Editing Hard Machine (section)

==Trivia==
*Hard Machine was rated on 2 September 2021 and placed at #5 on the [[Demonlist (Pointercrate)|Demonlist]] on 2 October 2021, above [[Zodiac]] and below [[The Golden]]. 
**This addition pushed Zodiac out of the Top 5, [[WOW]] into the Extended List and Galactic Shift into the Legacy List.
*In the editor, the text 'Rate Vertigo II' appears above the first part of Hard Machine. The text refers to Vertigo II by Levo, which is currently unrated.
*A straight-fly section follows if the player does not fall into the last cube portal during the ship part. If the player passes this, a text will appear that reads, 'HAHA... TRAP!' before the player crashes into a wall of spikes.
*In the editor, 54 sawblades appear above the part of this level where the player must straight-fly through mirror portals. It is a reference to [[Devil Vortex]], as exactly 54 sawblades appeared above a part in that level as well, and were later used as evidence against [[ToshDeluxe]] in the hacking controversy surrounding the level.
*It is possible to get to the top of the last cube section. However, the player will crash into a wall of sawblades at the end.
*There is an upcoming sequel to Hard Machine named Banshee; it is set to be the hardest timing-based level in the game once released.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h14lmGH31_M</ref>
**Banshee is currently undergoing verification by spcreat, who has achieved 77% and 21-100% twice. spcreat previously got a world record of 86% on 14 May 2024, but after that fail, he quit playing the level.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkAcvx32BII</ref>
***On 15 June 2025, the entire level of Banshee, albeit [[spaceuk|spaceuk's]] version when he was given the verification, was leaked by fnm04 on YouTube, who showcased it along with its ending that was kept secret from the community.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxxymnlgQDI</ref> The video, called '121068007', is the ID of the old copy of Banshee that fnm04 had leaked. The video and the level were later both deleted.
*ChiefFlurry used to be one of the original verifiers of Hard Machine.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw_qBMmntOE</ref>
*If the player crashes at the UFO spam section at 46%, a sketch of a person smiling with the word 'shalom' (which means 'hello' in Hebrew) will appear.
*Hard Machine used to be included in a group of '[[Demonlist Top 1 Levels#Retrospective entrants denied by circumstances|retrospective Top 1 levels]]'—levels that, after their verification, did not receive a rating in time to claim the [[Demonlist Top 1 Levels|Top 1]] spot on the Demonlist. However, at the time, Hard Machine was believed to be harder than [[Tartarus]], [[arcturus]], [[Sonic Wave Infinity]], [[Trueffet]], The Golden, and Zodiac. Nowadays, due to [[Update 2.2]] heavily nerfing it, Hard Machine is below all these levels on the Demonlist, meaning that it technically was never a retrospective Top 1.
*The placement of Sacrifice on 10 August 2026 pushed Hard Machine into the Legacy List of the Demonlist after nearly five years.