X2018

[Eight Bit]

As some of you might know by now I'm one of the organizers of the C64 X parties. Last weekend I've been very busy working at X2018. The biggest, baddest C64 only party out there. For 3 days over 400 visitors from all over the world came to Someren/Netherlands to celebrate the C64 scene with demo, gfx, and music competitions, performances, lectures, free drinks and food and a lot of cool people.

I wanted to share some of the jaw-dropping C64 releases here, if you have some spare time it's really worth it to watch the demo's. If no real hardware or emulator is available I guess you could also check out youtube.
I'll just link the winning demo here

Star Wars by Censor Design.


To make life a little lazier, here's a gallery with screenshots of just about all releases, that should give a nce impression.
https://tomseditor.com/gallery/source/X'2018&details=full&page=0

And here's some pictures of the party
https://www.scs-trc.net/gallery/

more on youtube and csdb

Next edition will be in 2020 and that will also be our 25 year anniversary.
[doublepost=1541631063,1541630437][/doublepost]Someone made a playlist of the music compo tunes

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li...0BYnKd4qS8A-OjMAa010PBfJj15uBNXAQXCtnqdCuN-Yw

 

[levi]

Second place demo is well worth a watch too:

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Here's the third place video:
just kidding.

The Star Wars demo is impressive, I enjoyed the music which is a piece of work that was really worked on.

 

[Eight Bit]

Well, to be honest... The GP demo, X marks the spot is also amazing. Not so much code porn but jaw dropping gfx for sure.
I liked the Atlantis demo (#4) a lot becasuse of the humor in it....

A fck it, all of it is amazing!

 

[levi]

The Star Wars demo is impressive, I enjoyed the music which is a piece of work that was really worked on.

Yeah, I was a little confused when it went a bit Bowie at the end of the first side, but the joke payoff was well worth it. I don't think all of the music on the second side was John Williams either, but I lost track slightly by then.

 

[rSl]

thanks for doing this great c64 party!

allready watched a lot of vids/images and wanted to ask if there is footage of gideon's x18 ultimate 64 talk.

 

[Eight Bit]

Thanks! We love organizing it! The C64 scene/people is/are amazing.
Unfortunately we haven't recorded the lectures..... To be honest I completely forgot to rent stuff for registration/archiving purposes. Just about all video's and photo's are made by visitors, I haven't taken a single picture myself. Too busy.
Gideon's talk was more a demonstration of the U64 and a Q&A. The C64 debugger talk was super interesting also... That's some amazing piece of software.

This is already an older video but it gives a nice impression of what this package can do. It got even better since then.

I noted your request and will try to have recording equipment in place for 2020. Maybe @EvilDragon can come do a nice documentary as he has all required hardware. I'll arrange free admission for him

 

[pmprog]

I'm one of the organizers of the C64 X parties

I had no idea, but that's cool!

I must admit, I've always wanted to get to one of these parties, but never really get the chance

 

[pmprog]

C64.com posted a timelapse video