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Cygnus

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Developers Messages#

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Specifically: Sector D appears to be gibberish. Is it an encrypted block?

A few developer messages are spread throughout Track 1, Sectors A to F.

 HOW DO YOU DO !
MY NAME IS MINORU MAEDA WHO IS PROGRAMMER OF THIS GAME-SYGNUS . 
I AM A SENIOR STUDENT OF WASEDA UNIV. I MAJOR IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. 
MY HOBBY IS SURFING.   IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ME ,YOU CALL NEXT No.         
03-728-5552  GLOBAL SOFTWARES


  HELLO !!       
MY NAME IS HIROKI HAYASHI. I AM A DESIGNER OF SYGNUS. 
I DREW THIS BEAUTIFUL B.G. AND DESIGN EACH CHARACTER. 
THE IDEA OF THIS GAME IS ALMOST MINE. 

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ME MORE ,YOU CALL THIS NUMBER.             
03-728-5552   GLOBAL SOFTWARES


Original

HELLOW my name is Toshiaki Imai. I made IPL & Disk Operating System.I'm 20 years old.
コンニチハ ワタシハ イマイ トシアキ デス。 ワタシハ ディスクノ IPL ト DOS ヲ ツクリマシタ。
コレカラモ イロイロナ GAME ヲ ツクリマスノデ ヨロシク オネガイシマス。     6/20/1984 

Translated

HELLOW my name is Toshiaki Imai. I made IPL & Disk Operating System.I'm 20 years old.
Hello. I'm Toshiaki Imai. I made the IPL and DOS on the disk.
Please support any games from this point onward.    6/20/1984 
HELLOW MY NAME IS TAKASHI OHARA.I AM WALKING DYNAMIC DEBUGGING TOOL. 
I AM &h17 YEARS OLD.       
I AM SINGLE . SO IF YOU KNOW NICE LADY,PLEASE INTRODUCE HER TO ME!!!!

HOBBY:MUSIC     
PLACE:HOYA      
PHONE ????????  

HLT


Original

イマ 6/20 (WED)    AM 2:45
イマ ラジオ カラ シンヤホウソウガ ナガレテイマス。

Translated

It's June 20th (WED)    2:45 AM now.    
The radio is now playing the nightly broadcast.

References#


  1. [http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Global_Software%27s. GDRI]↩︎
  2. Game Preservation Society↩︎