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Vampire Chess

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Obscured Graphic#

PICT 1999 contains the graphic seen in the game's "About" window. However, the picture of artist John Burton is overlaid with a better-quality version (PICT 128) in-game.

Original Graphic (PICT 1999)

In-game

Developer Messages#

Owner Resource#

The game's owner resource, JimB 0, contains a message from the game's programmer, James Burton. Line breaks were added for readability.

HEY!  VAMPIRES!  I'M HERE!
IF YOU'RE IN A NON-VIOLENT MOOD AND YOU CRAVE CONVERSATION, CONTACT ME.
I'M AT BMUG AS JAMES BURTON.
GENUINE VAMPIRES ONLY-- PLEASE DON'T SUCK MY BLOOD WITHOUT PERMISSION.

Gingerbread Man#

hrct 513 is a balloon helper string that doesn't seem to be used. It contains a segment of the Gingerbread Man fairy tale.

You can run and run, as fast as you can.  But you can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!

(Source: tikal.)