Area 5150 by CRTC & Hornet (Party Version) / IBM PC+CGA Demo, Hardware Capture
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN treats it as a showcase of what clever tricks can squeeze out of 1981 hardware, and the sequel to 8088 MPH.
What it is
Area 5150 is a demoscene production for the original 4.77MHz IBM PC with CGA graphics and PC speaker. This is the Evoke 2022 party version, captured from real hardware, and it won the Alternative Demo compo.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2022 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Recommends bazza97 · 2024-01 · on “Video playback on low-end MS-DOS machines”
Love how people are still pushing old hardware. These are also two excellent demo's on the XT: Area 5150 [this video] 8088 MPH [LINK]
Recommends Akronymus · 2024-02 · on “How video games use lookup tables”
Makes me think about the area 5150 demo [this video] edit: This comment really summarizes just how impressive the demo is [LINK]
Cites matthewsinclair · 2022-11 · on “Audience reaction to Area 5150 demo made on early 80s PC”
A few more related links: [0]: "Area 5150 by CRTC & Hornet (Party Version) / IBM PC+CGA Demo, Hardware Capture" [this video] [1]: "Area 5150 demo on IBM 5153 CGA Monitor: 60fps CRT video" [LINK]
Cites sillywalk · 2023-08 · on “The 8088MPH CPU Test”
It's about an emulator being able to run the very impressive 8088MPH "demo", which uses a bunch of hardware tricks to pull off stuff you wouldn't expect a 4.77mhz/640kb RAM/4 colour/PC speaker could do. [LINK] the sequel is Area 5150 [this video]
Cites pixelfarmer · 2024-09 · on “Furnace – the biggest multi-system chiptune tracker ever made”
PC speaker: - 8088 mph demo: [LINK] - Area 5150 demo: [this video] - Stormlord (game, 1989): [LINK] (unfortunately doesn't keep intro screen around for long) - A nice video explaining PC speaker with examples (also features Chronos from ZX Spectrum): [LINK]