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Area 5150 by CRTC & Hornet (Party Version) / IBM PC+CGA Demo, Hardware Capture

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.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN treats it as a showcase of what clever tricks can squeeze out of 1981 hardware, and the sequel to 8088 MPH.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
x86VileR
Topic
demoscene
Format
demo
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2022–2024

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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  • Love how people are still pushing old hardware. These are also two excellent demo's on the XT: Area 5150 [VIDEO] 8088 MPH [LINK]

    bazza97 on Hacker News · 2024-01
    In Video playback on low-end MS-DOS machines

  • Makes me think about the area 5150 demo [VIDEO] edit: This comment really summarizes just how impressive the demo is [LINK]

    Akronymus on Hacker News · 2024-02
    In How video games use lookup tables

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