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Dark Castle (1986) - Original Macintosh Version!
Classic Mac Gaming · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2012–2022).
SignalTube analysis
Among 22 other demo videos tagged Game history & retro gaming, the mean is 2.0 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 2.0 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
33% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2012–2022; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 4 minutes 6 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2007-04-28.
- Channel / speaker
- Classic Mac Gaming
- Verified runtime
- 4m 6s
- YouTube upload date
- 2007-04-28
- Hacker News mention years
- 2012–2022
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Game history & retro gaming. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Castle (1986) - Original Macintosh Version!Current video | 1 | 1 | 33% | — | 4m 6s | 2007-04-28 |
| Computer program that learns to play classic NES gamesdemo · suckerpinch | 9 | 10 | 53% | No recorded overlap | 16m 18s | 2013-04-02 |
| SNES Code Injection -- Flappy Bird in SMWdemo · SethBling | 9 | 9 | 45% | No recorded overlap | 6m 31s | 2016-03-28 |
| [TAS] Pokémon Yellow - Arbitrary Code Executiondemo · MrWint | 4 | 4 | 67% | No recorded overlap | 7m 45s | 2017-02-05 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “A history of Hup, the jump sound of shooting games”. Its short rationale: Early Mac game showcasing audio, with jump sounds.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Pens Are Making a High-Tech Comeback”. Its short rationale: Dark Castle on a Mac Plus as example of low latency.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Show HN: I spent two years working on an HTML5 game. I finally released it”. Its short rationale: Gameplay of Dark Castle on the original Mac.