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Orthocrack (Amstrad CPC)

Orthocrack has nothing to do with your teeth falling apart, and is instead a French edutainment game focusing on grammar, including gendered nouns and singular/plural forms. While versions for other computer systems were numbered (including an Apple II-exclusive Orthocrack 4), this CPC one is not.

Developer Messages#

These messages can only be found in the tape release.

Both HATIER files have this message before the Locomotive BASIC code begins:

EH SERVICES Tel:381 02 61 le RAINCY!

Furthermore, Line 491 of the second HATIER file has a commented string labeled LARSEN, which contains a little message:

Original

CHER CRACKER, LARSENE VOUS SALUE BIEN ; TELEPHONEZ AU 544-74-80

Translated

DEAR CRACKER, LARSENE SENDS YOU REGARDS; CALL 544-74-80

(Source: CPC-Power)

References#


  1. Hidden credit↩︎
  2. SVM PRATIQUE : Orthocrack - Science & Vie Micro, Number 20, September 1985↩︎