The Party I
The Party was held at Messecenteret in Aars, Denmark, and was organized by The Silents, Anarchy, and Crystal. In reality, the main organizers were Stripe and Trix of Anarchy, along with Seen and Paleface of Alliance Design.
700 people had pre-booked, around 1000 were expected, and nearly 1300 (1252) showed up — making this the largest party held so far! The entrance fee was 100 DKR. The event took place across two halls of equal size: one for the party itself and one designated for sleeping. The infoscreen was genlocked onto MTV and also broadcast on local TV, meaning that anyone with a television and a basic antenna could watch it. Overall, the party was considered very well organized and was undoubtedly a major success.
A few surprise competitions had been planned, but all were cancelled except for the Kick Off event. This was also the year that saw the premiere of the legendary video demo Global Trash II by Jesper Kyd and Mikael Balle. Featuring greeting scrollers were not allowed in the competitions — perhaps a rule that should have become standard?!
A total of 26 demos were shown in the Amiga demo competition on Saturday morning. 41 entries were presented in the graphics competition. 80 music entries were submitted, but only 30 were played. The controversy over whether Odyssey was a better demo than Hardwired raged on in the diskmags for months...