A terminal theater for playing VT100 art and animations.
Note
The VT100, introduced by DEC in 1978, was among the first video terminals to support ANSI escape codes.
The ANSI art scene used the VT100's animation capabilities, made possible by codes that allowed cursor movement, deletion, and character updates to create animated effects.
Usually, they represent a long hand-crafted process done by a single person to tell a story. Some of these files may date back to the 1960's and 1970's.
Tip
I developed this tool over a series of livestreams, which you can check out here.
cargo install theattyrSimply run theattyr and browse the terminal movies!
The demo above uses RetroArch shaders for additional nostalgia!
Or you can specify a file at the start via e.g. theattyr fireworks.vt:
- Press Tab to hide the sidebar.
- You can specify a FPS value via
--fpsargument. Runtheattyr --helpfor other options.
See http://artscene.textfiles.com/vt100/
Details
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| bambi.vt | Bambi vs. Godzilla |
| bambi_godzila | Bambi Versus Godzilla, from Dave Brett |
| barney.vt | Barney Being Crushed by a Rock |
| beer.vt | Time for a Beer Break, Folks! |
| bevis.butthead.vt | Beavis and Butthead |
| blinkeyes.vt | Blinking Eyes |
| bomb.vt | The Bomb Test |
| bugsbunny.vt | Bugs Bunny: That's All, Folks |
| cartwhee.vt | Doing a Cartwheel |
| castle.vt | Disney's Fantasy in the Sky, by Don Bertino |
| cert18.vt | Make Money Fast: The Revenge, by GtB (1993) |
| cow.vt | Exploding Cow, Hauled off by U-Mass Food Service |
| cowboom.vt | Cow Explodes, Gets Hauled Off |
| crash.vt | Shuttle Blows Up |
| cursor.vt | Cursor Control Examples in VT100 |
| delay.vt | A Small Delay |
| demo.vt | Alan's Impressive Demonstration |
| dirty.vt | Someone Having an Awful Amount of Fun |
| dogs.vt | Fucking Dogs |
| dont-wor.vt | George Custer's Last Stand: Don't Worry, be Happy |
| dontworry.vt | Man Being Shot with Arrows: Don't Worry, Be Happy |
| duckpaint.vt | Duck Painting |
| firework.vt | Fireworks by Chen Lin |
| fireworks.vt | Guy Setting Off Fireworks |
| fishy-fishy.vt | 3-D Fishy Fishy |
| fishy.vt | Fish Swimming By, Glug Glug |
| fishy2.vt | Shamus the Fish by David Rybolt (1994) |
| flatmap.vt | Shifting Flat World Map |
| frogs.vt | Hopping Frog |
| glass.vt | Filling Glass of Liquid |
| globe.vt | ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT Spinning Globe |
| hallow.vt | Happy Halloween |
| hello.vt | HELLO! |
| juanspla.vt | Plan File in the Form of a Typewriter |
| july.4.vt | July 4th Animation |
| jumble.vt | Now Is the Time for All Good Men |
| maingate.vt | The Disneyland Main Gate, by Don Bertino |
| mark_twain.vt | The Mark Twain Ferry, by Don Bertino |
| monkey.vt | The Monkey Gives You The Finger |
| monorail.vt | Disneyland's Monorail, by Don Bertino |
| moon.animation | Winking Moon Says Good Evening |
| movglobe.vt | Incredible Spinning, Moving Globe |
| mr_pumpkin | Happy Halloween Pumpkin by Mike Kamlet |
| nasa.vt | NASA: Keep Reaching for the Stars, by A.J.L. |
| new_year.vt | Happy New Year to You |
| newbeer.vt | Working on a VT100 |
| nifty.vt | Small Animated Word NIFTY |
| outerlimits.vt | The Outer Limits |
| pac3d.vt | Pac Man in 3-D Chomping a Ghost |
| paradise.vt | A Bomb in Paradise by Gonad the Barbarian |
| peace.vt | Imagine World Peace by John G. Poupore |
| prey.vt | Klingon Bird of Prey |
| prey_col.vt | Klingon Bird of Prey |
| safesex.vt | Safe Sex (Literally) |
| shuttle.vt | Technology, Who Needs It |
| skyway.vt | Disneyland's Skyway, by Don Bertino |
| snowing | Merry Christmas from Woodrow |
| snowing.vt | Tis the Season: Merry Christmas |
| spinweb.vt | Spinning Web by R.L. Samuell (April 6, 1994) |
| sship.vt | Space Ship Warps and Fires |
| startrek.vt | Star Trek Enterprise Blows up Politically Correct New Enterprise |
| strike.vt | Bowling a Strike |
| sun.vt | A Happy Sun |
| surf.vt | Surfing Wave (In 3-D) |
| tetris.vt | Tetris Game |
| tomorrw.vt | Disneyland's Tomorrowland, by Don Bertino |
| torturet.vt | VT100 FONT: The VT-100 Torture Test by Joe Smith (May 8, 1985) |
| treadmill.vt | The Treadmill, by GtB Productions (1993) |
| trek.vt | The Enterprise Blows up an RCA Satellite |
| trekvid.vt | Politically Incorrect Star Trek |
| turkey.vt | Happy Thanksgiving |
| tv.vt | The Outer Limits Television Show |
| twilight.vt | The Twilight Zone |
| twilightzone.vt | Twilight Zone Opener |
| valentin.vt | Happy Valentine's Day, Beth and Dave |
| valentine.vt | Happy Valentine's Day, Jane and Chris |
| van_halen.vt | Van Halen's Song 5150, Animated |
| wineglas.vt | Wine Glass Filling |
| xmas-00.vt | Santa Holds Moving Sign: Merry Christmas, Happy New Year |
| xmas-01.vt | Merry Christmas |
| xmas-02.vt | Bird Flies By, Tree Grows, Merry Christmas |
| xmas-03.vt | Merry Christmas (Tree, Train, Presents) |
| xmas-04.vt | Merry Christmas, Champagne Glass Filling, Jack-in-the-Box |
| xmas-05.vt | Happy Holidays, Starry Night, Christmas Tree, by Peter |
| xmas-06.vt | Merry Christmas: Hearth and Tree |
| xmas-07.vt | A Christmas Card: Merry Christmas, from MIS |
| xmas-08.vt | Christmas Eve, 1992 (1992) |
| xmas-09.vt | Merry Christmas: Reindeer Land on Roof |
| xmas.large | Compilation of Several Christmas Animations |
| xmas.vt | Merry Christmas |
| xmas2.vt | Large Collection of Christmas Animations |
| xmasshort.vt | Merry Christmas, Tree, Train, Present |
| zorro.vt | The Story of Zorro by Cian O'Kiersey |
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