Computerphile

All through 2023 we've been asking Computerphile contributors to tell us about their first brush with computer games. This is the 2023 sound-check compilation!

Links etc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17VH5BuYun5ApNGmkChMnm4ppkQrw8pLHsu1roODAC24/edit?usp=drivesdk

Playable:

Horace & the Spiders:
Horace & the Spiders (torinak.com)
Horace goes Skiing:
Horace Goes Skiing (torinak.com)
Painter:
Complete BBC Micro Games Archive - Play
The Hobbit:
VICE: C64, press "F12" for the menu. (archive.org)
3D Monster Maze
Play online: 3D Monster Maze (zx81stuff.org.uk)
Tetris (tetris.com):
Play Tetris | Free Online Game | Tetris
Blockout (3D version of tetris)
DOSBox SVN, CPU speed: 3000 cycles, Frameskip 0, Program: BL (retrogames.cz)
Manic Miner:
Manic Miner (DOS) - online game | RetroGames.cz
Chuckie Egg:
DOSBox SVN, CPU speed: 3000 cycles, Frameskip 0, Program: CHEGA (retrogames.cz)
Sonic The Hedgehog:
Play SEGA Master System Sonic The Hedgehog (USA, Europe) Online in your browser - RetroGames.cc
AtticAttack:
Atic Atac (torinak.com)
Doom:
Doom (DOS) - online game | RetroGames.cz
Doom II:
DOSBox SVN, CPU speed: max 100% cycles, Frameskip 0, Program: DOOM2 (retrogames.cz)
Atari Combat:
Combat - Atari 2600 video games, free online game play in your browser. (free80sarcade.com)
Ghosts and Goblins:
VICE: C64, press "F12" for the menu. (archive.org)
Mariokart - snes
Super Mario Kart - Play Game Online (arcadespot.com)
Bounty Bob Strikes Back
Complete BBC Micro Games Archive - Play
Daley Thompson’s Decathlon
Decathlon (torinak.com)

Videos:

Pilot Wings on SNES
(YouTube via NintendoComplete)
Pilotwings (SNES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete - YouTube

Guldcorn on Amiga (Freeware Advertising Game from Denmark)
(YouTube via Abandonware)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9pFxLdqN4Q

Zelda on SNES
(YT World of Longplays)
https://youtu.be/Z6hjG6MCcZ8?si=MqOW-obBr4kT02tj

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe on Game Boy Color
(YouTube via NintendoComplete)
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (Game Boy Color) Playthrough - NintendoComplete (youtube.com)

Prince of Persia 3D (1999) - PC
(YouTube via Firstplays HD)
Prince of Persia 3D (1999) - PC Gameplay 4k 2160p / Win 10 (youtube.com)

Pokémon Yellow for Game Boy ᴴᴰ
(YouTube via Nintendo Utopia)
Pokémon Yellow for Game Boy ᴴᴰ Full Playthrough - YouTube

Age of Empires II
(YouTube via SergiuHellDragoonHQ)
Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition - Gameplay (PC/UHD) (youtube.com)

River Raid
(YouTube via RZX Archive)
River Raid Walkthrough, ZX Spectrum (youtube.com)

Flight Simulator
(YouTube via Smooth Touchdown)
ZX Spectrum Flight Simulation 48K Game - YouTube

SimCity
(YouTube via LGR)
SimCity 30 Years Later: A Retrospective (youtube.com)

SimCity2000
(YouTube via LGR)
SimCity 2000 30 Years Later: An LGR Retrospective (youtube.com)


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Hyperspace was hijacked by science fiction, but what is a space? Robert Miles explains with the use of small red rabbits and human faces.

How Broadband ADSL Works: http://youtu.be/uwtGfyna62I
Busy Beaver Turing Machines: http://youtu.be/CE8UhcyJS0I
Public Key Cryptography: http://youtu.be/GSIDS_lvRv4

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Explaining machine code from the ground up! Famous for 'Compiler Explorer,' Matt Godbolt's code has appeared before on Computerphile but this is his debut.

EXTRA BITS: https://youtu.be/9gXeS8BoLmE

Find out more about Matt from his blog: https://bit.ly/C_MGodbolt

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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: https://bit.ly/nottscomputer

Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com

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How does ADSL work and what are those noises Modems used to make?

Characters, Symbols and the Unicode Miracle: http://youtu.be/MijmeoH9LT4
Floating Point: http://youtu.be/PZRI1IfStY0
Virtual Reality Cave: http://youtu.be/STMcWUtQr1Y
End for Moore's Law?: http://youtu.be/X8v1BB0UaDs

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Continuing the exploration of Regular Expressions and Automata with Professor Thorsten Altenkirch.

The professor's code: https://bit.ly/C_PythonRegEx

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Artificial Intelligence can be thought of in terms of optimization. Robert Miles explains using the evolution's algorithm.

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Progress bars, what are they and how do they work? Dr Valerio Giuffrida explains and goes through an implementation of a progress bar.

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This Primer is to accompany the 'Busy Beaver Turing Machines' film which can be viewed here: http://youtu.be/CE8UhcyJS0I

Professor Brailsford's code and further reading: http://bit.ly/busybeaver

Turing and the Halting Problem: http://youtu.be/macM_MtS_w4
Busy Beaver Turing Machines: http://youtu.be/CE8UhcyJS0I
Domino Addition – Numberphile: http://youtu.be/lNuPy-r1GuQ
Ackermann Follow Up: http://youtu.be/uNACwX-O5lk

'Turing Machines Collection' Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckrEzV0CB1xXbSdsP_a7VUoK

“The Most Difficult Program to Compute?” (Original Ackermann Film): http://youtu.be/i7sm9dzFtEI

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Matt Godbolt continues the story of the CPU and explains how machines do addition


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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: https://bit.ly/nottscomputer

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The Busy Beaver game, pointless? Or a lesson in the problems of computability? - How do you decide if something can be computed or not?

Professor Brailsford's code and further reading: http://bit.ly/busybeaver

Turing Machine Primer: http://youtu.be/DILF8usqp7M
Busy Beaver Code: http://youtu.be/ZiTeuZSDB0U
Ackermann Follow Up: http://youtu.be/uNACwX-O5lk
Original 'Ackermann' Film (Most Difficult Program to Compute): http://youtu.be/i7sm9dzFtEI

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Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels

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