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

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A hardware capture of Area 5150, a demoscene production by CRTC and Hornet for the original IBM PC with CGA graphics and PC speaker sound. It is the sequel to the 8088 MPH demo and pushes a 4.77MHz 8088 far past what the machine was expected to do.

HN people use it as the example of what CGA and the PC speaker can really do, and as the sequel to 8088 MPH.

“CGA can do quite a bit more”
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@bazza972024 · in “Video playback on low-end MS-DOS machines”
Love how people are still pushing old hardware. These are also two excellent demo's on the XT: Area 5150 ▶ this video 8088 MPH link
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@sillywalk2023 · in “Area 5150 Demo (sequel to 8080MPH) [video]”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@RobLach2022 · in “Area 5150 – Demo for IBM PC (4.77MHz 8088), CGA, PC Speaker, 570K+ Free RAM”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@pixelfarmer2024 · in “Furnace – the biggest multi-system chiptune tracker ever made”
PC speaker: - 8088 mph demo: link - Area 5150 demo: ▶ this video - Stormlord (game, 1989): link (unfortunately doesn't keep intro screen around for long) - A nice video explaining PC speaker with examples (also features Chronos from ZX Spectrum): link
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@Akronymus2024 · in “How video games use lookup tables”
Makes me think about the area 5150 demo ▶ this video edit: This comment really summarizes just how impressive the demo is link
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@sillywalk2023 · in “The 8088MPH CPU Test”
It's about an emulator being able to run the very impressive 8088MPH "demo", which uses a bunch of hardware tricks to pull off stuff you wouldn't expect a 4.77mhz/640kb RAM/4 colour/PC speaker could do. link the sequel is Area 5150 ▶ this video
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@matthewsinclair2022 · in “Audience reaction to Area 5150 demo made on early 80s PC”
A few more related links: [0]: "Area 5150 by CRTC & Hornet (Party Version) / IBM PC+CGA Demo, Hardware Capture" ▶ this video [1]: "Area 5150 demo on IBM 5153 CGA Monitor: 60fps CRT video" link
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@rep_lodsb2022 · in “That annoying shade of blue (2018)”
CGA can do quite a bit more: ▶ this video (Area 5150 demo)
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