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elevated by Rgba & TBC | 4k intro (FullHD 1080p demoscene demo)
Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras) · Jun 26, 2011 · 3m 36s
What this video covers
Elevated by Rgba and TBC, the winner of the 4k intro compo at Breakpoint 2009. It is a realtime procedurally generated 3D flythrough with music, all in a 4096-byte executable.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
Held up as the landmark demoscene production and a counterpoint to software bloat.
13.5recommendation score
- 7
- distinct recommenders
- 10
- recommendation months
- 7
- strong recommendations
Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“are recommended to watch this demo generated in realtime by a 4KB executable”
“It still blows my mind 7 years after release...”
“achieving something like this in 4k is just mindblowing.”