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Alexander Grupe
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Compressing each party theme into a 512 byte Amiga intro, that is. (Too bad the years aren’t consecutive…) A pouet thread made me look up my past productions for Nordlicht – a welcome procrastination while I should be thinking about ideas for this year’s edition in a few weeks…

Party themeProduction
Fire brigade
2018

Notice the little fire truck on the website! :)
512 Byte Brigade
A minimalist cover of the Game Boy Advance invitation. The first 512 byte competition at Nordlicht!

In the beginning, there was a floppy disk
2019

The trophies were exceptionally nice that year.

spoke
As in “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”. Very dirty code, but a nice 2001 Space Odyssey mood and a perfect fit for the party theme.

Ahoy, landlubbers!
2022

Finally, a pirate theme!
Arrr512
You can never go wrong with a huge skull and a bit of Monkey Island’s theme. Oy!

Nordlicht Express
2023

Choo-choo!
hypotrain
I like trains, and I like Rebels’ legendary subway demo – let’s do a 512 byte adaption!

Crime Scene – Do Not Cross
2024

This party theme was lovingly put to life at the party place. And there were Tatort-themed trophies!

B.S.I. – Byte Scene Investigation
I kinda hit the limits of story-telling in 512 bytes here. Scary!

Sooo… This year’s headline is “Neon Prime” – galactic, sci-fi, space-opera!

I might have gotten the spark of an idea while writing this. Sokath, his eyes uncovered!

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