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
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 ... Art Archive A web viewable archive of current and past ANSI and ASCII Artpack packs released by the computer ... more details
wiki Image green hornet special sauce promo for dark.PNG rationale Dark s monthly artpack ... of compilations. artpack Collections http artscene.textfiles.com artpacks 1994 dark0294.zip Dark ... 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 ... the traditional artpack format after the release of their July 2002 artpack dated August 6, 2002 ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox organization name Mimic ASCII bgcolor header background color fgcolor header text color image image border size 180px alt alt text see WP ALT caption map optional msize map size, optional, default 250px malt map alt text mcaption optional map2 abbreviation motto predecessor successor formation 1998 extinction type Governmental organization GO , Non governmental organization NGO , Intergovernmental organization IGO , International nongovernmental organization INGO , etc status purpose Artscene headquarters location Canada coords Coordinates of location using a coordinates template region served membership language official languages general Secretary General leader title Origin leader name leader title2 Platforms leader name2 leader title3 Founders leader name3 Serial Toon br Konami br Black Jack leader title4 Products leader name4 key people main organ gral. assembly, board of directors, etc parent organization if one affiliations budget num staff num volunteers website http www.mimic.ca remarks former name 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 ... more details
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 ... consisted strictly of high resolution artwork, and included html files with the artwork embedded. artpack ... more details
BAFHpack 1 Artpack Chipdisk 2001 in music 2001 Bastard Artists from Hell BAFHpack 2 Artpack Chipdisk ... 3 Artpack Chipdisk 2002 in music 2002 Chemical Reaction cROtesque v1 Samling Chipdisk 2002 in music ... Artpack Chipdisk 2002 in music 2002 Razor 1911 Chipdisk 2 Chipdisk 2002 in music 2002 Chemical Reaction ... 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 organization name Mistigris bgcolor header background color fgcolor header text color image Ts mist.rip.png image border size 180px alt alt text see WP ALT caption map optional msize map size, optional, default 250px malt map alt text mcaption optional map2 abbreviation motto predecessor successor formation 1994 extinction 1998 type Governmental organization GO , Non governmental organization NGO , Intergovernmental organization IGO , International nongovernmental organization INGO , etc status purpose ANSI art MOD file format tracking headquarters location Canada coords Coordinates of location using a coordinates template region served membership language official languages general Secretary General leader title Origin leader name leader title2 Platforms leader name2 leader title3 Founders leader name3 Cthulu leader title4 Products leader name4 GoldView, PabloDraw , DDir key people main organ gral. assembly, board of directors, etc parent organization if one affiliations KiTHE diskmag, KiTSCHNet, Omlet diskmag, New Media Productions, TrackerFix, Dream Factory, Concrete Magazine budget num staff num volunteers website remarks former name 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 o ... more details
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