Four-Byte Burger
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
- Patreon: / ahoy
Soundtrack is available on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/6P6RP2...
also on Bandcamp:
xahoy.bandcamp.com/album/four...
And you'll also find it on most other streaming services.
The recreated Four-Byte Burger is here:
xboxahoy.com/images/four-byte-...
00:00 Introduction
01:49 Parameters
09:09 Reproduction
17:20 Finishing
23:35 Original Hardware
29:20 Conclusion - เกม
How do you thank a total stranger from across the Atlantic Ocean who selects an obscure and irrelevant piece of art you did years ago and turns it into an Archaeological-Techno Adventure Park Ride? (allow me to wipe tears from my eyes) And he got everything RIGHT! - Thank you Stuart.
🍔
i knew you'd comment
Do you happen to remember how many colors you used for this? Curious if that was accurate.
Wow, so cool!
Is it ok for us to use the reproduction for personal use? I'm not sure how the whole legal rigamarol works there
>.iff "Save As" exists in Photoshop for decades
>somebody finally clicks it _not by mistake_
>it doesn't work
software compatibility options in a nutshell
This is the most passionately i've ever heard Stuart talk about anything and the fact that it's about a picture of a burger is pure perfection.
His name is jeff smh
@@meylinlibertaskeef3346the User directory on his computer says Stuart
@@BoxySonic And at the end of his Iconic Arms videos, it shows his name is Stuart.
@@meylinlibertaskeef3346 All his videos are signed as "Stuart Brown" at the end.
He sounds so happy and excited about this art preservation project and the happier he sounds the happier I get.
This is absolutely amazing Stuart.
Many years ago, early 90s, I was studying illustration. As a student I was marvelling at amiga digital artwork from magazines. One of them was the four-byte burger.
Fast forward, 30 years later... damn something got into my eye.
Thank you.
We need to get this comment higher up. Such coincidences in life are one of the coolest things ever
Computer files are so endlessly and accurately reproducable its easy to forget how temporary they are. When I think of the hours I spent making pictures on old machines, in formats that are no longer supported, for software that no longer exists, saved on floppies that I will never be able to access. That work is pretty much gone forever. Granted a lot of it was probably shit though...
Wow, that's a name I haven't seen in a while. Was fascinated by your videos too.
I'm sure it was beautiful work.
Hey cyriak! love your work.
Yes! I sometimes think about what will remain in a thousand years compared to what remains from a thousand years ago? Physical media is being erased in favor of digital.
This video shows that one person's shit is another person's obsession for decades to come...
...but In your case it is more likely to induce awe-inspiring nightmares
And so my binge of Ahoy videos begins again
Except the weapon stuff
@@drunkensailor112 Why not the firearms stuff? Its top tier content IMO
@@benjaminford8173 Oh I do believe, but I can't think of a subject that would interest me less than weapons
@@drunkensailor112 half the weapon videos are about their apperances in videogames, if that's something that interests you :)
I'm with the sailor here. I'm sure it's top stuff, but I've tried and I'm not really into the subject matter enough. Just not a big a fan of shooty games, I guess... at least, not ones that tend to have remotely realistic weapons!
"Art makes you care" is a quote from an unknown artist, but one that has always stuck with me. This burger made us care for the journey it took us all on.
Dancing four-byte burger, looks like the perfect 'loading animation' for a pixel art restraunt sim.
I just realized that he writes his own music for these too, what a crazy talented man
Always such bangers, too!
What?! Holy hell. Dude is pure class and skill.
One man army
I hope he's using trackers.
The John Carpenter of TH-cam.
Hearing Ahoy get so happy about pixel art really warms my heart.
It's whimsical
Great stuff!
He was so excited that he couldn't even think about rotating the CAMERA instead of the monitor.
Ahoy: makes brilliant documentaries about iconic firearms paired with captivating, bespoke motion graphics
Also Ahoy: here's some pixel art of a hamburger
@@dieSpinnt he brought it up, but obviously the artist didn't create the art sideways
I think the final image on the Amiga screen is very important. The fact it has phosphors and not pixels reminds us that computer artists of the time were often going for a final image meant to be displayed on those contemporary tubes. You can see how the dithering disappears into the phospors to create a smooth shading effect. Modern dithering on pixel perfect screens is an evocation of this era, but not a recreation of its actual appearances (not without CRT filters, at least).
Digital art is very interesting to me, because we seem to have relied upon the concept of files and the internet as eternal, when the reality is that they are not. Data can fade into obscurity, file formats can become forgotten, lost, nonconvertible, or unreadable. We can find ourselves losing valuable pieces of historic computer art with no remaining copies, only facsimiles in the forms of photos, alternate resolution/rescaled images, etc.
We may reach a time when well known digital artists of today have bodies of work that may not be viewable in the future because of loss of the files. At least if a physical media artist passes on, their work remains unless destroyed, and if they are particularly famous, the work remains in collections or museums. The thought has always troubled me.
I watched a man recreate the image of a burger for half an hour.
Frankly it's one of the best moments on the internet, and may it remain as such.
This proves that Ahoy can make a video about goddamn anything and it will be just as intense, captivating, and enthralling as an 80's action thriller.
It's a wonderful talent of his
He somehow picks topics that exactly land on "Things you never knew you loved from the past". I never knew this pixel art existed, but instantly it felt like staring at a fond memory. Something about it captures that "cozy" feeling of using early computers as a kid.
This man could talk about paint drying and it'd still be the best story you've ever heard.
MS Paint drying you mean. ;)
borger
okay, dude, calm down don't give him bad ideas
but would he go into detail on how theyre made and the reactions with concrete, wood, etc?
I think he just did
i love how he said "we can make the burger bounce!" like this is what everything in his life has been leading up to
Here’s an obscure retro gaming feature you could do a brief history about: the Boss Key. (Some old PC games had a button to bring up a fake productivity screen in case the boss was walking by, and some of these had amusing backstories.)
This is why I love TH-cam so damn much. An hour ago, I had no idea this piece even existed. Now I am fully invested in its restoration.
I agree, but... it's also kinda also why I hate TH-cam. I could've done something else
The fact that it's possible he drew this on an 80s mouse while holding it sideways is insane.
Why would he have to draw sideways? What's the difference between an artist drawing a sideways slice of tomato vs a horizontal slice of tomato? Especially of a caliber as Mr Haeger?
@@dorklymorkly3290 As an artist myself It’s much easier to draw upright than sideways
@@JohnMarston-wd7tv Sure, that's easier to do strokes...but...what I'm getting at is: If you know how to draw a slice of tomato, then you can draw it in any position.
Would you draw an accordeon rotated, like a burger? Or would you go "An accordeon is played sideways" and draw it sideways.
If you'd draw it sideways, then you could draw the burger sideways. The burger is an accordeon, or a picket fence, or overlapping clothes in a clothing store.
Tshirts hanging from a beam, all overlapping, from left to right.
Would you rotate your image to draw these shirts stacked like a hamburger? Would it not feel unnatural to draw a shirt sideways from such a rotation, like a flag?
But you can also draw flags, right? Those fly sideways, too.
Etc, perhaps this is easier to imagine than my other reply.
Or perhaps, in other words:
Would you still rotate this image if the burger was shot out of a cannon sideways?
@@dorklymorkly3290 what? you draw accordions left to right - they are predominantly left to right. but you draw burgers up to down - even though you consume them left to right they are mostly vertical, especially this drawing. Since it was meant to be viewed with the buns at the top and bottom, then drawing it sideways would help with the whole sideways thing!
Also worth noting Stuart produces all his own music for his videos as well
As an artist, the very very end hit hard. I wish more people could understand it like you, Ahoy. Life is more than eat-sleep-work-repeat. Some of us need that little flash of creative fun.
The only people that say doing stuff like that is a waste of time are people who are not exactly creative themselves, never accomplish anything on their own except nailing a job, and the artist themselves.
Self deprication is sort of part of being a great artist
@@Royalname31for a second I was super confused reading your comment, then I understood lmfao
I didn't know what to expect from the thumbnail and name but I loved this.
You gotta find the original artist and present it to him.
I saw it and my brain processed it as "fort-nite burger" and I thought he was gonna talk about the Wreck-It Ralph image
As far as I could find he works for a company called American Pinball currently, but the articles saying so were from February 2021 so they may not still be accurate. Good to see he's still around and getting work though.
Check again here. The original artist has commented
@@PratikAnand Good shout, that's very heartwarming to see.
@@PratikAnand thank you!
This was NOT a waste of time.
This was fascinating and I could feel your love for the original piece. Thank you for sharing this.
To me it was a little insight into the magic behind my childhood. I grew up with one of these machines and it will forever be close to my heart.
Does it matter if it is a waste of time? Some of the best things aren't exactly productive, but we still enjoy them
@@jameswalker199 it depends what you define as a waste of time
Before this video, I knew nothing of four-byte burger, but now I believe it too is one of my favorite pieces of pixel art lol😂. I have watched this video several times over the past couple weeks, and I am still enthralled by the adherence to detail.
_"And_ knowing _is half the battle."_
im glad he called it a reproduction at the end after using the word counterfeit and fake earlier in the video. the connotations are wildly different and the effort put into this is amazing and should be celebrated
This is by far the most niche obsession I have ever seen. And I couldn't be happier to see you succeed with your little digital fascination.
yes
niche obsessions are the soul of the internet
you might like some of Nick Robinson's content. th-cam.com/video/-e6xOBCAVvA/w-d-xo.html
@@YourFatherVEVO and the soul of the psychiatrist ward
This was definitely NOT a waste of my time. Loved it
Digital art restoration!!!! This is like being able to copy a painting brush by brush stroke down to the exact same colours mixed. This sort of thing would give you an award in another time.
I never thought I could be interested in pixel art of a burger, but you have the uncanny ability to make even the most mundane things fascinating.
your pixel art is: damn burger
this isn't mundane.
those comments of "this man can make a fly look badass" are not joking
@@Noobwater far from mundane.
Anyone who speaks about something with passion can make it endlessly interesting
When you rotate a CRT, the earths magnetic field will affect the beam on a different axis that causes it to misalign with the color mask. Degaussing the monitor after moving it fixes it. If the monitor doesn’t have an internal degaussing coil, you can get an external tool to tune it up.
this sounds like a conspiracy theory despite being 100% true
all we need now is fbi involvement and we’re spot on
thank you I hate when people are just like "we may never knowwww it is a mysteryyyyy😇😇😇"
@@RAN480L64 you'll burn yourself out if you strive the knowledge of everything, including the most inconsequential.
@@RAN480L64 he most likely didn't know what was causing it and didn't exactly have the time to find out
i genuinely know about 3 words in your entire sentence but thank you for explaining
Computers are just so hilariously advanced when you think about it. Data wizardry using nothing but magnets on a disc and lots of math
Wow. Talk about nostalgia overload. Back in college we used Amiga toasters to photo and put together our stop motion animations. The Amiga was a paradigm shift in digital art.
This video, like always, is amazing. Thanks for making it.
Ahoy finally mustard the courage to tell us how much he loves burgers. I'd grill him for more information, but I know he already has good taste.
fuckign beesechurger
Nice
@@badasahog I see what u did there 8)
😂😂😂. You win
You deserve a patty on your back for those buns.
Never thought I'd watch a 30minute video of one man's obsession with a lost pixel art, but here I am. Much love Ahoy!
Oho.. watch a 8 hour bomberman compilation retrospective
Not only is this important to the history of computer art, art in general. I love that you documented it so step by step, including the monitor issue, it reminded me of Ask A Mortician doing a recreation of a Victorian ghost portrait, all the fiddly bits (and problems!) in recreating past art is super interesting.
The thing about pixel art is, it looks harsh on modern displays, but they were designed specifically to look good on CRTs and other older, lower-resolution monitors. Your recreation, on the Amiga monitor, looks fantastic for that!
Things like this are never a waste of time if you had fun along the way.
Stuart can always inject any of his passions straight into your veins with his words and presentation.
It's difficult to put into words why I felt what I did at the end of this video; but seeing that finished burger, a replica of an original image that I had never seen before nor had any nostalgia for, left me smiling ear to ear. And that bounce animation was just the cherry on top!
I've never encountered your channel before, but I was just enraptured for an irreverent adventure I previously had little interest in for just over half an hour.
I think that says a lot about the way you craft your storytelling and the quality of the content you've made from it. Thank you for the walk through some history, and I'm looking forward to diving into what else is around here on this channel 😁
The animated burger was just sublime. We need that as a gif!
And with squish! I can't believe he decided to hold back 😂
Man, this is incredibly significant in its own niche way -- a passion project by every sense of the word. I'm sure Jack Haeger would love your recreation.
He isn't alive anymore?
I can't seem to find any info about him later than 1990, is there anybody have a clue here?
@@LongTran-em6hc He appears to now be working for a company called American Pinball, you can find that by searching the company + his name. I just realized he was the director for the game CarnEvil, so I'm doubly a fan of Four-Byte Burger now.
I hope someone knows someone who can get Jack to comment on this.
@@cyberskelet0n CarnEvil has come back around into my consciousness an unusually high number of times recently. Shocked to see it somehow appear under this video too. Maybe the universe is telling me I need to go play it.
As a digital illustrator myself, this was such a wonderful surprise! Brought a tear to my eye! It's always a pleasure seeing people appreciate art genuinely to the point of spending time to digitally restore lost pieces of work.
I am also saddened to see how authenticity seems to have been lost with a lot of folks these days who think "art" created with no effort whatsoever is to be considered "art" if at all.
This right here is one of the best examples of authenticity in one's love for art!
Editing, music, scripting, voice over, pixel art, in-depth research, you are a creative powerhouse, and you deserve every subscriber you have, and beyond. Keep up the good work, we'll all be here to enjoy it every time.
You gotta send this to the original artist, if he's even still around. I wonder how he'd feel to see his art restored in such a beautiful way.
A quick consultation with the Google Oracle reveals that Jack is now art director for American Pinball.
@@bertjilk3456 email him a link to the vid
@@shaynehughes6645 I didn't go so far as to search for his email. But, i'm sure someone will alert him sooner or later.
This would be great as an art installation.
I _LOOOOOVE_ that this channel isn't limiting itself to history of games/weapons/etc. Keep exploring new subjects because this video is captivating.
Absolutely!
My favorite thing about this TH-camr? No ads or self-promotion. It literally felt like I was watching a professional documentary.
The ending pop-in of each element syncs up with the cadence of his speech. that's amazing, and absolutely intentional
It's really touching how much effort you went through to recreate one lone image done decades ago as promotional art for technology that hasn't been widely used in years. Especially because pixel art isn't typically appreciated now a days and as an artist it's really heartwarming to see how someone's love of an art piece, even 40 year old pixel art, can drive them to recreate the original lost piece. I'm glad you took the time to share the Four-Byte Burger with us.
@@duffman18 yeah i have to agree. I feel like good pixel art today is treated as a cool novelty
On the contrary, pixel art is seeing some newfound love as of recent.
@@duffman18 that is why i love shaders they come so close now my favorite shader even does the megadrive transparency right there was a whole part in creating the shader that was about getting the sonic waterfall just right
Hell. Yes. Another Ahoy video.
EDIT: You can hear his satisfied exhale, full of pride right before the last chapter. He knows he's done something truly unique and, in a way, incredible.
I can not overstate how much I love your work in both execution and choice of subject. Please keep doing what you do.
I don't really do art but I can certainly appreciate the passion that goes into real works of art. Hats off to you Mr Ahoy, that's some digital restoration of artwork right there. Loved the bouncing burger animation, pure GIF material. Or as the background to a 12 hour megamix of Amiga era music.
This isn't just a video. This is one of the most heart touching love letters I've ever watched.
Whimsical
Art Bromance
@@supersonictumbleweed bronies can and will be executed under decree of The Royal Council.
I swear, seeing the animated burger ignited a long lost memory in me. I swear I’ve seen pixel art of a burger bouncing exactly like that, but I don’t remember when or where.
Somehow I managed to dig up a 30 year old memory and remember that it’s a hole in “Zany Golf” with a burger obstacle that jumps up in the same layered fashion! The burger appears in many screenshots of the game, so it must have been iconic. I wonder if the creators ever saw this image?
@@roberthesketh7472 I found in-game screenshots of what you describe and cover art. Seems like mustard is on the same side, composition of the burger is almost the same and tomatoe is also taking up the same percentage of the burger as in this video's image. I'm thinking yes.
Hello Ahoy it’s Dave here formally “mrdavetherave411” we played together way back in modern warfare 3. I have since switched channels and I wanted to say thank you because you are the person who inspired me to start TH-cam in the first place and I’ve just hit over 100,000 subscribers so thank you very much love the videos keep them up!
BMD
Congrats homie
I didn't expect that a video about an old burger pixel art could make me cry from nostalgia
11:35
"but i'm not to worried about it being perfect, as I think that's a route to insanity."
-Ahoy
seriously you make the most badass quotes from reviewing guns in video games and movies, to making badass quotes in art
I can't believe I'm so enthralled at watching Stuart reanimate an ancient digital burger.
He certainly made a filling meal of it.
Same
28:44
I love his enthusiasm of resurrecting an old image of burger and LITERALLY reanimating it.
This did not go anywhere I expected it to. And I'm so happy for it. Anytime Ahoy uploads is a good time.
"A worthwhile waste of time" really hit me after all that. I smiled and clapped during this because, frankly, what you did here was *magic* to me. I use GIMP and i've done tracing or reproduction of elements, but never have I gone to such a painstaking, amazing degree. Thank you for this, and all your other content!
how do you know someone uses gimp?
They'll tell you
@@luiginotcool BUAHAHAHAHAHH
@@luiginotcool gimp. the linux of photo editing?
@@xjanise2412 Literally. The clue is in the G
@@luiginotcool anyone who has powered through the eye blood of gimps baffling GUI has earned the right
"We have conducted digital necromancy, and brought a lost image back from the dead."
You never cease to surprise me with those awesome lines and you really did an spectacular job with this project alongside whoever you worked with. Good luck on your next work and the following ones ...
My brother loves pixel art. He has practiced it since he was a little kid and always on classic MS Paint, because he doesn't like the feel of modern programs. I sent him a link to this and this is what he said. "You know, I appreciate what this man is doing, I've recreated pixel art by hand using nothing, but shitty screenshots as well. One thing that does seem to make him have more work, is that he's treating everything as it's own layer in photoshop, that seems unnecessary to me."
"Oh. I've always treated my recreations as just a poster or screenshot. Never trying to turn them into pieces to move around. That was pretty cool."
I'm going to take a picture of this on my computer screen to really make the 4 Byte Burger authentic.
As a graphic design student, I found this video particularly fascinating. I loved watching the process of reverse engineering how image was made to recreate it as faithfully as possible.
share it with your teacher. maybe they will enjoy it as well
I opened TH-cam this evening to find Ahoy and Bobby Broccoli top of my suggested. What a great day.
Forsooth, Ahoy's and Bobby's videos are the last two in my watch-later list because they're both, both long and interesting. Just one to go… (until 50 new videos are added to my subscriber feed 😒). But don't worry, Rohin, your videos always get the move-to-top treatment. 😉
This was insanely interesting, man. My god. Please DO NOT ever stop creating content. Idc how long between, because evidently the longer you’re gone the powerful you become - far beyond 8000 power level at this point.
During the design stage, the inventor of CRT monitors encountered an unexpected issue: deflection of the electron beam by the Earth's natural magnetic field. This is why your colors changed when you changed the orientation of the screen -- as far as the monitor knows, the Earth's magnetic field shifted by 90 degrees. I was, however, surprised to learn that the internals will eventually magnetically re-align to the new orientation after the field shifts!
I'm sure Jack was used to the vertical monitor setup from his work with Williams; I immediately recognized his style from his sprite artwork on Sinistar, one of my favorite arcade games. That sense of accomplishment when you finish recreating something that was once lost or only available in lower quality, is a vibe I get a lot when recreating music from Metroid Prime. Keep up the amazing work, I absolutely loved your "Trackers" video!
Or he simply drew it sideways. 🤷
Metroid Prime eh? Absolutely giving a subscribe.
@@I.____.....__...__ That's precisely what my first thought was too.
Reminds me of that old post on tumblr about someone who did Meme restoration as a hobby. They would take common reaction images that had been downloaded so many times that they had become crunchy, and recreate them to look brand new.
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This is the definition of a passion project in its purest form; along with the unrelenting effort, attention to detail and immense personal payoff many can just feel while watching ❣
If watching this was a waste of my time; I'll gladly waste some more watching it again 👍
well done!! 👏👏👏
as an artist i really appreciate this video and the work youve done. even the original guy commented and thats amazing. great job man!
Art preservation in the digital age is something we are tragically, woefully flubbing every single day. This was a delightful lil practice for a sillier piece, and i hope it inspires someone else to copy it, and try their hand at recreating other similar pieces that have been lost to time/memory
Every video this man puts out is an absolute banger through and through.
Quality over quantity, indeed. He's like the Daft Punk of YT gaming content.
Who knew watching a channel for Call of Duty gun guides and funny finale puns would lead into literally over a decade of amazing content? Genuinely my favourite channel.
Ahoy is probably the only person that can make me interested in a digital art piece
“The fake is of far greater value. In its deliberate attempt to be real, it’s more real than the real thing.”
this video has really scratched an itch ive had about lost media for a while. I'm quite obsessive about finding original source images/videos for stuff that is available, but can only be found in low res, and im glad there are others who have that desire to experience things in their most original and pure state
The lengths you went to achieve this result, just for the sake of being accurate and preserve a piece of history was honestly one of the most interesting videos I've watched in a while. Can't thank you enough for creating this. Your channel is simply one of the greatest.
I kind of expected some kind of twist at the end where you sent the reproduction to Jack Haeger himself, but this was lovely to watch all the same. Also, it amazes me how you can seemingly make a documentary about whatever topic interests you at the time and have us all in awe for whatever duration your new video has. Amazing job, Stuart. Never stop (please!)
You may be pleased to see who the pinned comment is now
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i really love how excited he is for a flying hotdog and a floppy disk burger
10:29
burger, burger, burger, burger
1 byte, 2 byte, 4 byte burger
Ones and zeros with perfect toppers
I rule this day
Onion, data, Pickle, Ketchup
It's okay if I don't want that
Impossible or 4 byte burger
Any burger my way
the satisfaction when he said dithering and not ""shading""
I love how this guy stops posting for months and suddenly emerges, holding a picture and asking, "Wanna see?" And takes us on an interesting history trip and restoring an important relic.
Love ya man, glad I subscribed :3
Can't wait for the Ahoy video where he describes paint dry and we all still watch totally enraptured.
Part of me hopes he does an April Fool's video on that lol
lulw no we dont, i skipped to the end fo this video, b0o0o0o0oring
@@liukang3545 ok
I was today years old when I learned that all the music for this video was created by Stuart. You know, in addition to the whole video and the entirety of the image. No wonder he uploads infrequently, the quality of your work is insane.
I like when he says “more to the point, it’s my favorite”. It’s just a random image of a burger to me, but it’s somebody’s favorite, so of course the restoration is very important
this is like the most personable ahoy has ever been, and i’m not surprised it happened through him going mad over a burger
As an artist and an Amiga enjoyer, I very much appreciate every single moment you've spent on this restoration!
I love at 28:30 wherein after succeeding your quest, you take on the bonus mission of making an animated version! :D
you know the video would be great when the subject is mundane and borderline silly but the process for the quest is meticulous, technical and fun, all thanks to the power of "digital necromancy"
oh.. now I'm craving for some burger, probably without a floppy disk
The king of quality over quantity is back to bless the realm with his incredible work.
I feel like he just stops by TH-cam once or twice a year, drops an absolute banger and then dips while we all sit around scratching our heads and wondering why nobody can ever seem to catch up to AHOY's level.
Because he doesn't bang out a video a week or, god forbid, a day.
@@Saavik256 With plugs for sponsor product
On a somewhat related note, @BobbyBroccoli has also uploaded today...
@@phelyan oh shit, genuinely thanks for commenting this cause i did not know that he uploaded a new vid as well lmao
@@phelyan oh man thanks for reminding me, I started to watch that earlier and got interrupted. Good looking out bro.
As Ahoy does, I also get extremely ecstatic at the sight of pixelated art of many meat-in-bread concoctions.
A fantastic work of love. Always with that impecable voice over. Thank you S.
This was a beautifully told story. You made me feel nostalgic for something I'd never heard of
I can't believe how much detailed is your work and how much effort is given in any your video.. it's really an art form
No matter the content, the aesthetic and music in these videos is just so appealing. Hats off as always Ahoy, keep doing you.
He makes his own music too.
Don't forget the slick editing, and Stuart's almost hypnotic voiceover. This man could do a video about different kinds of paper shredders, and I'd still be on the edge of my seat.
@@yetanother9127 Damn straight haha
@@Hemlock. Me too, gosh his iconic arms soundtrack is so well done and fits his asthetic for it very good
@@subarusensei3685 "The gods gave us fire, but blowing stuff up? That was our idea"
this is amazing to see people recreate stuff almost lost to time
Absolutely love this style of pixel art. Hits me right in the nostalgia.
Every so often the lights in Ahoy tower flicker back on, and we get a couple more bangers like this. Would never have imagined a video about an image file would be so enthralling
27:00
I'm not going to joke about this; This shot is a piece of art all its own. Not just the recreation of the image or its display, but the lighting, the aspect ratio, the framing of it... It makes a fun image feel genuinely breathtaking.
I didn't see anyone talk about it, but the cause of that discoloration when initially rotating the monitor is, no kidding, the earth's magnetic field.
That click-humm-click when you first power on a monitor is an AC based electromagnetic coil that uses the electrons moving back and forth to "reset" the magnetic charge and settle it in to whatever orientation it's in. A bad or weak built-in coil will not be strong enough to take care of it, so other people with this problem would use a dedicated degaussing coil. Basically a hand-held hoop of lamp wire plugged into mains and waved around a bit like a magic ritual.
Those other people? Arcade owners and repairers, as not only are there many games that are supposed to run in vertical or horizontal orientation, but even some arcade game cabinets can be set up in either orientation based on the requirements of the swap-able game board inside.
I waited months to see a picture I’d never seen from a computer I never used get restored. Worth it. ❤
It's crazy to think that Jack was one of the first, possibly _the_ first digital artist in history, and that computers are advanced enough that a piece of his art can be accurately replicated today with relatively little reference material. Thousands upon thousands of digital artists are around today, some getting paid money to work on video games, movies, magazines, and more, and they all owe it to Jack and people like him for paving the way for that entire hobby.