Mad Professor Mariarti is a pretty average platformer starring the titular professor who is, contrary to the game's title, not mad.
Someone on the development team certainly was, though.
Hidden Messages#
Hidden in the instrument text for the game's title screen music (mod.mptitle) is an amusing message from the game's designer/musician, Matt Furniss.
hello hacker fucker
this is matt furniss
heres the deal.
if you hack this game
i will find you
where ever you are
and break your legs
and thats a promise
(Source: Amiga Music Preservation)
The Archimedes version also contains an additional hidden message in the list of SWIs for the TeqMod module.
Teque_Hello
Teque_There
Teque_ToAll
Teque_You
Teque_AcornArchie
Teque_Hackers
Teque_OutThere
Teque_From
Teque_Shaun
Teque_Hollingworth
Teque_Ok
The module is identical to the one found in Manchester United.
References#
- Computer & Video Games #107 (1990-10), p. 79. "Mad Professor Mariarti will be jumping onto the Amiga and (ooh!) the Archimedes, real soon now, for the same price of £19.95."↩︎
- Amiga Kickstart 10-90, p. 99. "Von Krysalis-Software kommt in naher Zukunft ein neues Plattformspiel heraus, MAD PROFESSOR MARIARTI nennt sich das Spiel, wo man eben den verückten Professor steuern muß."↩︎