Elevated by Rgba and TBC, the winner of the 4k intro compo at Breakpoint 2009. It is a realtime procedurally generated 3D flythrough with music, all in a 4096-byte executable.

Why Hacker News readers recommend it: Held up as the landmark demoscene production and a counterpoint to software bloat.

“It demonstrated that 4k was more than sufficient for impressive effects and music”

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