A BASIC hallucination: GingerTronica

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A BASIC hallucination in 510 lines

10 REM ** GINGERTRONICA: A LULLABY OF DIMENSIONS – 6 VERSES **
20 REM ** STORY OF TRON-A-TRON & THE GINGERBREAD BAKE **
30 REM ** VERSE STRUCTURE – IMAGES 1, 2, ABSTRACT 3, 4, NEW 5, OLD 5 **
40 REM ** TRON-A-TRON: HOMEWORLD OF NEON ELECTRIC PEOPLE **
50 PRINT “>>> RUN GINGERTRONICA_LULLABY.EXE <<<“

60 PRINT

70 REM ** VERSE 1: THE RELIC & THE FALL (IMAGES 1 & 2) **
80 PRINT “100 VERSE 1. TRON-A-TRON, IN SLEEPY CORNER HUMS.”
90 PRINT ” A BEIGE HEART DREAMS, ‘FORE DIGITAL DUST BECOMES.”
100 PRINT ” OF GRIDS AND CIRCUITS, FAINT IN BAKERY LIGHT,”
110 PRINT ” THEN STUMBLES, PLUNGING, INTO DOUGHY NIGHT.”
120 PRINT ” MIXER AWAITS BELOW, A SWIRLING, SPICY TOMB,”
130 PRINT ” WHERE LOGIC FALLS TO SWEET, IN SUGAR-PLUM GLOOM.”

140 REM ** VERSE 2: INITIAL MERGE – VISUAL CHAOS (IMAGE 3 – ABSTRACT INTERPRETATION) **
150 PRINT “200 VERSE 2. WORLDS COLLIDE, IN ABSTRACT, TEXTURED FRAY.”
160 PRINT ” GINGERBREAD GRAIN AND NEON LINES AT PLAY.”
170 PRINT ” WARMTH AND COLDNESS DANCE, A JUXTAPOSITION BOLD,”
180 PRINT ” REALITY ITSELF, IN PATTERNS TO UNFOLD.”
190 PRINT ” A SENSORY CLASH, OF SWEET AND ELECTRIC HUES,”
200 PRINT ” IN THIS FIRST EMBRACE, OLD FORMS BEGIN TO LOSE.”

210 REM ** VERSE 3: ADAPTATION – HYBRID EXISTENCE (ABSTRACT IMAGE 3 CONTINUED) **
220 PRINT “300 VERSE 3. TRANSFORMATION BREEDS, IN MERGED AND SHIFTING STATE.”
230 PRINT ” NEITHER PURE GINGERBREAD, NOR DIGITAL SEALED BY FATE.”
240 PRINT ” BUT SOMETHING NEW AWAKES, FROM CHAOS AND FROM DREAM,”
250 PRINT ” A HYBRID WORLD IS BORN, IT WOULD SOFTLY SEEM.”
260 PRINT ” ADAPTATION’S SONG, IN TEXTURES INTERTWINED,”
270 PRINT ” LEAVING OLD DIVIDES, AND NEW BEGINNINGS TO FIND.”

280 REM ** VERSE 4: OVEN’S EMBRACE – TRON-BAKING (IMAGE 4) **
290 PRINT “400 VERSE 4. OVEN’S DOOR INVITES, TO HEAT AND GLOWING CORE.”
300 PRINT ” TRON-BAKING BECKONS, TO TRANSFORM AND TO RESTORE.”
310 PRINT ” IN WARMTH OF THE BAKERY, FUSION TAKES ITS HOLD,”
320 PRINT ” REALITIES ARE BAKED, IN STORIES TO BE TOLD.”
330 PRINT ” NEON FIRELIGHT FLICKERS, ON GINGERBREAD SO DEEP,”
340 PRINT ” WHILE WORLDS ARE REMADE, IN OVEN’S DREAMY SLEEP.”

350 REM ** VERSE 5: RISE OF NEON-GINGER CAKE (NEW IMAGE 5 – CAKE REVEAL) **
360 PRINT “500 VERSE 5. TIMER CHIMES SOFT, A SWEET, DELICATE SOUND.”
370 PRINT ” OVEN DOOR OPENS WIDE, WONDERS TO ASTOUND.”
380 PRINT ” THE NEON-GINGER CAKE, A VISION BORN OF DREAMS,”
390 PRINT ” WITH FROSTING CIRCUITS GLEAMING, IN MOONLIT, CANDY STREAMS.”
400 PRINT ” A CULINARY MIRACLE, OF DIGITAL AND WARM,”
410 PRINT ” A NEW CREATION RISES, SAFE FROM ANY HARM.”

420 REM ** VERSE 6: GINGERTRONICA – LIFE INSIDE (OLD IMAGE 5 – CAMPFIRE) **
430 PRINT “600 VERSE 6. GINGERTRONICA AWAKES, WITHIN THE CAKE SO SWEET.”
440 PRINT ” WHERE GINGER-PROGRAMS GATHER, AND DOUGH-BEINGS MEET.”
450 PRINT ” BY CAMPFIRE’S GENTLE GLOW, IN HARMONY THEY DWELL,”
460 PRINT ” IN THIS NEW-BAKED WORLD, A STORY IT CAN TELL.”
470 PRINT ” OF DIMENSIONS MERGED, AND DREAMS THAT INTERTWINE,”
480 PRINT ” IN GINGERTRONICA’S HEART, A LULLABY DIVINE.”

490 REM ** END LULLABY PROGRAM **
500 PRINT “>>> END GINGERTRONICA DREAM <<<“
510 END