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Commodore Christmas Demo (1982) [video]

by rudolfwinestock on 12/25/22, 3:28 PM with 12 comments

  • by ruk_booze on 12/25/22, 10:01 PM

    A local store had this on display for Christmas. Nine yo me gazed upon the dazzling graphics and smooth animations. It was almost as watching a cartoon. This was the exact moment in time I knew that all I wanted was my own Commodore 64 so that I too could create such beautiful stuff.

    Fast-forward 40 years and I am still making demos for the greatest home computer ever built <3

  • by layer8 on 12/26/22, 12:14 AM

    And a couple decades later: https://youtu.be/Rcu12JKxoM4

  • by rudolfwinestock on 12/25/22, 3:28 PM

    And here is commentary from The 8-Bit Guy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWovQ2ngdAQ

    Merry Christmas, Hacker News.

  • by kmbfjr on 12/25/22, 8:23 PM

    We all stand in the shoulders of others.

    Forty years ago, this was my state of computing.

  • by ipython on 12/26/22, 4:13 AM

    I remember as a kid with these graphics, thinking that there would be no way a computer could ever replicate full motion video like on tv. Crazy to see how things worked out and how wrong I was.

  • by Mountain_Skies on 12/26/22, 1:36 AM

    >Only $595!

    Which is $1,835 in current dollars. How long did it take for the Commodore 64 to drop to $99? It's amazing how rapidly computers advanced during that era and how quickly the prices declined, at least until the RAM crisis.

  • by mandw on 12/26/22, 8:49 AM

    I remember this! Dad sold commodores and we had this, I think i had it on quite a bit.

  • by soganess on 12/25/22, 10:56 PM

    Nice work, sid and vic!

  • by dukeofdoom on 12/25/22, 7:17 PM

    nostalgia