The Judges (demogroup)
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The Judges was a Dutch Commodore 64
group known as one of the earliest dedicated demogroup
s. The Judges released several demos
for the Commodore 64 home computer between the years 1986 - 1988. Groups such as The Judges are regarded as early pioneers of what came to be known as the demoscene
.
A technical milestone often attributed to The Judges, particularly the programmer Bart "White" Meeuwissen, is the invention of the FLD (Flexible Line Distance) technique, which was used in the Think Twice series of demos. As the name implies, FLD made it possible to have a variable distance between the individual text or graphics lines generated by the VIC-II
video chip. FLD facilitated many new effects used in several games and demos, and it was also used to create new graphics modes with much lesser restrictions in the color placement.
The group's musician Jeroen "Red" Kimmel went on to compose and sell video game music commercially for different platforms such as the C64, Amiga and MSX computers.
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
group known as one of the earliest dedicated demogroup
Demogroup
Demogroups are teams of demosceners, who make computer based audio-visual works of art known as demos. Demogroups form a subculture collectively known as the demoscene....
s. The Judges released several demos
Demo (computer programming)
A demo is a non-interactive multimedia presentation made within the computer subculture known as the demoscene. Demogroups create demos to demonstrate their abilities in programming, music, drawing, and 3D modeling...
for the Commodore 64 home computer between the years 1986 - 1988. Groups such as The Judges are regarded as early pioneers of what came to be known as the demoscene
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...
.
A technical milestone often attributed to The Judges, particularly the programmer Bart "White" Meeuwissen, is the invention of the FLD (Flexible Line Distance) technique, which was used in the Think Twice series of demos. As the name implies, FLD made it possible to have a variable distance between the individual text or graphics lines generated by the VIC-II
MOS Technology VIC-II
The VIC-II , specifically known as the MOS Technology 6567/8562/8564 , 6569/8565/8566 , is the microchip tasked with generating Y/C/composite video graphics and DRAM refresh signals in the Commodore 64 and C128 home computers.Succeeding MOS's original VIC , the VIC-II was one of the two chips...
video chip. FLD facilitated many new effects used in several games and demos, and it was also used to create new graphics modes with much lesser restrictions in the color placement.
The group's musician Jeroen "Red" Kimmel went on to compose and sell video game music commercially for different platforms such as the C64, Amiga and MSX computers.
Members
- Jeroen "Red" Kimmel
- Bart "White" Meeuwissen
- Hans "Der Hansie" van Gink
- Corne "Coko" Koen
Releases
- Think Twice series (parts 1-5, released in 1987 and 1988)
- Crazy Sample 1 & 2
- HubbardRob HubbardRob Hubbard is a music composer best known for his composition of computer game theme music, especially for microcomputers of the 1980s such as the Commodore 64...
Track series (parts 1-3) - Rhaa Lovely 1 & 2
- Touch Me
- Jugglin' Judge
- Rascal
- Mikie's Music
- It's a Kind of Magic
- Phantom of the Asteroid Music