Overview of the Assembly 2004 party hall.

The Assembly demo party is an annual demoscene event in Finland. The main organizers of the event are Pekka Aakko (Pehu of Accession) and Jussi Laakkonen (Abyss of Future Crew). Because one image tells more than a thousand words. ... Because one image tells more than a thousand words. ... Jump to: navigation, search The demoscene is a computer subculture that came to prominence during the rise of the 16 bit micros (the Atari ST and the Amiga), but demos first appeared during the 8-bit era on computers such as the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. ... Artwork from their popular demo, Second Reality. ...

Much should be said about its history, but in later years the meeting has grown from a few dozen people into such sizes that even exposition halls no longer suffice and only the largest of sports arenas meet the programmers' needs. In 1999 they had to rent the largest sports-arena in the country, Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, with over 5000 people being in attendance with 3500 computers on the ice rink. In July 2005 the party was held for the 14th time. Jump to: navigation, search 1999(MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hartwall Areena from the south Hartwall Areena (called often Helsingin Areena (Arena of Helsinki) by Finnish press) is a large multifunctional indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland. ... Jump to: navigation, search It has been suggested that Hietaniemi beach be merged into this article or section. ... An ice rink is a frozen body of water where people can ice skate or play winter sports. ... Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes • 2005 Maharashtra floods • 2005 Gujarat Flood • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. ...

Competitions

Panorama view over the Assembly 2002 event.

The party includes multiple competitions, including but not limited to: Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1880x1088, 351 KB) Summary Stiched from a series of photos I took on Aug 1 2002. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1880x1088, 351 KB) Summary Stiched from a series of photos I took on Aug 1 2002. ...

• combined demo
• 64k intro
• 4k intro
• vocal music
• instrumental music
• drawn graphics
• fast graphics
• short film (which replaced the wild compo and animation compo in 2004)
• video game developing compo

Entries are submitted by demogroups and individual artists and are rated by judges. All demos which are deemed to be of a high enough standard are then shown on a big screen. Entries which break the competition rules (e.g. use copyrighted material, aren't suitable for the category to which they are entered) are disqualified. People who are present at the arena then vote for the entries, and the results are published on the Assembly website. The entries are usually made available by the artists at scene.org or on the artists own website. A frame part of an animation displayed in real time. ... Jump to: navigation, search A kilobyte (derived from the SI prefix kilo-) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to either 1024 or 1000 bytes. ... Jump to: navigation, search A kilobyte (derived from the SI prefix kilo-) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to either 1024 or 1000 bytes. ... Vocal music is music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. ... Short subject is an American film industry term that historically has referred to any film in the format of two reels, or approximately 20 minutes running time, or less. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Jump to: navigation, search For copyright issues in relation to Wikipedia itself, see Wikipedia:Copyrights. ... scene. ...

See also

• Boozembly

Boozembly is the officially unofficial tailgate party of the Assembly demo party held annually each summer in Helsinki, Finland. ...

In the press

• "Girls Dig Demos Too" by Steve Kettmann of Wired magazine. (August 3, 2001)

Wired magazine is a full-color monthly magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993. ...

External links

• Assembly.org - Official website
• Assemblytv.net - Official media
• Assembly 2005 - MBnet The Official Ezine of Assembly 2005.
• The ARTS Radio (MP3) contains an interview with the primary organizer of Assembly, Abyss of Future Crew.

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