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High Speed (Pinball)

High Speed is a ridiculously successful pinball game. The theme: Escaping a police pursuit after running a red light. Based on a true story!

Developer Credits#

Programmer Larry DeMar put his name and a copyright message in ROM chip U27...nine damn times. The first, most common message can be found at the following locations: 0x02ED, 0x14EC, 0x19E1, 0x2230, 0x2D4F, 0x3859, and 0x3F99.

 COPYRIGHT 1985 WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS GAMES INC. -LED

The second message is at 0x0DA8:

 COPYRIGHT 1985 WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS GAMES INC. 
 HIGH SPEED PINBALL ... PROGRAMMED BY LAWRENCE E. DEMAR 

The final message, at 0x5815:

 COPYRIGHT 1985 WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS GAMES INC. 
 PROGRAMMED BY LAWRENCE E. DEMAR

(Source: Original TCRF research)