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Spike's Peak (Atari 2600)

Spike's Peak: where getting killed by a hawk is almost guaranteed in the first few minutes of gameplay. It's probably best known for being combined with other Xonox titles as double-ended cartridges.

Uncompiled Source Code#

At 0xFDF in the NA version is a single string from the game's source code:

EQ BASE+$295

The European release has a different string that's longer and from a different part of the code:

+$296
TIME1024+$296

(Source: John Aycock)

References#


  1. Beck-Tech - GDRI :: Game Developer Research Institute↩︎
  2. AVAILABILITY UPDATE - The Video Game Update, Volume 2, Number 7, October 1983↩︎
  3. READY: Doppia Entrata - Videogiochi, Issue 9, November 1983↩︎