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The Games: Summer Edition (Commodore 64)

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Bummer Games#

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To access this easter egg, do the following:

  1. In the main menu, enter the name entry screen and set all players so that they have the same name and nationality.
  2. Exit to the village, then enter the main menu again.
  3. The "OPENING CEREMONIES" option will then be replaced with "DISPLAY EASTER EGG". Enter it.

After entering, the game will prompt you to rewind the tape, play it, and then press any button (cassette) / switch to side B of Disk A (floppy disk). For the cassette version, just play the tape than any button without rewinding it; the data for the easter egg will start loading when the counter is at 320.

If everything is done correctly, the game will switch to a spoof version of its opening sequence, with the game's title now reading "The Games: Bummer Edition" with a dragon on the background, as well as showing pictures of the developers, Monty Python music, and a lengthy text scroll. Some line breaks were added for readability.

Track 33

<code style="white-space:pre; background:#000; color:#ea746c;" width:100%>THE GAMES SERIES:
BUMMER GAMES I (SUMMER GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES II (WINTER GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES III (SUMMER GAMES II)
BUMMER GAMES IV (WORLD GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES V (CALIFORNIA GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES VI (THE GAMES: WINTER EDITION)
BUMMER GAMES VII (THE GAMES: SUMMER EDITION)
IF YOU HAVE SEEN ANY OF THESE LOST PROGRAMMERS TESTERS ARTISTS OR MUSICIANS PLEASE CONTACT EPYX WITH ANY INFORMATION YOU MAY HAVE.
COMING SOON:
BUMMER GAMES VIII (SPORTS-A-RONI)
BUMMER GAMES IX (SPRING GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES X (FALL GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XI (SON OF SUMMER GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XII (SON OF WINTER GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XIII (JASON LIVES)
BUMMER GAMES XIV (NIGHT OF THE LIVING GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XV (SUMMER GAMES MEETS WINTER GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XVI (NUCLEAR WINTER GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XVII (SUMMER NOT GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XVIII (CARD GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XIX (COMMUTER GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XX (HEAD GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XXI (REVENGE OF THE GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XXII (BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XXIII (THE BEST OF BUMMER GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XXIV (THE BEST OF BUMMER GAMES PART II)
BUMMER GAMES XXV (MORE AND MORE GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XXVI (BUMMER GAMES: THE FINAL CHAPTER)
BUMMER GAMES XXVII (BUMMER GAMES: A NEW BEGINNING)
BUMMER GAMES XXVIII (WORLDS GREATEST GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XXIX (ATTACK OF THE KILLER GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XXX (GERIATRIC GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XXXI (KILL WESLEY CRUSHER GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XXXII (ROCKY HORROR GAMES SHOW)
BUMMER GAMES XXXIII (BROKEN RECORD GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XXXIII (BROKEN RECORD GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XXXIII (BROKEN RECORD GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XXXIII (BROKEN RECORD GAMES)
BUMMER GAMES XXXIII (BROKEN ERP..) . . . . . . . .
WE WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS GAME TO ALL OF OUR LOYAL FANS WHO LOVE TO PLAY THE GREAT GAMES FROM EPYX.
HI MOM!
STNERAP RUOY DNIM. NEZITIC DOOG A EB. HTEET RUOY HSURB. KROWEMOH RUOY OD. XYPE MORF SEMAG YUB.
ONCE AGAIN!
STNERAP RUOY DNIM. NEZITIC DOOG A EB. HTEET RUOY HSURB. KROWEMOH RUOY OD. XYPE MORF SEMAG YUB.
SHIP IT.

(Source: c64werner / Stadium64)

References#


  1. REVIEWS: SUMMER YOU WIN - The Games Machine, Issue 13, December 1988↩︎
  2. AVAILABILITY UPDATE - Computer Entertainer, Volume 7, Number 7, October 1988↩︎