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Cute, but doesn't really compare to non-js stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQNIKOD6WnY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQNIKOD6WnY

by alt_ 11y ago

mrspeaker 11y ago
Ha, I love that you are so condescending about what he made, and one of the first comments on the video you linked to was "Yawn. We did better in 256 byte microcode strings in 1986."
- alt_ 11y ago
  Yes, sorry. Just missing the golden days ;)
  - TeMPOraL 11y ago
    Yeah, my first reaction: since when JS is a valid target for demos? ;).
- JeremyBanks 11y ago
  I didn't read it as condescension, but observation: old demos were able to take advantage of a lot that's not available to JavaScript.
  - Someone 11y ago
    But isn't the whole challenge of a demo to make the most of limited resources?
agumonkey 11y ago
Ouh that was cute. The dragon curve part felt like cube ^^ inception. I'd pay to see that in an IMAX theater.
xentronium 11y ago
Different limitations (source vs compiled file size).
phaemon 11y ago
Indeed, astonishing how that fit all into just 1kB (plus a copy of Microsoft Windows).
ninjin 11y ago
Which of course does not really compare to the C=64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGAsiHY1VCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGAsiHY1VCs Arbitrary limitations, art, it is all very subjective in the end.
JoeCoder_ 11y ago
Youtube is being slow for me today. If only there were a way to compress the video smaller...
cranklin 11y ago
i used to collect future crew's demos
- adeptus 11y ago
  ^^^ Now you're just showing your age! No but seriously, "Second Reality" by Future Crew in 1993 was voted one of the top 10 hacks of all time by Slashdot.org. I remember watching this thing on a very low end 386, with something like 4MB of RAM and maybe 512K of video memory and I was mesmerized. They might as well be showing you this demo in 3D holography today, you'd be just as impressed as I was, it was borderline magic back then. It gets hella good after about 1:50. SECOND REALITY - BY FUTURE CREW, '93 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFv7mHTf0nA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFv7mHTf0nA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Reality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Reality
  - cranklin 11y ago
    Oh man, I remember this one. These are truly incredible.

Cute, but doesn't really compare to non-js stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQNIKOD6WnY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQNIKOD6WnY

by alt_ 11y ago

Cute, but doesn't really compare to non-js stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQNIKOD6WnY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQNIKOD6WnY

mrspeaker 11y ago

Ha, I love that you are so condescending about what he made, and one of the first comments on the video you linked to was "Yawn. We did better in 256 byte microcode strings in 1986."

alt_ 11y ago
Yes, sorry. Just missing the golden days ;)
- TeMPOraL 11y ago
  Yeah, my first reaction: since when JS is a valid target for demos? ;).
JeremyBanks 11y ago
I didn't read it as condescension, but observation: old demos were able to take advantage of a lot that's not available to JavaScript.
- Someone 11y ago
  But isn't the whole challenge of a demo to make the most of limited resources?

agumonkey 11y ago

Ouh that was cute. The dragon curve part felt like cube ^^ inception. I'd pay to see that in an IMAX theater.

xentronium 11y ago

Different limitations (source vs compiled file size).

phaemon 11y ago

Indeed, astonishing how that fit all into just 1kB (plus a copy of Microsoft Windows).

ninjin 11y ago

Which of course does not really compare to the C=64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGAsiHY1VCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGAsiHY1VCs Arbitrary limitations, art, it is all very subjective in the end.

JoeCoder_ 11y ago

Youtube is being slow for me today. If only there were a way to compress the video smaller...

cranklin 11y ago

i used to collect future crew's demos

adeptus 11y ago
^^^ Now you're just showing your age! No but seriously, "Second Reality" by Future Crew in 1993 was voted one of the top 10 hacks of all time by Slashdot.org. I remember watching this thing on a very low end 386, with something like 4MB of RAM and maybe 512K of video memory and I was mesmerized. They might as well be showing you this demo in 3D holography today, you'd be just as impressed as I was, it was borderline magic back then. It gets hella good after about 1:50. SECOND REALITY - BY FUTURE CREW, '93 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFv7mHTf0nA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFv7mHTf0nA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Reality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Reality
- cranklin 11y ago
  Oh man, I remember this one. These are truly incredible.