A documentary collection 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 could 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 cellphone cubicles linked 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 lots of suggestions that you just wish 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 carried out for the movie, which is a real doc of the Hungarian residence pc 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 aim, a 4th disc will likely be added to the version, which can comprise a choice of the most effective Hungarian intros and demos of the previous 40 years in video format.
The movie’s website consists of hyperlinks to (and data on) their 4 earlier documentaries:
- The Fact Lies Down Underneath, concerning 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 all the time the newest know-how” however “deliver out the most effective from 30 year-old pc technics.”
- Journey to the Floor. How the web and digital know-how reshaped the music business for outside-the-mainstream genres together with beatbox, turntablism, DJing, reside 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.
