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Review for Kloten met de broodtrommel (R)

Burglar — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:45:34 +0200

so bad, but so funny, I lolled multiple times.
also the comment added I thought was very funny too:

3 weken aankloten met de C64 en een llm. Alle graphics zijn wel hand gepixelt enzo  .. en dat is te zien

translates to

3 weeks of fucking around with the C64 and an llm. All graphics were hand pixeled .. and it shows

🤣

@ian, I don't think anybody ever accused you of having a sense of humor ;)

Review for Panik Boom +1D (R)

E$G — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:40:37 +0200

also here: https://fabrizioradica.itch.io/panikboom

Review for Castleflight +1DT (R)

E$G — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:36:28 +0200

Every 4 levels you go up a step and speed up; once you hit the third step, it gets super tough to play.

Review for Panik Boom +1D (R)

E$G — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:06:46 +0200

Support the developer: https://github.com/FabrizioRadica/C64PanikBoom_RogueLike

Trivia for Xevious +1DGH (R)

Holy Moses — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:13:38 +0200

Enjoy this *GEM* from now on with...

- Highscore-Table & -Saver!
- stunning Titlepicture by EPYX!
- some Docs to read!
- a trainer!

Save the earth! Beat'em up!

Review for Handshake Malfunction (R)

Frostbyte — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:41:16 +0200

This is a great, funky tune, with a unique style I can't associate with anyone else's sid tunes. Well OK, maybe the closest match would be Abaddon, but still quite different from his works.

I really hope the placement in the compo doesn't discourage you from doing more sid music. There are a lot of things that are just right in this tune, both technically and musically. As Ian said, the compo was full of #2's: Looking at the scores, the difference between Danko (the winner) and you is less than 1.8 out of 10. In other words, it was an exceptionally even compo. Also, the sound system at X wasn't necessarily super gentle to some tunes, whereas it worked a bit better with others, which may have had an impact on the scores too.

Anyway, looking forward for your future sid compositions. :)

Review for TRSI-Oxygen (R)

coolcat — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:20:34 +0200

nice one

Review for Jämtskogen (R)

jmin — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:18:55 +0200

This is stunning! Love the depth of it thanks to its clever layering. Definitely gonna fool around with this "mid tone as BG color" idea.

Wonder, if a scrolling parallax version would be feasible.

Review for X2026 Tribute To... (R)

Pat Boon — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:30:57 +0200

@Dan Jah Kingdom rules 🇪🇹🦁🇪🇹

Review for X2026 Tribute To... (R)

TheRyk — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:23:23 +0200

wonderful :)
and science in typical thinking/coding position is clearly recognizable!

Review for Monaco Racer +1DT (R)

E$G — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:12:57 +0200

Support the developer: https://fabrizioradica.itch.io/monaco-race

Review for Colors (R)

Monte Carlos — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:40:09 +0200

I really liked the two big scrollers, the one with the 6x6 letters and the upscroller at the end. Those really had the extra colour vibes. For the other parts I didn't get the point. I didn't see those extra colours. Maybe my monitor settings?

Review for X2026 Tribute To... (R)

Dan — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:53:40 +0200

The Red, Gold & Green of the CFA logo is a special nod to Pat Boon/ CFA :-)

Review for X2026 Tribute To... (R)

Pat Boon — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:18:43 +0200

Lovely tribute for an epic scener 👾🍾

Review for Duckling Rescue +1D (R)

Sentinel — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:11:28 +0200

Definitely the better trainer.

Review for Duckling Rescue +1D (R)

Didi — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:52:54 +0200

Support the developer: https://jlemselle.itch.io/duckling-rescue

Review for Time Paradox 90% (R)

Almighty God — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:34:45 +0200

@WVL Krill's

Review for Duckling Rescue +1D (R)

Sentinel — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:33:58 +0200

Support the developer: https://jlemselle.itch.io/duckling-rescue

Review for Burning Hearts (R)

cba — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:16:57 +0200

Uploaded full demo with note.

Review for The Dragonbond (R)

The Syndrom — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:16:52 +0200

lovely story, and well executed. also love the "making of" pdf, these handdrawn sketches show a lot of skill and talent! I also love it when people do real world prototypes for producing c64 demos ;-)

Review for Time Paradox 90% (R)

WVL — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:45:49 +0200

What loader are you using anyway? It does not look like it's Spindle, Sparkle or Bitfire..

Review for Blitzer Marathon (R)

Leaf — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:42:42 +0200

Aah! Another one from the funk master! Superb groove Vin. What a jam! Love it! <3

Review for Time Paradox 90% (R)

Almighty God — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:29:27 +0200

@WVL She is.

Thanks, guys, a lot has been put on this.

Spend quality time with your family and friends, because time is precious. And one day everything will disapear like tears in the rain.

Review for Pixel Punx Assemble (R)

Flotsam — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:00:32 +0200

Oh, I liked this one. Not just a boring pile of effects like most demos.

Production note for Wellcome to MYTH (R)

Almighty God — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:04:20 +0200

https://youtu.be/ngFrtySJP4M?si=xuZ6HTGIjYlXDe8E

Trivia for The Jazz Outside (R)

Fanta — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:32:54 +0200

Actually this is a blast from the past. I composed it around 2010, but never finished it. In 2011 I converted the main section to SID and used it towards the end of the demo "Toxyc Taste" by Arsenic. Nevertheless, I always felt the need to finish this sample-based piece, and did so for X 2026 as a sign that I'm still alive, having not published anything since "Incoherent Nightmare" in 2016. That's 10 years, and I'm a bit sorry about that. :)

Review for Faberge Basilisk (R)

WVL — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:24:31 +0200

I couldn't believe how fast Hammerfist was doing this picture and how great it looks in the end. I also realised on friday evening that the picture did not have the same background color as the border color. I had to redo all of the sideborder code to fix that and missed the music compo.

Turns out, I really like helping out with pictures like this :-)

Review for Dankoverse (R)

Dr.Voice — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:22:38 +0200

The part without drums, beatiful!

Review for The Jazz Outside (R)

Dr.Voice — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:19:35 +0200

Fantastic!

Review for Coffee Bunker (R)

Dr.Voice — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:18:48 +0200

Bouncy'n'cool!

Review for Handshake Malfunction (R)

Dr.Voice — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:17:11 +0200

Really cool stuff for a first one!

Review for Circles (R)

Dr.Voice — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:15:24 +0200

Very cool! One of my favourites of the compo.

Review for Dear Dylan (R)

bepp — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:52:06 +0200

Beautiful tribute to a great artist, gone too soon. Kudos for doing this prod. Can I also say that I _love_ seeing new stuff from Ptoing.

Review for Broken Altars +1D (R)

O'Dog — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:34:22 +0200

First published exclusively on ZZAP! 64 Micro Action #32 covermount: https://www.patreon.com/zzapmagazine
Now publicly available at: https://drmortalwombat.itch.io/broken-altars

Review for The Jazz Outside (R)

tubesockor — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:06:01 +0200

Very good mix of samples and synthesis in a minimal but at the same time bold combo.This song has grown on me the latest days.

Review for Blitzer Marathon (R)

tubesockor — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:59:25 +0200

Unmistakably high quality Vincenzo-groove incoming! This one worked extra great in the PA system at the party as well. Listened to it a few times in DeepSid in the car the other day and noticed that I accidentally had muted channel three. And it was still so good that I didn’t notice my mistake. Was happy when I could take it to another level by enabling all the channels :)

Review for Beautiful Struggle (R)

tubesockor — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:50:32 +0200

Great melody and production (oh the snare!), and I just love those sus-to-minor-chords :) Congrats on a really good teamwork! Very high rank at the compo for me. Been listening to it a lot the latest days, really enjoying it!

Review for Sugar Rush (R)

NecroPolo — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:47:20 +0200

Great pace, chugging forward like a train with melodies to whistle along. The small chaos factor is a plus in my opinion, not a minus.

Youth, mate, it's been great to meet you again. I realise only after the party that at the end I talked with folks I'm really fond of much less than I intended too due to energy mismanagement but I'll try better next time.

And yeah Stinsen, you were missed.

Review for Auf Wiedersehen Linus (R)

tubesockor — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:39:54 +0200

Such great composition, harmony changes, bassline… wow! One of my top favorites at the compo. Also love the reverse-reverb-ish effects from 1:50 etc. Will listen to this one a lot in the future.

Review for Isometric (R)

Strepto — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:36:34 +0200

Looks sooo good. Great idea and execution!

Review for Kamishibai (R)

NecroPolo — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:34:25 +0200

The way it's been put together is completely mind blowing. The style, all the tiny details and the smashing soundtrack - you guys are nuts, the best way possible.

Review for Time Paradox 90% (R)

Strepto — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:30:52 +0200

I loved this one. Turning 50 makes me think more and more about how much is left.
Lost my mom, my dad is 80+, I'm not ready for this... None of us is...
On my way home from X, waiting for the bus (Which did not come), I met with Ready, the sole coder of this mega demo.
We talked and finally took an Uber to the airport, finding a lot in common: age, kids, sports, C64, and a time paradox. :)
Congrats on coding this whole demo on your own. A lot of time must have gone into it.
My favorite parts are the pendulum and the end scroller.

Review for Handshake Malfunction (R)

tubesockor — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:29:54 +0200

I think this was one of the more interesting tunes at the compo actually, so I gave it a high vote. Good work!

Review for Sugar Rush (R)

tubesockor — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:27:07 +0200

Great work, partner-in-last-minute-party-music-composing :) I’ve had that initial melody stuck on my mind since the weekend. As mentioned before, sure, maybe a bit many different parts but still it works really well all in all. And the sound design (specifically the snare) is so good. Oh and those 16th-note-runs at 0:50 etc are lovely!

Review for Meet Crest (R)

NecroPolo — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:17:17 +0200

It is very cool (uh huh huh) to see you guys back. At certain parts we agreed with Edhellon during the compo that we're most probably experiencing a community hallucination because that's not possible. I'm checkin' it at home and it is. Ace!

Review for Hexed (R)

tubesockor — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:03:26 +0200

Congrats team of Four in Fifty-Four on the Fourth place! :) Well deserved position for this great demo. Loved the group graphics, rotozoomer and sw-scroller. The music fits so well with it and also sounds really good! I specifically like the first one, with that replying ”background vocal” melody. Great work!

Review for Portrait of Pitko (R)

NecroPolo — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:58:58 +0200

Great memento for Pitko. It is stunning what you guys can build from Petscii.

It was nice to meet and talk with you, mate. Accidentally I wore the right Wizard of Wor T-shirt sayin "Worrior" :)

Review for Robot Ready (R)

NecroPolo — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:51:48 +0200

Hollow orchestration, thoughtful use of space, minimalism, precise samples - you're clearly a Kraftwerk fan like me. It doesn't show in what I do but still I am. I enjoyed this one.

Review for Next Round (R)

NecroPolo — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:42:53 +0200

The whole package is bloody impressive but I'm a musician after all and the line-up here is absolutely crazy. Loved the visuals but my ears got a complete system override. Thanks for the experience!

Review for The Lab (R)

tubesockor — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:38:28 +0200

This demo is mindblowing in so many ways, but the music is just Out Of This World. Very well deserved winner and huge congrats to the team! It was also great to talk to you both Digger & Shogoon and demoing some SID hardware remixing :) Hope to see you soon again!

Review for Offline (R)

Smasher — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:28:26 +0200

FLT's old slogan was "kill a commie for your mommie" and now the default communist song (at least in Italy) "bella ciao" is used. lol. times have changed :)
besides this: cool prg!

Review for Dryfall (R)

NecroPolo — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:27:32 +0200

Loved this one. Definitely the best ever beer port to C64!

Review for Kessler Syndrome (R)

NecroPolo — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:23:30 +0200

@iAN, Deekay: thank you, correct, it is Kessler Syndrome.

@Vincenzo, Mibri: Tune is a leftover from the L64 demo but it is not a problem that it is not compo stlye. The contrary actually. I always cross the fingers for friends during the compo so it was a very, very great compo for me.

The fun to meet you guys again was off the damn chart! Let's do it again 2 years from now.

Review for Robot - Not Human (R)

NecroPolo — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:14:07 +0200

Perfeclty in-sync C64 music video - in a one-filer? This one is an absolute jawdropper. Was super impressive on the big party screen but if I may say the fluency of how it works is even more stunning on my stock home C64.

Review for Bonzieed! 2 (R)

NecroPolo — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:04:06 +0200

Loved this one-filer. Made me think, how on Earth did you guys manage to cram this content to a single prg? Awesome.

Walt mate don't you dare to develop painful stones and the like, it is bad for you! I've tested it some years ago and it made my C64 losing 0.1MHz :)

Get well soon my friend!

Review for Like We Never Left (R)

NecroPolo — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:49:53 +0200

Unfortunately I had to miss the compo due to some duties in the basement but as for sound design this tune is the definite jawdropper to me in the X'26 lineup. I'm also very fond of the tiny bit of dark tone it has.

It was fun to meet you again. Unfortunately I missed the opportunity to talk more about music and stuff, we got sort of lost in SID sounds during Visage vs Vincenzo set but at least I know that you approach composing as an instrumentalist. I'd like to ask about the process more - but hey there will be an X'28, too.

See you next time, my friend!

Production note for Monaco Racer +1DT (R)

Sentinel — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:43:26 +0200

This game is a port of the 1979`s Sega Arcade Game "Monaco GP", done with Claude Fable 5 with manually fixes by Fabrizio Radica.

In his GitHub Page you also see the untouched AI Version, which is as worse as Road Racer by Antonio Renzo from 8 weeks ago.

About the game:
You have to survive the longest time with the available lives. A crash steals you a life, same happens when running our of fuel. If lives reach zero, the game is over. Every 2000 pts you get a bonus life, if you have less than 5 lives left. There is also a high score table with the 10 best times.

Sure, another AI game, but not bad at all with the dark track sections.

Review for Rimini Remedy (R)

NecroPolo — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:42:09 +0200

To me perhaps the most elegant tune @X'26. I missed the music compo unfortunately due to the live act afterwards but enjoying this at home now quite much.

It was fun to finally meet you and talk, mate.

Review for Bomb Jack +14H (R)

TheRyk — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:34:54 +0200

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=28997 with hisaver drive fixed
(probably another hard-coded drive #$08 to $BA fix)

Review for Coffee Bunker (R)

NecroPolo — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:32:24 +0200

Unfortunately I had to skip the majority of the music compo due to preparadtion for the live act downstairs but the way this tune is wreaking absolute havoc on my monitor system at the volume now. It must have been massive through the PA.

As the cover says, SID Chip Club2 is coming and it is great news. That sort of music is not really my style but I absolutely loved the sounds on the 1st one too, and if the next one goes some steps beyond the awesome SID sounds - I'll be a happy listener.

Review for Like We Never Left (R)

Shogoon — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:21:52 +0200

You planned it really well — knowing your style, after the calm intro I was expecting a heavy hit, but then came the surprise! Really cool sweet little melodies and chords. Top notch sound design. I dig it.

Review for Next Round (R)

Shogoon — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:12:50 +0200

What a ride! And that Linus & Fanta track is just pure gold. It was an honor to compete against you.

Review for Wanted or Needed? (R)

Leaf — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:04:58 +0200

I really liked this one. To use the filter on the lead like that really gives it so much personality. Great tune Syn!

Review for Traveller (R)

WVL — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:59:10 +0200

Is it hires, multicolor or fli? Yes.

You guys really make a great team. Restecp for keeping it small and the result is better for it. My favorite is that colorchanging pyramid.

Review for Robot - Not Human (R)

WVL — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:49:27 +0200

I could show this to my non-scener friends and they would like it! Wonderful stuff. Also what Bob said about the sideborders. I didn't notice it during the compo :-(

Review for Time Paradox 90% (R)

WVL — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:48:08 +0200

Nice demo, which could use a bit more pace maybe. You guys keep improving every time. I liked the perspective bit.ap and the pendulum animation best. The woman looks like Rachael from Bladerunner. Looking forward to your next demo!

Review for Time Paradox 90% (R)

Pac — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:45:13 +0200

Nice. That pendulum part was really evocative and original.

Review for Serial Killerz (R)

Nordischsound — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:57:39 +0200

This is just sick in a bad way, I don't want to read about a child rapist and murderes on a demo party.

Review for Rodents in the Attic (R)

NecroPolo — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:10:56 +0200

C64 PETSCII cartoon at its best. The story telling is ace.

As a footnote, sorry for mistyping / mispronouncing your name on my live set visuals. Bacchus pointed out that I accidentally greeted Fairlight/FLT in the text that is nice but perhaps by accident.

Review for Exploding Fist II (R)

hedning — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:06:27 +0200

Only intro found.

Review for The Lab (R)

NecroPolo — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:04:41 +0200

A monster of a demo with a monster of a soundtrack. I loved this one. C'grats for winning the 2026 C64 World Cup!

Review for Blitzer Marathon (R)

NecroPolo — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:44:27 +0200

If funk can get even funkier it is like that :)

Unfortunately I had to skip most of the music compo due to preparation for the live act in the downstairs but judging by the sound on my monitors now it must have sounded massive on the big PA. Cool :)

Review for Auf Wiedersehen Linus (R)

NecroPolo — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:39:05 +0200

Completely owning the scene in the harmony change / jazz department. I love the fact that it is a statement of the genre without wanting to be a compo tune. Surely it will get a regular play for me.

Apart from we said hello and some regular small talk on the party, I missed the opportunity to ask questions and some deeper talk about music unfortunately. There are lots of interesting details going on in your tunes I'd like to ask about - but I'll do it next time. Keep being awesome, mate (of course you will).

Review for Circles (R)

NecroPolo — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:31:30 +0200

Prog rock guitar fed into the SID with an ample of exciting melodic and instrumentation details.

Unfortunately I had to miss the music compo due to preparation for the live act downstairs. I'm sad to hear that the .prg did not work properly during the compo. Tune would have deserved a top spot in the compo.

Review for Dankoverse (R)

NecroPolo — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:24:37 +0200

Too easy-hearted to my style but what is good - is good. Masterfully built tune, well deserved win in a strong line-up. The reason it stands out I think is capturing the feel / atmosphere of the party the best. X'26 was exactly like this tune.

It was fun to meet'n'talk with you :)

Review for Music Disc One (R)

cba — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:16:24 +0200

Uploaded a working file

Review for Dabke 8580 (R)

NecroPolo — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:15:46 +0200

What a microtonal banger, man :)

The whole tune is crazy but the mayhem part around the end is nitro.

It reminds me of a gig we had around the late '90s or so. We ended the set and there was a DJ afterwards. You know he span the typical rock stuff of the time, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana and so on. We were talking to the club owner when the DJ (a newbie on the site) put Goran Bregovic's Bubamara on the turntable. It is a balkan song from movie "Black Cat, White Cat" that resonates very deeply with people in my country. The club owned jumped hearing the first note and said "NOoooo" but it was already late, the song started. We did not understand first but soon we saw that people with alcohol in the brain sang the lyrics crying then they started to party so hard when the song got into the speed that they smashed the glasses on the ground and demolished half the club :D

Your tune is like that memory, mate. I'm proud of you.

Review for Hexed (R)

Dr.Science — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:15:27 +0200

Again, mindblowing stuff you created here! And thanks for sharing the sourcecode of this masterpiece! I especially love these codesnippets: :-)
.if (char != char2)
{
.error ("aargh!!")
}

Review for The Road Not Taken (R)

TLF — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:43:24 +0200

Really love this! Funny Stinsen says he immediately feels at home because my ears would have guessed it was one of his.

My kind of tune :)

Review for Beautiful Struggle (R)

TLF — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:38:05 +0200

Love it.

Review for Wanted or Needed? (R)

TLF — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:30:41 +0200

My kind of tune. Love it.

Review for The Lab (R)

Elder0010 — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:23:07 +0200

I watched this demo again on real hardware, and I enjoyed it far more in the peace and quiet of my cave than at the party. The coding is ACE, and that "big eye" part coupled with the tune is simply iconic. Also, +1 for the Vectrex mode!

Review for Hexed (R)

Jetboy — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:20:02 +0200

Impressive routines, after reading github even more impressive. It looks and sounds great too. It would be cool if you take the hex off, but i kinda doubt it.

btw. I almost shit my pants when i saw test tube at the begining :)

Review for Hexed (R)

Jammer — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:43:09 +0200

Jawdropping routines and that soundtrack... aaaaargh! <3

Review for Friday Night at the Ward (R)

Linus — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:24:38 +0200

What fenz said <3

Review for Coffee Bunker (R)

Jammer — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:13:25 +0200

Oh dear, how much it slapped at party place <3

Review for The Lab (R)

SMC — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:06:50 +0200

Everything has been said already. This is some Amiga level stuff except the music - it's better, way better. Thanks guys for the hard work you put into this (I was informed), and for sharing this with the rest of the scene.

Review for Circles (R)

SMC — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:45:31 +0200

Ever since I heard the preview of this tune many months ago, it has had it's special place in my head. It just sticks and wont go away, even after a quick listen. I hear a lot has happened since and it's a delight to hear the result. Thanks Shogoon for sharing with us!

Review for The Lab (R)

Brittle — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:12:17 +0200

this was fucking art. glad to see something more imaginative and stylish than a nostalgia bait win the compo; honestly a well deserved winner overall.

Review for 50 Plasmas for Free (R)

Oswald — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:09:52 +0200

Jesus Guys! In my mind I'm not even worthy for a 1 screener 50th demo. On my birthday I didnt even dare to look at csdb, only early night. I was relieved to see no birthday demo for me! And now this on X2026, totally crazy effort for me, Thank you everyone who participated, I'm not worthy. Love and kisses ********

Review for Traveller (R)

Edhellon — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:44:44 +0200

These guys are indeed the anomaly! So fresh design, so much content crammed into one file, so excellent! Should have one the one file award IMHO. Thanks for this!

Hiddenpart note for The Lab (R)

Bitbreaker — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:44:10 +0200

On extradisk, there's some strange code happening:

.C:04a6 AD 00 07 LDA $0700
.C:04a9 C9 01 CMP #$01
.C:04ab D0 1F BNE $04CC
.C:04ad AD 01 07 LDA $0701
.C:04b0 C9 12 CMP #$12
.C:04b2 D0 18 BNE $04CC
.C:04b4 AD 02 07 LDA $0702
.C:04b7 C9 09 CMP #$09
.C:04b9 D0 11 BNE $04CC
.C:04bb AD 03 07 LDA $0703
.C:04be C9 13 CMP #$13
.C:04c0 D0 0A BNE $04CC
.C:04c2 AD 04 07 LDA $0704
.C:04c5 C9 05 CMP #$05
.C:04c7 D0 03 BNE $04CC
.C:04c9 4C CF 04 JMP $04CF
.C:04cc 4C 10 08 JMP $0810
.C:04cf 20 E4 02 JSR $02E4
.C:04d2 4C 15 08 JMP $0815

Hi Arise, write the locations at the right time to active that code :-)
Was kind of suspect that the note needs bitfire to load :-D

Hiddenpart note for 50 Plasmas for Free (R)

Edhellon — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:39:36 +0200

Both the scroll in the intro and in the endpart (the one that has all the birthday greetings - it's a long one!) are joystick controllable in port 2 (Clarence's idea).

Review for The Lab (R)

Edhellon — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:38:13 +0200

What can I say... my absolutely #1 at the party and that's no small feat with a compo of this quality!!! Mindblowing...

There is a dark horse at most X democompos and this year it was Elysium! Congratulations, well deserved win!

Review for The Lab (R)

Youth — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:21:48 +0200

This gets better on every rewatch. Such a coherent stylish piece of art. And the soundtrack... probably my favorite demo soundtrack ever.

Review for Handshake Malfunction (R)

iAN CooG — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:39:26 +0200

The tune is very good and more impressive that's your first.
The problem at parties like X is that there is a #1 and 24 #2s due to the sheer amount of good tunes.

Review for Handshake Malfunction (R)

Bass Cadet — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:35:20 +0200

Thanks for the feebback, guys. This is my first SID ever and I felt a little disappointed being the last one despite all the effort. I thought it just didn't have what people expect from a SID tune.

Review for The Lab (R)

WVL — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:26:33 +0200

My jaw dropped when The Lab started. I loved the basic fader when you change the rom font and make the dir move. Couldn't watch it for a few days because I needed a clear mind to really appreciate it.

My favorite effects:
- I have no idea how the 88 pixels tech tech works.
- I just love that CRT effect, it looks really really good
- all fadeins and outs are just perfected
- my children will love sixseven :-D (Are the voices samples or did Shogoon make the sid vocalize them? I'm thinking the first..)
- that Wolfenstein is really extreme :-D
- really love the recurring checkers.

Finally, the music is amazing. You really were the guys to beat this year!

Review for The Lab (R)

Pajda — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:08:12 +0200

@Brush: Yes, but I'm thinking more of something like what Wacek did about E2IRA in Vandalism News #73.

Review for The Lab (R)

Brush — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:46:34 +0200

@Pajda: have you checked the note on extras disk?

Review for The Lab (R)

Pajda — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:40:55 +0200

@Brush and company: maybe a short description of the individual effects: watching in Retro Debugger is a fascinating, but it would be nice to hear the voice of the creators and the challenges they faced ;)

Review for Colors (R)

Bodo — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:20:57 +0200

That's my favorite.

Review for Zax Box 31 (R)

iAN CooG — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:40:04 +0200

Well, at least now https://csdb.dk/sid/?id=43020 has a proper title =)

Review for Friday Night at the Ward (R)

fenz — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:31:21 +0200

My favorite from the compo.

Review for Rodents in the Attic (R)

WVL — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:06:49 +0200

On the big screen I couldn't see if the lemmings were in the border or not. The lemmings are nicely spaced at 8 pixel intervals and are all in the same animation step (except the ones that are falling).

I'm wondering if there is a reason for the tunnel. Not enough sprites in the end since you might need one for the special left and one for the special right lemming.

The story was really funny and the timing was perfect. Thanks for the entertainment!!

X'2026 (E)

Jetboy — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:59:23 +0200

A little comment from first time visitor. The handles printed on the identifiers could be a little bit bigger. When one does know everybody for years it does not matter, but when everybody is new to one, one really needs to read that. Our eyes are not getting better with time, it only adds to the problem :)

Except that organization was excellent. Big thank you to organizers, attendants and contenders! That was great weekend!

Production note for JPL64 V0.7 (R)

Jpl — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:12:00 +0200

v0.07 - REU support has been improved.
- Broader CRT support
- SID Emulation improved
SFX-FM / Sound expander support added
1541 True drive emulation improvements
CIA Timer improvements
Illegal Opcodes ISB & SHA had small flag bug - FIXED
6510 IRQ handling IRQ/NMI fixes. far better accuracy
VIC-II fixes around badlines & bus arbitration

X'2026 (E)

Mace — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:48:07 +0200

It was awesome!
Timelapse video added to external links.

And you guys ate 160 bananas 🍌

Review for Superloader 64 (R)

KAL_123 — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:39:56 +0200

Good and small fastloader (e.g. files with 200 blocks are working and the prg has only 3 blocks on the disk). Loading-speed is mediocre, but okay for back then.

Review for Neuromancer (R)

doctorfargo — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:24:02 +0200

It crashes later on in the game in cyberspace when you enter Zone 1 and try to enter NASA. And also when you try to fight the AI in Zone 2 at the Free Union - the fight is unwinnable. This makes the game uncompletable.

Production note for Plush (R)

Sentinel — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:54:02 +0200

These special production shows an IFLI picture and a brandnew displayer done for me to bring you these graphics. Keep in mind the screenshot done in vice is not so good like the original IFLI picture. Enjoy.

Production note for Underwater World (R)

Sentinel — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:50:21 +0200

Review for Hexed (R)

JackAsser — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:38:00 +0200

The perspective dual zoom scrollers - JUST WOW!

Review for Meet Crest (R)

mankeli — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:27:50 +0200

Well this was a nice prod! Nice music, long scrolltext at the end, magnificent copper splitter screen! Good vibes, one could say. The "beavis & butt-head" mark on every part is so stupid and funny.

Review for Fuck FLT! (R)

Bacchus — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:45:25 +0200

Hrm... It's a bit unfair to say this is coded by Woodo. More fair would be to point at it using the Legendary intro and then leaving the coding credits empty as noone claimed this one AFAIK.

Review for Traveller (R)

Krill — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:27:31 +0200

Fresh! =)

Review for Traveller (R)

Elder0010 — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:04:58 +0200

@Bob: it is both! And it's a very simple routine :)
Regarding your question: the scenes are compressed in memory using dali, and all the unrolled code is generated at runtime from a "row template". Also Sulevi iterated many many times on the graphics to find a good compromise between compression and result!

Of course we had to simplify some parts: for example the title screen had sideborder sprites in the beginning, but I couldn't find a way to generalize the code in order to generate it.

Thank you for the chat at X, I wish I would have been recording all the tech info you explained to me!

Review for Samantha Fox Strip Poker (R)

Bacchus — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:53:18 +0200

Lots of other stuff on that disk if you undelete the entries ;-)

Review for Traveller (R)

Bob — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:50:40 +0200

I feel like the guy in the king of the hill who asks:

so is it Hires or Multi :P

so is it fli ?

so you can dither ..

so... Awesome one filer , I don't care how you did it,
it looks and feels great!

and how the hell did all that stuff fit in to one single file ?

Goof for Party Report X 2026 (R)

goerp — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:46:47 +0200

It was called Part Report during the demo. A typo ofc.

Production note for Party Report X 2026 (R)

goerp — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:46:47 +0200

I had a few leftover drawings/ideas after BCC, but I didn't immediately use them and forgot about it.
To prevent that happening again I decided this time to make made a demo and enter the compo (using pre existing code where I just have to drop in the drawings and SID).

The drawings were done quickly (as you can see), including the lettering.
I planned to clean up the lettering later, or replace it with GEOS lettering. I even started to type in text in my GEOS font tool, but party coding had worn me out by then and I just couldn't be bothered anymore.

Review for Rodents in the Attic (R)

Bob — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:38:27 +0200

Love your story!
the entertainment level and the humor is great!
besides that:
"what happens on the screen stays on the screen" ;)
its a mystery!
sideborder lemmings and hires WTF man!
Thanx for the show! keep em coming ;)

Review for Robot - Not Human (R)

Bob — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:35:38 +0200

Congratulation for the single file Win!

Soo stylish! so nice, and I just noticed it when rewatching the demo there is stuff in the sideborder!!!
Great work Cycleburner & Pal! awesome robot gfx and great animations. the Sideborder stuff caught me totally by surprice! I couldn't see it on the big screen since using demo was using black bkg color..

Review for Colors (R)

WVL — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:34:15 +0200

I'm not a big fan of flickery things, but the idea is interesting and the color mixing works surprisingly well. Incredible that you can keep the new color technique working in all the effects. Honestly I would have liked it more without the flickering (and better fps). Those weird caustics are my favorite effect and the flicking actually works quite nicely there :-)