My write-up on how the tech works is available in two parts.

Hector Martin wrote a generic unix player for the format that is surprisingly compact and easy to understand.  It would make a good starting point for making players for other platforms.

The Vintage-computer.com discussion about XDC

8088 Domination in popular media:

• Polygon (“Watching a PC from 1981 play full-motion video is like watching black magic”)
• Hack-a-Day
• Metafilter
• OSnews