Demoscene & Retrocomputing Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 2

demo#2433

Can you fit a whole game into a QR code?

MattKC

“I admire this type of content where the creator take some concepts we [all] use and understand”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

demo#2455

Second Reality by Future Crew (pc demo)

Michael Huth (Elianda)

“It is considered to be one of the best demos created during the early 1990s on the PC”

2 HN recommenders · 2015–2023

talk#2494

DEF CON 18 - Jason Scott - You're Stealing It Wrong! 30 Years of Inter-Pirate Battles

DEFCONConference

“Related, and a personal favorite of mine”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2025

demo#2555

Mars DOS demo by Tim Clarke (1993)

Sean Barrett

“I saw Mars demo which hooked me forever on the path of graphics programming.”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

documentary#2600

Apollo Core Rope Memory (Apollo Guidance Computer Part 30)

CuriousMarc

“Here,s a deep, deep dive into AGC rope memory.”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

documentary#2617

Elite: "The game that couldn't be written"

Alexander the ok

“has an amazing video on this”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

explainer#2679

Why Are Emulators Legal? Dolphin vs. Nintendo, and the Fate of Emulation [Great Emu War Pt. 1]

Moon Channel

“I really recommend folks watch this, from a lawyer”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

demo#2712

Excel 97 Easter Egg - Flight Simulation

Tom.K

“Check out”

2 HN recommenders · 2013–2024

documentary#2726

The Story of Another World on the Amiga | MVG

Modern Vintage Gamer

“A great video about Another World's graphics and the capabilities of the Amiga”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

demo#2746

SymbOS MP3MSX Demostration

karloch

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2018

demo#2753

Robotic Liberation by PWP (VIC-20)

Ville-Matias Heikkilä (viznut)

“I like that the demo effects are used here to tell a story in addition to being a pure display of coding prowess.”

2 HN recommenders · 2010–2015

other#2833

Vampire 2 Review - The Fastest Amiga Ever?!

Dan Wood

“This is a decent introductory video”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2019

demo#3000

CygnusEd Professional in Action on an Amiga 2000

Casey Muratori

“For those who never used CED on an Amiga, this is how it ran on now 30 years old hardware clocked at 8 MHz.”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2023

documentary#3002

Making of Second Reality / Future Crew

Mika Tuomi

“here’s some rare footage of the creation of the legendary demo”

2 HN recommenders · 2011–2024

demo#3014

The IBM 1401 mainframe runs "Edith"

CuriousMarc

“Marc's videos on restoring some old IBM hardware, that includes a good bit of the history that went into them”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

demo#3020

Zarch (1987) Gameplay for BBC Acorn Archimedes High Quality

Phoenix Risen

“It's an awesome 3D game from 1987 (with truly awful sound).”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2020

documentary#3035

Commodore 64—25th Anniversary Celebration

Computer History Museum

“my favorite apple commodore exchange summing up the whole deal”

2 HN recommenders · 2012–2016

demo#3066

Onslaught - Bad Apple 64 - C64 Demo

RetroDemoScene

“C64 version using VQ compression”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

explainer#3085

How a Laser-Shot Disk Defeats Hackers & Pirates (Coding Secrets)

GameHut

“I thought the two methods described in this video were both good”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2024

demo#3182

SGI Indigo2: An $86,000 Workstation from 1995

LGR

“he did a great video on it”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

demo#3284

Area 5150 by CRTC & Hornet (Party Version) / IBM PC+CGA Demo, Hardware Capture

x86VileR

“This comment really summarizes just how impressive the demo is”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

documentary#3295

Rockafire Explosion Documentary

Rye & Cole

“There is an excellent documentary on the history and some of the fans preserving the technology.”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

demo#3318

Amiga Samplers : Budget dance music in 1990

debuglive

“Here's a good recap of what sampling looked like in the time of Amiga”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

interview#3405

Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank | Het verhaal achter het nummer

Top 2000 a gogo

“here's Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) in his studio in 2018: Still with Atari ST switched on”

2 HN recommenders · 2021

demo#3414

Altair 8800 - Video #7.1 - Loading 4K BASIC with a Teletype

deramp5113

“There's a nice video here of a complete BASIC boot sequence”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

explainer#3434

Racing the Beam Explained - Atari 2600 CPU vs. CRT Television

Retro Game Mechanics Explained

“Here’s a detailed video by retro game mechanics that shows how the logo graphics of the infamous E.T. game is rendered”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

documentary#3439

Quick Start, Episode 7: Crimes... And Felonies.

Cathode Ray Dude - CRD

“a brief history of quick boot operating systems and UEFI”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

demo#3475

Chain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows (HQ)

TheRasteri

“It's a sight to behold.”

2 HN recommenders · 2011–2021

demo#3669

8088 MPH by Hornet + CRTC + DESiRE (final version)

andrewmjenner

“The 8088MPH demo also sounds surprisingly good.”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2021

music#3693

Big Ideas: Don't get any -- by James Houston

James Houston

“this is probably the best example of a hack like this that I've seen.”

1 HN recommenders · 2011–2022

documentary#3714

Amiga Story | Nostalgia Nerd

Nostalgia Nerd

“I came across a wonderful documentary of the Amiga saga on Youtube”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

demo#3726

Freespin

Matthias Kramm

“which runs entirely on a floppy drive without a computer. Crazy stuff.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

demo#3736

Amiga Boing Ball

amigang

“I remember what were the effective limits at these times and to me it still looks impressive.”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2026

explainer#3812

The 1988 VIDEO Floppy Disk Camera: Canon Xap Shot RC-250

LGR

“A fun video to learn more about the tech”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

documentary#3856

The History of 3D Graphics on the Gameboy Advance | minimme

minimme

“For a good overview of the progress of 3d GBA graphics over the console's lifespan I'd reccomended this video history”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

demo#3872

Spaceballs - State of the Art - Amiga Demo (HD 50fps)

RetroDemoScene

“That whole thing fits on 880 kB floppy and it's rendered realtime.”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2024

tutorial#3931

SGI's $250,000 Graphics Supercomputer from 1993 - Silicon Graphics Onyx RealityEngine²

Dodoid

“Fun vid that might bring back some memories :)”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2024

demo#4039

Color Maximite 2 - ARM CPU that runs BASIC!

The 8-Bit Guy

“I highly recommend one for a kid that is starting to dabble with programming.”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2021

demo#4063

The Fastest Apple Mac is an Amiga - Fact or Fiction?

The Retro Collective

“basically an Amiga with an accelerator card potentially makes for the fastest environment to run 68k-based Mac OS”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

demo#4070

Dark Castle (1986) - Original Macintosh Version!

Classic Mac Gaming

“arguably the best non-educational game for the original Macintosh”

1 HN recommenders · 2012–2022

tutorial#4106

Polyend Tracker // Review and Full Tutorial from Sample to Song

loopop

“It's a good high level tutorial of most features”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

demo#4178

puls (256 bytes)

JanRrrolaKadlec

“The most impressive to date is probably Puls”

1 HN recommenders · 2011–2014

demo#4187

The Black Lotus - Starstruck - Amiga Demo (AGA)

RetroDemoScene

“Two Amiga demos that I like from The Black Lotus (TBL)”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

demo#4235

The weeCee: A Tiny New MS-DOS & Windows Gaming PC!

LGR

“If you want to play games on real hardware but don't feel like collecting (and troubleshooting) old hardware.”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

music#4319

David Hasselhoff - True Survivor (from Kung Fury)

DavidHasselhoffVEVO

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

demo#4350

DEC LAB-8/e (PDP-8/e) playing music

Philipp Hachtmann

“here's a video of a DEC PDP-8 (LAB-8/e) minicomputer (1971) playing music using the same technique [0]”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2020

commentary#4360

Building my dream computer - Part 1

The 8-Bit Guy

“His original proposal video[0] explains it well”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

tutorial#4488

How a Character LCD works Part 1

The 8-Bit Guy

“made a great video series on character LCD screens and how to run them”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2022