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Flashback, tracks from the past – ERICADE.RADIO

Flashback, tracks from the past – ERICADE.RADIO

By: Erik Zalitis - demo scene & chiptune music expert
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Flashback - tracks from the past lovingly remembers the demos parties, sometimes the games and the stories from a retro past. All music is retro style and almost entirely composed on Amigas and PCs from users world-wide. Take a trip down memory lane with DJ Daemon - a Swedish retro geek with a sarcastic attitude and a never-ending love for all things Commodore, demo scene and retro.The ERICADE Radio Network Science Fiction
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  • 161. The Doom of it all

    161. The Doom of it all
    May 20 2026
    There is before ... and after Doom. This legend of a game that blew the door of first person shooters off its hingest, is what DJ Daemon talk about today. From the magic graphic to the experience of standing knee-deep in the dead.Playlist:00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - today with a stories from the retro past00:06 DJ Daemon: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". This was written by philosopher George Santayana in 1905. And we are all for learning from our history here at Flashback, tracks from the past. And today's game may not have been the first game of it's kind. But it was the one that blew the door of its hinges. Today's game is Doom from ID Software.00:43 Jazzhjb - Grooveyard03:40 DJ Daemon: There is a before and an after Doom. This much is clear. It may not have been the first "first person shooter". Castle Wolfenstein often gets that honor. But it did bring an interesting set of ideas to a very captivating mix of game play mechanics. More than everything else, the concept of looking out of the eyes of your protagonist.04:48 Ray Hamilton - Rip this entry05:44 Pastthepixels - Basking06:41 C512w - A random triangle07:40 DJ Daemon: You play as the unknown soldier, often referred to as "Doomguy" or "Doom slayer". The game is sometimes believed to be 3D is "in name only". This is as you see the world in 3D, but your character moves on a 2D plane. But you get a graphical immersion that was splendid by that time. The game moves fast and reaction time matters. Compare this to dungeon crawlers that often had that graphic experience, but moved slowly and in a more exploratory way.08:37 Reptile and Sky - Deinen pappa 313:16 DJ Daemon: You can play at different dificulty levels but most of the time, it does not have any need of a well thought out tactic to play. Instead you try to use the arsenal of weapons you have to your advantage. Just must try not to run out of ammo. Powerful weapons give an advantage until you must switch to less effective one that you still have ammo for. The most crazy weapon is the chainsaw. It's fun to use just for the psychotic look on the face of your player character as you cut through enemies. But you must also note that you are at this time very close to the enemy as well. That may hurt!14:04 Fregmazors - Bottom of the well17:07 DJ Daemon: The biggest, baddest weapon is the BFG 9000. It's not stated what "BFG" means, but everyone knows this one: Big Freaking Gun 9000 off course. Yup, I cannot say its real name as this podcast is not set to explicit. But you get it, right? It deals heavy damage to the enemies but its ammo must be conserved or you may run into trouble.17:55 BenxarPaq - Noisetrance22:42 DJ Daemon: Doom killed the Amiga! Remember where you heard it first…. Or, actually, this has been a stated truth for as long as I have heard. And honestly is that so? I think both yes and no. In reality, the Amiga and the Atari were already underpowered and unready as "Castle Wolfenstein" hit the shelves. Neither could reliably run the coming of age FPS games. At least not with an experience comparable to the PC games. The Intel CPUs was miles ahead of the aging Motorola. The latter running on the Amiga and Atari computers. But my assessment is that it was "Castle Wolfenstein" that dealt the killing blow and Doom that put the last nail in the coffin.23:44 Wallabra - Apex caudalis27:54 DJ Daemon: Doomclones, people! Yes, everyone steals everything from everyone. And Doom had a beauty that spawned a thousand copies. Gloom was the lack-luster attempt to bring the experience of Doom to the Amiga. And it did bring a pretty doomed experience, I give it that at least.28:41 Ray Hamilton - Egg adventure Snow30:02 Burnt fishy - Pachelbel's keygen31:02 Enacostione - Unrequited love32:03 DJ Daemon: On the 100th episode of the CrimeyCade podcast I was interviewed by their host "Mad Conservative crimefighter". There I stated that "all art is grift". Then I explained it as all artists steal from each other. But that's not exactly what the word grift should be used to say. The statement more means that much of the art is used to con other people. Think like NFTs, propaganda and so on. I would probably have explained it more correctly if I had choosen my words better. But I actually meant what I said. In this case: many on the Doom clones were meant to be a big cashgrab for people that thought this was the cool thing right now. And the list goes on…33:00 Substance - Undefeated - 202636:53 DJ Daemon: But as the inspiration went, the revolution was on and the poor clones were later superceeded by good games like "Duke Nukem", "Half life" and later on pretty much every modern game there ever was. Even modern games owe so much to Doom series of games that it's worth remembering the impact it had far after its own fame had faded. First person shooters have to be seen as one of the most successful genres in the gaming industry. And it is ...
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 160. Sunday, the last day of Revision 2026

    160. Sunday, the last day of Revision 2026
    May 3 2026
    It's the last day of Revision 2026 for us. DJ Daemon and Coreus talk about what's happening and play the best chiptune music from the demoscene. We also interview the sceners Nebula and Fibonacci and finally legendary Dosbox creator Harekiet.Playlist:00:00 ericade.radio - From a demo party LIVE with your hosts Dj Daemon and Coreus!00:06 DJ Daemon presents the show and welcomes Coreus. We talk about the discussions between Dojo and D. Fox in what they call "Morning glory".04:00 Jester of Elysium - Elysium07:42 We discuss the upcoming competitions and also mentions Coreus eating breakfast on the air sound like ASMR from hell. Coreus does not like Gods and DJ Daemon tries to defend the game.11:25 Allister Brimble - Amiga never dies15:25 We really believe the Amiga will never die. Then we talk about the demo scene being the last bastion of human creation. DJ Daemon worries that the next generation will never have known anything except AI and having no reason to learn how to create stuff themselves.What is executable music.19:56 ericade.radio - From a demo party live with DJ Daemon and Coreus.20:06 Richard Joseph - Gods22:36 DJ Daemon talks about the upcoming interviews and mentions how hostile the demo scene.23:22 Sphenx - Flutana variata34:45 DJ Daemon talks about the executable music demo competitions36:07 Alexander Brandon - Unreal tournament menu38:08 DJ Daemon talks about Flashback, tracks from past and its retro gaming coverage.39:40 Alexander Brandon - Unreal - Main Title44:17 DJ Daemon notes that Coreus is out chasing people to get an interview or two.45:16 Nicsure - Occ-san-geen49:55 DJ Daemon and Coreus thinks some entries in the competition sounds like noise. Mature, old, vintage. Do we need more adjectives? Coreus thinks so. We debate if halflings are elves not. A bit unclear.53:14 Michiel van den Bos - March of the halflings58:15 DJ Daemon and Coreus talks about Giana Sisters. We debate if people use phones to actually call each other any more. We also talk about the sisters themselves... Not just the game... You know the Giana Sisters.01:02:39 Arne Puszelski - Giana sisters title01:06:15 ericade.radio - Live from a demo party with DJ Daemon and Coreus.01:06:24 DJ Daemon mentions that old tracker music could have nasty names and still be totally innocent.01:08:45 Alexander Brandon - Foundry01:12:17 Alexander Brandon - Unreal technology demo 9501:14:08 DJ Daemon notes that Danko is competing with a brand new song on Revision 2026.01:15:26 Glyn R Brown - PCW-Tune 8801:19:54 ericade.radio - It's 2026 and we give the latest tracker music01:20:04 DJ Daemon tells you that the modern graphics competition is soon to start. 01:21:50 Josss and Ma2e - An AI generated title01:24:40 DJ Daemon promises that Flashback, tracks from the past will resume its retro gaming coverage.01:26:00 Foundation shaker and Full metall jacket - Commodore's revenge01:30:27 ???? - ???? Purple motion of Future Crew - SSI-intro01:32:20 ???? - ????01:39:21 Coreus talks about Jogeir Liljedahls new tracked song and what's playing on the streaming competition. We talk about old FPS games like Quake, Half life and Duke Nukem. DJ Daemon complains about the "walled garden" approach from companies like Bethesda. This is not good.01:44:12 Mr. Man of Andromeda - Mindriot01:47:45 ericade.radio - From a demo party live with DJ Daemon and Coreus.01:47:52 DJ Daemon and Coreus are preparing for the interviews that coming up soon.01:48:56 Nighthawk - Dinner at Rachael01:52:07 DJ Daemon and Coreus talk about the upcoming YouTube episodes based on this broadcast. He also wonders how many radiostations except ours that can be enjoyed on your Amiga or Atari Falcon.01:53:33 Eivind Sommersten - Scratching zwaantjes returns01:57:04 DJ Daemon notes that the modern graphics competition is coming up. 01:58:25 Algar - Lust for life02:01:27 ??? - ???02:05:19 ericade.radio - Live from a demo party with DJ Daemon and Coreus.02:05:27 DJ Daemon false starts the interview as Coreus is not yet ready. 02:05:58 Firing up02:09:48 ericade.radio - The ERICADE Radio Network, no AI slop!02:09:55 [Interview] Sceners Nebula and Fibbonaci from the Netherlands.02:19:19 Mick Rippon - Compromise celebration02:23:27 [Interview] Continuing the interview with sceners Nebula and Fibbonaci from the Netherlands.02:39:44 Radix, Xylo, Xyce - Rainbow dash02:43:08 Katod - Last ninja 2 central park cover02:49:49 DJ Daemon and Coreus remembers Last Ninja 2 and both hate it. It was beautiful, but had horrible game play. Why? It's because of money, people. The story is quite interesting, actually.02:54:26 04050 - Second stage boss02:56:48 DJ Daemon and Coreus talk.02:57:35 Proton - Contest demo tune 303:03:00 DJ Daemon and Coreus talks about the 3D printing contest. And the prize? That would be a cheese grater that does computer cooling. Or something like that.. We don't know either.03:18:09 Znurre - Solen lyser fortfarande på min balkong03:20:47 DJ Daemon reports that all competition ...
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    5 hrs and 20 mins
  • 159. An eventful Saturday afternoon at Revision 2026

    159. An eventful Saturday afternoon at Revision 2026
    Apr 26 2026
    Saturday and this is when it happens! All the cool competitions will soon be running and people are getting ready for them. Follow DJ Daemon and Coreus coming to you from a table in the venue, behind a scary wolf head and loads of old computers.Playlist:00:00 ericade.radio - We're now going live from a remote location00:06 DJ Daemon welcomes you to the show and tells you that Coreus is chasing after cool stuff on a nearby mediamarkt. The audio level thing is a comment on Revisions horrible streaming audio that annoyed everyone on the Discord server.00:48 SLL of Kefrens - Techno101:37 SLL of Kefrens - Techno202:56 SLL of Kefrens - Techno03:57 DJ Daemon complains about being old, bald man... But he remembers when he at least had some hair.05:17 Slaze - Rex Lacerta08:56 DJ Daemon can't stop commenting on Revision's earsplitting audio. This time the scene loudspeakers that are ... well, loud.09:37 Maran project - Nerdy girl12:12 DJ Daemon delves deeper in on the comments from the sceners on Discord. Mainly about the audio levels. They are even more snarky than him. Yeah, we'll leave this subject now, promise.13:22 Chris Huelsbeck - Cat Shop Girls (From Seven Days - Seven Songs)17:32 ericade.radio - From a demo party LIVE with your hosts Dj Daemon andCoreus! 17:40 Coreus is back from his shopping spree and tells you about a very familiar voice he heard in the shop.20:55 Xyce - Morse24:07 We talk about Xyce and their productions. The Coreus tells us what we need to know about Saturday at Revision.29:04 Zantac of Smeuch, Euphorbia - Kicked by Chuck Norris30:44 Ache and NRG - Visions of the past34:11 The Rave party is on.. Sehr schnell... It's called the "Algorave". God know how they came up with that name. We also talk about the seminars that will be held soon on Revision.41:24 Mick Rippon - Alone44:52 ericade.radio - From a demo party LIVE with your hosts Dj Daemon and Coreus!45:00 What is the connection between RaccoonViolet and Mick Rippon? Crying? We tell you! Coreus has also tried the pinball machine and got full approval from Pamela Anderson. And then he tell DJ Daemon to stop wasting the songs!48:27 Jeroen Tel - Mountain breeze52:38 What is this weirdness that's called Petscii? And how does it compare to emojis? Does it? And what is ANSI all about anyway. Let us take you back to the 90s.01:03:18 Skaven252 - Revenge of the cats01:09:13 ericade.radio - We love the demo scene 01:09:18 We have different opinions on cats. Coreus is not a fan... DJ Daemon is. And what's up with Skaven? Here we talk about his cool skills and songs. And "is that a Vextrex? Nah, it cannot be". Also a good question: what can we say about you if you choose to sit in the back of the room at Revision?01:15:15 Jack Jazzrabbit - Medivo 01:17:18 Jester of Sanity - Elysium 01:21:00 Coreus should really learn to vaccum himself. His Roomba in Norway seems to have gotten stuck under the table. And he is in Germany. So there... We also talk about the robodog roaming around the venue.01:26:41 EA - Revenge of Autumn01:29:35 DJ Daemon and Coreus - we both hate Garfield... But agree on the Lasagna and the Mondays.01:38:25 MmcM - Climbing01:40:55 DJ Daemon just tells you what's playing. 01:41:55 Dr Future - Plastic pop (plastic kills life mix)01:44:30 DJ Daemon wonders how much English the Germans know. Then braggs that the swedish does it better. But at what price? We all sound like the Swedish chef. Bork, bork people!01:45:36 Horace wimp - Hymn to aurora01:49:46 ericade.radio - With music from the Revision, Edison and Shadow demo parties01:49:53 talks about how Ericade started as a radio station due to Covid in 2020.01:51:06 River - Bunny Hop Back01:55:20 A bit of a teaser of an upcoming interview.01:56:41 Firefox, K-Line, Romeo Knight - Fall from Sky 02:00:38 DJ Daemon notes that the big start of today is in hour02:01:34 Saga musix - Steelchambers 2 HQ remake02:06:10 We love us some 80s gaming music... See below!02:06:47 Trackerartist - Dragons lair02:09:12 Rapture - Greylag Runners 02:13:02 ericade.radio - From a demo party LIVE with your hosts Dj Daemon and Coreus!02:13:12 [Interview] Coreus talks with scener Oilheap. It's all about old game you almost forgot about, shaders, the alluring shining cube and his demo scene past. 02:28:06 Bonefish and JosSs and Mygg - Dan Dan Dada02:32:11 [Interview] Coreus continues talking to Oilheap. It's all about what he expect of today's compos.02:45:52 Xyce - Fleurs colorees02:47:58 Anniversary Tune 802:50:40 ericade.radio - From a demo party LIVE with your hosts Dj Daemon and Coreus!02:50:49 We are preparing to wrap up this show.02:53:23 Cyborg Jeff - Waterworld dolphinkingdom02:58:39 German keyboards! They are the worst. DJ Daemon and Coreus talk about the whole thing.03:04:49 Alexander Brandon - Unreal tournament menu03:06:48 ericade.radio - We are for the demo scene03:06:54 It's goodbye from us for today. We'll be back in the next episode one more time.03:08:25 ericade.radio - We love the demo scene ...
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    3 hrs and 8 mins
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