The Definitive Source Guide to Secret Keys, Easter Eggs and Hidden Messages
1st Edition : Apr. 15, 1992
Compiled by The Ramsacker
The Byte Bastards
BBS: (201) 697-7001
Greetings. A lot of work went into this file. I spent many long nights tracking
down these little gems that to this day still leave me smiling. They are
the last
undiscovered relic of the Apple pirate world. They remain hidden on your
disks,
unknown, unrealized, waiting to be discovered, perhaps finally now, perhaps
never. Never to be known by anyone except for the person who planted it
in the
first place. Call me weird, but there's a certain mystique about them. Its
like
finding an old coin buried in your back yard: it was there, waiting to be
dug up,
and you didn't even realize it. Or finding that last easter egg (hence the
name)
on that certain Sunday when you were but a little guy. I am speaking of
what I
prefer to call "secret keys". I always got off on finding the
things. To think
that years ago, someone, somewhere, added something a little special to
their
work for someone to find later is, well, real neat.
This file is older than promises of an upgrade for the //gs...literally
(by the
way, those of you still holding out hope, give it up). I finally felt it
was time
to put aside my perfectionist tendencies and put it out with some incomplete
or
un-researched entries. I used to tirelessly pursue every lead I could in
order to
track down secret keys and the like; calling different pirate friends around
the
country and asking them about ones I had heard rumors of; searching disks
sector
by sector looking for funny or interesting messages; boot tracing nearly
every
single one of my cracked games to see if the title page routine included
some
check for a special keypress. I put a lot of time and effort into this file,
and
hope that the few people who will take the time to read it will possibly
gain
some enjoyment from checking out these gems for themselves. This file was
started
almost two years ago (I can't believe it myself). If you're like me, you
still
have most of these games or programs stuffed away in disk cases that you
rarely
dig into anymore (mine make great dust collectors). Now you have a chance
to
re-live some of those fond memories of playing cool Apple games well into
the wee
hours. Perhaps not, but give it a whirl anyway, you might enjoy some of
the
things you discover for the first time.
A lot of these games are ancient (some a decade old!) and you probably don't
and
won't ever have them. I do have most of them (except for the GS stuff...I
don't
have a GS and probably never will unless I can get one for under $100...any
offers?) Of course, some of the more obscure hardware easter eggs will be
a
challenge for those of you who will attempt to experience every single secret
key
documented in this file. As if anyone is actually going to try, but if you
are,
try going to your school or some place where they have old outdated Apple's.
You
may even find some of the older games still making the rounds in programming
class when the twits should be coding rather than playing Mario Bros.
I had hoped to make this guide as complete and up-to-date as possible, but
considering its been aeons since I last touched it, I felt I may as well
release
it now or never release it at all. I don't know what kind of audience this
file
will receive, but I hope the few people who do take the time to get it are
pleased with the effort I took to present them with these gems and hope
they
enjoy them as much as I do.
The Apple Pirate world was a killer playground for me: all the different
BBS' and
the interesting types I met in different corners of the country. The dead
and
lonely back-alley wares boards and the thriving elyte message systems. There
will
never be another community, another sub-society like it. The 80's were a
decade
of advancement for all computers, but Apples and Apple users led the way.
Apple
users were the innovators, the originators. The pirate code of honor (and
dishonor) that spawned from the Apple world, all the words (K-K00L!), customs
(crack screens and rag pages) found their way into many different areas
of the
computer world as a whole. Atari and Commodore 64 groups hoped to only come
close
to the rich Apple pirate traditions. Oh, the bustling commerce of wares
being
traded between different warehouse Meccas of pirated games! But of course,
all
empires must fall, or be absorbed into a greater whole.
Near the end, other computers' pirating customs began spilling back into
the
Apple realm, and it was completely lame. But by then, the Apple world was
pretty
much extinct anyway, only being carried on by those die-hard romantics hoping
to
effect some sort of revival. Now the Apple modem world is but a ghost of
what it
once was. Lonely, desolate, Apple BBS' are few and far between. I sometimes
call
out, now only to one and sometimes two Apple BBS'. The Apple may be dead,
but
then, so are a lot of other computers. The 90s are here, man. Things are
changing
real fast. Apple and IBM working together? MicroSoft and IBM, splitsville?
Its so
diverse out there now. Don't hold back. Use your Apple experience as a stepping
stone onto other platforms. There's so much out there to try...
Well, I got carried away, but since this is in all likelihood my last major
Apple
world contribution, what the....
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Hot Rod (where ever the hell he is these days) for publishing
the first
secret key files and turning me on to this entertaining pastime and for
finding
all the secret keys he did. Also, thanks go to Apple Core for the secret
keys he
found and published in his "Secret Game Keys" file. Finally, thanks
to the many
people that informed me of new ones I hadn't known about. This file basically
compiles all previously published secret keys plus the few ones I have located
into this one source guide.
These are the different types of "Easter Eggs" you will find listed
in this file:
1) Secret Key (a single keypress that results in some action, such as a
message being displayed)
2) Password (a series of keypresses that result in some action) 3) Hidden
message
(a message embedded somewhere in a program or somewhere on
a disk)
4) Game cheat (a sequence of keypresses that leads to some sort of game
cheat)
I have even included some hardware Easter Eggs! These are ones found in
certain
pieces of Apple hardware that I have deemed significant.
An entry that has "(unverified)" next to the name of the ware
indicates that I
have not been able to verify that entry, but am including it for you to
explore.
No claim is made as to the actual existence of an easter egg for that particular
entry.
Enjoy!
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Advanced
Pirate's Signature
A) Press [ESC] at the main menu for a hidden page B) Press [CTRL-C] at the
hidden
page to enter the monitor
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Airheart (Evil Sock's 16 sector crack; unverified)
A) Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $00, Sector $2
B) Boot
a DOS 3.3, insert your Airheart disk in the drive and then enter the
following:
CALL -151
300: A9 00 8D EB B7 8D F0 B7 A9 21 8D EC B7 A9 0A 8D 310: ED B7 A9 04 8D
F1 B7 A9
01 8D F4 B7 20 E3 03 20 320: D9 03 CE ED B7 EE F1 B7 AD F1 B7 C9 08 D0 ED
2C 330:
00 C0 10 FB 2C 10 C0 A9 04 8D F1 B7 AD ED B7 C9 340: 02 D0 D9 60
300G
This enters the monitor and creates a short program which loads some sectors
off
of the Airheart disk which contains a message from The Evil Sock. I assume
there
is (or was) a way to load this message using a secret key but I was unable
to
figure it out.
(I tried contacting The Evil Sock to find out just how to access these messages
from a secret key. No go. I tore the game apart and looked for the possible
secret keys myself. What I found instead were his routines to crash the
game if
his text crack pages were changed in any way. Neat, but no secret keys to
be
found.)
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Ankh
A) When it asks you to choose which way, press '^' (use 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L'
to
move, [ESC] to exit). It's different every time. B) At the title page, press
a
number, 1-8, and then [ESC] for a message C) Also at the title page, try
'C',
'H', 'S', and 'T'
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Apple Cider Spider
Use a sector editor to see a note on Track $07, Sector $3 that you wouldn't
normally see
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Apple //c (Original)
Entering the following program from BASIC will produce the names of three
people
on the Apple //c programming team:
10 IN#5
20 INPUT A$
30 PRINT A$
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Apple //e (Unenhanced, Revision B Motherboard)
You will find the name "RICK A" stored in ASCII at $FC5C and the
name "Bryan"
stored in ASCII at $FEC5 in the ROM (Rick Auricchio and Bryan Stearns modified
the ROM for the Apple //e)
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Apple //gs
A) When you get the "Check startup device" message after booting
your
computer, press Control-Open-Apple-Option-N to see the names of the people
on the
Apple //gs design team
B) Press Control-^ and then any key and the cursor will change into the
key
you pressed
C) While in the monitor, enter a '#', and whenever you access the control
panel, you will have two new options, "Memory Peeker" and "Visit
Monitor" "Visit
Monitor" allows you to do just that, and "Memory Peeker"
lets you look at the
stack and whatever memory location you desire.
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Aquatron
Press [CTRL-@] during game play to advance a level
Note: Pressing 'W' used to do something but the code is gone
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Arcade Boot Camp
Press 'C' during survival training for the cheat mode
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Archon I
A) At the main menu of the game type: JLN [CTRL-I] JLN [CTRL-I]. This throws
you into a hidden shape editor.
B) At the crack screen, press the following sequence of letters while holding
down the "CONTROL" key: AA AB TB ZB MA HR SS. This produces a
hidden picture that
pops up on the screen.
These letters are located in the last window that pops up on the crack screen
and
represent the initials of the handles of each member of the Midwest Pirates
Guild
(AA = Apple Avenger, AB = Apple Bandit, TB = The Burglar, ZB = Zaphod Beeblebrox,
MA = Mini-Appler, HR = Hot Rod, SS = ?)
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Archon II
Read Track $1A, Sector $9 to $5E00 and Track $1A, Sector $8 to $5F00. Then
save
it out to a DOS 3.3 disk with a
"BSAVE EA TRACK WRITER UTILITY,A$5E00,L$200"
This recovers a utility that prompts you for a starting address and track
number
and then writes the 4K range of memory beginning at the start address you
entered
to the track you selected.
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ASCII Express
Press [CTRL-D], [CTRL-I], [CTRL-S] at the "?" prompt or from remote
to get the
serial number of the running copy
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Ball Blazer
Pressing ';' changes the number of droids to begin with on each team
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Bard's Tale GS (unverified)
Press Control-Open-Apple-Option-B at the crack screen
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Batman
Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $00, Sector $A of
Side 1
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Battletech
Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $00, Sector $0 of
Side 1
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Beer Run (unverified)
Press [ESC] after running the program to get 9 men
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Black Belt
Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $11, Sectors $7
and $B
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Borg (unverified)
Press Control-^, Control-] during game play to see all the screens
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Borrowed Time
Type "BURGER" during game play for a different ending
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Boulder Dash
Use a sector editor to view Track $0D, Sectors $2, $9, $1 in that order,
the
latter sector containing an intriguing message
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Buck Rogers
A) Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $01, Sectors
$B-$A B)
Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $11, Sector $1 C)
Press
[CTRL-K] [CTRL-E] [CTRL-N] during game play for infinite ships D) CATALOG
the
disk from DOS 3.3 for an endless message
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Bug Attack
During game play:
A) Press [CTRL-B] to kill a random bug or bug-segment B) Press [CTRL-C]
to
restart the game
C) Press '1' for silence, '2' and '3' for different sound effects, and '4'
for music
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Cat-Send 3.0
A) Press [CTRL-P] for a secret poem
B) Press ':' or '-' for minor screen modifications
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Championship Loderunner
A) Press 'D' at the crack screen for the dox to the game B) Reset your computer
during the game to see a message on the text screen
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Choplifter
Press [CTRL-L] and then the level you wish to move to (1-3)
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Crack of Doom
Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $00, Sector $0 of
both
Side 1 and Side 2
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Conan
Press [CTRL-^] after you flip the disk over for a secret message
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Congo Bongo
A) Press [CTRL-A] at the crack screen for a hidden page B) CATALOG the disk
from
DOS 3.3 for an endless message
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Copy ][+ 5.x
I don't know if this is exactly a secret, but pressing [CTRL-@] whilst in
the
sector editor will toggle the characters in the ASCII display between the
primary
and alternate character sets.
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Dalton's Disk Disintegrater II
Type "DALTON" at the title screen for a tune
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Dalton's Disk Disintigrator V5.0
A) Type "DALTON" at the title page for a secret page B) Type "DALTON!!"
at the
secret page for a tune C) Type "LOUIS!!!" at the secret page for
another secret
page D) Use a block editor or file view utility to view the entire file
which
contains embedded messages throughout the code
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Dark Heart of Uukrul (TC96 Release)
Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $00, Sector $0 of
Disk 1,
Side 1
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Dark Lord
A) Press 'C' at the title page to choose the prompt you prefer B) Use a
sector
editor to view the messages embedded on Track $00, Sectors
$1-$F of Side 2
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Death Sword
Press [CTRL-V] during game play for the version number
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Demon Wrath (unverified)
A) Use a sector editor to view the messages embedded on Track $00, Sectors
$0
and $A
B) CATALOG the disk from DOS 3.3 for a message
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Dino Eggs
While the game is booting after the crack screen, press [CTRL-^]. Then,
when the
disk drive stops, press ']' to see a list of the pirates who had your particular
copy of the game before you.
(Note: Thanks to some programming wizardry, fresh copies of this MPG crack
are
able to tell when they are booted up for the first time after being duplicated.
Whenever a new copy is booted for the first time, it asks you to enter your
handle, which is then added to the list of pirates through whom your copy
of the
game has been handed down.)
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Donkey Kong
A) These cheat keys are valid during game play:
1) Press '1' to give yourself extra Mario's (up to 255, after which it
will roll over to zero)
2) Press '2' to toggle invincibility On/Off (makes you absolutely
immortal)
B) Use a sector editor to view some interesting messages on Track $22,
Sectors $E and $F
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Drol
Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $00, Sector $E (the
same
message can also be found on Track $03, Sector $0)
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Easter Island (unverified)
Press '@' after the second title page for a secret page
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Echelon (unverified)
A) Press 'R' at the crack screen for a hidden rag B) Use a sector editor
to view
a message embedded on Track $00, Sector $0 C) During the game, enter your
name
plus "*ECH" for an extra message
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Epoch
Type "NOTICE" during game play for a copyright message from the
author
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F-15 Strike Eagle
CATALOG the disk from DOS 3.3 for a familiar listing
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Falcons
BLOAD the game into memory and then change location $1901 from 4C 00 60
to 20 BC
63, then start the game at its load address. This restores a game edit menu
that
is invoked by pressing [ESC] during the title display.
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Flight Simulator II v1.0
A) Press [CTRL-A] at the crack screen for a secret message B) Use a Track/Sector
Map utility (Copy ][+ version 5 or earlier) on this
disk for a message
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FL0BYN0ID
Use a sector editor to view messages embedded on Track $00, Sector $1 and
Track
$0B, Sector $5
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Force 7
Press [CTRL-P] during game play for a cheat from The Psycho which restores
your
health
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Frogger II: Three Deep
Use a sector editor to view Track $12, Sector $F (preferably Copy ][+)
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FTA Christmas Demo (unverified)
A) At the main menu enter the following and then press [RETURN]:
1) FAG
2) KILLKILL
3) SAPIN
B) Hold down the Open-Apple key when clicking on the credits
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Gauntlet
Press 'U' at the crack screen for a hidden rag
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Golan Front
There is a DOS 3.3 editor similar to Dos Boss stored on the disk that is
not
linked in the catalog. To retrieve the program either use a file recovery
utility
(such as Fixcat on Bag of Tricks) or make a copy of the disk and then use
a
sector editor and edit Track $11, Sector $F, Byte $0B from $15 to $12 (on
your
copy). This will connect the program through the "HELLO" file
on the disk. To get
to the program, simply type "RUN HELLO".
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Great American Cross Country Road Race
When asked if you want to load an opposing field from disk, press 'Y'. Then,
when
you are asked to select a field to load, press 'I' and then 'M' for a message
from the author (I.M. are the author's initials).
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Gumball
A) Press [CTRL-H] to view the Gumball Hall of Fame B) Press [CTRL-U], [CTRL-C],
[CTRL-B] to see a hidden list of credits C) Press [RETURN] to toggle a target
sighting on/off
1) Use the 'U', 'I', 'O', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', ',', '.' keyboard block to
move the sighting
D) Press both joystick buttons to turn the target sighting on and then move
the sighting to the lower left-hand corner of the screen for a secret message
E) Press [CTRL-Z] during the cartoons (as revealed by D)
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Hacker
A) At the LOGON prompt, enter:
1) "AUSTRALIA" to bypass the initial messages and tests 2) "TITLE"
for a title
scroll
3) "HYDRAULIC" for a message
4) "MAGMA, LTD" and "AX-0310479" are recognized, but
produce no effect B) Use a
sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $02, Sectors $E-$5
(the same message can also be found on Track $00, Sector $0)
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Hacker II
At the LOGON prompt, enter:
A) "TITLE H2SC" for a title scroll
B) "COVER H2SC" to win the game
C) "DEMO H2SC" to make the text scroll faster D) "00987"
to bypass the initial
messages and tests
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Halley Project
Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $0F, Sector $A
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Hardball
A) Type "SPAZ" at the crack screen for a farewell message from
The Spaz B)
CATALOG the disk from DOS 3.3 for a message
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Hard Hat Mack
A) Press Control-^ or Control-] during game play for separate secret messages
B)
At the title page, press 1-3 to start at that level before you start the
game
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The Heist
At the title page, press Shift 1-3 to enter that respective level with 98
men
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Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
After pressing a key once at the crack screen, press [CTRL-F] for a secret
window
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Hyborian Fontpack Three
Invoke Picture Scanner 1.0 (included on the disk). Set it for Track $07
and press
[RETURN] to scan the Fontpack disk. Press [SPACE] to see the hidden picture.
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Into the Eagle's Nest
Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $13, Sectors $C-$D
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Intrigue!
At the crack screen, type "AMIGA" for a secret page
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Jellyfish
During the demo, press '!' for one player or '"' for two players
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Jumpman (unverified)
When the level number is being shown, press 1-6 to select the game speed
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Karateka (Original Disk)
Boot the back side of the original disk for a neat surprise
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Krackerjack's Autograph
Select the "Toggle Overlay" option in the program twice in a row
to discover the
hidden rag page
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Kung-Fu Master
Press [CTRL-J] during the demo or game play for a secret page (press [CTRL-F]
to
return to the game)
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Labyrinth (unverified)
During game play, press [ESC] and then type "KAY", then a number
(1-8) to enter
that level or '9' for an extra ship
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Laser 128
Press Control-Reset-M all together and you will be thrown into the monitor
anytime (Press [CTRL-RESET] to resume where you reset)
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Lode Runner
A) During game play:
1) Press [CTRL-@] for an extra man
2) Press [CTRL-^] to advance to the next level B) Press [CTRL-E] during
the demo
to enter the screen editor (not really a
secret)
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Lode Runner II
Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $17, Sector $B
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Lunar Leeper
Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $13, Sector $C
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Marauder
CATALOG the disk from DOS 3.3 for a message
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Marble Madness
On level 1, maneuver your ball down the screen until you get to the second
steep
incline located on the narrow path. Make your marble jump over this incline
onto
the area to the left. Move your marble over to the side of the screen and
then up
a couple squares and then wait there until the clock reaches 13 seconds.
If you
are at the right place, the game will tell you that you are entering the
"Water
Maze", and you will advance to this maze once the clock reaches zero.
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Microwave
During the demo, press [CTRL-Q] and then 'C' to see all the mazes
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Mario Bros.
On the 202 Alliance file crack, press [ESC] when it starts printing out
"<:-:>
THE 202 ALLIANCE <:-:>" for a secret message.
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Merlin Assembler
From DOS 3.3, load program "HELLO" from the Merlin disk. From
BASIC, enter "900"
to delete line 900 (your system will lock up, so press [RESET] to recover
it) and
then list the program from 1010 to 1011 for some interesting "REM"
statements.
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Millionwaire
A) Press [CTRL-L] at the title page for a secret page B) Press [CTRL-N]
at the
title page for a hidden message
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Mind Shadow (unverified)
Type "BURGER" during game play for a secret page
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Miner 2049er
When the game asks you to select the number of players, press '#' and then
the
level you wish to start at, 1-0 (0 is level 10)
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Most Electronic Arts wares
A) Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $01, Sectors
$B
and $E of Side 1
B) Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $00, Sector $D
of
Side 1
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Mr. Do
During game play, press [SPACE] and then enter "SECONDS" for a
cheat from Black
Bag
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Murder On the Zinderneuf (unverified)
Press [CTRL-@] to find out who did it
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Night Flight
During the demo, press [CTRL-^] and then enter "HARDHATMACK" at
the password
prompt for a secret message
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Night Mission Pinball
1) Type "FIX" during the demo to enter the game editor 2) Press
'!' during game
play to single step the ball
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Ogre Accessory Disk
Get into Basic System (BASIC) by terminating the program and type:
"-I/DONT/HAVE/MY/HEAD/UP/MY/ASS/YEAH"
This will reveal Sector Seventeen's hidden message challenge.
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Olympic Decathlon
Press [RESET] and then type "TWS" as fast as possible to enter
the monitor (TWS
are the author's initials - Timothy W. Smith)
(Note: This game contains a backup utility on Track $22, but recovering
it would
not be likely since it is destroyed after a backup copy of the game is made
with
it.)
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One World (unverified)
Press [ESC] and then type "BBAG" for a cheat mode
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Orbitron
During game play, press [CTRL-R] and then 1-7 to enter that level of play
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Pac Man
When the game asks you to enter the number of players, press [CTRL-V] and
then
[CTRL-C]. You will then be asked if you wish to select the game rank (level)
or
see the intermission cartoons.
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Paperboy
Press 'R' at the crack screen for a hidden rag
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Prince of Persia (Byte Bastard Cracked and all 18 Sector Versions)
A) Before the game boots (while the disk drive is recalibrating), hold down
both Open-Apple and Closed-Apple and press: 1) DELETE (only works on a //gs)
2) '!' for a secret message
3) RETURN for a graphics surprise
4) '@' for another graphics surprise
5) '^' and move your joystick around
B) Press [CTRL-V] during game play for the version number C) During any
disk
access on side two of the game, press '^' for a hidden
surprise
D) Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $00, Sector $F
of
Side 1
On The Saltine's Crack:
Press [CTRL-V] during game play for a cheat which gives you eight hit points
On the Doppleganger's 3.5 version:
A) Press Open-Apple-Control-V to restore time to 60 minutes B) Press
Closed-Apple-Control-V to restore your hit points
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Print Shop GS
A) Hold down the Open-Apple key when you are exiting from the program to
enter a secret menu (La La Land) which allows you to meet the design staff
of the
program. After selecting an option from the menu, you can point and click
each
person to see what their name is. B) Be sure to run the program on Christmas
Day
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Print Shop Companion
A) At the main menu of the program type "STEVEN" and then press
[ESC] B) Boot
Side 2 and press [CTRL-^] for a hidden game
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ProDOS 8
Enter the "VERIFY" command from BASIC without specifying a filename
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ProDOS 16 Finder
Hold down the Control, Shift, and Option keys while clicking the "About
the
Finder" option and you will be presented with a window with several
icons. Each
icon represents a specific design team, and clicking each icon will show
you the
names of the persons on each design team. Also, click the word "Apple"
at the top
of this window for a neat surprise.
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ProTERM
Press Open-Apple-& to exit into the monitor (dependent on version number)
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Pursuit of Piracy
Press [CTRL-D], [CTRL-W], [CTRL-I] at the title page for a hidden page
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Quest of the Gem
Pressing '~' at the title page to find out how many times your copy has
been
booted
(Note: A programming error restricts this secret function from performing
as it
was intended. It will not count how many times the disk has been booted
unless
slightly modified to work)
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Raid Over Moscow
A) Type "TUT" at the crack page for a hidden rag page B) Press
Shift 2-5 at any
time during the game to jump to that respective
level (Shift-6 will also take you to level 5 while Shift-1 will take you
to the
title page)
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Randamn
When asked to give an incantation to skip levels, enter the following: A)
"TOMB"
to enter the Liquid Universe
B) "OOZE" to enter the Endless Swamp
C) "DROWN" to enter the Orange Planet
D) "RISK" to enter the Universe of Snow
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Rearguard (unverified)
During game play, press [CTRL-T] and then the level you wish to move to,
1-8
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Rescue Raiders
A) Type "ZIPPY" during game play to invoke the following cheat
commands:
1) Press '/' for extra helicopters (up to 255) 2) Press 'J' to place your
helicopter at the far left of the battlefield 3) Press 'K' to place your
helicopter in the middle of the battlefield 4) Press 'L' to place your helicopter
at the far right of the battlefield 5) Press [RETURN] to toggle a bullet-proof
shield on your helicopter on or
off (normally off)
6) Enter '-' and then a number (1-9) to jump to that level of play B) During
game
play, press [RESET] twice (once to reset the computer and then
once again to get into BASIC). Enter the following:
CALL -151 (to get into the monitor)
280: 2C 83 C0 2C 83 C0 4C 00 F0 (enables the RAM card, JuMPs to $F000)
280G (executes the entered code)
This puts you in an interrupt utility called "Instarupt" which
was created by the
author.
C) Use a sector editor to view a message embedded in the high score table
on
Track $00, Sector $F
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Robocop
A) These cheat keys are valid during game play:
1) [CTRL-A] gives you the standard pistol with full rounds 2) [CTRL-B] gives
you
the super pistol with full rounds 3) [CTRL-C] gives you the spreader pistol
with
full rounds 4) [CTRL-D] gives you the pulse cannon with full rounds 5) [CTRL-E]
stops the clock and makes you invincible 6) [CTRL-F] starts the clock and
makes
you vulnerable again B) While entering your name on the high score list,
press
[CTRL-S], [CTRL-_],
[CTRL-P] for the author's trademark message ("S_P" stands for
Scum Puppy, which
is the author's handle on the modem networks) C) Use a sector editor to
view a
message embedded on Track $00, Sector $E of
Side 1
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Roundabout (unverified)
Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $0A, Sector $1
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Sea Dragon
A) At the title page, pressing [CTRL-K], [CTRL-J], or [CTRL-P] for keyboard,
joystick or joyport play respectively will give you 9999 air units instead
of
only 6000
B) Use a sector editor to view Track $03, Sector $1
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Serpentine
Press [ESC], then '!', then '$' during game play for an extra serpent
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Short Circuit
A) Press [ESC] during the crack screen for a secret page B) Use a sector
editor
to view a message embedded on Track $0B, Sector $F
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Sinbad GS
Press the [DELETE] key at the crack screen for a hidden message
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Situation Critical
A) During game play, press [ESC] and then type "FGTH" to advance
a level B) Use a
sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $17, Sector $9
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Skyfox
Press [CTRL-G] during the tactical display to invoke a secret game
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Sn0ggle
Press Control-] when you are dying to get all your lives back
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Spare Change
A) Press [CTRL-Z] during game play for a Zerk Control Panel which allows
you
to program the behavior of the Zerks.
B) Press [ESC] and then type "-ISLE.DRIVER" during game play for
a secret
cheat menu
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Spy Hunter
Press 'P' during game play to toggle cheat mode on/off
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Star Maze
Press 'A' during the demo for auto-play (computer plays the game)
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Stellar 7
Use a file view utility to view the file "LETTER" found on the
disk under DOS 3.3
format
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Strike Fleet
Press 'K' at the crack screen to make the Circle K logos spin
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Tass Times in Tonetown
A) Type "BURGER" during game play for a different ending B) From
ProDOS, type
"HGR2" and then "BLOAD YUMMY,A$4000" to see a funny
hi-res picture (there is supposedly some way to invoke it from the game,
but I
haven't figured out how)
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Tetris
View the message on level 6 on the Coast to Coast crack
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Tetris 2
A) Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $00, Sector $8
B) Use
a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $01, Sectors $B-$D
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Time Tunnels
Press [ESC] and then [CTRL-L] during game play to set the level you wish
to play,
then press [RETURN] to start playing at that level
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Tracer Sanction
Type "BURGER" during game play for a different ending
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Transwarp //e
Press '9' when you bootup your system for a slightly different self-test
display
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Tubeway
A) During the demo, when the Germ is eating the player, start pressing 'S'
for a secret message
B) During game play, press [ESC] and then 'R' to move to any level, 1-8
(press '$' when it asks you to enter the level number for more levels) C)
View
the first sector of Mr. Xerox's crack with a file view utility or a
sector editor for a message
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Two on Two GS (unverified)
Type "APPLEFEST" at the crack screen
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Ultima IV (unverified)
If you have a Mockingboard installed then the following keys may be pressed
from
the title page to hear different tunes:
B) Lord British's Tune
C) Castle Theme Song
D) Dungeon Music
O) Main Surface Music
T) Theme Music
Press 1-5 to hear different variations of the currently playing tune, and
press
'0' to turn the music off.
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Ultima V
Press [CTRL-@] during game play for your character's location within the
game
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Vindicator
During the level intermissions (when the game tells you what level you are
on)
press [ESC] to enter a secret game sprite editor
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War of the Lance
Press [CTRL-^] during the crack screen to change the scrolling text message
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Where in the USA is Carmen San Diego? (unverified)
Press [CTRL-V] during game play to see a secret window
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Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?
Press and hold [RESET] during game play to see a message on the bottom of
the
text screen
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Where in the World is Carmen San Diego GS (unverified)
Press the Up Arrow key at the crack screen for a secret message
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Wings of Fury (Black Bag 16 sector version)
A) During boot-up, press and hold down the 'B' key to see a hidden page
that
presents instructions and a riddle for invoking the cheat mode during game
play
B) Press [ESC] and then type "ASK" during game play for unlimited
planes (the
answer to the riddle is "Ask")
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Winter Games (The Gonif's Crack)
Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $00, Sector $5
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Wizardry
If you have a Bishop in your party, then while in camp, keep trying to I)dentify
item 9 until you are successful. This character's experience will skyrocket
(I
don't know if this was deliberate programming or a merely a bug).
(Note: This only works on the first scenario, "Proving Grounds of the
Mad
Overlord")
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World Karate Championship
A) Press '+' at anytime during the game to advance the fight location B)
During
game play, pressing 'B' will make both fighters turn their heads
towards you and complain
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Zaxxon 128K (unverified)
Use a sector editor to view a message embedded on Track $13, Sector $F
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(Total entries: 138)
Note about Bunnymen cracks: Any ware released by the Bunnymen that I know
has a
secret key always has a small, almost unnoticeable key drawn in the
upper-righthand corner of their crack pages.
The following are file games which contain messages embedded within them
that I
didn't feel merited a specific entry. Use a file view utility to find the
messages (usually just short, inconsequential but vaguely interesting words
or
phrases).
Alien Munchies
Asteron
One on One
Pacman
Space Quarks
Space Warrior
Star League Baseball
The following games were previously noted by others to contain easter eggs
which
I could definitely not verify. Some I stripped apart without finding the
purported easter egg and some I could simply not verify at all. You may
want to
venture ahead and do a little snooping yourself. A note is given next to
each
ware as to the nature of the supposed easter egg.
Acey Deucy - There is supposedly a way to make the dice roll whatever you
want them to
Talon - Pressing [ESC] and the [CTRL-W] during game play is supposed to
give
you an extra mount
Lastly, a blatant rip-off from Hot Rod's Secret Key file:
Beagle Bros. - On one of their disks there is this 42 sector title page
program
by Alan Bird. I can't remember which one it is though. Maybe Fat Cat or
something. Anyway, during the title page routine, ctrl-B will display a
message
from them.
The disk was D-Code. The program was D.BUG.DEMO. I didn't find it.
And now, a listing of all the secret keys I ever included in my own cracks:
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Dark Heart of Uukrul
A) Press '0' at the crack screen for a message alluding to the fact that
The
OverByte, during our infamous country-wide rag war, said Dark Heart of Uukrul
would never be cracked (he denied using the word "never", which
has long since
been proven, but hey, it was funny anyway) B) Use a sector editor to view
a
message embedded on Track $00, Sector $4
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Pick 'N' Pile
Press [CTRL-R] during the crack screen for a secret window
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Renegade
Boot the back side to view the crack page and then type "GRAFFITTI"
for a secret
rag page
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Finally, use a file view utility to view anyone of my numerous patch programs
(ahem) and other miscellaneous utilities for embedded messages. I stuck
a whole
bunch of them in there.
-[*]- That's all, folks. -[*]-
Special Thanks go to: The Over Byte, Mr. Atoz, Hot Rod, Rotten Apple
All around thank you's go to (for the hell of it): The Master (he gave me
a
chance to demonstrate my talent by letting me be a Byte Bastard), Mr. Atoz
(crazy
mother-fucker), Jimo (what are you up to these days?), Mr. Xerox (teach
me some
of that guitar!), Electrowiz (former Byte Bastard) all Byte Bastards past
and
present, The Gypsy and Snarkboy (great friends ever since the beginning),
The
Stanstead Hick (coolest Canadian ...... ...... I ever met), Sc0tch (helped
with
the Scum Puppy secret keys in RoboCop and an all-around cool dood), Apple
Bandit
(real or not, you're still a tweaker, and you owe me money), El Cid (for
being an
...hole, but he's cool...NAY), The Crasher (for being a complete retard),
The
Vassal (lame for the most part, but he helped with the rag wars and he knew
his
sh.t), Blue Adept (if you read this, you're more pathetic than even I...you
f..king neo-nazi, racist bastard), Mach Three (for all the help), Frodo
(for
sicking The Wing on me), The OverByte (you owe me money too!), the old 213/818
BBS folks, The Space Viking (doing that Taiwan thang), and of course, The
Rampager, the other half of the RamRods, mashing-womanizer extraordinaire
(my
idol!)
Also: Beagle Bros. Software for being the masters of frivolously cool little
nicknack programs and awesome utilities, Black Bag for putting quality first
into
their cracks, The Midwest Pirates Guild for putting out neat work, The Digital
Gang for doing the same, all the pre-1986 pirates and pirate groups, all
the
post-1986 pirates and pirate groups, all the software pirates, anyone I
missed,
everyone else, my parents, my agent, the academy...
Lastly, all the musicians to whose music I hacked/cracked/phreaked/programmed
to...
This has been a presentation of Pieces of Eight Kracking, bringing you
quality textfile entertainment. Watch for more PO8K files on a BBS near
you.
Copyright (C) 1992 by The Ramsacker
The Ramsacker
April 15, 1992
12:47 AM