Ikrananka Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I like to dig around in ColecoVision game binary rom files to see what I can find. Sometimes there are hidden messages left by the programmer and/or the compiler. Inspired by the Secret Squirrel section of FREEZE64 magazine, I was digging around in the Galaxian ROM file today and found the following. I know this has been found before but just thought I'd post the details here: Location: $0024 - 0042 IN SECTOR 84/SYSTEM CRASH/20451 Location: $0302 - 034F GRAPHICS AND PROGRAM BY JAMES D. EISENSTEIN08/11/83DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE Location: $4645 - 4657 I LOVE YOU JENEANE I wonder if Jeneane ever got to see that message? Let's hope that Atarisoft never found out that James was hiding messages like this in his code. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlepaddle Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I wonder if Jeneane Eisenstein is on here reading this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamshaft Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 That's very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyzzle Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 There are secret messages embedded in the roms of many Collectorvision releases. I always go through ROMs with a hex-editor just for this reason. Often interesting things are there in human-readable text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 hour ago, zyzzle said: There are secret messages embedded in the roms of many Collectorvision releases. I always go through ROMs with a hex-editor just for this reason. Often interesting things are there in human-readable text. Thanks goodness I didn't put a rant in my game for that reason. Another reason is it takes up cartridge space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 13 hours ago, zyzzle said: There are secret messages embedded in the roms of many Collectorvision releases. I always go through ROMs with a hex-editor just for this reason. Often interesting things are there in human-readable text. Yeah, something I often do as well. It's quite fun what you can find.....would be great to get all of these documented somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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