About Tristar & Red Sector
The Sleeping Gods — a demoscene group with roots reaching back to 1985.
Who we are
Tristar & Red Sector Inc. — usually shortened to TRSI — grew from two established scene groups. Red Sector Incorporated traces its roots to 1985 and the early home-computer cracking and demo scene. Tristar developed alongside it during the late 1980s.
On 29 June 1990, at the Red Sector and The Silents Summer Conference in Denmark, the two crews joined forces as Tristar & Red Sector Inc. The cooperation became one of the longest-running names in the international demoscene.
During the Amiga era TRSI released demos, intros and cracktros and also created the Red Sector Demomaker, which gave non-coders a way to build their own Amiga demos. Music developed into another major part of the group and later led to the independent TRSI Recordz label.
TRSI never stayed tied to one machine. Over the years members have worked on C64, Amiga, PC, consoles, handhelds, mobile devices and more unusual hardware. One of the best-known experiments was 10 Orbyte in 2014, a C64 demo transmitted to and executed aboard a femtosatellite; it won the Wild competition at Revision that year.
The group is still active today, with members around the world releasing new work, meeting at demoparties and continuing to explore both old and new hardware.
What is the demoscene?
The demoscene is an international computer-art subculture that grew out of the home-computer scene of the 1980s. Programmers, musicians and visual artists create real-time audiovisual productions — demos, intros and related works — that run directly on the target hardware.
Technical limitations are part of the art form. A production may aim to fit striking visuals and music into a tiny executable, or push decades-old hardware in ways its designers never expected. New productions are often premiered at demoparties, where sceners meet, compete and exchange ideas.
Explore the archive
TRSI releases and historical records can also be found in the wider scene archives:
For the group’s current archive, music, graphics and releases, browse this site or visit WESTPOINT BBS.
Take the archive offline
WESTPOINT also publishes a complete downloadable snapshot of its current public archive. The link always points to the latest fully validated export.
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Preservation mirror
Periodic preservation snapshots of the public WESTPOINT archive are also stored at the Internet Archive for long-term access.