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Events
Demo parties, LAN events, and gaming conferences.
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Assembly
Finland's mega-event
Assembly became the world's largest demo party, drawing thousands to Helsinki each summer for competitions that defined scene excellence.
Chaos Constructions
Russia's old-iron party
Held in Saint Petersburg, Chaos Constructions is the largest party that still regularly features the ZX Spectrum, a living home for the Eastern European 8-bit scene.
Datastorm
Amiga, and only Amiga
A Gothenburg party running since 2011, Datastorm keeps the Amiga demoscene alive on its own terms, proving the platform's creative scene never really stopped.
DreamHack
World's largest LAN
The Swedish event that grew from a small LAN party in 1994 to the world's largest digital festival, holding the Guinness record for most connected computers.
EVO
Evolution Championship Series
EVO grew from a small California tournament into the world's largest fighting game event, defining competitive standards and creating legendary moments across decades.
Mekka & Symposium
Germany's Easter party, and its bloodline
Formed by merging two earlier parties, Mekka & Symposium anchored the German Easter scene from 1996 to 2002 — and its lineage runs straight to Breakpoint and Revision.
QuakeCon
id Software's gathering
The annual convention celebrating id Software's games that grew from a 1996 Quake gathering into a major gaming event, featuring the world's largest BYOC LAN party in North America.
Revision
The modern scene gathering
Revision became the demo scene's premier event after succeeding Breakpoint, maintaining Germany's position as the scene's spiritual home.
The Gathering
Norway's Easter institution
Held every Easter in Norway since 1992, The Gathering grew into one of the world's largest computer parties, mixing demoscene competitions with a vast LAN.
The Party
Denmark's golden era
The Party was the largest demo party of the 1990s golden age, drawing thousands to Denmark and premiering legendary productions including State of the Art.
Twin Galaxies
Video game record keeping
Twin Galaxies established itself as the official scorekeeper for video game world records, documenting high scores from the golden age of arcades through the competitive gaming era.
X
The Commodore 64 party
Held in the Netherlands since the mid-1990s, X is the premier Commodore 64-only demoparty, the place where the 8-bit scene's biggest productions premiere.