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And those hackers became competitive to see who could put the coolest looking intro in front of the hacked/cracked software bragging about who crack it. And th

And those hackers became competitive to see who could put the coolest looking intro in front of the hacked/cracked software bragging about who crack it. And then those intros eventually gave rise to what they called the Demo Scene where "hackers" would gather to see who could write the coolest visual/audio experience under various levels of constraint. And many of the graphic algorithms derived by hackers in the demo scene gave rise to the algorithms used in today's 3D videocards.

mustacheemperor 7y ago
> those hackers became competitive to see who could put the coolest looking intro in front of the hacked/cracked software bragging about who crack it. I recall seeing a website that collected a large number of such intros, I think posted here a while back. It was very aesthetically interesting and quite pleasantly nostalgic and now I can’t locate it, hopefully some other visitor to this thread can.
- PokeyCat 7y ago
  Probably pouet.net . I'm still amazed by so many of the 64k demos on there... incredible what you can do with that little space.
- ebbe 7y ago
  you might be thinking pouet.net
analognoise 7y ago
"And many of the graphic algorithms derived by hackers in the demo scene gave rise to the algorithms used in today's 3D videocards." Is there anything to support this?