Harry SintonenApr 1, 2024

Probably the single most impressive entry from the #Revision2024 #demoparty : Remnants by Alcatraz

Here's the whole intro executable for your convenience:

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video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9jn6ExjDw8

pouet: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=96536

#demoscene #sizecoding

Remnants by Alcatraz

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Show threadfredix 🐧Apr 4, 2024
@harrysintonen too bad, it does not work with dosemu nor dosbox :(
Show threadHarry SintonenApr 4, 2024
@fredix You can run it with QEMU. See https://infosec.exchange/@harrysintonen/112201855797881319
Harry Sintonen (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image @[email protected] Indeed it looks like DOSBox can't run Remnants properly. But fear not, #QEMU has no issues with it. To run the intro on a modern Windows system try: 1. Install qemu from https://www.qemu.org/download/#windows (in my testing I used latest daily build from https://qemu.weilnetz.de/w64/) 2. Download and extract the RAW disk image I prepared: https://sintonen.fi/scene/atz-remnants.img.7z 3. qemu-system-x86_64 -M accel=whpx -drive "format=raw,file=atz-remnants.img" 4. Select 5 from the boot menu. Type: cd demo<return>. Type: remnants.com<return> NOTE: "-M accel=whpx" requires Hyper-V virtualization to be enabled. Without it the intro does execute, but very very slowly. While this example is for Windows, I'm quite sure it will run fine with other KVM accelerators as well, such as KVM or Xen on linux. #demoscene

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Show threadfredix 🐧Apr 4, 2024
@harrysintonen download 5mo compressed VM to launch a 254bytes demo, it's crazy 😭
Show threadHarry Sintonen
@fredix Well yeah, you could optimize it a lot, sure. I just did full FreeDOS install and slapped the intro on top. I think it would work with pretty much just "SYS C:" alone, but I wasn't bored enough to spend more time on it.
Apr 4, 2024 at 7:12pmWeb
Show threadfredix 🐧Apr 4, 2024
@harrysintonen No problem Harry ! thanks a lot, I try your VM the demo works well, thanks a lot ;)