Help with ascii art

I was trying to make an Applescript version of Zelda, and I made this neat logo in TextEdit, but when I put it into Applescript, I get this error message,

display dialog "Welcome to...
               _________________ 
              |                /  
              |  _________    /              THE LEGEND OF 
              | /   /  \ /   /  __________ _____      ______       ___
              |/   /____/   /   \   _____ |\   /      \   _ \      \  \
                  /\   /   /     | |     \| | |        | | \ \     / _ \
                 /  \ /   /      | |        | |        | |  \ \   / / \ \
                /____/   /_\     | |_____/| | |        | |   | | / /___\ \
                    /   /        |  _____ | | |        | |   | | |  ___  |
                   /   /         | |     \| | |        | |   | | | /   \ |
                  /   /        _ | |        | |        | |  / /  | |   | |
                 /   /        /| | |_____/| | |_____/| | |_/ /   | |   | |
                /   /________/ |/_________|/_________|/_____/   /___\ /___\
               /               |
              /________________|
					 " buttons {"Play", "Quit"} default button 1

if the button returned of the result is "Play" then

Please open it in the editor to see the actual ascii art, the formatting got lost when I tried to paste it in.

The backslash () is an escaping character in AppleScript code – it can only be used before certain other characters (n, r, t, ", or a second ). But if you change each instance of \ to \, it will look odd in code but fine in the resulting dialog.

The problem is linked to the character "".

A global Search and Replace task replacing “\” by “" & character id 92 & "”
gives a script which compiles but, as your design rely upon a fixed width font, the dialog doesn’t match your needs.

display dialog "Welcome to...
               _________________ 
              |                /  
              |  _________    /              THE LEGEND OF 
              | /   /  " & character id 92 & " /   /  __________ _____      ______       ___
              |/   /____/   /   " & character id 92 & "   _____ |" & character id 92 & "   /      " & character id 92 & "   _ " & character id 92 & "      " & character id 92 & "  " & character id 92 & "
                  /" & character id 92 & "   /   /     | |     " & character id 92 & "| | |        | | " & character id 92 & " " & character id 92 & "     / _ " & character id 92 & "
                 /  " & character id 92 & " /   /      | |        | |        | |  " & character id 92 & " " & character id 92 & "   / / " & character id 92 & " " & character id 92 & "
                /____/   /_" & character id 92 & "     | |_____/| | |        | |   | | / /___" & character id 92 & " " & character id 92 & "
                    /   /        |  _____ | | |        | |   | | |  ___  |
                   /   /         | |     " & character id 92 & "| | |        | |   | | | /   " & character id 92 & " |
                  /   /        _ | |        | |        | |  / /  | |   | |
                 /   /        /| | |_____/| | |_____/| | |_/ /   | |   | |
                /   /________/ |/_________|/_________|/_____/   /___" & character id 92 & " /___" & character id 92 & "
               /               |
              /________________|
					 " buttons {"Play", "Quit"} default button 1

if the button returned of the result is "Play" then
	
	
end if

Yvan KOENIG running High Sierra 10.13.6 in French (VALLAURIS, France) jeudi 18 avril 2019 15:07:15