Hi there hackers! As you know,
Andy Pennell is far too busy
microdrivin' to continue the
column on hacking, so I've slipped
into his slot instead. I may not be
as famous as Andy (yet!), but I, and
the rest of the YS readers, are just
as interested in your POKEs, so
keep them rolling in! Let me know
of any problems you're having with
games too. If I can't help, then I'll
throw the challenge open to the
rest of you!
OK, so let's get POKEIng. It's too
late to be the first to complete
Gyron, but if you want to be in the
running for the playoff then here
are a few POKEs to help you
practice! There's no cheating
though, because although you
might finish the game, the code
you see at the end depends on
whether you took the correct route
or not, and whether the program
has been tampered with! You've
only got until the 6th of November
to get there, so send your entry to
Firebird pronto!
Start with CLEAR 65535:
LOAD "" CODE. For infinite viability
(energy) to you and me, POKE
299552,201 [sic] and 29089,0. You can
then ram the wall without fear.
Type this in for immunity against
Tower flak and Sphere contact.
10 FOR n=24781 TO 24786: READ a: POKE n,a: NEXT n
20 DATA 49, 255, 255, 195, 176, 96
To blast yourself through walls
POKE 61498,195. RANDOMIZE
USR 24580 will start the game. Try
not to wander off the top or bottom
of the playing area, and use the
map.
Now for a hacking 'bug-fix'!
Apparently the POKEs for infinite
Jetpacs didn't work so try POKE
25018,0.
Paul Hargreaves from Brentford
has come up with a mean-screen-
scam for Monty Mole! His little
program allows you to start at any
screen you like, and he reckons
number 18 is a good one to try.
10 BORDER 0: PAPER 0: INK 0: CLEAR 32767
20 LOAD "" SCREEN$: LOAD "" CODE
30 INPUT "LEVEL (1-39)";LEVEL
40 LET LEVEL-LEVEL-1: FOR I=30000 TO 30011
50 READ A: POKE I,A: NEXT I
60 POKE 54951,205: POKE 54952,48: POKE 54953,117
70 RANDOMIZE USR 54370
80 DATA 50, 0, 91, 62, LEVEL, 50, 172, 228, 58, 0, 91, 201
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Do you want to kill the aliens in
Cosmic Cruiser really dead! Try
POKE 25373,0, that should settle
their hash.
K Gillan of Leeds wasn't taking
any chances when he sent in a
mammoth list of POKEs - he's
determined to see his name in
print. They're easy to get in with
MERGE "". Here are a few to start
with: Digger Dan: Infinite lives,
POKE 25559,0. Infinite energy,
POKE 26363,0. RANDOMIZE USR
24576 to start.
POKE 28522,0 will give you
infinite lives on Spectral Panic.
You can have infinite lives in Sam Spade with POKE 25215,0 and
infinite oxygen with POKE
26381,0. Finally Push Off ('Bout time too - Ed.) can be improved
with Infinite lives, POKE
26862,167, and Infinite alarm
time, POKE 27136,0.
Not to be outdone, Barry Start of
Merseyside has sent in one large
program instead of lots of small
ones! This one's for Wriggler.
10 BORDER 0: LET CS=0
20 FOR I=23296 TO 23348: READ A: POKE I,A: LET CS=CS+A: NEXT I
30 IF CS<>5994 THEN PRINT "DATA ERROR": STOP
40 PRINT "START WRIGGLER TAPE AND PRESS A KEY": PAUSE 0
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50 FOR I=1 TO 7000: NEXT I
60 RANDOMIZE USR 23296
70 DATA 49, 255, 255, 221, 33, 0, 64, 17, 0, 27, 205, 31, 91, 221, 33, 200, 92
80 DATA 17, 40, 163, 205, 31, 91, 33, 253, 195, 54, 0, 195, 92, 195, 175, 55
90 DATA 20, 8, 21, 243, 62, 15, 211, 254, 219, 254, 31, 230, 20, 246, 1, 79
100 DATA 185, 195, 107, 5
Play your fully rewound Wriggler
tape, and voilá, infinite lives will be
yours! Alternatively, if you have
the Mirage Microdriver you can try
50173,0 in POKE mode. Get
wrigglin'!
Maxwell Clark of Tyne & Wear
has a clever little trick for Manic Miner. POKE 36123,0 to make
some of the nasties go faster than
normal and some slower. If you're
good at the game. it'll make it
more manic than ever ... and
Maxwell is only ten so I daren't
think what he'll be doing when he
grows up!
Two quickies from Martin Barrio of Clywyd. Try for infinite
lives on Thor's Jack and the Beanstalk with POKE 56110,0 and
for the same on Road Racer, the
magic numbers are 27150,0.
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