Mario Bros. versions [message #370135] |
Wed, 04 July 2018 23:33 |
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Originally posted by: frank_o_rama
I have several different versions of the unreleased Mario Bros. game and wondering if there are others out there. These are the one I have:
1. 202 Alliance - Cracked by Kilroy Wuzhere
2. 202 Alliance with Montreal Cats Club "Brought to you in Canada by Mr Silicon"
3. Apple Trading Club - "The ATC / The Institute 206-246-9098"
Just wondering if anyone else out there has seen any other versions? (1 & 2 are on Asimov, 3 was on my personal disks back in the day).
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Re: Mario Bros. versions [message #370162 is a reply to message #370135] |
Thu, 05 July 2018 08:00 |
Rob Justice
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On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 1:33:32 PM UTC+10, frank_...@hotmail.com wrote:
> I have several different versions of the unreleased Mario Bros. game and wondering if there are others out there. These are the one I have:
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> 1. 202 Alliance - Cracked by Kilroy Wuzhere
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> 2. 202 Alliance with Montreal Cats Club "Brought to you in Canada by Mr Silicon"
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> 3. Apple Trading Club - "The ATC / The Institute 206-246-9098"
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> Just wondering if anyone else out there has seen any other versions? (1 & 2 are on Asimov, 3 was on my personal disks back in the day).
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That's interesting. I just booted up the version that I played heaps and it says:
202 Alliance - Cracked by Leung Wai Keung
/Rob
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Mario Bros. versions [message #370164 is a reply to message #370135] |
Thu, 05 July 2018 10:36 |
Michael AppleWin Debu
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Frank,
Where on Asimov is [2] 202 Alliance with Montreal Cats Club "Brought to you in Canada by Mr Silicon" ?
I haven't see the latter two but is your [1] 202 Alliance krack version the one with the hidden easter egg krack text screens?
i.e.
To view the hidden krack message from The Crackon to The Fly (Text strings @ $8100)
BLOAD MARIO BROS
CALL-151
806G
After you are left staring at the graphics page. Type
C051
E000G
It looks there are 3 copies of it on Asimov:
WITH the hidden message:
../images/games/file_based/cannonballblitz_mariobros_montezu masrevenge.dsk
../images/games/file_based/Mario Bros,Moon Patrol.dsk
../images/games/file_based/spyhunter_and_mario.dsk
../images/games/action/mario_bros.dsk
NOTES:
* cannonballblitz_mariobros_montezumasrevenge.dsk does NOT boot
* Mario Bros,Moon Patrol.dsk has "MARIO BROS." (period on the end of the filename)
* spyhunter_and_mario.dsk has the S-S catalog program
* mario_bros.dsk has a DOS that displays: C1983 DSR C#vol in the catalog. Guess that's another DOS3.3 derivative to track down.
Michael
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Re: Mario Bros. versions [message #370171 is a reply to message #370164] |
Thu, 05 July 2018 13:13 |
qkumba
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Lots of overwritten names, and none of them actually cracked it anyway.
The game was never sold, and I think that it was never completed, either.
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Re: Mario Bros. versions [message #370172 is a reply to message #370164] |
Thu, 05 July 2018 13:17 |
Steve Nickolas
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On Thu, 5 Jul 2018, Michael 'AppleWin Debugger Dev' wrote:
> BLOAD MARIO BROS
> CALL-151
> 806G
The one that says "<:-:> THE 202 ALLIANCE <:-:>" twice on the screen?
Just press ESC when that comes up to see the easter egg.
-uso.
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Re: Mario Bros. versions [message #370177 is a reply to message #370172] |
Thu, 05 July 2018 14:56 |
Michael AppleWin Debu
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Oh nice Steve! Nice tidbit, thanks!
I discovered it by accident back in the 80's -- haven't had time to track down what triggered it.
Ah, here we go. Code is at $871E
8717: RTS
8718: JSR $FDF0 ; COUT+3
871B: LDA KEYBOARD
871E: CMP #$9B ; ESC
8720: BEQ $8726
8722: INC
8723: JMP $86F4
8726: JSR $0806 ; secret easter egg
8729: JMP $8717 ; Oh really?! JMP to RTS?!
Michael
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Re: Mario Bros. versions [message #370179 is a reply to message #370171] |
Thu, 05 July 2018 15:47 |
Antoine Vignau
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On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 7:13:03 PM UTC+2, qkumba wrote:
> Lots of overwritten names, and none of them actually cracked it anyway.
> The game was never sold, and I think that it was never completed, either.
+1
av
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Re: Mario Bros. versions [message #370189 is a reply to message #370162] |
Thu, 05 July 2018 17:31 |
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Originally posted by: frank_o_rama
Hey Rob,
Do you mind sending me a disk image with that version?
Frank
> That's interesting. I just booted up the version that I played heaps and it says:
> 202 Alliance - Cracked by Leung Wai Keung
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> /Rob
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Re: Mario Bros. versions [message #370195 is a reply to message #370135] |
Thu, 05 July 2018 20:34 |
Tempest
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So what ever happened to that disk Jimmy Huey had that was labeled as the final version? He showed it off when the Sword of Sodan disks were released.
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Re: Mario Bros. versions [message #370250 is a reply to message #370192] |
Fri, 06 July 2018 12:08 |
qkumba
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> This one might be the "original". Doesn't have any crack info and says "Atarisoft Presents".
The lack of copyright suggests to me that someone simply erased the crack text. Still, it's as good as any for a ProDOS version.
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Re: Mario Bros. versions [message #370260 is a reply to message #370250] |
Fri, 06 July 2018 15:31 |
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Originally posted by: frank_o_rama
On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 9:08:13 AM UTC-7, qkumba wrote:
>> This one might be the "original". Doesn't have any crack info and says "Atarisoft Presents".
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> The lack of copyright suggests to me that someone simply erased the crack text. Still, it's as good as any for a ProDOS version.
This version is missing the "Escape" text that shows, and also loads to a different area of memory, unlike all the others ($0949), and is smaller. But who knows?
"MARIO.BROS:MARIO.BROS.ORIG" "$0949" 30390 - Original?
"MARIO.BROS:MARIO.BROS.ATC" "$0803" 32588 - Frank's version
"MARIO.BROS:MARIO.BROS.DR" "$0803" 32588
"MARIO.BROS:MARIO.BROS.202" "$0803" 32588 - most commonly seen?
"MARIO.BROS:MARIOBROS202MCC" "$0803" 32725
"MARIO.BROS:MARIOBROS202LWK" "$0803" 32767 - just send to me by Rob Justice
If anyone is interested, here's a link with the various versions...
http://frankjames.net/downloads/MARIO.BROS.VERSIONS.zip
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