Lazarus Archive · LZ-25447

Halftone Summer

Polar Systems, 1986. Demo for the Commodore 64.

Description

A demo for the Commodore 64 by Polar Systems, first shown at Willowhaven Byte Fest in 1986.

Provenance

Donated by the creator’s family in 2018. Two copies were found; together they gave a complete image. The image matches a checksum published by the original distributor.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
45afab9297167abac3a36a4a27aa11d3f19675a539499d3ceb00c71c93e98a69
Last verified
Oct 15, 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.

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: Polar Systems, Halftone Summer (1986). Lazarus Archive, LZ-25447.

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