Nine Fingers
Encyclopedia
9 Fingers is an Amiga
demo
by Spaceballs
, which came in fourth in The Party
1993 demo competition. In many ways, it is a successor to State of the Art, sporting the same kind of vector graphics (but slightly more advanced, and featuring an automatic tracer instead of doing it by hand). The name comes from the fact that the main coder hurt one of his fingers at the party, and thus had to finish the coding with only nine fingers.
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
demo
Demoscene
The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations that run in real-time on a computer...
by Spaceballs
Spaceballs (demogroup)
Spaceballs is an Amiga demo group from Norway, originally based around the city of Halden. It was formed in 1987, but did not make its first release until 1989.The group has released many demos, including State of the Art and Nine Fingers...
, which came in fourth in The Party
The Party (demo party)
The Party was an annual demoscene event held from 1991 to 2002 in Denmark. It was one of the first events of its kind and set the trend for many other demoscene parties in Europe.-The early years:...
1993 demo competition. In many ways, it is a successor to State of the Art, sporting the same kind of vector graphics (but slightly more advanced, and featuring an automatic tracer instead of doing it by hand). The name comes from the fact that the main coder hurt one of his fingers at the party, and thus had to finish the coding with only nine fingers.
External links
- Demo entry on Pouët
- Captured version on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Original footage adapted for the demo