Lazarus Archive · LZ-38001

Twister Signal

Polar Squad, 1985. Demo for the Commodore 64.

Description

A 32-kilobyte intro for the Commodore 64 by Polar Squad, released at Northcrest Falls Assembly Hall party in 1985.

Provenance

Donated by the creator in 2022. The tape had stretched near its start; the first blocks were repaired by hand from the sampled signal. Independent reads agree bit for bit.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
0e6da59717d3e8a8eb98afa55d14c978e888523785e6a5e82362808ff8da3ea3
Last verified
Oct 11, 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 Squad, Twister Signal (1985). Lazarus Archive, LZ-38001.

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