Commodore fanatics from
BOOM! together with some Scene Friends invite you all to a
4-day, oldschool,
mid. summer 2025 (last weekend of July: 24-27.07) party in Tuchola, a small town in northern Poland surrounded by a great forest, famous from its camping spots, kayaking routes and natural beauty.
Responding to the requests and suggestions of many people, we decided that the next edition of our party will be dedicated to two iconic computers:
Commodore 64 and
Amiga 500!
An innovative approach is to divide the compos into 2 full sets -
on separate days. Therefore, Friday (25.07.2025) will be called
"A500 Day" while Saturday (26.07.2025) will be
"C64 Day". We'll have the traditional (Msx, Gfx, Intro and Demo) compos for the "machine of the day" and after their completion
Wacek/Arise will perform LiveAct with a separate music mix dedicated to the "current-day" platform.
Twice the fun - double the trouble!
All entries will be launched from the "real hardware" (in their traditional scene configs), allowing currently standard mass storage/loading improvements (UltimateII cartridge, Gotek). Voting will be conducted using a dedicated system which was battle-tested during
"Teddy Beer Party 2022" and
"Xmas/Winter 1-Screener Online Compo 2023". It will be possible to vote by phone as well as on traditional vote sheets. Detailed compo rules will be published soon here and on the party website (
https://boom-party.c64.fun).
Any further information will appear regularly on
www.C64.fun and popular C64/Amiga sites/forums, in dedicated threads - we encourage you to visit them frequently (to discuss/get updates/leave questions, etc.).
What to expect:* Lectures by experienced Sceners
* Fun compos on-site
* 2 LiveActs (Fri:A500/Sat:C64 dedicated) by Wacek/Arise
* Large Big-screen
* Craft beer and barbecue
* Statuettes and prizes in scene compos and additional competitions
* Stream of an entire party from 3 cameras (or YT recording available soon after)
Initial event plan:* 1st Thursday: "Welcome/Integration Day"
* 2nd Friday: "A500 Day: compos + LiveAct500!"
* 3rd Saturday: "C64 Day: compos + LiveAct64!"
* 4th Sunday: "C64/A500 Prizegiving & GoodBye..."
Anticipating questions:
In traditional "A500 Day" compos, we will accept only productions for the typical A500 scene config (0.5MB ChipRam/0.5MB SlowRam, kickstart 1.3, MC68000/7Mhz & floppies/ADFs). For "C64 Day", of course we'll use C64 PAL unit with a very popular U2+ cart (for physical drive, contact us ahead).
The party place is located within the campsite, so it is possible to pitch a tent or travel by camper (prices for such a stay will be announced by the owner of the site around spring 2025). Additionally, the venue is equipped with a kitchen, showers, toilets and a separate sleeping room. There is a river popular among kayakers 100m away, and there is a forest around it. The event venue is located approximately 3 km from the center of Tuchola city and there are various accommodation options available around.
The
"BOOM!PARTY 2025" is a continuation of the "
Teddy Beer Party" in Tuchola, which took place in the middle of summer in 2022 (
https://demozoo.org/parties/4327/), in the "Nad Brda" recreation center (on the other side of the river from the new party place), where you can also rent a cozy house for a party in 2025.
The cyclical "
BOOM!PARTY" in Tuchola is planned to be organized
every two years, so we definitely recommend booking your time for the 2025 edition now!
Let's party like it is 1991 again!HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE IN 2025!!! 