LONG VBLANK
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Another Atari demo after 33 years in vertical blank.

Released at Silly Venture 2026 Winter Edition, Gdańsk, Poland.

Title:      Long VBlank
Group:      The Edge
Authors:    hawk, Fat, Screef, Wiecz0r (full credits below)
Category:   Atari XL/XE Demo Standard
Hardware:   Atari 800XL / 65XE / 130XE, 64 KB RAM, PAL, 1 POKEY (mono),
            no extensions (no VBXE, no Rapidus, no stereo needed)
Length:     about 5 minutes, then an endless credits scroller
Files:      LONGVBL.XEX  - load directly (emulator, SIO2SD, SIO2PC,
                           flash cart) or from DOS 2.5
            LONGVBL.ATR  - bootable disk (90 KB, single density)
            The demo was tested with Atari DOS 2.5 only. It may not work
            with other DOS versions.
            Boot with BASIC disabled (hold OPTION when powering on).

Credits
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Code and design:  hawk/The Edge (Krzysztof Hawrylewicz)
Graphics:         Fat/The Edge (Tomasz Chamiga)
                  Screef/The Edge (Jakub Tosik)
Music:            Wiecz0r (Bartłomiej Wieczorkowski)
Support:          Grey/MSB (Michał Michałowski)
Music player:     Raster Music Tracker by Raster/C.P.U. (Radek Sterba)

Use of AI
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AI was used as IDE assistance for:
- code optimization
- code analysis and bug fixing
- creating development tools
- disk boot code

This demo is freeware.

Contact: hawk@7-bits.eu
Hawk, Katowice, Poland, 2026


Krótka wiadomość po polsku
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Szukam dwóch dem z lat 90. podpisanych jako "Atarians" z Wodzisławia Śląskiego: "The First" i "Second". 
Jeśli je masz - napisz: hawk@7-bits.eu
