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 may watch this episode on YouTube (and English subtitles might be chosen).
From Commodore 64s smuggled throughout the Iron Curtain to cracked video games on cassette tapes offered at flea markets, floppy disk swapping through 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 acquired quite a lot of suggestions that you simply want to see the full-length interviews…in a bodily particular version.” So that they’ve launched a marketing campaign on Crowdfundr:
Greater than 76 hours of interviews [with 59 people] have been performed for the movie, which is a real doc of the Hungarian residence pc life within the Eighties and 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 purpose, a 4th disc can be added to the version, which can include a collection of the perfect Hungarian intros and demos of the previous 40 years in video format. The movie’s website online contains hyperlinks to (and knowledge on) their 4 earlier documentaries:
The Fact Lies Down Below, 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 expertise” however “carry out the perfect from 30 year-old pc technics.”
Journey to the Floor. How the web and digital expertise reshaped the music business for outside-the-mainstream genres together with beatbox, turntablism, DJing, dwell improvisation, and bed room producers.
Longplay — the story of Hungarian online game improvement 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.”
Because of Slashdot reader lameron for sharing the story.