No-CPU Amiga Demo Challenge: Creating Demos Without CPU Using Custom Chips
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Summary
The No-CPU Amiga Demo Challenge is an open competition inviting developers to create demos that run entirely on Amiga's custom chips without CPU involvement. The GitHub repository contains challenge rules and a runner application for launching these specialized demos, serving as a standard specification for demo competitions. A dedicated competition is scheduled for Gerp 2026 (January 23-25, 2026), and an invitation demo was already released at Evok to showcase the concept.
Key quotes
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This repository contains the rules of the challenge and a runner application for launching no-CPU demos.
This is intended as a standard specification of the no-CPU platform for demo competitions.
There will be a dedicated no-CPU Amiga demo competition at Gerp 2026, January 23-25, 2026.
An invitation demo — itself a no-CPU demo — was released at Evok
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