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Razor1911

91K views · Apr 6, 2026 · 10:17 · 3 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2026

Razor 1911's eponymous demo celebrating 40 years of the group, which won first place at the Revision 2026 demo competition and the public's choice award. It is a retrospective of keygen and warez scene culture with chiptune music.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN commenters point to it as an impressive showpiece of the demoscene and a nostalgic career retrospective of a legendary group.

“This Razor1911 career retrospective demo from Revision was pretty impressive”HN comment, 2026

What Hacker News said 3

RecommendsuzynApr 2026

“This is so sick!”

Full-length version of the Razor1911 demo including credits.

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This is so sick! Revision faded out the credits part, which is still really cool on its own. The full version (10m 16s) can be viewed at this video

in “Razor1911. A demo 40 years in the making” · view on HN
RecommendsRIMRJun 2026

“This Razor1911 career retrospective demo from Revision was pretty impressive”

Impressive Razor1911 career retrospective demo.

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It's so cool to see that some of these groups are still making incredible pieces of digital art as recently as this year! This Razor1911 career retrospective demo from Revision was pretty impressive: this video

RecommendsMatMercerJul 2026

“What a great thing to add to this”

Demo that the article helps explain.

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What a great thing to add to this: this video I'm not from this era and this article explains a lot of things from the video!

in “User Interfaces of the Demo Scene” · view on HN