3rd-6th Sep 2026It is time of the greatest anniversary of them all
The 40th Anniversary of Byterapers, Inc.
The group that did it all and is everything else as well. The inventors of international crime waves. The original Silicon Valley garage startup. The brewery product experts. The corporate overlords. The owners of the largest collection of fake stamps in mankind’s history. The creators of the digital everything and some of the rest as well. The protector of the Holy Olvi.
It all began in Iisalmi, in the heart of Ylä-Savo (Upper Savonia). The Compiler had been there, always, patiently waiting until it was the time to become. The first men forged it in the digital smithys and it was pure. Then they filled the core, with Zeros and Ones, from the grail of Holy Olvi. As it was meant to be. It was true, real, beautiful to behold. The demo.
And so the Byterapers came to be, called upon by the Compiler.
The path behind is well-trodden. 40 years. Still The Compiler calls and urges us forward.
Join us in the worship on 3rd–6th September 2026. Come to remember the 40 past years and the future. You, the old, the current and the future Byterapers. You, our friend. Join us in the worship of The Compiler and the Demo in this glorious anniversary, where the Phoenix shall rise, shine and never dim.
The Compiler is watching.
NEWS
15/08/2026 DEMOSCENE COMPETITIONS! 🖥️ Demo 🌈 Wild 🎨 Graphics 🎵 Music 📸 Photo
Most competitions have their own theme in the competition ruleset, so it’s time to dig out those unfinished projects and finally turn “I’ll finish it someday” into reality. Remote entries are VERY welcome!
Remote entries are highly encouraged, so fire up your old hardware, trackers, paint programs, shaders or whatever you use to make demoscene magic — and send your entry our way!
Entries can be submitted starting now via Partyman: https://partyman.byterapers.com/
You can also find the competition rules, schedules and latest Demoscene Day news in the Partyman.
👉 Competition rules: https://b40.byterapers.com/compos/
Whether you participate in the 40th anniversary compos or not, you are most welcome to join our communities!
On Discord, we have the official party channel #40th-anniversary-party: Join our Discord https://discord.gg/xWpH7gf5Gn
You can also find us on the good old IRCnet #byterapers, as well as on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/byterapers
If any questions arise, contact us via Discord mikronBee, email mikron at iki dot fi or IRCnet /msg mikron – thank you.
03/08/2026What an Assembly, folks! We not only finally scored our first-ever win in the Assembly main demo compo, but also won the Oldschool Demo Compo and the One Minute Demo Compo. Triple crown—fuck yeah!
To top it all off, we also grabbed 2nd place in the 4K Intro Compo with (B) and Wide Load co-op production.
Now it’s time for some well-earned rest before going full steam ahead toward the main event of the year: the B40 Anniversary Party! There are still few beds available, but not many, so act faster harder uknow.
24/06/2026Demoscene competitions with rules, not forgetting games and other olympic events are now announced. Not forgetting the prizes! Clicky to COMPOS-page.
01/04/2026Byterapers Shoppe is now open for business! Head to the SHOP page to find out more!
25/02/2026Byterapers 40th Anniversary website is now open! Awesome work from the team: Manu, who did the most work with the layout, graphics and all that makes things shiny, Grendel for the front page poetry and Mikron for the rest of the mundane stuff like information pages, sponsor begg… negotations, kic… motivating everyone else .. that sort of things.
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