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Word Zapper

Not to be confused with WordZap.

Developer Credits#

Located at the very beginning of the ROM is this credit to US Games:

COPYRIGHT 1982 US GAMES CORP.

(Source: John Aycock)

Unused Text#

At 0x09B3 is a slightly different version of Etaoin shrdlu:

ETOAINSHRDLUPFMC

Further down, at 0x0ABC, is the title of the game:

nGAME /////////////// WORD/ZAPPER ///////// ECA/ PMAHCEIKOORREPPAZ ,E

(Source: John Aycock)

References#


  1. James Wickstead Design Associates - GDRI :: Game Developer Research Institute↩︎
  2. SOFTWARE UPDATE - The Video Game Update, Volume 1, Number 5, August 1982↩︎