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16 bytes of code generate this video and the music in it

Rob Beschizza
May 21, 2026
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Linus Akesson’s A Mind is Born, a chiptune and graphic demo generated by just 256 bytes of code, is famous for its incredible brevity and spookily good output. All rise for wake up! by DESiRE, which somehow pulls the same trick–pumping soundtrack and striking visual accompaniment—in just 16 bytes of x86 real-mode assembly. That it so evokes The Matrix (…

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