How do you thank a total stranger from across the Atlantic Ocean who selects an obscure and irrelevant piece of art you did years ago and turns it into an Archaeological-Techno Adventure Park Ride? (allow me to wipe tears from my eyes) And he got everything RIGHT! - Thank you Stuart.

>.iff "Save As" exists in Photoshop for decades >somebody finally clicks it _not by mistake_ >it doesn't work

This is the most passionately i've ever heard Stuart talk about anything and the fact that it's about a picture of a burger is pure perfection.

"Art makes you care" is a quote from an unknown artist, but one that has always stuck with me. This burger made us care for the journey it took us all on.

Computer files are so endlessly and accurately reproducable its easy to forget how temporary they are. When I think of the hours I spent making pictures on old machines, in formats that are no longer supported, for software that no longer exists, saved on floppies that I will never be able to access. That work is pretty much gone forever. Granted a lot of it was probably shit though...

I just realized that he writes his own music for these too, what a crazy talented man

Dancing four-byte burger, looks like the perfect 'loading animation' for a pixel art restraunt sim.

I watched a man recreate the image of a burger for half an hour. Frankly it's one of the best moments on the internet, and may it remain as such.

Hearing Ahoy get so happy about pixel art really warms my heart.

And so my binge of Ahoy videos begins again

This is absolutely amazing Stuart. Many years ago, early 90s, I was studying illustration. As a student I was marvelling at amiga digital artwork from magazines. One of them was the four-byte burger. Fast forward, 30 years later... damn something got into my eye. Thank you.

i love how he said "we can make the burger bounce!" like this is what everything in his life has been leading up to

Ahoy finally mustard the courage to tell us how much he loves burgers. I'd grill him for more information, but I know he already has good taste.

This proves that Ahoy can make a video about goddamn anything and it will be just as intense, captivating, and enthralling as an 80's action thriller.

I think the final image on the Amiga screen is very important. The fact it has phosphors and not pixels reminds us that computer artists of the time were often going for a final image meant to be displayed on those contemporary tubes. You can see how the dithering disappears into the phospors to create a smooth shading effect. Modern dithering on pixel perfect screens is an evocation of this era, but not a recreation of its actual appearances (not without CRT filters, at least). Digital art is very interesting to me, because we seem to have relied upon the concept of files and the internet as eternal, when the reality is that they are not. Data can fade into obscurity, file formats can become forgotten, lost, nonconvertible, or unreadable. We can find ourselves losing valuable pieces of historic computer art with no remaining copies, only facsimiles in the forms of photos, alternate resolution/rescaled images, etc. We may reach a time when well known digital artists of today have bodies of work that may not be viewable in the future because of loss of the files. At least if a physical media artist passes on, their work remains unless destroyed, and if they are particularly famous, the work remains in collections or museums. The thought has always troubled me.

As an artist, the very very end hit hard. I wish more people could understand it like you, Ahoy. Life is more than eat-sleep-work-repeat. Some of us need that little flash of creative fun.

This is by far the most niche obsession I have ever seen. And I couldn't be happier to see you succeed with your little digital fascination.

im glad he called it a reproduction at the end after using the word counterfeit and fake earlier in the video. the connotations are wildly different and the effort put into this is amazing and should be celebrated

Also worth noting Stuart produces all his own music for his videos as well

I didn't know what to expect from the thumbnail and name but I loved this. You gotta find the original artist and present it to him.

This man could talk about paint drying and it'd still be the best story you've ever heard.

Here’s an obscure retro gaming feature you could do a brief history about: the Boss Key. (Some old PC games had a button to bring up a fake productivity screen in case the boss was walking by, and some of these had amusing backstories.)

Computers are just so hilariously advanced when you think about it. Data wizardry using nothing but magnets on a disc and lots of math

This was NOT a waste of time. This was fascinating and I could feel your love for the original piece. Thank you for sharing this.

I never thought I could be interested in pixel art of a burger, but you have the uncanny ability to make even the most mundane things fascinating.

Before this video, I knew nothing of four-byte burger, but now I believe it too is one of my favorite pieces of pixel art lol😂. I have watched this video several times over the past couple weeks, and I am still enthralled by the adherence to detail.

This was definitely NOT a waste of my time. Loved it

Never thought I'd watch a 30minute video of one man's obsession with a lost pixel art, but here I am. Much love Ahoy!

This is why I love KZfaq so damn much. An hour ago, I had no idea this piece even existed. Now I am fully invested in its restoration.

Wow. Talk about nostalgia overload. Back in college we used Amiga toasters to photo and put together our stop motion animations. The Amiga was a paradigm shift in digital art. This video, like always, is amazing. Thanks for making it.

Not only is this important to the history of computer art, art in general. I love that you documented it so step by step, including the monitor issue, it reminded me of Ask A Mortician doing a recreation of a Victorian ghost portrait, all the fiddly bits (and problems!) in recreating past art is super interesting.

The fact that it's possible he drew this on an 80s mouse while holding it sideways is insane.

Stuart can always inject any of his passions straight into your veins with his words and presentation.

It's difficult to put into words why I felt what I did at the end of this video; but seeing that finished burger, a replica of an original image that I had never seen before nor had any nostalgia for, left me smiling ear to ear. And that bounce animation was just the cherry on top!

Digital art restoration!!!! This is like being able to copy a painting brush by brush stroke down to the exact same colours mixed. This sort of thing would give you an award in another time.

It's really touching how much effort you went through to recreate one lone image done decades ago as promotional art for technology that hasn't been widely used in years. Especially because pixel art isn't typically appreciated now a days and as an artist it's really heartwarming to see how someone's love of an art piece, even 40 year old pixel art, can drive them to recreate the original lost piece. I'm glad you took the time to share the Four-Byte Burger with us.

Hello Ahoy it’s Dave here formally “mrdavetherave411” we played together way back in modern warfare 3. I have since switched channels and I wanted to say thank you because you are the person who inspired me to start KZfaq in the first place and I’ve just hit over 100,000 subscribers so thank you very much love the videos keep them up! BMD

Man, this is incredibly significant in its own niche way -- a passion project by every sense of the word. I'm sure Jack Haeger would love your recreation.

The thing about pixel art is, it looks harsh on modern displays, but they were designed specifically to look good on CRTs and other older, lower-resolution monitors. Your recreation, on the Amiga monitor, looks fantastic for that!

Editing, music, scripting, voice over, pixel art, in-depth research, you are a creative powerhouse, and you deserve every subscriber you have, and beyond. Keep up the good work, we'll all be here to enjoy it every time.

The animated burger was just sublime. We need that as a gif!

Hell. Yes. Another Ahoy video. EDIT: You can hear his satisfied exhale, full of pride right before the last chapter. He knows he's done something truly unique and, in a way, incredible.

I've never encountered your channel before, but I was just enraptured for an irreverent adventure I previously had little interest in for just over half an hour. I think that says a lot about the way you craft your storytelling and the quality of the content you've made from it. Thank you for the walk through some history, and I'm looking forward to diving into what else is around here on this channel 😁

I can not overstate how much I love your work in both execution and choice of subject. Please keep doing what you do.

Things like this are never a waste of time if you had fun along the way.

"We have conducted digital necromancy, and brought a lost image back from the dead." You never cease to surprise me with those awesome lines and you really did an spectacular job with this project alongside whoever you worked with. Good luck on your next work and the following ones ...

I don't really do art but I can certainly appreciate the passion that goes into real works of art. Hats off to you Mr Ahoy, that's some digital restoration of artwork right there. Loved the bouncing burger animation, pure GIF material. Or as the background to a 12 hour megamix of Amiga era music.

This was insanely interesting, man. My god. Please DO NOT ever stop creating content. Idc how long between, because evidently the longer you’re gone the powerful you become - far beyond 8000 power level at this point.

I can't believe I'm so enthralled at watching Stuart reanimate an ancient digital burger.

"A worthwhile waste of time" really hit me after all that. I smiled and clapped during this because, frankly, what you did here was *magic* to me. I use GIMP and i've done tracing or reproduction of elements, but never have I gone to such a painstaking, amazing degree. Thank you for this, and all your other content!

My favorite thing about this KZfaqr? No ads or self-promotion. It literally felt like I was watching a professional documentary.

My brother loves pixel art. He has practiced it since he was a little kid and always on classic MS Paint, because he doesn't like the feel of modern programs. I sent him a link to this and this is what he said. "You know, I appreciate what this man is doing, I've recreated pixel art by hand using nothing, but shitty screenshots as well. One thing that does seem to make him have more work, is that he's treating everything as it's own layer in photoshop, that seems unnecessary to me." "Oh. I've always treated my recreations as just a poster or screenshot. Never trying to turn them into pieces to move around. That was pretty cool."

This isn't just a video. This is one of the most heart touching love letters I've ever watched.

I _LOOOOOVE_ that this channel isn't limiting itself to history of games/weapons/etc. Keep exploring new subjects because this video is captivating.

This did not go anywhere I expected it to. And I'm so happy for it. Anytime Ahoy uploads is a good time.

The lengths you went to achieve this result, just for the sake of being accurate and preserve a piece of history was honestly one of the most interesting videos I've watched in a while. Can't thank you enough for creating this. Your channel is simply one of the greatest.

When you rotate a CRT, the earths magnetic field will affect the beam on a different axis that causes it to misalign with the color mask. Degaussing the monitor after moving it fixes it. If the monitor doesn’t have an internal degaussing coil, you can get an external tool to tune it up.

You gotta send this to the original artist, if he's even still around. I wonder how he'd feel to see his art restored in such a beautiful way.

The ending pop-in of each element syncs up with the cadence of his speech. that's amazing, and absolutely intentional

As a digital illustrator myself, this was such a wonderful surprise! Brought a tear to my eye! It's always a pleasure seeing people appreciate art genuinely to the point of spending time to digitally restore lost pieces of work. I am also saddened to see how authenticity seems to have been lost with a lot of folks these days who think "art" created with no effort whatsoever is to be considered "art" if at all. This right here is one of the best examples of authenticity in one's love for art!

I swear, seeing the animated burger ignited a long lost memory in me. I swear I’ve seen pixel art of a burger bouncing exactly like that, but I don’t remember when or where.

I'm sure Jack was used to the vertical monitor setup from his work with Williams; I immediately recognized his style from his sprite artwork on Sinistar, one of my favorite arcade games. That sense of accomplishment when you finish recreating something that was once lost or only available in lower quality, is a vibe I get a lot when recreating music from Metroid Prime. Keep up the amazing work, I absolutely loved your "Trackers" video!

11:35 "but i'm not to worried about it being perfect, as I think that's a route to insanity." -Ahoy seriously you make the most badass quotes from reviewing guns in video games and movies, to making badass quotes in art

this video has really scratched an itch ive had about lost media for a while. I'm quite obsessive about finding original source images/videos for stuff that is available, but can only be found in low res, and im glad there are others who have that desire to experience things in their most original and pure state

As a graphic design student, I found this video particularly fascinating. I loved watching the process of reverse engineering how image was made to recreate it as faithfully as possible.

“The fake is of far greater value. In its deliberate attempt to be real, it’s more real than the real thing.”

Thank you for the OUTSTANDING work per usual, Stuart! I found your channel over a year ago, and i'm literally jumping up and down in my chair when seeing a new upload, you are so passionate about the stuff you talk about, it gives me boosebumps thinking about! Thank you once again, and i look forward to your next upload!

as an artist i really appreciate this video and the work youve done. even the original guy commented and thats amazing. great job man!

I kind of expected some kind of twist at the end where you sent the reproduction to Jack Haeger himself, but this was lovely to watch all the same. Also, it amazes me how you can seemingly make a documentary about whatever topic interests you at the time and have us all in awe for whatever duration your new video has. Amazing job, Stuart. Never stop (please!)

I love how this guy stops posting for months and suddenly emerges, holding a picture and asking, "Wanna see?" And takes us on an interesting history trip and restoring an important relic. Love ya man, glad I subscribed :3

The way I sat here and watched this entire video with such a nostalgic feeling, knowing something seemed familiar that I couldn’t quite grasp. I went to your channel to watch another video since this one was so fantastic and there it was: your Polybius video. The first video essay I had ever seen from 5 years ago. I’m speechless and pleasantly surprised KZfaq has brought me back to your work. Thank you.

This was a beautifully told story. You made me feel nostalgic for something I'd never heard of

28:44 I love his enthusiasm of resurrecting an old image of burger and LITERALLY reanimating it.

I opened KZfaq this evening to find Ahoy and Bobby Broccoli top of my suggested. What a great day.

I first got into the channel with the various arms videos. I was, and still am, stupefied as to the quality of these productions. What I enjoy the most is the vast amount of topics which get covered on the channel, and they're all so entertaining to watch! Keep up the good work 👍

The amount of effort you put into getting the dimensions, palette, and even hardware as close as possible is absolutely unreal!

This is the definition of a passion project in its purest form; along with the unrelenting effort, attention to detail and immense personal payoff many can just feel while watching ❣ If watching this was a waste of my time; I'll gladly waste some more watching it again 👍 well done!! 👏👏👏

i really love how excited he is for a flying hotdog and a floppy disk burger

This was such an impressively deep history dive and beautiful recreation, I am in awe!

I could listen to you speak about anything for any amount of time with your poetic and whimsical voice and amazing script and passion. From a happy Pateron continue making what makes you happy and I will continue to enjoy your passion.

this is like the most personable ahoy has ever been, and i’m not surprised it happened through him going mad over a burger

This is so much more art than NFTs could have ever hoped to achieve. The Amiga displaying your Four Byte Burger reproduction with a monitor on it's side could seriously be a museum exhibit

To say one Ahoy video is better than another is near impossible..., HOWEVER..., I feel like this is my absolute favorite video of all time by him. This was such a nostalgic, fun, creative reverse engineered pixel art recreation "I" have ever watched.

Art preservation in the digital age is something we are tragically, woefully flubbing every single day. This was a delightful lil practice for a sillier piece, and i hope it inspires someone else to copy it, and try their hand at recreating other similar pieces that have been lost to time/memory

Every video this man puts out is an absolute banger through and through.

I can't believe how much detailed is your work and how much effort is given in any your video.. it's really an art form

Hey I never knew that you also compose your own music. And just now I have it a quick listen and I was grooving and the song names are so… unique and funky sounding. Very well done. And the video in general is also above and beyond in my opinion. And the sheer dedication for recreating and displaying it accurately as you could have is… I lost my words. Good job and keep it up

This was so cool, loved seeing your thought process for each choice you made

As an artist and an Amiga enjoyer, I very much appreciate every single moment you've spent on this restoration!

Every so often the lights in Ahoy tower flicker back on, and we get a couple more bangers like this. Would never have imagined a video about an image file would be so enthralling

This guy talks about a retro image and it feels like an epic historic event investigation. I'm in.

This was one of the most coolest videos I have ever seen. The attention to detail and knowing all this stuff about art restoration and obscure tech is amazing. This video just made me want to get into digital art restoration even more. So damn cool!

Can't wait for the Ahoy video where he describes paint dry and we all still watch totally enraptured.

The king of quality over quantity is back to bless the realm with his incredible work. I feel like he just stops by KZfaq once or twice a year, drops an absolute banger and then dips while we all sit around scratching our heads and wondering why nobody can ever seem to catch up to AHOY's level.

10:29 burger, burger, burger, burger 1 byte, 2 byte, 4 byte burger Ones and zeros with perfect toppers I rule this day Onion, data, Pickle, Ketchup It's okay if I don't want that Impossible or 4 byte burger Any burger my way

I can't believe how much time and patience went into this. Thank you for your efforts!

Only Ahoy is able to make a half hour video about recreating a picture of a burger from 1985 a wonderful journey with his amazing narrating, production, and video editing skills. Bravo good sir, I was fully mesmerized from start to end.

It's crazy to think that Jack was one of the first, possibly _the_ first digital artist in history, and that computers are advanced enough that a piece of his art can be accurately replicated today with relatively little reference material. Thousands upon thousands of digital artists are around today, some getting paid money to work on video games, movies, magazines, and more, and they all owe it to Jack and people like him for paving the way for that entire hobby.

This is a truly incredible work. At first I was blown away by the image restoration (tho I think it could be semi-automated instead of full manual repainting), then firing up the actual hardware from the age... Woah. Blown away squared. The dedication and love you've put into this is astonishing, otherwordly. Thank you! Been watching your channel for quite some time (I think I watched it whole) and it's incredible, please keep up the good work, it's awesome!

you know the video would be great when the subject is mundane and borderline silly but the process for the quest is meticulous, technical and fun, all thanks to the power of "digital necromancy" oh.. now I'm craving for some burger, probably without a floppy disk