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Re: SGI demos from long ago in the browser via WASM

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Post by secure »

blincoln wrote: post #10

Around 1995 or 1996, a friend said he'd played a speederbike graphics/game demo running on an SGI system at some kind of touring SGI promotional event. I've never been able to find screenshots or video of it, and was hoping it might be included here. No such luck. I don't suppose anyone remembers it?

Was it vroom by any chance? A slot car racing game in space: https://nixdoc.net/man-pages/irix/man6/vroom.6.html

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/imguo4oUd-c?app=desktop

Re: SGI demos from long ago in the browser via WASM

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Post by networked »

munchlax wrote: post #4

Everything 404? Sad

The maintainer changed a path, fixed the code (https://github.com/sgi-demos/sgi-demos/issues/2#issuecomment...), but forgot to update the readme. I have submitted a PR. Here are the fixed links with the original commentary:

---

Working demos

- Buttonfly: https://sgi-demos.github.io/

- Bounce: https://sgi-demos.github.io/sgi-demos/demos/bounce/web/bounc...

- Ideas: https://sgi-demos.github.io/sgi-demos/demos/ideas/web/ideas_...

- Insect: https://sgi-demos.github.io/sgi-demos/demos/insect/web/insec...

- Jello: https://sgi-demos.github.io/sgi-demos/demos/jello/web/jello_...

- Logo: https://sgi-demos.github.io/sgi-demos/demos/logo/web/logo_fu...

- Twilight: https://sgi-demos.github.io/sgi-demos/demos/twilight/web/twi...

Somewhat working demos

- Flight: https://sgi-demos.github.io/sgi-demos/demos/flight/web/fligh... (cockpit glitches, planes too slow in web version, night mode 'shimmers', no network play")

- Newave: https://sgi-demos.github.io/sgi-demos/demos/newave/web/newav... (no mesh editing, no popup menus, only wireframe)

- Arena: https://sgi-demos.github.io/sgi-demos/demos/arena/web/arena_... (no network play)

Re: SGI demos from long ago in the browser via WASM

#15

Post by fidotron »

secure wrote: post #13
blincoln wrote: post #10

Around 1995 or 1996, a friend said he'd played a speederbike graphics/game demo running on an SGI system at some kind of touring SGI promotional event. I've never been able to find screenshots or video of it, and was hoping it might be included here. No such luck. I don't suppose anyone remembers it?

Was it vroom by any chance? A slot car racing game in space: https://nixdoc.net/man-pages/irix/man6/vroom.6.html Video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/imguo4oUd-c?app=desktop

A networked multiplayer version of that seems like it could be quite entertaining.

Re: SGI demos from long ago in the browser via WASM

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Post by kinlan »

fidotron wrote: post #15
secure wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was it vroom by any chance? A slot car racing game in space: https://nixdoc.net/man-pages/irix/man6/vroom.6.html Video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/imguo4oUd-c?app=desktop

A networked multiplayer version of that seems like it could be quite entertaining.

Years ago I was invovled in getting something similar built for Google IO and Chrome - https://youtu.be/KOCM9_qGccY
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