An artpack is an archive of computer artwork which is distributed in a data compression compressed format such as ZIP file format ZIP or RAR . While most artpacks today contain either ANSI art ANSI and ASCII art or hirez VGA , they may also include a combination of Remote imaging protocol RIPscrip art , tracker music software tracked or otherwise digital music, poetry and editorials, 3D computer animation and related software utilities. ref name commodork cite book last O Hara first Rob authorlink coauthors title Commodork year 2006 page 112 location isbn 978 1 84728 582 9 ref The first artpack ever was The Acquisition , released by ACiD Productions in the early 1990s. ref name bbs BBS The Documentary , Episode 5 ARTSCENE. ref Artpacks were originally released on a monthly basis by competing groups in the artscene, naming their files accordingly, i.e. tt ACDU0692.ZIP tt . ref name commodork ref cite web title acid ARTPACKS 1992 directory publisher textfiles.com url http artscene.textfiles.com acid ARTPACKS 1992 accessdate 2008 03 14 ref Very few groups still carry on the tradition of monthly releases in this day, rather they opt to numbering their artpacks in sequence rather than by date, i.e. tt MIMIC50.ZIP tt , releasing their artpacks without any defined schedule. ref name darkdomain cite book last first authorlink coauthors title Dark Domain the artpacks.acid.org collection year 2003 publisher ACiD Productions location isbn 0 9746537 0 5 ref In retrospect, artpacks are recognized as one of the primary reasons that the early computer art scene is so well preserved and documented in relation to other underground computer scenes at the time. ref name bbs Notes reflist 2 Category Artscene Category Computer art de Artpack fi Artpack ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale logo Article Superior Art Creations Use Infobox ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Used for Owner Website History Commentary OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Source Portion Low resolution Purpose Must be specified if Use is not Infobox Org Brand Product Replaceability other information Superior Art Creations logo by webpige0. Source SAC artpack 32 tt w0 sac hasdfffff.png tt , tt sac 32.zip tt . Source for Download http www.roysac.com roy sac downloads links.asp sac . Licensing Non free logo Category Artscene images ... more details
Infobox computer underground group name Blade image caption origin country United States status inactive years active 1994&ndash 1998 category artscene founders Mindcrime products affiliates website FAIR USE of ch blue.jpg.png see image description page at http en.wikipedia.org wiki Image ch blue.jpg.png rationale Blade , also referred to as The Blade Nation , was an artscene underground computer artscene group that primarily released ANSI art ANSI , ASCII Art ASCII , and Image resolution high resolution artwork from 1994 to 1997, and during a brief time in 1998. History FAIR USE of Mci b98.ans.png see image description page at http en.wikipedia.org wiki Image Mci b98.ans.png rationale Image Mci b98.ans.png left thumb 200px Blade Promotional Artwork in ANSI format. The group was founded in New Jersey by ANSI Artist, Sub Zero. Due to the confusion between many artists with the handle Sub Zero, his name was changed to Mindcrime after the first Blade release. Blade developed a long standing rivalry with another artscene group headquartered in New Jersey, Creators of Intense Art . In 1996 Blade took part in Canada Canadian artscene group Mistigris Mistigris s World Tour, under which Mistigris released its artwork in other group s artpacks, as opposed to its own. Releases Blade released 43 monthly artpack s beginning with the first Blade Epic in March 1994. After the 43rd release, several months passed until the final 44th artpack was released. http artscene.textfiles.com artpacks 1994 blde0394.zip Blade Epic 01 First Epic http artscene.textfiles.com artpacks 1996 blde9612.zip Blade Epic 27 Mistigris World Tour http artscene.textfiles.com artpacks 1998 blade 44.zip Blade Epic 44 Final Epic External links http www.darkdomain.org Dark Domain The ACiD Artpacks Archive on DVD ISBN 0 9746537 0 5 , contains all available Blade Epics. http sixteencolors.net Sixteen Colors ANSI Art and ASCII Art Archive A web viewable archive of current and past ANSI and ASCII Artpack packs rele ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox computer underground group name Mimic ASCII image caption origin country Canada status active years active 1998&ndash present category artscene founders Serial Toon br Konami br Black Jack products affiliates website http www.mimic.ca Mimic ASCII is an ASCII art group co founded in the year 1998 by three artists known by the pseudonym s Serial Toon, Konami and Black Jack. Second to Remorse ASCII Remorse , Mimic is the longest running group still active, and currently holds the record for the most monthly releases of ASCII artpack s ever 84 consecutive monthly artpack releases as of April 2006 . Their group mascot is the crab . Mimic also maintains the Christ ASCII Archive , one of the largest File Transfer Protocol FTP archive s of artpacks and ASCII Art collies in existence. Releases ftp ftp.mimic.ca pub mimic packs mimic01.zip Mimic 01 First Release ftp ftp.mimic.ca pub mimic packs mimic50.zip Mimic 50 Milestone 50th Release ftp ftp.mimic.ca pub mimic packs mimic84.zip Mimic 84 Latest Release External links http www.mimic.ca Mimic ASCII website http www.acid.org radio arts ep02.mp3 The ARTS Radio MP3 contains an interview with Black Jack, the leader of Mimic ASCII. http mimic.deviantart.com Mimic ASCII deviantART site For prints of Mimic art ftp ftp.mimic.ca pub mimic packs Mimic ASCII FTP archive Complete collection of Mimic artpacks Category 1998 establishments Category Artscene groups Category ASCII art compu graphics stub ... more details
best of compilations. artpack Collections http artscene.textfiles.com artpacks 1994 dark0294.zip ... 44 Disk B http artscene.textfiles.com artpacks 1999 drk0799c.zip Dark Collection 44 Disk C artpack ... more details
, released artwork on a monthly basis in the form of an artpack . iCE released their first monthly artpack , referred to as an iCEpack , in August 1992. During the transition between BBS to the Internet ... artpack format after the release of their July 2002 artpack dated August 6, 2002 in favor of an online ... more details
for works of literature, artwork, music, and software. Content was released monthly in the form of an artpack , referred to as a conspiracy . 77 artpack conspiracies were released by Cia, with 72 currently .... artpack Conspiracies http artscene.textfiles.com artpacks 1993 ciapak05.zip Cia Conspiracy 05 ... more details
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Infobox computer underground group name Remorse ASCII image caption origin country United States status active years active 1994&ndash 1995 br 1996&ndash present category artscene founders Necromancer br Necronite products affiliates ACiD Productions website http www.remorse.org Remorse ASCII , or Remorse 1981 , is the official ASCII sub label of ACiD Productions . History Remorse was established in late 1994 by two IBM PC IBM PC scene ASCII art ists from San Jose, California San Jos , California who went by the pseudonym s Necromancer and Necronite. After releasing five 5 artpacks between 1994 1995, Remorse temporarily disbanded. Prominent members each went their separate ways some created their own groups such as Trank and another joined ANSI Creators in Demand to assist with their ASCII division. In 1996, it was decided by the leaders of Trank, ACiD proper, and the newly formed ACiD ASCII division not yet named Remorse that they should consolidate and in some ways reunite as a single group. Like pHluid , the music sublabel of ACiD, the leaders of these three organizations merged together under the new name of Remorse ACiD ASCII , and became an official extension of ACiD Productions. This is the Remorse which continues to exist to this day 1996 present . Present day Remorse continues to release ASCII in the same traditional artpack format that it started with. These packs are now distributed via the internet on IRC and FTP servers decorating FTP sites, telnet BBSes, NFO files or art for the sake of art. Member List As of May 2005, the active member list of Remorse included the following people Founders Necromancer Necronite Leaders RaD Man Senior staff Haliphax Nightrain Active artists AnsiChrist, Binear Walker, Bornholme, Cmang Computer Man , Cubon, Joplex, Pesho Silas , Polygon Breasts, Raster Burn, and Yce. Mascot M0lo Alumni Arrogance, Axel Barebones http www.iaxb.com AXB , Bad Sector, aka bd Barium, Black Jack, bLACKDAWn aka ForgE ,Cannibal Cannabis , cD , c ... more details
be found distributing monthly artpack s. In addition to connection that the various Category Underground ... and ASCII Artpack packs released by the computer art scene More on the History of the Art Scene http ... more details
Infobox computer underground group name Mistigris image Ts mist.rip.png caption origin country Canada status inactive years active 1994&ndash 1998 category ANSI art MOD file format tracking founders Cthulu products GoldView, PabloDraw , DDir affiliates KiTHE diskmag, KiTSCHNet, Omlet diskmag, New Media Productions, TrackerFix, Dream Factory, Concrete Magazine website for the animated TV series with the French title Les Mistigris Lulu s Islands Mistigris pronounced misty gree was an computer art scene artscene group founded in late 1994 by Cthulu of Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . The group primarily operated out of Bulletin board system BBS es within the city s area code 604 with a significant outpost in Quebec s area code 418 joined across suburbs and provinces by the group s FidoNet echomail network known as KiTSCHNet echomail network KiTSCHNet . In addition to numerous music disk s, games, loaders, BBS utilities, applications such as the PabloDraw ANSI art editor , issues of their house diskmag KiTHE diskmag KiTHE and other one off projects, Mistigris released thirty five artpack s between October 1994 and June 1998. Though initially identifying with the card playing conceit of a variant of poker after randomly selecting the name from a dictionary, in later years its mascot became an alley cat. History FAIR USE of Qp mist1.ans.png see image description page at http en.wikipedia.org wiki Image Qp mist1.ans.png rationale Image Qp mist1.ans.png right thumb 175px Mistigris artwork in ANSI art ANSI format. The group emerged to fill a vacuum left by the collapse of local supergroup Minor artscene groups iMPERiAL in September 1994, immediately striving in a semi anarchic fashion against the similar efforts of competing local groups RAiD and Wild Buffalo Tamerz WBT . While these competitors ceased operations in fairly short order, in RAiD the foundations were laid for the January 1995 founding of ANSI art ANSI only supergroup Minor artscene groups Integrity &mdas ... more details
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