The Exceptions were a
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demo group
Demogroups are teams of demosceners, who make computer based audio-visual works of art known as demos. Demogroups form a subculture collectively known as the demoscene.
Groups frequently consist of students, young computer enthusiasts who spend ...
formed in the 1980s. They were early pioneers writing demos for the
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the Atari 8-bit family. The initial model, the Atari 520ST, had limited release in April–June 1985 and was widely available in July. It was the first pers ...
platform.
History
Usually known by the shortened form Tex they formed in the spring 1986 when Eric Simon and Udo Fischer were still teenagers. On obtaining an
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the Atari 8-bit family. The initial model, the Atari 520ST, had limited release in April–June 1985 and was widely available in July. It was the first pers ...
they started exploring what they could do with this new hardware. After finding the initial Basic implementation limiting, they moved onto writing some simple graphical ''demonstration'' computer programs in assembly.
After an early period of cracking games software and adding these demo screens to the loaders they eventually realised the coding was more fun. Their first breakthrough was a demo called the ''Little Color Demo'' released in the fall of 1987. It was however the release of the then large ''B.I.G Demo'' (Best In Galaxy) which propelled them to prominence. It featured a large collection of music ported from various
Commodore 64
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games by their recently joined musician
Jochen Hippel.
They later joined a demo group alliance known as The Union where they were involved in some screens of The Union Demo.
Release history
The Exceptions released many small cracktros and intros before moving onto proper demo releases.
A selection of the more influential releases are listed here:
Members
Like most demo groups the members used handles or nicknames to identify themselves.
* Mad Max
Jochen Hippel (musician).
* Daryl a.k.a. Michael Raasch (coder).
* ES a.k.a. Erik Simon (graphican).
* 6719 a.k.a. Gunter Bitz (coder). His nickname is based on the citycode of his hometown.
* -ME- a.k.a. Udo Fischer (coder).
Notes
External links
The Exceptions demo screen overview on Demozoo.orgReview of the Union Demo, 1989
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Demogroups
1986 establishments in Germany
Atari ST