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The Lab by Elysium [web]
screenshot added by Brittle on 2026-06-07 12:00:36
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release date : june 2026
release party : X 2026
compo : c64 demo
ranked : 1st
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popularity : 55%
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added on the 2026-06-07 12:00:36 by Brittle Brittle

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All the stunning visuals aside... What an UNBELIEVABLE KEWL SID-TRACK-MASTERPIECE!! Respect isn't enough for that.
rulez added on the 2026-06-07 12:31:49 by Herr_Irrtum Herr_Irrtum
Amazing, solid and good looking effects.
Wonderful music.
Beautiful graphics.
My fav from the compo.

Congratulations again dudes and thank you for such a great demo!
rulez added on the 2026-06-07 13:02:54 by sim sim
Very cool!
rulez added on the 2026-06-07 13:05:06 by bitl bitl
Awesome!
rulez added on the 2026-06-07 13:37:19 by Azure Azure
What an amazing show! And I only understand a small fraction of all the technical wizardry that's going on here ;)
rulez added on the 2026-06-07 13:59:27 by Olympian Olympian
Super production
rulez added on the 2026-06-07 14:21:06 by mSW mSW
Stunning demo with brilliant ideas and absolutely fantastic music!! Love it!!
rulez added on the 2026-06-07 14:50:48 by Sir_Lucas Sir_Lucas
Absolutely amazing
rulez added on the 2026-06-07 15:45:54 by SiR SiR
Loving the combination of story and visuals.
rulez added on the 2026-06-07 16:49:31 by MyO / Nectarine MyO / Nectarine
Insane!!!
rulez added on the 2026-06-07 22:35:40 by Kuemmel Kuemmel
rules
rulez added on the 2026-06-08 00:13:43 by ferris ferris
I particularly like those CRT screens. =)
rulez added on the 2026-06-08 01:20:12 by Krill Krill
Great stuff! Thanks for the extras.d64 with some stories behind the demo making. I don't get half of what is going on. Loved the circular writer thing. I'm curious where the limitation of the techtech width is coming from :). Music is extraordinary I think!
rulez added on the 2026-06-08 06:27:18 by rloaderro rloaderro
Great stuff!
rulez added on the 2026-06-08 09:59:31 by toms toms
A wonderful demo, and I'm going to need to spend some time with the soundtrack to get my head around how the SID is being whipped like this. You had the whole hall in thrall, very well done indeed!
rulez added on the 2026-06-08 10:09:36 by Mibri Mibri
Wow, I quite like this, from some really great effects to amazing music with samples especially in the colored polygons (6-7 yey :P)
CRT tube with noise looked fantastic. Lot's of wireframe and polygons for my liking, flat wolfenstein with great transition to animation. Final colorful upscroller. And also their final answer to "Importance of greetings nowadays" :)
rulez added on the 2026-06-08 10:16:19 by Optimus Optimus
This is brilliant, in every aspect.
rulez added on the 2026-06-08 10:34:27 by Soundy Soundy
Now the prices for real CRT Monitors will rise @ebay :-P Great show and demo... deserved winner (which was VERY hard at X2026)
rulez added on the 2026-06-08 10:34:51 by viscid viscid
What Soundy said plus you C64 people are crazy.
rulez added on the 2026-06-08 12:12:57 by Depeche Depeche
Incredible stuff! The rhythm in the music sounded bit off to my ears starting at around 4:30, might have been the Youtube capture though? Especially with the kick and the snare it sounds bit off with the rest rhythmically. Not a big deal though, the music is incredible otherwise. The second track is incredible funky combining that sampled (I guess) slap bass with sid sounds, the samples are sounding really crisp for c64! Incredible what you can coax out from Sid these days! Amazing
rulez added on the 2026-06-08 18:15:44 by illusion illusion
There are no samples. All is achieved with normal sid player once per frame. Filters and usual sid stuff. Shogoon is master of sid :)
added on the 2026-06-08 18:52:33 by jetboy jetboy
Great concept squeezed to the max.
rulez added on the 2026-06-08 18:59:39 by gaspode gaspode
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There are no samples. All is achieved with normal sid player once per frame. Filters and usual sid stuff. Shogoon is master of sid :)


That's incredible! Wow even more impressive like that
added on the 2026-06-08 19:17:30 by illusion illusion
Incredible design. There are tons of things to say about this demo as a watcher, but it will take too long. That particle effect was one of my favorites, and the speech synthesis, of course, was the icing on the cake. All in all, one of the best C64 demos I've seen in a very long time. The transitions were done amazingly well.
rulez added on the 2026-06-08 20:02:25 by rudi rudi
Amazing demo! Congrats to the team!
rulezcdc added on the 2026-06-08 21:34:11 by Iapetus Iapetus
some serious stuff in there!
rulez added on the 2026-06-08 23:46:09 by blala blala
those sid tunes just went straight to my favourites folder. (especially Micro World)

the rest of the demo is also top notch, with the matching visuals and style.
We have seen some serious bangers on X'26, and this was one of the highlights for sure.
rulez added on the 2026-06-10 00:55:02 by teo teo
that was... IMPRESSIVE!
rulez added on the 2026-06-10 12:10:56 by decca decca
oh boy! it's FAT
rulez added on the 2026-06-10 13:17:22 by roudoudou roudoudou
very cool production and polish.
I'm gonna print up the covers and labels and make a some physical copies of this, just to scatter round random places, let people discover and have their minds melted.

well deserved 1st place, in an incredibly strong compo at X

<3
rulez added on the 2026-06-10 20:51:06 by spacedog spacedog
great code, outstanding music, definitely a deserved winner! glad to see something a bit more imaginative than the typical c64 nostalgia bait win the compo
rulez added on the 2026-06-10 21:42:54 by Rastertail Rastertail
amazing sound design
rulez added on the 2026-06-12 12:45:00 by jazZ jazZ
good stuff, although not that i have any specific criticism or complaints, but i can't sally say this ranks particularly high among C64 demos i've seen. however, the 2nd part track is absolutely fantastic, and made me want to thumb up the entire demo just for its sake. the credits music too! all the tracks are solid, in fact, but the aforementioned and the second one in particular are spectacular.
rulez added on the 2026-06-12 16:32:34 by noby noby
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however, the 2nd part track is absolutely fantastic, and made me want to thumb up the entire demo just for its sake.
100%
added on the 2026-06-12 19:49:57 by ferris ferris
OK. A bit long!
added on the 2026-06-13 07:20:50 by AntDude AntDude
Sick routines and that soundtrack. THE SOUNDTRACK! <3
rulez added on the 2026-06-13 12:06:08 by jammer jammer

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