Realtime code, handmade ascii animations and raw tracker music. The demo ’CMOS Cosmos’ by Razor 1911 in 2025 #demoscene #ascii #msdos

Mistigram: LDA turned Cthulu pressuring people for vintage computer art into a holly jolly ugly Christmas sweater design, drawing this eye-popping illustration for this date in last year's ADVENT24 #ANSIart #AdventCalendar.

Mistigram: Kanto experiences freezing temperatures at this time of year. If you're cold, they're cold - bring your #Pokemon inside! This illustration of a chilly Caterpie and Venonat bundled up was drawn for this date in last year's ADVENT24 #ANSIart #AdventCalendar by Mothnox.

Mistigram: now where did he find that? For this date in last year's ADVENT24 #ANSIart #AdventCalendar, LDA drew us #TheMandalorian's #Grogu, aka #BabyYoda, enjoying a hot beverage (I'm guessing grog, you?) while dressed in a darling tiny Santa Claus outfit.

Mistigram: for this date last year, AdeptApril, SysOp of Storm BBS, drew this #HerrnhuterAdventsstern or #MoravianStar, a 26-pointed star part of German Christmas festivities. It was included in last year's ADVENT24 #ANSIart #AdventCalendar.

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It also has a BBS door version, seen here live at Les Orchard's 0xDECAFBAD BBS at

Happy 50th Wish You Were Here! @pinkfloyd #pinkfloyd #pixelart #teletext #ceefax #shineon #1bit #wishyouwerehere

PETSCII, the character set used in Commodore 64, and the art people made with it

Mistigram: this illustration of an unforgettable, impossible moment from #MrBean's Christmas dinner was drawn by LDA for this date in last year's ADVENT24 #ANSIart #AdventCalendar.

Mistigram: when they hang the mistletoe on the #NCC1701D, #GeordiLaForge finally has a good excuse to kiss the hologram of #LeahBrahms, as in the #STTNG S3E6, "Booby Trap". Darkman Almighty drew the moment for this date in last year's ADVENT24 #ANSIart #AdventCalendar.

This image was originally designed using flashing colour combinations, and it really pops using them, viewable in the attachment or at https://t.co/oqCZJlX6yK

Mistigram: this jolly outdoor #ChristmasTree was drawn by LDA for this date in last year's ADVENT24 #ANSIart #AdventCalendar. The executable calendar has a BBS door version, and here it is served up by Jerry Reed's A-Net system at https://t.co/A6u0U0hh7F

Mistigram: for this date in last year's ADVENT24 #ANSIart #AdventCalendar, Moth drew this seasonal showdown between a cardinal and a blue jay over a frozen birdbath. Demonstrating the calendar's availability as a BBS door, this display was captured from Funtopia BBS.

Mistigram: LDA shares with us this stark winter landscape, drawn for this date in last year's ADVENT24 #ANSIart #AdventCalendar. Both last and this year's editions of the calendar can function as BBS doors, and you can see it in effect at X-Bit BBS at https://t.co/ixW0XksTRU

@mistfunk Advent Calendar 4TW!😎

Mistigram: The Green Herring drew this dancing polar bear rocking the disco carols for this date in last year's ADVENT24 #ANSIart #AdventCalendar, whose forked release as a BBS door is here demonstrated live on BlaZZZe's BBS The Penalty Box at https://t.co/eF92wg40YU

Described as "a @Polyducks tribute", specifically this illustration is in reference to Polyducks' opening illustration in Finland's 2021 Yle #teletext Advent calendar:

This piece was also originally done with flashing characters -- you may be able to see the effect better with this dump of the entire screen, or at https://t.co/AecTaqIN9i

Couldn't help myself... my name fits exactly in those 36 bouncing balls 😎