The original idea came from a set of pictures showing the diffrence of size between planets and suns.
made in 3d studio max 8 + brazil plugin
soundtrack is
Stakka & K Tee - Rubber Bullet
edit:
I think the Suns diameter might be incorrect
I have a geforce 8600 gt video card but a weak proc (2ghz) so I recorded at 640x480 with the half size setting in fraps. But it looks half bad.. reminds me of the good old days when graphics where not as important as gameplay :)
In the previous vid I had the same video card (Geforce 8600 GT) but slower proc(2ghz), mb and ram(ddr1).. I only upgraded thoose 3 and the game plays perfect.. My new sistem is AMD64 Dual Core @4800 (2.5 per core) and ram is also 2ghz but @800Mhz