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Amiga Boing Ball

amigang · demo · Watch on YouTube

Demoscene & retrocomputingHistory of computing

What it is

The original Amiga Boing Ball demo, written at the Winter CES in January 1984 to show off the Amiga's hardware, with a bouncing, spinning checkered ball running while the system multitasked. It became the Amiga's unofficial emblem.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people recall it with nostalgia as an impressive feat for its era, used as an example of the Amiga's graphics ability.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2026

What HN commenters said

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

    Boing Ball demo, impressive given era limits

    acqq, 2016-08 · Recommendation · in “The Amiga Boing Ball Explained”

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Topics: amiga, boing ball, commodore, 1984, demo

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