In my teens I was participating in The Demoscene, mostly part of the group Eon. And a phenomena were people competed in skill, on the Amiga homecomputer, an early multimedia computer. The rejected were called “lamers”, which in this context really is a follower of Elf. It became a debated expression and is not used anymore. It was replaced by Net Troll (which is really much the same.)
It had influences from the C64, where game programmers had pushed the abilities of this computer, often beyond what was though spec. Where I got to know Dex.
And as I turned 18,in 94 the amiga phenomena really was over.
It was an interest for the intelligent. About pushing the computers abilities, to the max. And related code, music graphics.
The main gist of it started in 90, when Cryptoburners “copy party” was busted by Police, and BJ electronics. (This is quite famous in the circles). After this, participants decided to focus on their own productions, and not game piracy.
As part of Eon, I went to some “gatherings” as they were called after this, and had a 1st with music at The Gathering Light 92, with an amiga music “module” as they were called, a file incorporating the samples and notes for the music piece, called B i T Sounds.
And a had few bouts of Metroid.
“Eon” is also used by others, such as Eon productions, behind the James Bond series. It can also be represented by a 3. As in System 3, and S3 Graphics.
After this I joined Majic 12. And had a 3rd at The Gathering 93, with Style Blend. (3 votes from 1st.) They are still uploaded to the internet by people. After this the gatherings generally have become more cultic.
My official music module collection is here: scene.org file archive :: browsing /music/artists/bit/
After this I rather became a tech music artist. And worked on what became Giad Ta R.
One could wonder if the demoscenes Bitfellas and Demobit gathering, are later offshoots of my involvement.
I could still work with demoscene if someone wanted to do video for tech music.