"1995" by kewlers and mfx - [HD]

"1995" by kewlers and mfx - PC demo that placed 3rd in the demo compo at Assembly 2006. www.pouet.net/...
Get the demo's soundtrack by Little Bitchard (name your price): bit.ly/ChooseZ...
I finally got a new machine so this is a kkapture re-upload in HD of the video (the other one was captured via Composite out as I didn't have kkapture back then).

[@jasperd.5734]

So, who is enjoying this in 2023? I had somehow missed this demo the last 17 (!!) years, even though it embodies everything I love. The 90s, the 'basic' yet awesome effects and the overall polish. This easily should have won in my opinion. One minor, minor gripe: is there a way to run this in modern resolutions? I am typing this on a 4K monitor, and having to play it at 1300x700 is painful.... :)
Anyway, Kewlers should be back!

[@athr0x]

Choose Zero Polys and Shaders is one of those demoscene tracks that just stay awesome forever.

[@pr0ntab]

This is still one of my favorite demos, if for nothing else, for the overall direction and the way they integrate the greetz into the production.

[@pr0ntab]

I was on pouet.net recently and a oft-repeated criticism of this prod is how disjoint it looks. I thought about this criticism and decided I needed to put a rebuttal out there.
It's a shame that people think this demo is slapdash, because it's like they missed the point. It's supposed to embody the spirit of the old-school demo where this was the norm-- where you strung together the coolest looking hacks you could pull off against a bumping soundtrack your friend made in the 36 hours before the submission deadline. Where graphics and design win out over polys and shaders.
If you watch it closely, you'll see they re-use and combine effects like musical hooks from scene to scene. For example the models rendered into a series of cubes (second and second to last scenes), the zoom-through effects for scene transitions, or less obviously, the misappropriation of a particle rendering scene to look like something else (the realtime raytrace, starfield, and volumetric head scenes). They use screen-aligned cubes and squares as particle effects in such scenes almost exclusively, doubling down on that in text effects and the oscilloscope during the greetz bridge. There's even a consistent color palette across the whole production.
That sort of intricacy to achieve an intentionally first-blush "amateurish" production is so satisfying to unpack because of how well-executed it is.
And this nostalgia-fueled introspective production is now 11 years old. Jesus.

[@one-bell]

still good half a decade later.

[@vurpo7080]

Still played on repeat at Assembly 2017

[@chip-toon]

still good OVER a decade later in fact!

[@aev-g8c]

1:39 gives me chills every time
suchs awesome demo with great music :)

[@theevilcottonball]

I like the credits

[@ZILOGz80VIDEOS]

this is far and away my favorite demo.

[@5etok]

Super transitions, greetz, thumping music, unapologetic, no snores. The last real proper demo ever made... ?

1995 it's the most awesome single demo i've ever seen.

[@AwesomeAxolotlt]

the credits song is a total banger, one of my all-time favorites

[@darksecond]

sounds and looks great

[@OOverflowW]

Such a masterpiece !

[@irisgabriela5456]

Delta Heavy was born with this track,thanks I love it!!
1❤️from Buenos Aires

[@RobertSelberg]

Awesome demo!

[@andrethomasson]

Best Greeting scene ever :-)

[@yann-pennaneac]

AMAZING !!!!! Salutation SLAINE of DELIGHT ^^

[@TheSteltek]

@jackihazard "Choose Zero Polys and Shaders" is the name of the song by Little Bitchard that forms the soundtrack of this demo. "1995" is the name of the demo.

[@plonk420]

fyi they've released 18 prods since this one (as of this point in time)
google pouet kewlers.

[@mxjf]

crazy awesome demo. nice rendering too ^^

[@DusteDdekay]

Amazing demo, also runs perfectly in wine under linux

[@jarblewarble]

Choose 0 polygons and 0 shaders? I can't count the number of polygons and shaders that were used in this demo.

[@jmm1233]

if i had a chance i would so put this in the tate modern art gallery on a gigantic monitor

[@filemot25]

I was born this year :D

[@kamidphish]

Download the demo. The mp3 is in the data folder.

[@Ultravore]

man I really want this demo in UHD. if you start it it only allows resolutions up to 1366x768. but theoretically it should be possible to run it at 3840x2160. does anyone know how do do that?

[@DangerCZ]

awe... wait for it.. some!:D

[@TheArtsyAlien]

makes me wanna play mw2 again :)

[@mogstah]

@AndeeGH4 I think i'll modify one of Clarkes 3 laws here: Anything related to computers to the uneducated is indiscernible from video games

[@anarkhya.]

Sure, go to scene[.]org and do a search for "zero poly", the tune played here is choose_zero_polys_and_shaders_by_little_bitchard

[@beingatliberty]

a demo scene museum it should be done - imagine if this was third what on earth was first ! :)

[@1337Shockwav3]

Computergame Museum of Berlin has a demoscene booth. Not that it saves that place.

[@plokooni]

Awesome demo! And still didnt win demo compo asm 2006!

[@TheSteltek]

... and a massive sound system of course, right?

[@jmm1233]

twice the sound system

[@AndeeGH4]

Reminds me of a video game =d

[@jackihazard]

@TheSteltek understood ^^

[@mattmatthew]

jesus christ MFX still kills. i want the song. anyone know where i can get it?

[@jackihazard]

it isn't Choose Zero Polys and Shaders??

[@sooooooooooomebody]

Well, did they?