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Avoid the Noid (DOS)

One of the only two games based on the Noid.

Hidden Command Arguments#

Enter one of the following arguments after noid on the DOS command prompt (i.e. noid syzygy).

SYZYGY#

When this argument is entered, a number of cheat keys can be pressed during gameplay.

Key(s)

Effect

Alt + K

Extra key + 100 points

Alt + N

Extra Noid avoider

Alt + M

Extra Life

T

Super Fast Speed

F

Lose A Life

C

Pause the game and remove all animating objects from the screen.

Esc

Pause the game. Press Esc again to resume
or press any other key to advance frame-by-frame.

0 to 9

Set the game speed.
These can be used along with the T key.

TESTJOY#

Tests the joystick.

STATUS#

This shows the status of memory usage and video status while the game is running.

Delay value after calibration = %d

TDT fade value after calibration = %d

Video status = %u

Before everything has been initialized and allocated
the amount of memory left is %lu bytes

After everything has been initialized and allocated
the amount of memory left is %lu bytes

VERSION#

Prints this string on the command line:

AVOID THE NOID -- Version 1.0

(Source: S&F Prod.)

Hidden Author Credit#

0x128B8 in noid.exe contains a modification date of a file.

Filename: 'NOIDSND '
Last modified: 09-05-89  19:26:07
Written by: Scott Schryver