Lazarus Archive · LZ-08039

Palette Lullaby

Spectral Design, 1984. Demo for the Commodore 64.

Description

A demo for the Commodore 64 by Spectral Design, first shown at Elmhaven Byte Fest in 1984.

Provenance

Sent to Lazarus by post, with a note asking whether anything could be saved. The label reads ‘Source — final final’. Every sector was recovered on the first or second read.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
1ddef54f164e0e3a80a4fba8384981e129421fbbcc5b9a54e9dfd1238c0cbdd1
Last verified
Oct 9, 2026, by Vigil
Emulation profile
LZE-C64-9 · lz-6510 core
Copies
Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
Original carriers
Kept in cold storage in Vancouver

Access

Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. Copies may be taken away under the work’s license.

In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-C64-9, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on the Commodore 64.

Cite as: Spectral Design, Palette Lullaby (1984). Lazarus Archive, LZ-08039.

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