We’re now done for the year. Time to play games + catch up reading. Thanks everyone for the kindness and support this year. If you’d like to help the project recover more lost pieces of history, simply spreading the word really helps. Take care, and all the best for 2026! Frank

#mountainbytes2026 ticket and t-shirt presale update! Still looking for a Christmas present for all your loved ones? Why not a distinguished culture trip to Switzerland and an exclusive t-shirt? Thanks for your pre-order, it helps us big times with the planning! mountainbytes.ch/tickets

#TRANSMISSION64 IS TODAY NOV 29TH! Join us at 16.00 CET on t64.to/watch for hours of state of the art c64 demoscene goodness. Interviews, music acts and our famous competitions, accompanied by our hosts Ziona and Slaygon from @slay.radio. You can't miss this! #c64 #demoscene #demoparty #commodore64

Seven days to Transmission64 #hype #hype You got 6 days to upload your entries for one of our C64 competitions at t64.to/vote: Music, PETSCII, BASIC oneliner, Screen Fader, Graphics, 4k & Demo categories await your prods. 9 entries have been submitted so far - are you gonna be our number 10? t64.to

Be like Extend and win a Transmission64 demo competition(*)! We have launched the 2025 party system at t64.to/register and can't wait to see your contributions starting to appear. Submission deadline is Nov 28th, 2025 at 16:00 CET. (*) Fishbomb by Extend: demozoo.org/productions/...

We are overjoyed to bring our friends @bbpokinsson.bsky.social all the way from Hamburg to play their first-ever gig in Switzerland, live at #mountainbytes 2026! 🐮❤️🐧(little insider joke for those in-the-know) Sign up now, and get notified once ticket sale starts! mountainbytes.ch/events/speci...

Ready or not Here I come You can't hide Gonna get online and have a party Transmission64 is around the corner! The world's best C64 online demoparty will take place on Nov 29th, starting at 4pm CET. Submission deadline for your contributions: Nov 28th, 4pm CET. Ready or not? t64.to

Revision is a non-profit event; however, that does not make us non-cost. Do you want to help us in realising one of the biggest participatory programming art events? Then we'd be excited to have you! [email protected] #digitalart #programming #culture #sponsoring #demoscene #floss

We not only had a fantastic evening at @vcf-ch.bsky.social yesterday, but also at #comparade #demoparty, releasing our #mountainbytes invitation! Thanks to the many sceners contributing designs! You will see (and get?) all of them in February, of course! :) demozoo.org/productions/... #demoscene

Our friends of @bbsindex.bsky.social surprised us with a little souvenir this morning! What a lovely gift, prompting us to launch the #mountainbytes 2026 website! Sign up now while we still get the program and comporules updated for you! youtu.be/X3xMhsJ9YbU?... mountainbytes.ch #demoscene #amiga

Ministère de la Culture (de la France) Experiencing intangible cultural heritage – The demoscene @echtzeitkultur.org youtu.be/_skK8JU1CPQ

Don't miss DEMONIGHTS 020! Twenty Demonights? Are you serious? Time to gather in the hackerspace in Bern again: Join us on Dec 5 2025 to look back at 19 unique Demonights followed by a curated showcase of what we think is the very best of the demoscene from 2025: demonights.ch/blog/demonig...

Screening of our latest TIC-80 demo "Prelude to Neobyte" at Demonights 019 in Bellinzona/Switzerland! Thanks @andryjoos.ch for the nice photo ♥️ And now PRESS START already ;)

That‘s today and I‘m on my way. There‘s still time to board a train and head to Bellinzona if you need something meaningful to do on this lazy Sunday! See you in a bit!

@echtzeitkultur.org celebrates code as a living craft, where algorithms groove like well-oiled gears and demos echo the Swiss Castles Day’s theme of craftsmanship. 👉 October 5th, 4-5.30pm, Castel Grande, #Bellinzona. Visual: Lucid feat Kathrin Hunze at MountainBytes ©️CC BY 4.0, maya boeckh.

Today, at 3pm: Autonomy in a Box by @psykon.net - Check out #EuroBSDCon 's livestream on peertube: exquisite.tube/w/ihyyuEHX75... Or the Big Bad Ones if you so choose 😄 m.youtube.com/watch?v=qdEM...

@psykon.net is en route to #eurobsdcon 2025! We are excited to share some insights, learnings and - of course - joy of having our very own self-hosted and #floss collaboration tool as the small NPO organisation we are: www.echtzeitkultur.org/en/2025/auto...

Welcome to another edition of the Demonights! On the Swiss Castles Day (Oct 5, 2025) we'll gather in the Castel Grande in Bellinzona for two hours of demos, old and new. Bienvenuti in Ticino! www.echtzeitkultur.org/en/2025/demo... The show is part of the Dirk Koy Exhibition, presented by @muda.co

Demoscene Report 3 September 2025 youtu.be/v1JExXRWkms

Bravo, les ami .es français.es ! 🤩 [FR] www.arte.tv/fr/videos/12... Cooler Arte-Tracks-Beitrag über Livecoding, Algraves und unsere Freunde vom Cookie Collective! [DE] www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...

= 32 bits after 32 years = We're incredibly proud to announce that Second Reality has now been finally ported to a modern operating system, and you can watch it tear up your system: no video, no emulation, just code - as it should be. conspiracy.hu/files/w32nd_... github.com/ConspiracyHu...

Sad to hear the news that videogame musician Pete Clarke passed away today after a long illness. He worked for Ocean Software and Software Creations in Manchester during the early/mid 80s and created music for the BBC Micro and C64. RIP Pete. remix64.com/news/peter-c...

1/5 ME/CFS Betroffene brauchen keine psychiatrische Betreuung, sondern eine medizinische Versorgung ihrer schweren körperlichen Krankheit. #DGN Wenn #MECFS -Betroffene jahrelang, oft jahrzehntelang, ohne basale medizinische Versorgung leben,

Have you ever tried out preserving teletext from VHS? If so, I'd be super grateful if you could take a short survey: samgu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... This would help research on teletext preservation. Questions? DM me or email [email protected]! #teletext #ceefax #archives #vhs

📣 Open Call for Participation 📣 Help us uncover the stories of marginalised pioneers in creative computing, from the #demoscene and beyond! We are excited to present our latest collaboration with the GRADE COST Action and Wikimedia Switzerland: www.echtzeitkultur.org/en/2025/make...

Demoscene Report 26 March 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jky...

I would like to remember mOdmate, a member of the #AtariST scene who passed away on March 1, 2025, with the last work in which he participated with a tune: youtu.be/JsLNt6YIxNc The list of his productions, from 1992 to the present, is impressive: demozoo.org/sceners/2104/ #atari #demoscene

Our jurors have spoken, and take a brief break now before selecting the award laureates of their categories! Want to find out who is nominated? Join us on Friday, Feb 14th at 8pm CET live on stage for the reveal show at #mountainbytes2025! @echtzeitkultur.org mountainbytes.ch/events/speci...

3D Graphics Compo Deadline Extension: We are extending the submission deadline for the #mountainbytes2025 Live Performance special to Sunday, February 2nd! We would be more than happy to have a few more entries in this very special compo-live-act crossover. 🙂 Info: mountainbytes.ch/events/speci...

Hmm irgendwie nehme ich euch das nicht ab @watson.ch… 🤔

People with #LongCovid can find it difficult to convey the debilitating impact of their condition. Now social scientists are using body mapping, a technique which has been used in trauma therapy, to help sufferers better communicate their experience. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

More than 10 talks, 3 publications, 2 exhibitions and 3 events - 2024 was a wild #demoscene year for our small association. None of this would have been possible without your donations and memberships - THANK YOU! 💙🩵🤍 Read the full proceedings report here: www.echtzeitkultur.org/en/2025/annu...

We'll be at the Vintage Computer Festival Zürich #vcf with presentation from and about the demoscene: www.echtzeitkultur.org/en/2025/demo... Join us for a trip down the memory lane and to see how incredibly vibrant those old computers still are #demoscene #demoshow

Wichtig! ME/CFS braucht unbedingt mehr Aufmerksamkeit www.republik.ch/2025/01/08/l... Vielen Dank @republik.ch für den wirklich guten Artikel, und dafür, dass er öffentlich teilbar ist <3

Der SRF Digital Podcast hat eine tolle Folge über die Cracking- und #Demoscene produziert, und uns, Gleb Albert und René von @chludens.bsky.social dazu interviewt! Hört doch mal rein: www.srf.ch/audio/digita...

ATTENTION, 3D ARTISTS! For #mountainbytes2025, we have something special planned for you: our live act with the formidable Lucid and @cathiehue.bsky.social will feature your release live-animated! Check out our special compo rules at mountainbytes.ch/events/speci... DEADLINE IS JANUARY 31ST!

Thanks everyone on site for making Demonights 018 such a memorable evening and much love to the peeps at Chaostreff Bern for the invitation, the flawless tech setup and the unexpected ability to host 50 people for an evening ❤️ Playlist of the demoshow at demonights.ch/blog/demonig... #demoscene

Fancy a hotel stay during #mountainbytes2025? We have a special deal for you - drop us an email to info[at]mountainbytes[dot]ch, and we'll send you a promo code to stay at SwissEver Hotel Cham for only 115 CHF single/140 CHF double per night! Only limited rooms available, so be quick!

📣 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 📣 Our Demolab Workshop will make its return at #MountainBytes2025, and we could still use a few mentors (it's easier and more fun than you think!) as well as music snippet donations for the attendees. Read more here: mountainbytes.ch/events/Works...

Transmission64 is LIVE! Tune in at t64.to/watch right now and enjoy 8 hours of C64 goodness!

If you‘ve got some love for the good old C64, the demoscene or just feel like spending a retro computing Saturday, then you should tune in! I‘m part of the organizing team of @transmission64.com and will be happy to help creating this event for you!

In der Schweiz gibt es schlicht zu viele Autos, und sie machen uns das Leben schwer. Ein letzter Aufruf gegen den #Autobahnausbau von @ralbisser.bsky.social (1/2)

Get your demos, 4k, fader, basic oneliner, pixel graphics and SIDs ready, get a votekey and upload to our party mgmt system! Or just get ready to join us on the 23rd! Demoparty hype is in the air 🪩 fly to t64.to for all the details #c64 #demoscene

Greetings from Berlin where the 10th #Esri European #DevSummit is being kicked off with the plenary session. Who of you am I going to meet here this week? Let‘s talk about #GIS tech and enterprise GIS! #gischat #arcgis

We're ready for your entries <3 Email us at [email protected] to get an access key and head over to vote.transmission64.com to upload your entries. Thank you for your support! 
Deadline is Nov 22nd, 2024 16:00 CET. 
See you online! 
#demoscene #demoparty #c64

Can you imagine something more romantic than Valentine's at your favourite Swiss demoparty? We sure can't! Sign-up now for MountainBytes Demoparty, Feb 14-16th: mountainbytes.ch #demoscene

Jeden Tag daran erinnern, dass #MECFS #PostCovid & das #Postvac Syndrom somatische Erkrankungen sind und, unabhängig der Ursache (!), alle Betroffenen JETZT Versorgung brauchen! #aufklärung #forschung #versorgung #millionsmissing

Sprache verharmlost! Ich übersetze für euch: -"Engpässe beseitigen": Autobahnen ausbauen -"Kollision mit Auto": Autofahrer tötet Fussgänger -"Pflanzenschutz": Pestizide -"Wölfe regulieren": Wölfe abschiessen -"Technologieoffenheit": weiterhin Uran und Erdöl fördern -"militärische Operation": Krieg

Didn't manage to see our exhibition "PROW:ESSE - Gender Diversity in Digital Arts & Craft" in person? You can now read a full report, in which we also share our experiences and learnings for anyone who wants to build an exhibition or partner with us to host it: www.echtzeitkultur.org/en/prowesse-2/

Win the demo compo at Transmission64 2024 and get an assmbled EVO64 board. Details here: transmission64.com/2024/10/16/w...