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Hartverdrahtet - Akronyme Analogiker | 4k Revision 2012

Hartverdrahtet by Akronyme Analogiker, the winning PC 4k intro at Revision 2012. It is a realtime demo with music and fractal visuals in 4096 bytes.

Why HN readers recommended it

Cited as a showcase of what fits in 4k, in discussions of code size limits and the demoscene.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras)
Topic
4k demoscene intros
Format
demo
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
6
Recommendation years in dataset
2012–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

  • So then I'm going to post my favorite 4k [1], which even if you ignore the file size, is just a very cool use of fractals. [1] [VIDEO]

    12_throw_away on Hacker News · 2024-01
    In We made an animated movie in 8kB
  • Sadly, I don't have any of my own work anymore, although I'm sure I could write out a few procedural texture generators from top of my head. Luckily, the demo scene has collectively decided to go back and open source much of it's best work …

    xal on Hacker News · 2013-04
    In Hello from a libc-free world

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