Wired

Wired was a Belgian annual demoparty which ran from 1994 to 1998. Typical competitions included PC and Amiga demos and intros, handmade and ray traced graphics, music and surprise competitions (where theme and rules are announced around two hours prior the deadline). History The first edition took place at the Université de Mons-Hainaut in Mons from 29 to 31 October 1994. It was organized by Antares and Babylon 5. Ten demos entered the PC competition but only two Amiga productions were presented. Necronomicon by Imagine won the PC competition. Unusually for a demoparty, a Doom tournament was held at Wired '94. One year later, Wired '95 was held from 3–5 November 1995 at the same place and organized by Antares, Imphobia and TFL-TDV. This time, no more Amiga competitions were held, Wired became a PC only party, but additional categories were introduced: 4k intro (which previously occurred as a surprise competition only) and ANSI. The PC demo section saw 17 entries and the victory of Valhalla with Soltice. Another remarkable production was the 64k intro winner: Magic Carpet by Keen Like Frogs. This group managed to code an engine similar to the one used Magic Carpet in 64 kilobytes only, complete with textures and music. A French TV channel also chose this event to record a report on demoscene.