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TiTAN - Overdrive 2 (RGB 50fps) - SEGA Mega Drive - Revision 2017 (1st Place)

Overdrive 2 by TiTAN, a Sega Mega Drive demo that won first place in the Oldskool competition at Revision 2017. It shows effects and 3D graphics on the stock console.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN plugs it as a favorite example of what skilled demoscene coders can pull out of 30-year-old hardware.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Oerg866
Topic
demoscene
Format
demo
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2017–2026

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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  • It's really amazing how people keep finding ways to make old hardware do new tricks. Overdrive 2 is my favorite example - it's a Sega Megadrive demo that was released 30 years after the Megadrive launched, but still managed to pull off multiple effects that …

    jsheard on Hacker News · 2018-04
    In The NES Homebrew Scene

  • It's not a game but I'll take any opportunity to plug Overdrive 2 for the Mega Drive: [VIDEO] That system has no business producing any kind of 3D graphics but they did it anyway.

    jsheard on Hacker News · 2024-04
    In Nathan Tolbert pushes the limitations of new games on old consoles

  • If you've never seen Overdrive 2 by Titan (a demo scene group), it's unbelievable what the MegaDrive can do stock. [VIDEO] I'm reasonably familiar with the hardware, I've written some games from scratch and I still have absolutely no idea how they did most of …

    chromadon on Hacker News · 2026-07
    In The art and engineering of Sega CD Silpheed

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