Hacker News with Generative AI: Demoscene

Signal Carnival (quiss.org)
At Revision 2025, we released "Signal Carnival" (csdb, YouTube). This demo asks you to switch the audio and video cable of your C64:
Retro Gaming, Demoscene, Commodore 64
140 points by adunk 6 days ago | 19 comments
Copyright and the Demoscene (Scandal Amiga Demo) (datagubbe.se)
Being eight years old and not speaking any English whatsoever meant that my early understanding of Amiga games was somewhat patchy. Nevertheless, some things will make an impression no matter what. Take German cracking group Unit A's 1988 cracktro for the flight simulator Interceptor, for example.
Copyright, Demoscene, Retro Gaming, History
3 points by marinbala 43 days ago | 2 comments
“Bad Apple” in Minecraft (purplesyringa.moe)
Demoscene is the art of pushing computers to perform tasks they weren’t designed to handle. One recurring theme in demoscene is the shadow-art animation “Bad Apple!!”. We’ve played it on the Commodore 64, Vectrex (a unique game console utilizing only vector graphics), Impulse Tracker, and even exploited Super Mario Bros. to play it.
Demoscene, Video Games, Creative Projects, Animation
405 points by purplesyringa 198 days ago | 63 comments
Boris Vallejo and the pixel art of the demoscene (marincomics.com)
As an epic fantasy painter, Boris Vallejo had a great influence on 1980s and 90s fantasy book covers, computer game box art, and the demoscene.
Art, Pixel Art, Demoscene, Fantasy Art
495 points by blakespot 207 days ago | 118 comments
64k Demoscene Intros (64k-scene.github.io)
Demoscene, Computer Graphics, Programming, Retro Computing
37 points by Audiophilip 266 days ago | 4 comments
How a 64k intro is made (2017) (lofibucket.com)
Retro Computing, Music Production, Computer Graphics, Programming, Demoscene
218 points by aragonite 341 days ago | 46 comments