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Restrictions change from one [[compo|competition]] to another, depending on the machine on which the programs are run. The demos are now most commonly designed to run on [[Personal Computer|PC]], but not that long ago were mostly designed to run on [[ZX Spectrum]], [[Commodore 64]], [[Atari ST]] and [[Commodore Amiga]] [[home computer]]s. There are even demos running on such diverse platforms as [[Commodore VIC-20|VIC-20]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[TO7]], [[BeBox]], [[RiscPC|RISC PC]], [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]], [[Game Boy]], [[GP32]] and SONY [[PlayStation]].

Notable [[List of demoscene groups|demo groups]] in the past included the [[Future Crew]], [[Renaissance (demo group)|Renaissance]], the [[Silents]], [[Cascada (demo group)|Cascada]], [[Witan (demo group)|Witan]], [[Triton (demo groupdemogroup)|Triton]], or in the present days, [[Farbrausch]], [[mfx]] or [[Kewlers]].

For a more self-explaining definition, see [http://www.pouet.net Pouet.net] for one of the most active [[Demoscene]] repositories.