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 theme | Production |
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| 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! 
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| In the beginning, there was a floppy disk 2019 The trophies were exceptionally nice that year. 
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spoke As in “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”. Very dirty code, but a nice 2001 Space Odyssey mood and a perfect fit for the party theme. 
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| 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! 
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| Nordlicht Express 2023 Choo-choo! |
hypotrain I like trains, and I like Rebels’ legendary subway demo – let’s do a 512 byte adaption! 
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| Crime Scene – Do Not Cross 2024 This party theme was lovingly put to life at the party place. And there were Tatort-themed trophies! 
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B.S.I. – Byte Scene Investigation I kinda hit the limits of story-telling in 512 bytes here. Scary! 
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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!
