C64 Intro Creation Competition 2026

Your intro entry...

has to work on a plain stock C64 (PAL standard) without any extensions.
has to be a one-part intro. Short fade-ins and fade-outs are OK.
has to contain at least one Logo at whatever size you like.
has to contain a changing or moving text message (e.g. scrolling text, different lines fading in & out, etc.)
has to be interruptable any time by pressing SPACE-key (exception are the short fade-in and fade-out).
does not need to have exclusive graphics, charsets or music. But the code should be exclusive, so reuse of existing code with just exchanged graphics and music is not allowed.
has not been publicly used before entering the competition .
has to be handed in as executable format startable with RUN (.prg or embedded in .t64 or .d64).

has a maximum RAM footprint of $4000 bytes at one block, at whatever location you like. Screen RAM counts as used memory. Exclusions are system addresses like VIC (inkl. Color RAM), SID, CIA, Stack, Zero-page, IRQ vectors. This means RAM besides chosen $4000 bytes area and exceptions has to be the same before and after running the intro. What happens during runtime is up to you.
has to contain music (not just a humming sound, please).
is linked to this competition on csdb as "C64 Demo" entry (sorry, no other fitting entry exists).

has a maximum RAM footprint of $1000 bytes at one block, at whatever location you like. Screen RAM counts as used memory. Exclusions are system addresses like VIC (inkl. Color RAM), SID, CIA, Stack, Zero-page, IRQ vectors. This means RAM besides chosen $1000 bytes area and exceptions has to be the same before and after running the intro. What happens during runtime is up to you.
does not have to contain any sound, but feel free to add some.
is linked to this competition on csdb as "C64 4k Intro" entry.

Maximum 3 entries per participant and category, i.e. max. 6 altogether. However, entries are allowed to be withdrawn from the compo in favour of new entries until deadline.