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But that's the point. If you want to make something neat with severe computing limitations, the old devices are great for that. If you want to try to run your o

• derefr 7y ago
  The old devices tried to stop you from running your own code, too! These problems have long been solved; but hacking around lock-out chips, manually re-flashing soldered ROMs, etc., was always part of the original demoscene culture—just like urban exploration and parkour has always been part of street-art culture. Sometimes a fence gets between you and your canvas, and you need to go around! I suppose that might imply that "the old demoscene" had this intersection of interests, and so was inherently limited to a much smaller group of people than "the modern demoscene" is; but it still was large enough to exist and have network effects of people joining in—so I'd expect to see some analogous community today, however small, and I still find it kind of weird that I don't! On another note, remember the venerable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_intro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_intro ? It seems warez groups had this intersection of interests, too: an equal focus on reverse-engineering/copy-protection-removal; and on attaching hardware-bending art to the results. Where'd those people go? Who are their spiritual descendants?