Spaceballs - State of the Art - Amiga Demo (HD 50fps)
What it is
A recapture in 50fps HD of Spaceballs' 'State of the Art', an Amiga demo released at The Party 1992. It showcases the Amiga's real-time animation, graphics and music in a few minutes.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN uses it as the canonical example of what the demoscene could squeeze out of an Amiga 500 and a single floppy disk.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2015, last 2024
What HN commenters said
“both really cool scene demos”
Cool scene demo running on a stock Amiga 500 from one floppy.
sunpazed, 2024-03 · Recommendation · in “Amiga's final days as chronicled by the Village Voice 30 years ago”
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Topics: amiga, demoscene, retro computing, spaceballs, realtime graphics
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