THE VIDEO SHELF · atari 2600 demoscene
XAYAX - Bang! (ATARI VCS 2600 demo)
Bang! is an Atari 2600 demo by XAYAX that won first place at the Revision 2014 oldschool demo competition. It fits into a 32k ROM using F8SC bankswitching.
Why HN readers recommended it
Commenters hold it up as proof that 2600 programming is alive in the demoscene and as one of the most impressive demos ever made on the hardware.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- MEGA - Museum of Electronic Games & Art
- Topic
- atari 2600 demoscene
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2019
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
2600 programming is alive in the demo scene. This was just created in 2014 and is completely insane: [VIDEO]
apaprocki on Hacker News · 2014-10
In Dirty Assembly Tricks in NES Assembly (2013)On that note, this is one of the most impressive demos I've ever seen: [VIDEO] (When you're familiar with what a baseline atari 2600 game looks like, this is just beyond the pale.)
unimpressive on Hacker News · 2016-01
In Jailbreak firmware turns cheap digital walkie-talkie into DMR scanning receiver
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