What are the different kinds of demos?
The word ‘demo’ is the general term for a demonstration. Demos can look very much like a dance-music-video (Spaceballs “State Of The Art” and “9 Fingers”), very much like a collection of computerised effects sequenced together (Andromeda “Nexus7”), or very much like nothing on this Earth (Melon Design!) • ‘Intros’, (short for ‘introduction(s)’), are small demos.. • ‘Trackmos’ are demos which don’t use Amiga-DOS to load, and therefore aren’t hard-disc installable (they’re trackloading, which is the derivation of this word.) • ‘Dentros’ are half-way between demos and intros. 🙂 • ‘Music-discs’ are selectable collections of tunes by musicians. • ‘Slideshows’ are collections of pictures by graphics artists. • ‘Discmags’ are electronic disc magazines. • ‘Charts’ are disc-based charts programs, which use voting sheets to poll the scene on which demos/coders/musicians/etc. they think are the best.
