Demozoo is in the center of the demo scene, making sure all productions are catalogued, stored and documented. Today, DJ Daemon meets Gasman - the leader of Demozoo who also co-founded it. They talk about the history, present and future of Demozoo and the demo scene itself. And also discuss what it means when artificial intelligence has taken over, why its a challenge to make sure the data is correct and if Demozoo can become the demoscene's Spotify.
Playlist:
00:00 Flashback, tracks from the past - this time with a scener interview
00:06 DJ Daemon speaks with Gasman about the history, present and future of DemoZoo.
00:30 The autumn parties and the newcomers keeping the scene lively.
01:43 Gasman on 300+ prods, the Spectrum, the TIC-80 and We Are The 8-Bits.
03:26 From Demotopia to Demozoo: how the site was born.
07:46 Why the demoscene must be archived.
08:58 Demozoo as the Wikipedia or IMDb of the scene.
10:13 The biggest impact: settling arguments, the Meteoriks and In Memoriam.
12:03 How Gasman found the demoscene through Your Sinclair.
13:38 Why the whole database is published as an open dump.
15:06 What stays private: passwords, real names and data protection.
16:15 Missing credits and how the community fills the gaps.
17:37 Fix me beautiful, the Discord and the admin-only actions.
19:29 Link rot, scene.org and the end of untergrund.net.
20:54 Why it is called Demozoo, and modelling very human data.
22:23 Music playback, the Mod Archive and emulators in the browser.
25:31 The post-party crunch: entering results while the compo runs.
28:19 How Demozoo, Pouet and scene.org work together.
30:02 Vandalism, locked profiles and admin-only edits.
32:21 The biggest challenge: time to develop.
33:10 Are old scene sites secure enough to stay online?
35:10 The PHP flaws, the broken certificate authority and Django.
37:34 The bus factor and who takes over in 20 years.
39:52 Removal requests, GDPR and the historical record.
42:26 Handling name changes for transgender sceners with care.
44:36 The disputed RSI founder claim.
46:14 AI in demos: supplementing skills, not replacing them.
48:31 The teadrinker Pebble demo and the AI rules at Deadline.
50:08 The AI shader showdown, live coding and losing your skills.
52:24 AI scrapers, Cloudflare and an API flood on Deadline weekend.
55:59 Keeping the scene alive, caring and inclusive.
57:31 Outro and the song Gasman picked.
58:13 Fighting Words by Bright White Lightning and Dubmood feat. goto80 and Master Boot Record. (Razor1911)
01:03:40 Station ID.
Production notes:
Recorded this interview on the 25th of October 2026 over Riverside with Gasman talking from his home in Great Britain.
Tags: 2026, Host: DJ Daemon, Voices of the demo scene, Guest: Gasman
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