Reference Manual
Videomancer
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← Back to Videomancer overviewVideomancer: Historic Device References
72 Videomancer programs emulate or are directly inspired by specific historic hardware. The table below lists each device alongside the year it was introduced and the Videomancer programs that reference it.
| Device | Year | Programs |
|---|---|---|
| After Dark (Berkeley Systems screensaver suite) | 1989 | Afterdark, Vermiform |
| Amiga (Commodore home computer / Copper coprocessor) | 1985 | Aurora, Calico, Parallax, Stipple, Twister |
| Ampex ADO / Image Innovator (broadcast DVE) | 1981 | Alcove, Defocus, Folio, Keystone |
| Amstrad CPC (Amstrad home computer) | 1984 | Stipple |
| Apple macOS screensaver (Flurry by Calum Robinson) | 2002 | Flurry |
| Atari 400/800 ANTIC/GTIA (custom display chips) | 1979 | Antic |
| Atari Video Music C240 (audio-visual product) | 1977 | Harlequin |
| BBC Color Separation Overlay (broadcast chromakey) | 1970s | Voido |
| BBC Radiophonic Workshop (experimental production) | 1958 | Howler |
| CED Videodisc (RCA capacitance disc format) | 1981 | Discrot |
| CGA (IBM Color Graphics Adapter) | 1981 | Gazette, Stipple |
| Commodore 64 (home computer) | 1982 | Gazette, Labyrinth, Loadstar, Stipple |
| DVD screensaver (bouncing logo idle screen) | — | Ricochet |
| DEC VT100 (video display terminal) | 1978 | Terminal |
| EGA (IBM Enhanced Graphics Adapter) | 1984 | Stipple |
| Etch A Sketch (Ohio Art mechanical drawing toy) | 1960 | Tracer |
| Fairlight CVI (Computer Video Instrument) | 1984 | Crumble, Dazzle, Facet, Inertia, Radiant, Rupture, Shatter, Stencil, Tincture |
| France Télécom Minitel (videotex terminal) | 1982 | Minitel |
| Game Boy (Nintendo handheld console) | 1989 | Stipple |
| IBM punch card system | 1928 | Punchcard |
| LaserDisc (MCA/Philips optical video disc) | 1978 | Discrot |
| Lite-Brite (Hasbro illuminated peg toy) | 1967 | Pegboard |
| Macintosh (Apple personal computer) | 1984 | Stipple |
| Magic Eye (autostereogram product series) | 1991 | Stereogram |
| Microsoft Windows screensavers (3.1 / 95 / NT) | 1992 | Labyrinth, Mystify, Plumber, Starfield |
| MSX (home computer standard) | 1983 | Gazette |
| NES / PPU (Nintendo Entertainment System) | 1983 | Cleave, Stipple |
| NewTek Video Toaster (Amiga broadcast effects) | 1990 | Brushwork, Cathode, Chromasia, Cloudgate, Flaregun, Luminaire, Organica, Tincture |
| Pac-Man (Namco arcade game) | 1980 | Killscreen |
| Panasonic Palmcorder (consumer camcorder) | 1989 | Camcord |
| Pathé Frères (stencil film coloring process) | 1903 | Nitrate |
| PlayStation 1 (Sony console) | 1994 | Vertex |
| Polaroid SX-70 (instant film camera) | 1972 | Polaroid |
| Quantel Domino (cascade reveal transitions) | 1990 | Domino |
| Quantel Dynamic Rounding (dither technology) | 1975 | Dynaround |
| Quantel Encore (real-time compositing / editing) | 1996 | Encore |
| Quantel Harry (multi-layer compositor) | 1985 | Rotoscope |
| Quantel Mirage DVM8000 (3D DVE) | 1985 | Mirage |
| Quantel Paintbox (electronic graphics system) | 1981 | Paintbox, Washbrush |
| Quantel Picturebox (digital still store) | 1990 | Picturebox |
| Risograph (Riso Kagaku stencil duplicator) | 1986 | Riso |
| Rutt/Etra Video Synthesizer | 1973 | Massif |
| Scanimate (Computer Image Corporation) | 1969 | Elastica |
| Sega Saturn (console) | 1994 | Vertex |
| Sega Super Scaler (arcade sprite scaling hardware) | 1985 | Scanjet |
| SNES / S-PPU (Super Nintendo) | 1990 | Reagent, Tarmac, Undulate |
| Sony CCD-TR Handycam (camcorder series) | 1985 | Camcord |
| Sony NightShot (infrared camcorder mode) | 1998 | Nightshot |
| Spirograph (Denys Fisher geometric drawing toy) | 1965 | Spiro |
| Technicolor (three-strip dye transfer process) | 1932 | Glorious |
| Teletext / Ceefax (broadcast information system) | 1974 | Teletext |
| VHS (JVC Video Home System) | 1976 | Dropout |
| ZX Spectrum (Sinclair home computer) | 1982 | Gazette |