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Green Beret (Amstrad CPC)

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Developer Messages#

Title Screen Message#

Changing ink entries 9 and 11 in the title screen's palette will reveal some credits and a small message, "DO NOT PIRATE SOFTWARE". Use the following basic prompt to make this happen:

10 MODE 0:BORDER 0:FOR I=0 TO 15:READ A:INK I,A:NEXT 
20 LOAD"BERETPIC.SCN",&C000:CALL &BB06 
30 INK 9,26:INK 11,26:CALL &BB06:
40 DATA 0, 13, 26, 20, 2, 12, 3, 1, 14, 3, 9, 0, 10, 11, 0, 0

(Source: CPC Power)

Disk Messages#

There are two jokey messages regarding Keith hidden in the code.

On Track 10, Sector 48, starting at 1A0:

Hey, you sass that hoopy Keith Wilson? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.

And on Track 11, Sector 45, starting at E8:

Keith Wilson hates French and computers. George Wright hates computers and Keith Wilson.