WELCOME TO "THE BIG (WEB) DEMO"... GREETINGS TO ALL OLD SCHOOL SCENERS, CODERS,
PIXEL ARTISTS, CHIP MUSICIANS AND RETRO DREAMERS ACROSS THE DIGITAL UNIVERSE...

THIS PROJECT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST AN HOMAGE TO THE FANTASTIC DEMO AND INTRO SCENE
OF THE 80S AND EARLY 90S... FROM THE COMMODORE C64 TO THE ATARI ST, THE AMIGA,
AND MANY OTHER MACHINES THAT TURNED BEDROOM CODERS INTO DIGITAL MAGICIANS...

THE NAME OF THIS PROJECT ITSELF IS A NOSTALGIC HOMAGE TO "THE B.I.G. DEMO",
RELEASED IN JANUARY 1988... A LEGENDARY PIECE OF ATARI ST HISTORY THAT LEFT A
LASTING IMPRESSION ON SO MANY OF US...

RESPECTS AND GREETINGS FLY OUT TO THE EXCEPTION (TEX), MAD MAX, THE UNION, 
THE CAREBEARS (TCB), THE REPLICANTS, THE LOST BOYS (TLB), THE DELTA FORCE,
TNT-CREW, 42 CREW... STEPSON AND THE CRAZY BUTCHER :)... 
AND ALL THE GROUPS, CODERS, MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS WHO PUSHED THOSE
MACHINES FAR BEYOND WHAT ANYONE THOUGHT POSSIBLE...

NOW... THIS IS NOT JUST A ONE-TIME DEMO... THE BIG (WEB) DEMO IS ALSO THE
BEGINNING OF A GENERIC, MODULAR AND EDUCATIONAL WEB-BASED DEMO ENGINE...
THE GOAL IS SIMPLE: TO HELP NEWCOMERS TO THE DEMO SCENE... INCLUDING MYSELF :)...
LEARN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF HOW A DEMO IS STRUCTURED AND BUILT...

I RECOGNIZE THAT THE CHALLENGE OF BUILDING THIS DEMO DOESN’T EVEN COME CLOSE
TO THE LEVEL OF DEDICATION, CREATIVITY, AND RAW TALENT IT TOOK THOSE LEGENDARY
TEAMS TO CODE SIMILAR EFFECTS IN PURE ASSEMBLY CODE BACK IN THE DAYS... EVERY
SCROLL TEXT, EVERY RASTER, EVERY SPRITE, EVERY BYTE COUNTED...

ALRIGHT... THIS FIRST RELEASE ALREADY FEATURES A BIG SCROLLING... YES, THE ONE
YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING :) ... IMAGE SLIDESHOWS WITH MULTIPLE GENERIC EFFECTS...
RASTERS... SPRITE ANIMATIONS... AND OF COURSE MUSIC !!! BECAUSE WHAT WOULD A
DEMO BE WITHOUT MUSIC !!!...

CREDITS WHERE CREDITS ARE DUE... LETS START WITH THE PIXEL ART FEATURED IN THIS DEMO:
Cyclone X-Troll, Wilfried Oxygene, Agent-t Cream, Carrion Bonzaï, Dieu Hemoroids, 
Graf LuzakTeam, Hospes MysticBytes, Hylst No_Extra,
Imperator TheMegabusters, Jok Dreamweb, Niko Oxygene, Piesiu MysticBytes,
Timbral DeadHackersSociety...

NOW THE MUSIC... HOPE YOU RECOGNIZED IT !!! IT COMES STRAIGHT FROM
THE LEGENDARY ATARI ST GAME "GOLDRUNNER"... COMPOSED BY THE ONE AND ONLY
ROB HUBBARD... ONE OF THE TRUE GODFATHERS OF VIDEO GAME MUSIC...

FINALLY… ONE MORE THING… RESPECT TO MATTHEW "4MAT” SIMMONDS... AUTHOR OF 
THE TRULY FINE AUDIO DATA STREAMS HIDDEN SOMEWHERE INSIDE THIS
DIGITAL CONTRAPTION... IF YOU HAVEN’T STUMBLED UPON THEM YET... KEEP EXPLORING...
YOUR SPEAKERS MAY THANK YOU LATER...

ALRIGHT... IF THIS LITTLE PROJECT BRINGS BACK GOOD MEMORIES... OR MAKES NEW
PEOPLE CURIOUS ABOUT THE DEMO SCENE... THEN MISSION ACCOMPLISHED... MORE EFFECTS...
MORE MODULES... MORE MUSIC... MORE PIXELS... STILL TO COME... STAY TUNED...

... ... SQUEEPTY ... ... ... ...                                  

??? PSSST !!! CURIOUS MINDS SOMETIMES FIND HIDDEN ROOMS BETWEEN THE RASTERS...
SOMEWHERE IN THE BIG (WEB) DEMO LURKS A SECRET TRACKER CHAMBER... FOUR CHANNELS...
OLD SCHOOL MODULE MAGIC... AND ENOUGH BLEEPS AND BLOOPS TO WAKE UP YOUR INNER
SCENER... THE QUESTION IS... CAN YOU FIND THE RIGHT SYMBOL TO CLICK BEFORE THE
DEMO REACHES THE END ?... ... ...                    
