INTRODUCTION!                                                                
                                                                             
Christmas  time;  a  widely recognized holiday season dedicated to traditions
and time spent with the family.  The demo scene also has it's traditions, and
christmas time is particular holy:  Going to The Party.                      
                                                                             
For  the  8th  time  in  a  row, we're proud to hold our annual party in late
December  and  feature  more  competitions,  prizes,  events,  surprises, and
activities  than  ever.  Experience the real party feeling, meet friends, and
see  the  master  work of soon-to-be computer and digital arts professionals.
Or  stare  at  your  monitor for 70 hours straight, live on Coke and peanuts,
feel  the true stress of meeting deadlines, and watch Amiga demos at 04:30 in
the morning without knowing why.  In any case, you'll have to ask yourself:  
                                                                             
- Do You Believe in Life After Christmas?                                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
WHERE AND WHEN?                                                              
                                                                             
The Party 1998 will be held in Odense Congress Center, an exiting center with
new facilities, large main hall, and plenty of power.  The Party 1998 will be
held  from  Sunday  27  December at 08:00 CET to Tuesday 29 December at 15:00
CET.                                                                         
                                                                             
                                                                             
FACILITIES!                                                                  
                                                                             
- Room for min. 3500 people!                                                 
- A seperate sleeping area                                                   
- Cafeteria and kiosk will be open 24h.                                      
- Extremely powerful PA equipment and                                        
  a 10x8 meter main screen                                                   
- Huge party network and fast internet link                                  
- Live internet broadcast                                                    
- Spectacular laser show                                                     
- LaserDisc Room!                                                            
- Free access to bath & showers!                                             
- The Party 1998 T-Shirts will be sold                                       
                                                                             
                                                                             
EVENTS!                                                                      
                                                                             
- 55 hours non-stop activities                                               
- 16 main compos with great prizes                                           
- Traditional party-events like                                              
- Body-Crashing and DiskOs                                                   
- Fast Website Competition                                                   
- Rave in the Sleeping Hall                                                  
- Live concert on stage                                                      
- Seminars and conferences                                                   
- Computer game championship                                                 
- Plus much more...                                                          
                                                                             
                                                                             
NETWORK!                                                                     
                                                                             
10Mbit  Twisted  Pair  for  the  people from a monster backbone, KICK-ASS FTP
servers and Internet for everyone.                                           
                                                                             
                                                                             
COMPETITIONS!                                                                
                                                                             
All prices will be hard cash only and not hardware prices of any kinds.      
                                                                             
See http://www.theparty.dk/ for more info.                                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
GENERAL COMPETITION RULES!                                                   
                                                                             
-  If you want to take part in a competition you must be present at The Party
during the presentation and prize ceremony.                                  
                                                                             
-  If  too  many  contributions  are  delivered for a competition a jury will
select contributions for presentation.                                       
                                                                             
- Contributions can only participate in one competition.                     
                                                                             
- We will copy and spread all contributions.                                 
                                                                             
-  Contributions must be final, no bug-fixes will be accepted before or after
presentation.                                                                
                                                                             
-  Contributions  must  be  uploaded  via  network,  or  handed  over  in the
information  on floppies or CD's (ISO9660, 8+3 only) along with a paper sheet
providing  information about Title, Handle, Group, Compo, HW requirements and
execution instructions.                                                      
                                                                             
- Compo disks, CD's and video tapes will not be returned.                    
                                                                             
- All entries for Amiga can be compressed with either LZX or LHA.            
                                                                             
- All entries for PC must be compressed with ZIP, and ready for distribution.
No self-extracting archives will be allowed.                                 
                                                                             
- No other archive-types will be allowed.                                    
                                                                             
-  Contributions  with racial content (incl.  anti-racial), and other radical
content will not be accepted.                                                
                                                                             
- Contributions must be virus free and Y2K compliant.                        
                                                                             
                                                                             
PLEASE NOTE!                                                                 
                                                                             
- We will not accept anybody selling anything without our permission.        
                                                                             
-  Alcohol  and  drugs are not allowed at the party place.  If we find any it
will be confiscated and not given back.                                      
                                                                             
- Intoxicated people will be thrown out or handed over to the police.        
                                                                             
- We will not accept weapons, spraycans or firework etc.                     
                                                                             
- People who cause damages of any kind will of course have to pay for it.    
                                                                             
-  We  take no responsibility for illegal swapping, software, hardware, video
etc.                                                                         
                                                                             
-  Presale  tickets from Arte/Billetnet available for DKK 300, and DKK 350 at
the door.  Additional DKK 50 for arrival before opening.                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
ADDRESSES!                                                                   
                                                                             
Party Place:                                                                 
Odense Congress Center                                                       
Orbaekvej 350                                                                
DK-5220 Odense So                                                            
Denmark                                                                      
Phone: 66 15 55 35                                                           
                                                                             
The Party-Phone:                                                             
For further information:                                                     
(+45) 8630 1010                                                              
                                                                             
World Wide Web:                                                              
http://www.theparty.dk                                                       
                                                                             
E-Mail:                                                                      
theparty@theparty.dk