THE VIDEO SHELF · amiga fps history
Doomed: The Embers of Amiga FPS
A documentary by Stuart Brown (XboxAhoy) on the history of first-person shooters on the Amiga and how Doom's arrival affected the platform.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a well-researched piece of computing history on Amiga FPS games and Doom's impact.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Ahoy
- Topic
- amiga fps history
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2017
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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Highly recommended related video by the same person (XboxAhoy / Stuart Brown): "Doomed: The Embers of Amiga FPS" [VIDEO]
jewbacca on Hacker News · 2015-04
In A Brief History of Graphics [video]Amiga was a pretty cool system, and the fanbase had a devotion matched perhaps only by the lispm people. By the way, if you're interested in the Amiga, go watch Stuart Brown (aka XboxAhoy)'s excellent documentary on FPS on the Amiga: [VIDEO] Actually, just go …
qwertyuiop924 on Hacker News · 2016-10
In Surprise Amiga Workbench 3.1 Update, 20 Years LaterIf anyone is interested, Stuart Brown's "Doomed: The Embers of Amiga FPS" is a nice little documentary of the history mentioned above. [VIDEO]
Gracana on Hacker News · 2015-04
In The 68000 Wars, Part 3: We Made Amiga, They Fucked It Up
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.