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Future Crew - Second Reality (1993) [60fps]

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Demoscene & retrocomputingComputer graphics & rendering

What it is

A 60fps capture of Future Crew's 1993 MS-DOS demo Second Reality, one of the best-known pieces of the demoscene. It runs about 16 minutes of real-time graphics and music effects on PC hardware of the era.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters cite it as the landmark demo of the demoscene's golden era, and this capture lets people watch it without running it under DOS.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Future Crew "Second Reality" forever. ;)”

    Classic demo of the golden era

    ChrisArchitect, 2023-10 · Strong recommendation · in “What is the Demoscene? An obscure but influential art form”

  2. “Future Crew's 2nd Reality demo, for those that haven't seen it”

    Landmark early 90s demo

    herodoturtle, 2021-03 · Recommendation · in “Demoscene the Amiga Years Volume 1”

  3. “Here's a 60fps video of the same demo.”

    Demo shown at its intended 60fps

    Flow, 2023-11 · Recommendation · in “Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: demoscene, future crew, ms-dos, real-time graphics, retro computing

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