Check out this video where I logon to my BBS using an Atari Mega STe, complete with #pixelart image of Kirk, Spock and the Guardian of Forever in IGS format. 🎨

https://vimeo.com/823526490

This is likely the first (or only!) time a BBS has used IGS for a logon. 💾

I coded all of this in Javascript for Synchronet BBS software. Sync is just so amazingly flexible. 🖥️

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More fun with palette shifting / color cycling and my new IGS login screen. 🎨

Tried to animate the Guardian of Forever to mimic the way it "talked" in The Original Series by lighting up. (Animation has strobe effect)

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At last, I think I'm finished! 🏁

This is the final static version of my new Guardian of Forever #BBS login screen, served using the #Atari ST's "IGS" text graphics language. 🖥️

I am stoked about where this ended up!

On my BBS, the screen is animated with some palette cycling effects, and some lettering superimposed. I am still exploring whether to add IGS music/sound effects.

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CHECK THIS OUT! I don't think there's ever been a #BBS login sequence like this for Atari ST users. 🖥️

Featuring Kirk, Spock, the Enterprise, and more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymii4HSuqt0

Thanks to my wife Yoli, who figured out how to render the Star Trek fanfare in IGS music format! 🎼

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