____(\·------------------------- ---- --- -- - - - - \)· SEE INSIDE FOR DETAILS - INSIDIOUS yOOOOm - tHIS fILE pASSED oNE of tHE lAST! - yUUhU! NO TIME FOR CRITICISM ·(\ ____ - - - --- --- --------- ----------------------·\) @BEGIN_FILE_ID.DIZ Official invitation to The Party 1999 @END_FILE_ID.DIZ Official invitation to The Party 1999 Welcome to the last party of the millennium. For the 9th time in a row you are invited to experience the latest and greatest in computer generated music, graphics and demo's. The end of the millennium - it demands something extrodinary, and that's exactly what we have in store for you. The fastest network ever, the best equipment for showing your productions, the best internet connection ever, and more conferences. And that is not even all of the goodies we have in store for you, but hey - it's no fun if there no surprises! So get your gear together, grab something that resembles a sleeping bag and head out for Aars, it's party time. Need we say more... The Party 1999 will be held in Messecenter Aars, like last year. The doors will officially open at the 27th of December at 08:00 CET and closed again on the 29th of December at 15:00 CET. It's also possible to arrive on the 26th of December, movement, network and sleeping limitations may apply. Presale tickets from Arte / Global Tickets / Billetnet can be purchased for DKK 350,- At the door it's DKK 400,- Also an Additional DKK 50,- will be added for guests arriving on the 26th of December. We have a lot of great facilities for you this year, this is a few of them: Room for min. 4000 people! A separate sleeping area Cafeteria and supply stores will be open 24h Extreme sound system and 10 x 8 meter big screen Fastest network ever Fastest internet connection ever Free access to improved toilet and shower facilities More power than ever for your computers 55 hours non-stop activities 15 big main competitions Surprise competitions Seminars and Conferences Live concerts on stage Computer game championships Linux install party Y2k event Exhibition If you want to take part in a competition you must be present at The Party during the presentation and prize ceremony If too many contributions are delivered for a competition a jury will select contributions for presentation Contributions can only participate in one competition We will copy and spread all contributions Contributions must be final, no bug-fixes will be accepted before or after presentation Contributions must be uploaded via network, or handed over in the information on floppies or CD's (ISO9660, 8+3 only) along with a paper sheet providing information about Title, Handle, Group, Compo, Hardware requirements and execution instructions Compo disks, CD's and video tapes will not be returned All entries for Amiga can be compressed with either LZX or LHA All entries for PC must be compressed with ZIP, and ready for distribution No self-extracting archives will be allowed No other archive-types is allowed Contributions with racial content (incl. anti-racial), and other radical content will not be accepted Contributions must be virus free and Y2K compliant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Must be shown by your computer or delivered on VHS, SVHS, DV tape or as MPEG and AVI Allowed audio connectors: (mini)jack (mono/stereo), scart, phono (mono/stereo) Allowed video connectors: Phono composite PAL, VGA/SVGA 15 pin SUBD (max res. 1024x768), scart, SVHS mini din A complete list of the hardware & software used must be handed in No more than 15 min. will be shown Take up no more than 8MB on disk in uncompressed form Max. one demo per coder HD installable and runable The demo must make a clean exit to a prompt Must work after SetPatch is installed No more than 10 min. will be shown Allowed API: CyberGraphics, Warp3D Must be a standalone executable with or without data files Use no more than 560KB of conventional memory Take up no more than 8MB in disk in executable form Max. screen resolution is 1024x768 Change of screen mode during the demo is not recommended Must be able to run on 64MB of physical memory and 64MB of swap space.Max. one demo per coder No more than 10 min. will be shown Demo must exit when Left Mouse button is pressed Allowed 3D APIs: Direct3D, OpenGL. Installed software: Windows 98, DirectX 7.0, NVidia OpenGL ICD Will be shown in latest Internet Explorer under WinNT4.0 Will be shown from a web serve via LAN Must be a 100% pure Java applet Must run on any platform Must run on any Java2 enabled browser Max. 8MB compiled including all class, html, graphics, audio and data files A .zip or .jar archive may be used Source code is not required to be submitted May run in Explorer window or open separate window HTML page in which to run the applet must be provided Max. resolution is 640x480 24bit Only one demo per coder No more than 5 min. will be shown Must be a standalone executable with or without data files Must be able to run on 64MB of physical memory (and 64MB of swap space on Windows). Take up no more than 8MB on disk in executable form Max. screen resolution is 1024x768 (Default resolution is 800x600 16bit) Change of screenmode during the demo is not recommended Max. one demo per coder No more than 10 min. will be shown Demo must exit when Left Mouse button is pressed For DOS: Use no more than 560 KB of conventional memory Run while HIMEM.SYS is loaded For Windows: Installed software: Windows 98, DirectX 7.0 Must be a standalone executable with or without data files Take up no more than 8MB in disk in executable form Installed software: Redhat, glibc2.1, XFree 3.3.4, SDL, OpenPTC, Hermes, GGI, GII, svgalib, MIDAS Max. screen resolution is 1024x768 32bit Change of screenmode during the demo is not recommended Max. one demo per coder No more than 10 min. will be shown Standard C64 without accessories Must be executable Please specify if old or new Sid chip is used No more than 10 min. will be shown Max size is 40 KBytes HD installable and runable The intro must make a clean exit to a prompt Must work after SetPatch is installed Max. one intro per coder Must be right mousebutton exitable No more than 5 min. will be shown Max size is 64 KBytes Must be a standalone executable with or without data files Use no more than 560KB of conventional memory Support silent mode (-nosound) Take up no more than 64KB on disk in executable form Run while HIMEM.SYS is loaded Max. screen resolution is 1024x768 Change of screen mode during the intro is not recommended Exit by pressing ESC-key at any time Soundblaster AWE64 must be supported, but if the demo also supports GUS, GUS will be used during the presentation Max. one demo per coder No more than 5 min. will be shown Max. size is 1MB Max. resolution is 1024x768 24bit Acceptable filetypes are: IFF, TIFF, GIF, PCX, JPEG, TARGA, PNG The picture must be hand drawn, and not contain rendered, calculated or scanned graphics Max. one picture per artist Max. size is 1MB Max. resolution is 1024x768 24bit Acceptable filetypes are: IFF, TIFF, GIF, PCX, JPEG, TARGA, PNG The picture must be computer generated/calculated, not hand drawn or scanned Max. one picture per artist May not be old, reused, retouched or scanned No music allowed No sprites or moving parts Must be executable Max. size is 1MB Acceptable file formats are: Fast Tracker 2, Impulse Tracker, Scream Tracker 3, Octamed, Digibooster Entries will be played on a GUS max soundboard or Amiga (Octamed, Digibooster) Max. one tune per musician No more than 5 min. will be played Max. size is 1MB File format must be Protracker Entries will be played on Amiga with Hippo player Max. one tune per musician No more than 5 min. will be played Pictures not allowed No more than 5 min. will be played Must be executable Please specify if new or old Sid chip is used -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amiga 4000 060 50 MHz and 604e 233 Mhz CyberVision PPC(With the newest CGFX drivers) 64MB Fast Ram 2MB Chip Ram CyberGraphics is an option Pentium II 128MB Ram NVidia TNT2 32MB Soundblaster AWE64 10/100Mbit switched twisted pair for everyone. All connected to 4 lightning fast 32Gigabit backplane switches connected by fibre and PDS-5. There will also be an incredible fast FTP server for sharing The Party distributions and other free software. And of course a nice linkup to the internet. Read more on the network page. We will not accept anybody selling anything without prior written permission Alcohol and drugs are not allowed at The Party. If we find any, it will be confiscated and NOT given back Intoxicated people will be thrown out or handed over to the police We will not accept any kind of weapons, spraycans and fireworks People who cause damages of any kind, will ofcourse have to pay for it. Further damage may be covered by reducing prizes We take no responsibility for illegal swapping of software, hardware, video etc. This is not a copy party, it's a demo party! We will not accept and form of child pornography. If we find it, equipment will be confiscated and the responsible will be reported and handed over to the police Party place Messecenter Aars Messevej 1 DK-9600 Aars Denmark Phone: +45 98624800 Fax: +45 98622965 WWW: www.aarsmessecenter.dk Email: aa@post8.tele.dk The Party The Party f.m.b.a Vibevej 25 DK-7600 Struer Denmark Phone: +45 87110700 (Business) Phone: +45 40729876 (Guests) Fax: +45 87110701 Email: See email page _ _ _ _ _ _ / \ ·/(_____ sIMPLY tO g0OD fOR yOU! _____)\· / \ <- THE LOS ENDOS BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM -> \ _____ _____ / ·\( sIMPLY tO fAST for yOU! )/· \_ _ _ _ _ _/