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Hidden messagin’ part 2
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 4 commentsPoking around GDRI tonight led me to another extensive hidden message tucked inside an 8-bit cartridge game by the programmers. This time, it’s been discovered in Gun Nac, a Compile-developed vertical shooter released 1990 in Japan and 1991 in America.
Poking open the NES version of the ROM reveals a charming little piece of ASCII greeting between $01FF10 and $01FFFF. Take a look at the same place in the original Japanese Famicom version, though, and things look different:
1990-06-21 Almost time for the master-up [i.e. to go gold]; I guess this’ll probably be my last job on the FC. We had 4 months to work with, so there’s nothing really standout with this game, but I think it’s gotten pretty playable, so, well, I guess that’s good enough. I wonder where I might run into you next time?
Aww. :’)
4 responses to “Hidden messagin’ part 2”
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“We had 4 months to work with, so there’s nothing really standout with this game, but I think it’s gotten pretty playable, so, well, I guess that’s good enough.”
GunNac is a wonderful little gem, so I applaud the modesty of the author.
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so he hid the message on my 13th birthday. neat present, if both belated in its reception and unintended.
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Someone pointed this out to me from NES Guerilla War:
http://bmf.rustedmagick.com/cr/guerrillawar.htm
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Esteban November 4th, 2009 at 00:31