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Zarch (1987) Gameplay for BBC Acorn Archimedes High Quality
Gameplay footage of Zarch, the 1987 3D Defender-like game by David Braben for the Acorn Archimedes. It shows the 256-colour 3D landscape where you stop landers spreading a virus.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recall it as a mind-blowing early 3D game that showed what the Archimedes hardware could do.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Phoenix Risen
- Topic
- early 3d games
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2020
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
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Got to add Zarch to the list, we had one in the 'computer lab' surrounded by BBC micro's, I only touched on a little of it's potential, but this game was mind blowing! [VIDEO]
tudorw on Hacker News · 2019-12
In The Ultimate Acorn Archimedes talk [video]Check out Zarch on the Acorn Archimedes. [VIDEO] It's an awesome 3D game from 1987 (with truly awful sound). That was made 6 years before Second Reality, on a RISC-based computer. It's incredible.
onion2k on Hacker News · 2020-11
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