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.

@Biiidiii

Жыл бұрын

🍔

@perftest

Жыл бұрын

i knew you'd comment

@SaltedSnacks

Жыл бұрын

Do you happen to remember how many colors you used for this? Curious if that was accurate.

@RedHedDes

Жыл бұрын

Wow, so cool!

@GPiX3

Жыл бұрын

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

@doktorwyvern2883

26 күн бұрын

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.

@meylinlibertaskeef3346

10 ай бұрын

His name is jeff smh

@BoxySonic

10 ай бұрын

​@@meylinlibertaskeef3346the User directory on his computer says Stuart

@ratgobbler

8 ай бұрын

⁠@@BoxySonic And at the end of his Iconic Arms videos, it shows his name is Stuart.

@Saint_Wolf_

6 ай бұрын

​@@meylinlibertaskeef3346 All his videos are signed as "Stuart Brown" at the end.

@Saint_Wolf_

6 ай бұрын

He sounds so happy and excited about this art preservation project and the happier he sounds the happier I get.

"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.

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...

@protheu5

Жыл бұрын

Wow, that's a name I haven't seen in a while. Was fascinated by your videos too.

@CitrusZero

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure it was beautiful work.

@uniqueflowsnake

Жыл бұрын

Hey cyriak! love your work.

@KonZone

Жыл бұрын

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.

@gogokowai

Жыл бұрын

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

I just realized that he writes his own music for these too, what a crazy talented man

@misterkefir

Жыл бұрын

Always such bangers, too!

@Draliseth

Жыл бұрын

What?! Holy hell. Dude is pure class and skill.

@dermond

Жыл бұрын

One man army

@SMJSmoK

Жыл бұрын

I hope he's using trackers.

@Sneakyboson

Жыл бұрын

The John Carpenter of KZread.

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.

@acoolsephirothrgmt7834

4 ай бұрын

We need to get this comment higher up. Such coincidences in life are one of the coolest things ever

Dancing four-byte burger, looks like the perfect 'loading animation' for a pixel art restraunt sim.

And so my binge of Ahoy videos begins again

@drunkensailor112

Жыл бұрын

Except the weapon stuff

@benjaminford8173

Жыл бұрын

@@drunkensailor112 Why not the firearms stuff? Its top tier content IMO

@drunkensailor112

Жыл бұрын

@@benjaminford8173 Oh I do believe, but I can't think of a subject that would interest me less than weapons

@SeizeSir

Жыл бұрын

@@drunkensailor112 half the weapon videos are about their apperances in videogames, if that's something that interests you :)

@jwmcq

Жыл бұрын

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!

Hearing Ahoy get so happy about pixel art really warms my heart.

@scatered1

Жыл бұрын

It's whimsical

@dieSpinnt

Жыл бұрын

Great stuff! He was so excited that he couldn't even think about rotating the CAMERA instead of the monitor.

@andrewduong2740

Жыл бұрын

Ahoy: makes brilliant documentaries about iconic firearms paired with captivating, bespoke motion graphics Also Ahoy: here's some pixel art of a hamburger

@gwentarinokripperinolkjdsf683

Жыл бұрын

@@dieSpinnt he brought it up, but obviously the artist didn't create the art sideways

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.

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.

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.

@VanessaMagick

Жыл бұрын

fuckign beesechurger

@badasahog

Жыл бұрын

Nice

@adfaklsdjf

Жыл бұрын

@@badasahog I see what u did there 8)

@TheArtofKAS

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂. You win

@samtepal3892

Жыл бұрын

You deserve a patty on your back for those buns.

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.

@Royalname31

11 ай бұрын

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

@mr.jitterspam9552

3 ай бұрын

​@@Royalname31for a second I was super confused reading your comment, then I understood lmfao

i love how he said "we can make the burger bounce!" like this is what everything in his life has been leading up to

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.

@Garganzuul

Жыл бұрын

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.

@jameswalker199

Жыл бұрын

Does it matter if it is a waste of time? Some of the best things aren't exactly productive, but we still enjoy them

@Thelemonses

Жыл бұрын

​@@jameswalker199 it depends what you define as a waste of time

This man could talk about paint drying and it'd still be the best story you've ever heard.

@Shazamatazz

Жыл бұрын

MS Paint drying you mean. ;)

@knowtheplan472

Жыл бұрын

borger

@lorenzomizushal3980

Жыл бұрын

okay, dude, calm down don't give him bad ideas

@bananabuns1369

Жыл бұрын

but would he go into detail on how theyre made and the reactions with concrete, wood, etc?

@mike1011031

Жыл бұрын

I think he just did

Also worth noting Stuart produces all his own music for his videos as well

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 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.

@johnwicked1132

Жыл бұрын

yes

@YourFatherVEVO

Жыл бұрын

niche obsessions are the soul of the internet

@Symbiote7872

Жыл бұрын

you might like some of Nick Robinson's content. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5lq2rF7c6S8pqQ.html

@lasarousi

Жыл бұрын

​@@YourFatherVEVO and the soul of the psychiatrist ward

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.

@sirllamaiii9708

Жыл бұрын

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

@sweetpepino1907

Жыл бұрын

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.

@PratikAnand

Жыл бұрын

Check again here. The original artist has commented

@sweetpepino1907

Жыл бұрын

@@PratikAnand Good shout, that's very heartwarming to see.

@captaindragon8179

Жыл бұрын

@@PratikAnand thank you!

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.

@vee-bee-a

7 ай бұрын

_"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

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.

@Scrufflord

Жыл бұрын

your pixel art is: damn burger

@Noobwater

Жыл бұрын

this isn't mundane.

@impazie

Жыл бұрын

those comments of "this man can make a fly look badass" are not joking

@ryanw531

Жыл бұрын

@@Noobwater far from mundane.

@TheColorman

Жыл бұрын

Anyone who speaks about something with passion can make it endlessly interesting

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.

@coffeebreak7668

Жыл бұрын

It's a wonderful talent of his

@thomasnesmith5426

Жыл бұрын

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 was definitely NOT a waste of my time. Loved it

Computers are just so hilariously advanced when you think about it. Data wizardry using nothing but magnets on a disc and lots of math

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!

@vangelisgru7271

Жыл бұрын

Oho.. watch a 8 hour bomberman compilation retrospective

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 KZread 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

@mirabile1221

Жыл бұрын

Congrats homie

This is why I love KZread so damn much. An hour ago, I had no idea this piece even existed. Now I am fully invested in its restoration.

@kirbylover37

Жыл бұрын

I agree, but... it's also kinda also why I hate KZread. I could've done something else

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.

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 fact that it's possible he drew this on an 80s mouse while holding it sideways is insane.

@dorklymorkly3290

Жыл бұрын

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?

@JohnMarston-wd7tv

Жыл бұрын

@@dorklymorkly3290 As an artist myself It’s much easier to draw upright than sideways

@dorklymorkly3290

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@dorklymorkly3290

Жыл бұрын

Or perhaps, in other words: Would you still rotate this image if the burger was shot out of a cannon sideways?

@cewla3348

Жыл бұрын

@@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!

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.

@bezimeni2000

Жыл бұрын

He isn't alive anymore?

@LongTran-em6hc

Жыл бұрын

I can't seem to find any info about him later than 1990, is there anybody have a clue here?

@cyberskelet0n

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Okabim

Жыл бұрын

I hope someone knows someone who can get Jack to comment on this.

@delphicdescant

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

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!

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 😁

"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 ...

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.

@harshulbarooah6556

Жыл бұрын

​@@duffman18 yeah i have to agree. I feel like good pixel art today is treated as a cool novelty

@iennefaLsh

Жыл бұрын

On the contrary, pixel art is seeing some newfound love as of recent.

@linuxstreamer8910

Жыл бұрын

@@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

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

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!

Stuart can always inject any of his passions straight into your veins with his words and presentation.

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.

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

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!

Things like this are never a waste of time if you had fun along the way.

"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!

@luiginotcool

Жыл бұрын

how do you know someone uses gimp? They'll tell you

@kvdrr

Жыл бұрын

​@@luiginotcool BUAHAHAHAHAHH

@xjanise2412

Жыл бұрын

@@luiginotcool gimp. the linux of photo editing?

@kricku

Жыл бұрын

​@@xjanise2412 Literally. The clue is in the G

@CircaSriYak

Жыл бұрын

​@@luiginotcool anyone who has powered through the eye blood of gimps baffling GUI has earned the right

My favorite thing about this KZreadr? No ads or self-promotion. It literally felt like I was watching a professional documentary.

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.

The animated burger was just sublime. We need that as a gif!

@1000_Gibibit

Жыл бұрын

And with squish! I can't believe he decided to hold back 😂

I _LOOOOOVE_ that this channel isn't limiting itself to history of games/weapons/etc. Keep exploring new subjects because this video is captivating.

@TTTristan1

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

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.

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 opened KZread this evening to find Ahoy and Bobby Broccoli top of my suggested. What a great day.

@I.____.....__...__

Жыл бұрын

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. 😉

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!

@I.____.....__...__

Жыл бұрын

Or he simply drew it sideways. 🤷

@BigDamnGyro

Жыл бұрын

Metroid Prime eh? Absolutely giving a subscribe.

@jashloseher578

Жыл бұрын

@@I.____.....__...__ That's precisely what my first thought was too.

@redgunnit

Жыл бұрын

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.

@jdjohnson1591

Жыл бұрын

I A M S I N I S T A R B E W A R E I L I V E R U N R U N R U N

I can not overstate how much I love your work in both execution and choice of subject. Please keep doing what you do.

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

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.

@absoultethings4213

10 ай бұрын

this sounds like a conspiracy theory despite being 100% true all we need now is fbi involvement and we’re spot on

@user-zd7qx4id7r

10 ай бұрын

thank you I hate when people are just like "we may never knowwww it is a mysteryyyyy😇😇😇"

@MoridaFanadier

10 ай бұрын

​@@user-zd7qx4id7r you'll burn yourself out if you strive the knowledge of everything, including the most inconsequential.

@basketcaseface813

10 ай бұрын

@@user-zd7qx4id7r he most likely didn't know what was causing it and didn't exactly have the time to find out

@tiffany15O5

10 ай бұрын

i genuinely know about 3 words in your entire sentence but thank you for explaining

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.

@bertjilk3456

Жыл бұрын

A quick consultation with the Google Oracle reveals that Jack is now art director for American Pinball.

@shaynehughes6645

Жыл бұрын

​@@bertjilk3456 email him a link to the vid

@bertjilk3456

Жыл бұрын

@@shaynehughes6645 I didn't go so far as to search for his email. But, i'm sure someone will alert him sooner or later.

@MrUltraChicken

Жыл бұрын

This would be great as an art installation.

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 did not go anywhere I expected it to. And I'm so happy for it. Anytime Ahoy uploads is a good time.

I can't believe I'm so enthralled at watching Stuart reanimate an ancient digital burger.

@cswvna

11 ай бұрын

He certainly made a filling meal of it.

@JmKrokY

6 ай бұрын

Same

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!)

@zwarriorkrillin6400

Жыл бұрын

You may be pleased to see who the pinned comment is now

@goat-eyes

Жыл бұрын

^

as an artist i really appreciate this video and the work youve done. even the original guy commented and thats amazing. great job man!

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.

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.

@CErra310

Жыл бұрын

share it with your teacher. maybe they will enjoy it as well

This isn't just a video. This is one of the most heart touching love letters I've ever watched.

@scatered1

Жыл бұрын

Whimsical

@supersonictumbleweed

Жыл бұрын

Art Bromance

@scatered1

Жыл бұрын

@@supersonictumbleweed bronies can and will be executed under decree of The Royal Council.

Thank you for the OUTSTANDING work per usual, Stuart! I found your channel over a year ago, and i'm literally jumping up and down in my chair when seeing a new upload, you are so passionate about the stuff you talk about, it gives me boosebumps thinking about! Thank you once again, and i look forward to your next upload!

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.

28:44 I love his enthusiasm of resurrecting an old image of burger and LITERALLY reanimating it.

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.

@roberthesketh7472

Жыл бұрын

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?

@Godl1ked

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

The way I sat here and watched this entire video with such a nostalgic feeling, knowing something seemed familiar that I couldn’t quite grasp. I went to your channel to watch another video since this one was so fantastic and there it was: your Polybius video. The first video essay I had ever seen from 5 years ago. I’m speechless and pleasantly surprised KZread has brought me back to your work. Thank you.

This is a truly incredible work. At first I was blown away by the image restoration (tho I think it could be semi-automated instead of full manual repainting), then firing up the actual hardware from the age... Woah. Blown away squared. The dedication and love you've put into this is astonishing, otherwordly. Thank you! Been watching your channel for quite some time (I think I watched it whole) and it's incredible, please keep up the good work, it's awesome!

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

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!! 👏👏👏

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 ending pop-in of each element syncs up with the cadence of his speech. that's amazing, and absolutely intentional

“The fake is of far greater value. In its deliberate attempt to be real, it’s more real than the real thing.”

Every video this man puts out is an absolute banger through and through.

@justinsensing494

Жыл бұрын

Quality over quantity, indeed. He's like the Daft Punk of YT gaming content.

@ThisUsernameSystemF-ckingSucks

Жыл бұрын

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.

@maxumunum1926

Жыл бұрын

Ahoy is probably the only person that can make me interested in a digital art piece

I could listen to you speak about anything for any amount of time with your poetic and whimsical voice and amazing script and passion. From a happy Pateron continue making what makes you happy and I will continue to enjoy your passion.

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.

The king of quality over quantity is back to bless the realm with his incredible work. I feel like he just stops by KZread 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.

@Saavik256

Жыл бұрын

Because he doesn't bang out a video a week or, god forbid, a day.

@TheSundayShooter

Жыл бұрын

​@@Saavik256 With plugs for sponsor product

@phelyan

Жыл бұрын

On a somewhat related note, @BobbyBroccoli has also uploaded today...

@ThinkAboutVic

Жыл бұрын

@@phelyan oh shit, genuinely thanks for commenting this cause i did not know that he uploaded a new vid as well lmao

@mikedrop4421

Жыл бұрын

@@phelyan oh man thanks for reminding me, I started to watch that earlier and got interrupted. Good looking out bro.

As an artist and an Amiga enjoyer, I very much appreciate every single moment you've spent on this restoration!

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

This was such an impressively deep history dive and beautiful recreation, I am in awe!

Can't wait for the Ahoy video where he describes paint dry and we all still watch totally enraptured.

@dustinsterling3248

Жыл бұрын

Part of me hopes he does an April Fool's video on that lol

@liukang3545

Жыл бұрын

lulw no we dont, i skipped to the end fo this video, b0o0o0o0oring

@dustinsterling3248

Жыл бұрын

@@liukang3545 ok

No matter the content, the aesthetic and music in these videos is just so appealing. Hats off as always Ahoy, keep doing you.

@subarusensei3685

Жыл бұрын

He makes his own music too.

@yetanother9127

Жыл бұрын

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.

@Hemlock.

Жыл бұрын

@@yetanother9127 Damn straight haha

@subarusensei3685

Жыл бұрын

@@Hemlock. Me too, gosh his iconic arms soundtrack is so well done and fits his asthetic for it very good

@Hemlock.

Жыл бұрын

@@subarusensei3685 "The gods gave us fire, but blowing stuff up? That was our idea"

I first got into the channel with the various arms videos. I was, and still am, stupefied as to the quality of these productions. What I enjoy the most is the vast amount of topics which get covered on the channel, and they're all so entertaining to watch! Keep up the good work 👍

Magnificent restoration that brings us back to the past to appreciate long lost beautiful digital artwork. I enjoyed every step of the process, Stuart. 👏👏👏

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

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.

This was a beautifully told story. You made me feel nostalgic for something I'd never heard of

this is like the most personable ahoy has ever been, and i’m not surprised it happened through him going mad over a burger

I was a 90's child and now I make my living working as a mural painter (using graphic softwares in my works), and I couldn't be more amazed by this masterpiece of the history of digital art. Always good and inspiring to know what brought us here in a creative and intelligent way. Not a waste of time at all, but it's like revisiting technics of the art history and computering. Anyway, cheers from Brazil, and thanks for that!

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 really love how excited he is for a flying hotdog and a floppy disk burger

I am not poetic enough to truly communicate how much of a raw human emotion this video gave me by the time I reached the end. But I can say thank you, it was amazing.

@liukang3545

Жыл бұрын

cringe

@luka_8

Жыл бұрын

​@@liukang3545 ah yes because it's so cringe to enjoy things Bruh the only cringe thing here is you

@pascalfarful952

Жыл бұрын

@@liukang3545 fellas, is it cringe to feel things?

@toriitoraa

Жыл бұрын

fellas, is it gay to gaze upon thyself and reflect towards our perceived emotional reaction towards the stimuli the world as deposited on our person?

@llab3903

Жыл бұрын

@@toriitoraa probably a little bit, yeah

Absolutely love this style of pixel art. Hits me right in the nostalgia.

I can't believe how much time and patience went into this. Thank you for your efforts!

I've started and restarted writing this comment several times in the last few minutes. It's difficult to really put into words. Your videos feel very special (sentimental?) to me - special to a lot of people - and I hope that you keep on creating them, because to make a video like this, that resonates so well with so many things that I used to be very passionate about, is amazing. Your videos are so well researched, so well written and animated. It's inspiring and it helps rekindle an interest in things I'd long since forgotten about because I suppose I forgot how to be passionate about them. Thank you.

@JustWasted3HoursHere

Жыл бұрын

Well said. His video for "The Secret of Monkey Island" is one of my all-time favorite videos ever. And the game itself is one of my all-time favorites too!