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Demoscene & retrocomputing Videos Recommended on Hacker News (136)
Demoscene & retrocomputing is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 136 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2009 and 2026 — 293 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Retro computing: demoscene, Commodore 64, Amiga, 8-bit machines, assembly programming, tracker music, vintage hardware tricks, old PC demos, emulation.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on elevated by Rgba & TBC | 4k intro (FullHD 1080p demoscene demo): “It demonstrated that 4k was more than sufficient for impressive effects and music” — an HN commenter, 2020.
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3 mo on HNNVScene 2015 Session: How to Create Content with Signed Distance Functions (Johann Korndörfer)
NVScene
3 HN recommender · 2017–2018
3 mo on HN8088 MPH by Hornet + CRTC + DESiRE
Jim Leonard
3 HN recommender · 2017–2024
2 mo on HNXAYAX - Bang! (ATARI VCS 2600 demo)
MEGA - Museum of Electronic Games & Art
2 HN recommender · 2014–2019
3 mo on HNRazor1911
Dubmood
3 HN recommender · 2026–2026
3 mo on HNBSidesLV 2013 3 2 7 Sixteen Colors Archiving the Evolution of ANSI and ASCII Art Doug Moore Bren
Adrian Crenshaw
3 HN recommender · 2015–2022
2 mo on HNI wrote a Raytracer for DOS, 16 VGA colors
Bisqwit
2 HN recommender · 2019–2021
3 mo on HNHow "oldschool" graphics worked Part 1 - Commodore and Nintendo
The 8-Bit Guy
4 HN recommender · 2015–2019
3 mo on HNThe Only Famous Motherboard
Cathode Ray Dude - CRD
3 HN recommender · 2025–2025
3 mo on HNThe rigs we've created for chipsynth MD's emulation.
plgDavid
3 HN recommender · 2022–2023
3 mo on HNEmulating the DX7 the HARD way
plgDavid
3 HN recommender · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNFarbrausch & Neuro - Masagin (HD Stereo)
Leonard Ritter
3 HN recommender · 2010–2023
2 mo on HNHartverdrahtet - Akronyme Analogiker | 4k Revision 2012
Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras)
2 HN recommender · 2012–2024
2 mo on HNCan you fit a whole game into a QR code?
MattKC
2 HN recommender · 2020–2025
2 mo on HNSecond Reality by Future Crew (pc demo)
Michael Huth (Elianda)
2 HN recommender · 2015–2023
2 mo on HNDEF CON 18 - Jason Scott - You're Stealing It Wrong! 30 Years of Inter-Pirate Battles
DEFCONConference
2 HN recommender · 2014–2025
2 mo on HNMars DOS demo by Tim Clarke (1993)
Sean Barrett
2 HN recommender · 2016–2025
2 mo on HNApollo Core Rope Memory (Apollo Guidance Computer Part 30)
CuriousMarc
2 HN recommender · 2023–2026
2 mo on HNElite: "The game that couldn't be written"
Alexander the ok
2 HN recommender · 2024–2025
2 mo on HNWhy Are Emulators Legal? Dolphin vs. Nintendo, and the Fate of Emulation [Great Emu War Pt. 1]
Moon Channel
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HNExcel 97 Easter Egg - Flight Simulation
Tom.K
2 HN recommender · 2013–2024
2 mo on HNThe Story of Another World on the Amiga | MVG
Modern Vintage Gamer
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNSymbOS MP3MSX Demostration
karloch
2 HN recommender · 2014–2018
2 mo on HNRobotic Liberation by PWP (VIC-20)
Ville-Matias Heikkilä (viznut)
2 HN recommender · 2010–2015
2 mo on HNVampire 2 Review - The Fastest Amiga Ever?!
Dan Wood
2 HN recommender · 2016–2019
2 mo on HNCygnusEd Professional in Action on an Amiga 2000
Casey Muratori
1 HN recommend · 2016–2023
2 mo on HNMaking of Second Reality / Future Crew
Mika Tuomi
2 HN recommender · 2011–2024
2 mo on HNThe IBM 1401 mainframe runs "Edith"
CuriousMarc
2 HN recommender · 2020–2023
2 mo on HNZarch (1987) Gameplay for BBC Acorn Archimedes High Quality
Phoenix Risen
2 HN recommender · 2016–2020
2 mo on HNCommodore 64—25th Anniversary Celebration
Computer History Museum
2 HN recommender · 2012–2016
2 mo on HNOnslaught - Bad Apple 64 - C64 Demo
RetroDemoScene
2 HN recommender · 2018–2026
2 mo on HNHow a Laser-Shot Disk Defeats Hackers & Pirates (Coding Secrets)
GameHut
2 HN recommender · 2018–2024
2 mo on HNSGI Indigo2: An $86,000 Workstation from 1995
LGR
2 HN recommender · 2019–2024
2 mo on HNArea 5150 by CRTC & Hornet (Party Version) / IBM PC+CGA Demo, Hardware Capture
x86VileR
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNRockafire Explosion Documentary
Rye & Cole
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HNAmiga Samplers : Budget dance music in 1990
debuglive
2 HN recommender · 2020–2022
2 mo on HNFatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank | Het verhaal achter het nummer
Top 2000 a gogo
2 HN recommender · 2021–2021