• The compo machine used will be a Pentium 955EE (Dual Core) 3.46GHz with 2048MB RAM and an ATI Radeon X1900XT with 512MB of VRAM.
• We will use Windows XP with Service Pack 2, DirectX 9.0c (December 2005) and then-current graphics card drivers (we will exactly specify which version 2 weeks before the party). We will NOT install any drivers or virtual machines to provide or improve DOS compatibility, don't expect anything more than Mode13h and nosound if you really dare to submit a DOS demo.
• No Linux entries. We had very few Linux entries in the last 4 years; installing Linux on the compo machines simply isn't worth it if there's just a single entry.
• As it has been requested several times for this year, Java/.NET entries are allowed in the Demo compo again (they weren't in an earlier version of the rules).
• You will have to state which graphics hardware your demo/intro is compatible to on the submission form ("Compatibility Chart"). Please do so truthfully.
• Pressing either ESC or Alt-F4 has to end the demo instantly.
• The entry has to be delivered as single .zip or .rar file.
• Maximum resolution is 1024x768 pixels.
• DirectX 9.0c (December 2005) runtime is available here (web installer) and here (full download) (contains, among other things, d3dx9_24.dll to d3dx9_28.dll).
• If you have no experience on how to make demos look good on the bigscreen, we strongly suggest reading this article by kb/farbrausch.

If you have questions or suggestions about these rules, contact the organizers at .

• Maximum size is 18MB zipped/rared for ALL files (including readmes etc)
• Maximum running time: 10 minutes.
• You may assume d3dx9_24.dll to d3dx9_28.dll are installed.
• Java/.NET entries are allowed.

• Maximum size is 65536 bytes for the executable. All other files in the archive will be deleted before showing the entry in the competition.
• Maximum running time: 10 minutes.
• Please note that neither msvcr70.dll, msvcr71.dll nor msvcr80.dll will be available on the compo machine!
• You may assume d3dx9_24.dll to d3dx9_28.dll are installed.
• Java/.NET entries are not allowed.

• Maximum size is 4096 bytes for the executable. All other files in the archive will be deleted before showing the entry in the competition.
• Maximum running time: 5 minutes.
• For the sake of getting more compatible entries this year, import by ordinal for DLLs with non-fixed ordinals is forbidden (don't even think about directly jumping into DLLs with hardcoded offsets!). Please use alternative, more compatible techniques like muhmacs import by hash to save on executable size. Thanks to peci, we have some import by hash source code available for anyone who is not familiar with the technique. Or just use a 4k packer like Crinkler, which does this automatically.
• It is okay to deliver bigger versions of the 4k along with the compo version (which must be <=4096 bytes) in the same archive. We will not show the bigger version in the compo. If your packer doesn't work on the compo machine, it's your problem. We will be able to provide you with details about the compo machine, though.
• Please note that neither msvcr70.dll, msvcr71.dll nor msvcr80.dll will be available on the compo machine!
• You may assume d3dx9_24.dll to d3dx9_28.dll are installed.
• Java/.NET entries are not allowed.