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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It blows my mind that this was cutting edge, jaw dropping graphics back in the day. A shape-shifting trapezoid with some panicked faces peeking out.

E. Nah now I'm thinking it's a one dimensional parallelegram.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That shit's laughable, but then there was Superman III and the trauma it caused:

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

That scene scared the shit out of me

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

What blows my mind is that I could right now recreate this in moments on a cheap, low-power microcontroller.