# mtuomi/SecondReality

Source code and data of Second Reality by Future Crew in 1993

Repository: https://github.com/mtuomi/SecondReality
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/secondreality
Language: Assembly
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-06-27T15:45:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4780, "days_push": 1528, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1229, forks 138 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:03.705996+00:00)

## What it is
The full source code and data of Second Reality, the legendary 1993 MS-DOS demo by Future Crew, released for its 20th anniversary. It is a historic demoscene production written largely in Assembly and C, placed in the public domain under the Unlicense.

## Use cases
- study the source code of a classic demoscene production
- learn how 1993-era DOS demos did real-time graphics effects
- rebuild or port Second Reality to modern platforms
- research assembly-level optimization techniques from the early 90s
- preserve demoscene history and retro computing artifacts

## When to choose
- you want to study or remix a landmark demoscene demo with full source and data
- you are interested in retro MS-DOS graphics and sound programming
- you need public-domain historical code with no licensing restrictions

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, maintained graphics engine or framework
- you want portable cross-platform code that runs out of the box today
- you are not comfortable reading x86 Assembly and 16/32-bit DOS-era code

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphics, simulation, game-engine
- domain: graphics, entertainment, gaming-tools
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: demo-scene, demoscene, assembly, retro-computing, future-crew, ms-dos, public-domain, 1993, algorithms, dos

## Member repositories
- mtuomi/SecondReality (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:03.705996+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:15:07.564365+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mtuomi/SecondReality (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:03.705996+00:00, sha 3549330a25f7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.