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Wild Streets (Amstrad CPC)

Wild Streets teaches you that vigilantes can have panthers.

Hidden Message#

Found throughout the disk tracks is a message aimed at Patrice Maubert, a member of the TB Crackers scene duo who frequently provided POKE codes for the Joystick Hebdo magazine. A similar string can also be found in the disk data of Dick Tracy.

Original

Eh Patrice... Gare a toi

! Eric, Gil & Chris

Translated

Eh Patrice... Watch out

! Eric, Gil & Chris

(Source: CPC-Power)

Uncompiled Source Code#

Also found throughout the disk data are a few segments of source code:

Track $12, Sector $0C

    DEFW boss+00825H        ;- 180 
        DEFB  4, 2

Track $13, Sector 5

DEFW fin+00270H        ;- 1 end
        DEFB  26, 23

Track $14, Sector 8

      DEFB  8, 3
        DEFW fontes+003F0H        ;- 42 
        DEFB  8, 3

Track $1A, Sector 9

       ;- 121 
        DEFB  4, 2

00AH,001H,00

00AH,001H,00

Track $1F, Sector 2

       ;- 121 
        DEFB  4, 2

References#


  1. UPDATE: WILD STREETS - Computer & Video Games, Issue 100, March 1990↩︎