Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!att!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!topaz.rutgers.edu!wilmott From: wilmott@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ray Wilmott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: The City Keywords: AR players - Read Me Message-ID: Date: 4 Apr 89 00:26:15 GMT Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 42 ---------- Attention Alternate Reality - The City players. Ever wonder about the area bounded by the Arena, The Western Royal Walkway, and North Main Street? If you've mapped the game out, it seems reasonable that you should be able to find an entrance to that area, right? Well guess what? There are more areas to explore in there! That's right...at least 5 more buildings to enter reside in that area. So where's the entrance to it you ask? Well, either accidentally or on purpose the entrance was sealed off by the programmer (Philip Price) or by Datasoft. Here's a short BASIC program to open up that entrance for you! What to do : type in this listing and save it. Make a backup copy of Disk 2, Side 1 of the City. Load this program. Insert your backup copy in drive 1 and RUN it. From now on when you boot up the game using this new Disk 2, Side 1, you'll be able to enter the above described area. Just *where* is the entrance exactly? C'mon, this is an adventure game...do I have to give you all the answers??? Find it yourself! 5 FOR X=1536 TO 1542:READ A:POKE X,A:NEXT X 10 FOR X=1664 TO 1791:READ A:POKE X,A:NEXT X 20 BUFLO=128:BUFHI=6:SECTLO=143:SECTHI=1 30 POKE 770,87:POKE 772,BUFLO:POKE 773,BUFHI:POKE 778,SECTLO:POKE 779,SECTHI:A=USR(1536) 40 DATA 104,32,83,228,48,253,96 50 DATA 0,0,68,20,143,1,34,1,16,1,1,1,5,80,5,65,3,5,65,20,65,17,17,33,4,101,71,68,250,169,190,68 60 DATA 68,221,192,0,0,0,0,1,4,64,1,16,0,0,0,5,64,16,20,64,4,64,1,4,64,16,4,69,65,17,5,68 70 DATA 68,64,0,4,68,68,65,4,85,64,16,16,16,5,84,64,0,4,84,65,20,65,17,7,80,6,68,80,17,17,17,20 80 DATA 68,93,192,0,0,0,0,16,0,16,0,1,4,64,0,16,4,65,5,80,16,16,16,16,20,101,80,16,20,109,212,68 If anyone has any problems or questions, just e-mail me. Also, if anyone knows how to crack the encryption of the text data on AR disks, please tell me how (always looking for ways to cheat :-) -Ray wilmott@topaz.rutgers.edu