atari
5:14Atari XL/XE - Rescue on Fractalus [Lucasfilm Games] 1985
136K views • 19 years ago
StaxX28
Intro and gameplay footage of Rescue on Fractalus, the 1985 Lucasfilm Games title for Atari XL/XE, programmed by Loren Carpenter and David Fox. It shows the game's fractal-generated mountain terrain.
5:09MC Frontalot - It Is Pitch Dark
1.2M views • 19 years ago
MC Frontalot
MC Frontalot's nerdcore rap about the text adventure Zork, made for Jason Scott's Get Lamp documentary and featuring a cameo by Steve Meretzky. It was filmed over an evening in a basement.
Topic match · Game history & retro gaming
9:50Alpha Centauri Quotes: Intro and Tech's 0-24
56K views • 18 years ago
uvwar
Audio clips of the intro and technology quotes from the 1999 strategy game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, in male and female voices, covering techs 0 through 24.
Topic match · Game history & retro gaming
0:41Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Secret Project: The Planetary Datalinks
225K views • 20 years ago
matsku84
The secret project cutscene for The Planetary Datalinks from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, featuring a quote about free information flow as the safeguard against tyranny.
Topic match · Game history & retro gaming
4:06Dark Castle (1986) - Original Macintosh Version!
194K views • 19 years ago
Classic Mac Gaming
Gameplay footage of the original 1986 Macintosh version of Dark Castle by Silicon Beach Software. The uploader argues the original is a great game that was tarnished by inferior ports.
Topic match · Game history & retro gaming
3:39Halo - Macworld Unveiling
355K views • 17 years ago
Bungie
Footage of Bungie's Jason Jones revealing Halo to the public at Macworld on July 21, 1999. It shows the early third-person version of the game.
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3:02Cave game tech test
10.5M views • 17 years ago
Nizzotch
An early 2009 tech test by Notch of an Infiniminer-style cave game running about 700 fps on a 256x256x64 tile map. It is the prototype that grew into Minecraft.
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3:16Bill Gates Doom
783K views • 20 years ago
raij
A short clip from Microsoft's 1995 Judgement Day event in which Bill Gates is inserted into Doom as a promo for Windows 95 and DirectX gaming. It was never publicly released at the time.
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0:35Your sound card works perfectly
160K views • 18 years ago
Ricardo Lindooren
A one-minute clip of the Warcraft II sound card test in setup, where the test sample plays and the voice says the sound card works perfectly.
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2:22Monty Python's "Life of Brian" (Stoned to death...)
613K views • 19 years ago
artanis2alatariel
The stoning scene from Monty Python's Life of Brian, where a man is condemned for blasphemy after saying 'Jehovah' over a halibut supper.