ByteNight (2011)

ByteNight (2011) Sat 05 Feb 2011 20:00 till Sun 06 Feb 2011 11:59 What: Beatsy peeps on the 8bit vibe. Tagline: 8 bit all over the place Where: HSB Brussels,Belgium Cost: 0 Who: hsbxl URL:

What is the ByteNight?

Alike last year, we open up the hackerspace for /The ByteNight/, a party/lounge/bar with 8bit music on the Saturday evening/night of FOSDEM2011 (5 Feb @ 20h). Remember Atari and al?

• last year's ByteNight (2010) ...

How to get to HSB from Fosdem

From Fosdem :

1. Get to the top of Avenue Heger (the pedestrian street in the middle of the campus)
2. Go to Buyl tram station
3. Take one of the following trams:
   1. Tram 23 (direction Heysel) and stop at Princesse Elisabeth
   2. Tram 24 (direction Schaerbeek Gare) and stop at Princesse Elisabeth

1. Next street on the left, HSB is av. princesse elisabeth 46

Sounds

• gotta find some tracks together (pref CC, so we can use them still later)
  • lo-bat
  • nostromo
  • pornophonique
  • goto80
  • toyfabric
  • 8bitcollective
  • JAHTARI Music
  • :(
  • Da! Heard It Records (especially Sputnik Booster)
  • Overclocked Remixes (not especially 8 bits, but game music. geek enough, no ?)
• build a sound player with touch screen interface
• http://chiptunes.org/
• got a musician , not really game 8bit but other music bit reduced bit, noisy :-)
• play 8bit chiptunes stuff, maybe p has some effects we can put it trough?

Hardware

• C64 ?
• TV's
• Any 8-bit hardware
  • can bring my atari 2600 and we hook it up to the TV (fs111)
• beamer (with fs111 atari ? )
• Soundsystem / lights

Liquids

• We need to stuff the fridge.
  • Beer (Jupiler I guess, something else?)
  • Cola
  • MATE!!!111!eleven!!
  • 8bit mate cocktail?
  • A range of Soda Pops - same brand as the Club-Mate

Bar

• schedule to be sure there always somebody behind the bar. http://doodle.com/c28u2e2cq9dk3hzk