6031769?
Zander Quack
What is this number, it comes up in Grand Theft Auto, and I was referred
here.
Kev Watkins
Probably the most remembered cheat of all time. Type it in on Manic Miner
for level skip.
Kev
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Zander Quack <z.q...@mindless.com> wrote in article
<3509b...@news1-hme0.mcmail.com>...
Joe Mackay
>> What is this number, it comes up in Grand Theft Auto, and I was referred
>> here.
>Probably the most remembered cheat of all time. Type it in on Manic Miner
>for level skip.
Does the number have any significance? I mean, was it Matthew Smith's parents' phone number or something?
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"Zander Quack" <z.q...@mindless.com> wrote:
>What is this number, it comes up in Grand Theft Auto, and I was referred
>here.
It's the cheat code for Bug-Byte's version of Manic Miner.
Type the code, and see a boot apear where the lives are, then press
numbers 1 to 5 allong with 6 to jump levels, binary applies to level
numbers.
steve watts
Is this code supposed to work on the PC version of Manic Miner too ?
Lo...@my.sig
In his obvious haste, Zander Quack <z.q...@mindless.com> babbled thusly:
: What is this number, it comes up in Grand Theft Auto, and I was referred
: here.
Here we go again....
It's a cheat for one of THE classic games for the speccy.
Now, perform this little program after I tell you....
10 BAND HEAD ON WALL
20 GOTO 10
Manic Miner ring any bells?
Errr... Or was it JSW? Hmmmm....
MM I think. Before Software projects took over.
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>Is this code supposed to work on the PC version of Manic Miner too ?
No
steve watts
Philip Kendall
steve watts <stephe...@virgin.net> writes:
> > On Sat, 14 Mar 1998 13:33:57 +0000, steve watts
> > <stephe...@virgin.net> wrote:
> >
> > >Is this code supposed to work on the PC version of Manic Miner too ?
> >
> > No
> Why not ?
Because Andy put a different code in :-)
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Philip Kendall
Lo...@My.Sig writes:
> Now, perform this little program after I tell you....
> 10 BAND HEAD ON WALL
> 20 GOTO 10
I object: that isn't proper Spectrum BASIC. What relevance does this
have on the group? :-)
Stuart Brady
In article <hmag1kk...@hammer.thor.cam.ac.uk>, Philip Kendall
<pa...@cam.ac.uk> writes
>Lo...@My.Sig writes:
>
>> Now, perform this little program after I tell you....
>> 10 BAND HEAD ON WALL
>> 20 GOTO 10
>
>I object: that isn't proper Spectrum BASIC. What relevance does this
>have on the group? :-)
>
10 LET BANG = 1
20 GOSUB 40: REM BANG HEAD ON WALL
30 GOTO 20
40 PRINT "BANGING HEAD ON WALL"
50 LET BANG = BANG + 1
60 PRINT "HEAD BANGED "; BANG; " TIMES"
70 RETURN
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The Starglider
A fair while ago <jjqE$AAvm6...@wholehog.demon.co.uk>, Stuart Brady
<stu...@wholehog.demon._nospam_.uk> said something along the lines of
>In article <hmag1kk...@hammer.thor.cam.ac.uk>, Philip Kendall
><pa...@cam.ac.uk> writes
>>Lo...@My.Sig writes:
>>
>>> Now, perform this little program after I tell you....
>>> 10 BAND HEAD ON WALL
>>> 20 GOTO 10
>>
>>I object: that isn't proper Spectrum BASIC. What relevance does this
>>have on the group? :-)
>>
>He could have did it like this:
>
>10 LET BANG = 1
>20 GOSUB 40: REM BANG HEAD ON WALL
>30 GOTO 20
>40 PRINT "BANGING HEAD ON WALL"
>50 LET BANG = BANG + 1
>60 PRINT "HEAD BANGED "; BANG; " TIMES"
>70 RETURN
10 LET BANG=1 : REM BANG HEAD ON WALL
20 PRINT "BANGING HEAD"
30 BEEP .01,INT (RND*20)
40 PRINT "HEAD BANGED ";BANG;" TIMES"
50 LET BANG=BANG+1
60 GOTO 20
See, I managed to do the same thing with less lines (even more if I
wasn't wasting time with the BEEP command!
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Stuart Brady
In article <zJUygDA2...@thespian.demon.co.uk>, The Starglider
<starg...@thespian.d.c.u> writes
>Or how about:
It's supposed to waste lines, you fool >:-)
10 LET BANG = 1
20 GOSUB 40: REM BANG HEAD ON WALL
30 GOTO 20
40 PRINT "BANGING HEAD ON WALL"
50 BEEP 0.01, INT (RND * 20)
50 LET BANG = BANG + 1
60 PRINT "HEAD BANGED "; BANG; " TIMES"
70 RETURN
You see, mine's crap (in a funky skillo sort of way?)
If you really wanted to do something good, you should have done:
10 LET BANG = 1 : REM BANG HEAD ON WALL
20 PRINT "BANGING HEAD": BEEP .01, INT (RND * 20): PRINT "HEAD BANGED "
BANG; " TIMES": LET BANG = BANG + 1: GOTO 20
Two lines, see?
Or you could have coded it in assembler ;)
Fraser Muir
Zander Quack wrote in message <3509b...@news1-hme0.mcmail.com>...
>What is this number, it comes up in Grand Theft Auto, and I was referred
>here.
>
>
It was/is the cheat code for Manic Miner by Software Projects.
It was the programmers' telephone number at the time (Matthew Smith)
Cheers,
Fraser Muir
The Starglider
A fair while ago <oSRWDGAA...@wholehog.demon.co.uk>, Stuart Brady
<stu...@wholehog.demon._nospam_.uk> said something along the lines of
>
>10 LET BANG = 1 : REM BANG HEAD ON WALL
>20 PRINT "BANGING HEAD": BEEP .01, INT (RND * 20): PRINT "HEAD BANGED "
>BANG; " TIMES": LET BANG = BANG + 1: GOTO 20
>
>Two lines, see?
>Or you could have coded it in assembler ;)
using less line numbers, so that doesn't count.
And if anyone ever wrote the above in assembly, then they really need to
get out more!
Stuart Brady
In article <hfzWVCAr...@thespian.demon.co.uk>, The Starglider
<starg...@thespian.d.c.u> writes
>A fair while ago <oSRWDGAA...@wholehog.demon.co.uk>, Stuart Brady
><stu...@wholehog.demon._nospam_.uk> said something along the lines of
>>If you really wanted to do something good, you should have done:
>>
>>10 LET BANG = 1 : REM BANG HEAD ON WALL
>>20 PRINT "BANGING HEAD": BEEP .01, INT (RND * 20): PRINT "HEAD BANGED "
>>BANG; " TIMES": LET BANG = BANG + 1: GOTO 20
>>
>>Two lines, see?
>>Or you could have coded it in assembler ;)
>Cramming all the commands into two lines isn't shortnening it, just
>using less line numbers, so that doesn't count.
>
>And if anyone ever wrote the above in assembly, then they really need to
>get out more!
Anyone who cares about this crap program needs to get out more ;)
Kev Watkins
Which is?
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>
Kev Watkins
I think it was Matt Smith's phone number.
Kev
> >> What is this number, it comes up in Grand Theft Auto, and I was
referred
> >> here.
>
Andrew Broad
Joe Mackay wrote:
> Does the number have any significance? I mean, was it Matthew Smith's parents' phone number or something?
I've read conflicting sources, one of which said it was his own number,
the other his girlfriend's number. Apparently the next owners of that
number had a lot of hassle with Manic Miner fans ringing it!
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Derek Jolly
The following message was allegedly written by
"Fraser Muir" <frase...@lineone.net> in
comp.sys.sinclair, but I don't believe it myself.
I reckon it's all a conspiracy.
>
> Zander Quack wrote in message <3509b...@news1-hme0.mcmail.com>...
>>What is this number, it comes up in Grand Theft Auto, and I was referred
>>here.
>>
>>
> It was/is the cheat code for Manic Miner by Software Projects.
Whoops, you got that wrong. :) It was the code for the original
Bug-Byte version. The Software Projects version had
TYPEWRITER as a cheat code.
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In article <01bd50a3$93ccb640$d081...@163.1.129.208.ox.ac.uk>, Kev
Watkins <kevin....@balliol.ox.ac.uk> wrote
[Manic Miner PC cheat code]
>Which is?
In the source code :-)
Phil (this isn't deliberately unhelpful, I left my copy of the source at
Uni, sorry...)
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Lo...@my.sig
In his obvious haste, Fraser Muir <frase...@lineone.net> babbled thusly:
: Zander Quack wrote in message <3509b...@news1-hme0.mcmail.com>...
:>What is this number, it comes up in Grand Theft Auto, and I was referred
:>here.
:>
:>
: It was/is the cheat code for Manic Miner by Software Projects.
Bug Byte. Not Software Projects.
C.Rothwell
Philip Kendall wrote:
> In article <01bd50a3$93ccb640$d081...@163.1.129.208.ox.ac.uk>, Kev
> Watkins <kevin....@balliol.ox.ac.uk> wrote
>
> [Manic Miner PC cheat code]
>
> >Which is?
>
> In the source code :-)
>
> Phil (this isn't deliberately unhelpful, I left my copy of the source at
> Uni, sorry...)
>
>
its on his page at www.andyn.demon.co.uk hidden behind the = sign or
something...
>
C.Rothwell
or to save time 802926
Fraser Muir
Zander Quack wrote in message <3509b...@news1-hme0.mcmail.com>...
>What is this number, it comes up in Grand Theft Auto, and I was referred
>here.
>
>
It was/is the cheat code for Manic Miner by Software Projects.
Martin van der Zwan
On (15 Mar 98) The Starglider wrote to All...
TS> From: The Starglider <starg...@thespian.d.c.u>
TS> Organization: Starglider Productions
TS> Or how about:
TS> 10 LET BANG=1 : REM BANG HEAD ON WALL
TS> 20 PRINT "BANGING HEAD"
TS> 30 BEEP .01,INT (RND*20)
TS> 40 PRINT "HEAD BANGED ";BANG;" TIMES"
TS> 50 LET BANG=BANG+1
TS> 60 GOTO 20
TS> See, I managed to do the same thing with less lines (even more if I
TS> wasn't wasting time with the BEEP command!
Good boy, now go and tell mickeysoft :-)
Greetings,
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Lo...@my.sig
In his obvious haste, Fraser Muir <frase...@lineone.net> babbled thusly:
: Zander Quack wrote in message <3509b...@news1-hme0.mcmail.com>...
Here we go again...
Bug Byte... NOT Software projects...
(PLEASE! Let this be the last time....)
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The Starglider said
[BASIC proggy snipped, but it was about banging your head on the wall]
>
> And if anyone ever wrote the above in assembly, then they really need to
> get out more!
Oh. Umm, So you don't want a note of it then? Sniff. I'll just go out and
get drunk then. Chin chin!
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Stuart Brady <stu...@wholehog.demon._nospam_.uk> wrote:
[snip]
> If you really wanted to do something good, you should have done:
> 10 LET BANG = 1 : REM BANG HEAD ON WALL
> 20 PRINT "BANGING HEAD": BEEP .01, INT (RND * 20): PRINT "HEAD BANGED "; BANG; " TIMES": LET BANG = BANG + 1: GOTO 20
> Two lines, see?
> Or you could have coded it in assembler ;)
Or on one line:
10 LET bang=1: PRINT "Banging head": BEEP .1,RND*20: PRINT "Banged head ";bang;" times": POKE 23618,10: POKE 23619,0: POKE 23620,2
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>In article <zJUygDA2...@thespian.demon.co.uk>, The Starglider
><starg...@thespian.d.c.u> writes
>>A fair while ago <jjqE$AAvm6...@wholehog.demon.co.uk>, Stuart Brady
>><stu...@wholehog.demon._nospam_.uk> said something along the lines of
>>>In article <hmag1kk...@hammer.thor.cam.ac.uk>, Philip Kendall
>>><pa...@cam.ac.uk> writes
>>>>Lo...@My.Sig writes:
[loadsa slow BASIC snipped]
>Or you could have coded it in assembler ;)
Is that a challenge? Mmm...
Here's a 5 minute attempt, yeah, I'm waiting for the improved optimised
flashy version from whoever has even more time... (and the bugs pointed
out - whoops - who wrote that - my code is never buggy! :-)
bangloop:
ld b,40
call printbanghead
;could add beep code here but I can't remember the Speccy ROM
;call and too lazy to write the OUT code myself.
;flashing the border is left as a pointless (and easy) reader exercise
;oh, and has anyone noticed my tendency to make the comments
;10x larger than the source code itself? (where 10x is an infinite value :-)
djnz bangloop
ret
printbanghead:
push bc ;maybe I could use H or L above instead of b for counter,
;I cant remember which reg's get changed by 8852....
ld de,bangtxt
ld bc,bangtxtln
call 8852 ;the Speccy string character printer routine, if I remember
right
pop bc
ret
bangtxt
[optional line] defb 17,4,16,2 ;for colours
defm "Banging head on wall"
defb 13
bangtxtln equ $-bangtxt
Unfortunately this won't compile on most Speccy assemblers cos they dont
like the colon at the end of the labels (and label length is too long to fit
on _some_).
Me thinks me ought to get out more often.
John / Datasoft of United Minds.
John Elliott
Darren Salt (arc...@spuddy.mew.com.uk) wrote:
: Or on one line:
: 10 LET bang=1: PRINT "Banging head": BEEP .1,RND*20: PRINT "Banged head ";bang;" times": POKE 23618,10: POKE 23619,0: POKE 23620,2
10 LET bang=1: PRINT "Banging head": FOR N = 1 TO 2 STEP 0: BEEP .1,RND*20:
PRINT "Banged head ";bang;" times":LET bang=bang+1:NEXT N
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A fair while ago <6f1cev$e...@minerva.ukc.ac.uk>, John Garner
<jm...@ukc.ac.uk> said something along the lines of
[Assembly head banging program snipped]
Aha! We have found our sad volunteer!
Ian Collier
In article <yJFywHAs...@thespian.demon.co.uk>, The Starglider <starg...@thespian.d.c.u> wrote:
>[Assembly head banging program snipped]
>Aha! We have found our sad volunteer!
Now just write it up for the CSSCGC...
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