC
Calodox, Win/PC 4k (collection)
Wamma & PWP, 2600/Atari
M&M, Commodore 64
Farbrausch, Win/PC
Kewlers, Win/PC 64k
Xplsv, Win/PC
Ephidrena, AGA/Amiga
!=, NEC PC-Engine
Fairlight, Commodore 64
tb2, Win/PC 64k
One Million Lightyears From Earth
Fairlight, Commodore 64
Unik, Win/PC 64k
Up Rough, AGA/Amiga
Kolor, Win/PC
Haujobb, Win/PC
Da Jormas, Win/PC
Fairlight, Commodore 64
Ephidrena, AGA/Amiga
Sunflower, Win/PC
Mass, Animation/Video
Downtown, MS-DOS/PC 64k
Mindforce & Park Studios, Win/PC 64k
Pas Maters, AGA/Amiga 64k
Wrath Designs, Commodore 64
Inf, Win/PC
Replay, Win/PC 64k
Doomsday, MS-DOS/PC
tb2, Win/PC
Mewlers, MS-DOS/PC 64k
Ozone, AGA/Amiga 64k
Nah-Kolor, MS-DOS/PC 64k
Hellcore & Omnicolour, MS-DOS/PC 64k
Nah-Kolor, MS-DOS/PC
Halcyon, MS-DOS/PC 64k
Extend, Commodore 64
Jamm, MS-DOS/PC 64k
Pulse, MS-DOS/PC
Hellcore & Omnicolour, MS-DOS/PC 64k
TPOLM, MS-DOS/PC
Sonik Clique, AGA/Amiga
Pulse, MS-DOS/PC
Carillion & Cyberiad, AGA/Amiga
Smoke, AGA/Amiga
TPOLM, MS-DOS/PC 64k
Astroidea & Chrome, MS-DOS/PC 64k
Mist, MS-DOS/PC 64k
Orange, MS-DOS/PC
Virtual Dreams & Fairlight, AGA/Amiga
Jamm, MS-DOS/PC 64k
Kooma, MS-DOS/PC
Polka Brothers, AGA/Amiga
Movement, AGA/Amiga
Sanity, OCS/Amiga
The Silents, Animation/Video