Alerte (Thomson MO, Thomson TO)

Alerte is a very simple educational game that teaches kids to memorize words.

Commented-Out Lines#

The game's BASIC files contains several lines that are commented out:

ALERTE.BAS#

The very first line contains a version number. This is not present in the TO9/TO8/TO9+ disk version from the Logiciels Nathan Ecoles : Français compilation.

' ***ALERTE CASSETTE(FICHIER :FICALER)
     VERS 2.8 *-* SANS DEFGR *-*

Line 1026 is part of the word drawing routine. However, no difference was noted after re-enabling it.

'SCREEN7,4,4:CLS:COLOR ,6:BOXF(13,LD-1)-(26,LD+ND+1)" ":COLOR ,2:BOX(12,LD-2)-(27,LD+ND+2)" ":COLOR 0,6

Line 20137 is part of the speed changing option of the game customization routine. Uncommenting it makes an icon appear after choosing a speed value.

'LOCATE8,14+(A*3),0:PRINTGR$(8)GR$(6)GR$(9):FORA=0 TO300:NEXT:SCREEN0,0,0:CLS:GOTO20025

EDALER-C.BAS (MO5/TO7)#

Lines 2 to 4 contain a credit to programmers Michel Bussac and Olivier Rozenkranc, alongside a build date of October 31, 1985.

2 ' Titre : FICHIER  ALERTE(CASSETTE)
3 ' Auteurs: BUSSAC/ROZENKRANC
4 ' Date  : 31/10/85

EDALERTE.BAS (TO9)#

A similar credit to the one in the MO5/TO7 tape versions can be found in Lines 3 and 4. The build date was updated to December 15, 1985.

' Auteur: BUSSAC    ( Rozenkranc )
' Date  : 15/12/85

Furthermore, an unfinished key check command can be found in Line 47013.

'IF ASC(NU$)<49 OR ASC(NU$)>57 THEN

References#