A documentary sequence by Moleman Movies reached its fifth episode, a 144-minute movie about “the golden age of Hungarian video gaming and the formation of the Hungarian demoscene within the 80s and 90s.” You possibly can watch this episode on YouTube (and English subtitles may be chosen).
From Commodore 64s smuggled throughout the Iron Curtain to cracked video games on cassette tapes bought at flea markets, floppy disk swapping by way of postal mail, hacked telephone cubicles related to U.S. BBSes, and duplicate events packed to capability, Stamps Again tells the story of how youngsters in Hungary ignited a computing revolution within the Eighties with illegally copied video video games from the West, and commenced the Hungarian demoscene.
However the filmmakers say “We obtained a number of suggestions that you simply want to see the full-length interviews…in a bodily particular version.” In order that they’ve launched a marketing campaign on Crowdfundr:
Greater than 76 hours of interviews [with 59 people] had been performed for the movie, which is a real doc of the Hungarian dwelling laptop life within the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties. Now you can get this 76-hour materials with English subtitles along with the movie in a particular Blu-Ray version + downloadable picture file format…
If we attain the stretch objective, a 4th disc will likely be added to the version, which is able to include a number of one of the best Hungarian intros and demos of the previous 40 years in video format. The movie’s site contains hyperlinks to (and knowledge on) their 4 earlier documentaries:
The Reality Lies Down Underneath, in regards to the various subcultures Budapest
Demoscene: The Artwork of the Algorithms. A 2012 take a look at “a digital subculture the place artists do not use at all times the newest know-how” however “carry out one of the best from 30 year-old laptop technics.”
Journey to the Floor. How the web and digital know-how reshaped the music trade for outside-the-mainstream genres together with beatbox, turntablism, DJing, stay improvisation, and bed room producers.
Longplay — the story of Hungarian online game growth behind the Iron Curtain, and the way devoted builders “outfoxed Nintendo, tricked SEGA,” and “dodged the limelight and led the world from behind the Iron Curtain.”
Due to Slashdot reader lameron for sharing the story.
