# Razor1911 retrospective demo

19 Hacker News commenters recommended Razor1911 retrospective demo and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Revision 2026 closer by the Razor1911 group, a 40-year retrospective praised for visuals, music and nostalgia. One critic could not run it on Linux under Wine or Proton.

## Why people recommend it

- Nostalgic homage to the demoscene (4 comments): "it's a retrospective on the group that produced it, and the surrounding scene" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50320281)) "It is a great demo and really nostalgic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47699065)) "Amazing demo and homage to the era." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47686873))
- Strong reception at Revision 2026 (3 comments): "submitted this beautiful demo as the closer for the Revision 2026 demo competition" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47685740)) "This Razor1911 career retrospective demo from Revision was pretty impressive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48506793)) "It's pretty awesome and really deserved the 1st place" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687486))
- Good visuals and music (2 comments): "That was amazing, really great song & visuals too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47686740)) "Excellent demo and good music to go with it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47686325))
- Clever windowed effects and transitions (2 comments): "The parts where it exits fullscreen and starts messing around with separate windows is really well done." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47691066)) "Revision faded out the credits part, which is still really cool on its own." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687965))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [A Mind Is Born](https://hackerapproved.com/p/a-mind-is-born.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Razor1911 retrospective demo", https://hackerapproved.com/p/razor1911-demo/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).