The Exceptions
Encyclopedia
The Exceptions were early pioneers in the Atari ST
demo scene
in the 1980s. Based in German
and starting as teenagers they wrote a series of graphical demonstration computer programs to show off the coding and artistic talents. Like most demo groups the members used handles or nick names to identify themselves.
Usually known by the shortened form TEX they arguably kick started the Atari ST
demo scene in 1987 with programs called Little Sound Demo and Little Color Demo. They are perhaps best known for the then large B.I.G Demo (Best In Galaxy) which featured a large collection of music ported from various Commodore 64
games by their musician Jochen Hippel
using the handle Mad Max.
They later joined a demo group alliance known as The Union where they were involved in some screens of the The Union Demo.
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
demo scene
Demoscene
The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations that run in real-time on a computer...
in the 1980s. Based in German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and starting as teenagers they wrote a series of graphical demonstration computer programs to show off the coding and artistic talents. Like most demo groups the members used handles or nick names to identify themselves.
Usually known by the shortened form TEX they arguably kick started the Atari ST
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
demo scene in 1987 with programs called Little Sound Demo and Little Color Demo. They are perhaps best known for the then large B.I.G Demo (Best In Galaxy) which featured a large collection of music ported from various Commodore 64
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
games by their musician Jochen Hippel
Jochen Hippel
Jochen Hippel is a musician from Kirchheimbolanden in southwest Germany. He played one of the most prominent roles in computer music during the 16-bit microcomputer era, composing the music for tens of games. He was also an experienced Amiga programmer and ported many of Thalion Software's Atari...
using the handle Mad Max.
They later joined a demo group alliance known as The Union where they were involved in some screens of the The Union Demo.
Members
- Mad Max aka Jochen HippelJochen HippelJochen Hippel is a musician from Kirchheimbolanden in southwest Germany. He played one of the most prominent roles in computer music during the 16-bit microcomputer era, composing the music for tens of games. He was also an experienced Amiga programmer and ported many of Thalion Software's Atari...
(musician). - Daryl aka Michael Raasch (coder).
- ES aka Erik Simon (graphican).
- 6719 aka Gunter Bitz (coder). His nickname is based on the citycode of his hometown.
- -ME- aka Udo Fischer (coder).