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Son of Blagger (ZX Spectrum)

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Title Screen

Son of Blagger

Developers: Antony Crowther, Elliot Gay
Publishers: Alligata, Dixons (re-release, UK), Tynesoft (re-release, UK)
Platform: ZX Spectrum
Released in EU: 1984


DevMessageIcon.png This game has a hidden developer message.


Developer Message

The author of this port hid a message deep within the code. In the .tzx dump, it can be seen at 218B.

WELCOME TO ALL HACKERS.
I,M ELLIOT, AUTHOR OF THIS MEGABRILLIANT PROGRAM.
I'M GLAD YOU'VE DECIDED TO HAVE A LOOK INSIDE.
DON'T TELL ME....YOUR LOOKING FOR AN INFINITE LIVES POKE !!!
HI! IF YOU'VE READ ABOUT THIS BIT IN A MAGAZINE AND THOUGHT YOU'D CHECK IT OUT.
HERE'S A BIT ABOUT ME...
I WAS BORN ON MARCH 4th 1967,I LIVE IN LEEDS AND HAVE MY A LEVELS IN MAY 85.
MY FIRST COMPUTER WAS A ZX81 EQUIPT WITH 16K OF WOBBLE,I BECAME SUPERB AT ZX BASIC AND SOON TIRED OF IT DUE TO ITS AMAIZING SPEED (0.000000001 MPH).
THIS PROMPTED ME TO TEACH MYSELF Z80 MACHINE CODE,THIS I DID AND WROTE SOME BITS AND BATS SUCH AS "ANTS IN YER PANTS" AND "SMOKERS COUGH".
I THEN MOVED ONTO THE SPECTRUM & I WROTE SOME STUFF FOR IT.
I NOW USE THE ZX81 TO HEAT MY BEDROOM!!
THEN ONE DAY I SAW AN ADVERT LOOKING FOR  PROGRAMMERS TO WORK FOR ALLIGATA.
I ANSWERED IT, HAD AN INTERVIEW AND NOW I'M WORKING ON A FREELANCE BASIS FOR THEM.
SON OF BLAGGER IS MY FIRST PROGRAM FOR ALLIGATA,KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR MORE OF MY GAMES IN THE FUTURE.
SEE YA LATA ALLIGATA
Love and Loading Errors ELLI GAY (TOR) programmer extraordinare.
SO GET PLAYING,HACKING OR WHAT EVER YOU DO WITH COMPUTER GAMES !!!
DONT PIRATE IT, COS IF YOU DO I'LL GET SO ANGRY THAT I'LL SLAP YOUR LEGS (SWINTAN)!!.
12 MARKS TO EVERYBODY AT ALLERTON GRANGE HIGH SCHOOL ESPECIALY TO THE PINK PAJAMA LOONIES IN THE 6th FORM !!!!
OH NO, THE MEN IN WHITE COATS ARE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY.
BETTER RUN.....BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


(Source: Equinox)