The North American International Demoparty (NAID) was a demo party held in the years 1995 and 1996, and the first demo party held in North America

North America

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. Both years, the party was held at Collège Édouard-Montpetit

Collège Édouard-Montpetit

Collège Édouard-Montpetit is a francophone CEGEP in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Approximately 6700 students are enrolled in the Longueuil and St-Hubert campuses. The College of General and Vocational Education is affiliated with the ACCC, and CCAA.-History:...

 in Longueuil

Longueuil

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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, a suburb of Montreal

Montreal

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.

1995

NAID '95 was held on April 15 and 16, 1995. About 500 people attended. Prizes were given to the top three places, which were voted for by a jury. Each competition

Compo

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 also had a "public choice" prize voted for by the audience.

Compo winners

• Demo: Opticron: Tome of the Impossible by Craw Productions
• Intro: Less Is More by The Humanoid
• Music: Ascent of the Cloud Eagle by Necros
  Andrew Sega
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  /FM
• Graphics: Spires of Aegis by Schizosynth/Pure Resistance (original winner, TRS-Bot, was disqualified)

1996

NAID '96 was held from May 31 through June 2, 1996.
About 600 people attended. The primary sponsor was Walnut Creek CDROM

Walnut Creek CDROM

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.

Compo winners

• Demo: Trans Cheddar Express by DCB
• Intro: Dyslexia by Threesome
• Music: Party on Funk-o-tron by Dynamic Harmony/Carcass
• Graphics: You Too Can Be A Graphics Dude by Blue Gravity/ACiD
  Acid
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   and Aerin by Visigoth & Lintec/iCE
  ICE Advertisements
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   (tie)

External links

• NAID '95 on scene.org
  Scene.org
  Scene.org is a non-profit organization, providing the currently largest demoscene file repository. It was founded in 1996 by Jaakko "Mellow-D" Manninen, though originally it existed as ftp.fm.org, an FTP-server for releases from the group Five Musicians. In 1997, it re-opened as Scene.org...
  
  
• NAID '96 on scene.org
  Scene.org
  Scene.org is a non-profit organization, providing the currently largest demoscene file repository. It was founded in 1996 by Jaakko "Mellow-D" Manninen, though originally it existed as ftp.fm.org, an FTP-server for releases from the group Five Musicians. In 1997, it re-opened as Scene.org...
  
  
• NAID on Pouët
• Info file for NAID '96