This intro is thus called because of the simple PETSCII rendition of the 'Guy Fawkes' mask as used by the 'hactivist' group Anonymous. The PETSCII was pixelled about 6 months ago when testing my screen editor 'ChillED' and ended up being repurposed for this intro.
The music is called 'tiny BONER' because it is a reworked and slightly remixed excerpt of a larger mod called 'Boner' composed by Marx Marvelous/TPPI. This SID is 'rare' in that is was composed with a 6581 in mind, rather than my usual 8580 choice, but should sound fine on either chip.
This intro includes my first use of sprites in the top/bottom borders and while there is absolutely nothing amazing going on code wise, it was an interesting exercise in finding out about the limitations of border use.
If you would like to see the intro in action on an emulator or real hardware, it can be downloaded from CSDb here or direct from this blog here. The download also contains the ACME source code and all work files, including the SID tune in it's Goattracker .sng format.
T.M.R has also written short pieces on his own blog here and on the main C64CD blog here, as well as recording a video of the intro in action. The video should appear below, but if not can be found on YouTube here.
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