8088 Domination: Video capture from an IBM PC 5160

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Published on June 17, 2014 5:56:48 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWdG413nNkI

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Video capture of my @party 2014 winning compo entry "8088 Domination", an official sequel to 8088 Corruption (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1p1im_2uf4) that I made 10 years earlier. Like the former, 8088 Domination displays full-motion color video with audio on a 1981 IBM PC with CGA, a Sound Blaster, and any hard drive -- but, unlike the former, Domination uses full graphics mode whereas Corruption used only text mode. This is significant because graphics mode requires 8x more memory and processing, and I had to combine a lot of creative and technical disciplines in order to pull it off.

This video is a capture of 8088 Domination running directly off of my IBM PC 5160; video is the composite CGA output signal, and audio is from a Sound Blaster Pro 2.0.

Technical explanation: http://trixter.oldskool.org/2014/06/19/8088-domination-post-mortem-part-1/

Download the party version at https://www.scene.org/file.php?file=%2Fparties%2F2014%2Fatparty14%2Fdemo_oldschool%2F8088_domination_party_version.zip&fileinfo if you'd like to run it on your own vintage hardware.

Demoscene discussion on the production: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=63591