64K intro

A 64K intro is a demo where the size of the executable file is limited to 64 kibibytes, or 65,536 bytes. At demo parties there is a category for this kind of demo, where the one that gives the best impression wins.

64K intros generally apply many techniques to be able to fit in the given size, usually including procedural generation, sound synthesis and executable compression.

The size of 64 kibibytes is a traditional limit which was inherited from the maximum size of a COM file.

Notable 64K intros for PC

Name Year Pouët Video (on YouTube)
hplus (Halcyon) 1998 115
fr-08 (Farbrausch) 2000 1221
Heaven 7 (Exceed) 2000 5
Beyond (Conspiracy) 2004 11452
Dead Ringer (Fairlight) 2006 25776
Panic Room (Fairlight) 2008 51125
Space Race (NML) 2011 56784
uncovering static (Fairlight) 2011 57449
F - Felix's Workshop (Ctrl-Alt-Test) 2012 59106
Gaia Machina (Approximate) 2012 59107

History

A revolution[1] happened when fr-08[2] was released in 2000.

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