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Second Reality by Future Crew (pc demo)
Michael Huth (Elianda) · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2015–2023).
SignalTube analysis
Among 69 other demo videos tagged Demoscene & retrocomputing, the mean is 1.7 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, about 1.2× that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 1.9 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
67% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2015–2023; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 16 minutes 37 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2013-08-04.
- Channel / speaker
- Michael Huth (Elianda)
- Verified runtime
- 16m 37s
- YouTube upload date
- 2013-08-04
- Hacker News mention years
- 2015–2023
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Demoscene & retrocomputing. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Reality by Future Crew (pc demo)Current video | 2 | 2 | 67% | — | 16m 37s | 2013-08-04 |
| A Mind Is Born (256 bytes)demo · lftkryo | 8 | 9 | 50% | No recorded overlap | 2m 22s | 2017-04-19 |
| elevated by Rgba & TBC | 4k intro (FullHD 1080p demoscene demo)demo · Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras) | 7 | 10 | 67% | No recorded overlap | 3m 36s | 2011-06-26 |
| Elevated by RGBA and TBCdemo · BUTTONTANG | 7 | 7 | 58% | No recorded overlap | 3m 36s | 2009-04-12 |
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 strong recommendation in “Turbo Rascal Syntax Error”. Its short rationale: A formative demo that shaped a childhood toward computing.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Demoscene accepted as UNESCO cultural heritage in Germany”. Its short rationale: Considered one of the best early 1990s PC demos.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Winning 1kb intro released at Assembly 2015”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.