Atari 400/800/XL/XE/XEGS systems

BALLBLAZER

· HIDDEN MESSAGE: During the title sequence, if you type “AUTHOR” between the fade in/fade out of the credits, you’ll get the real credits – “Concept, Graphics, Dynamics, and Control Structures..DAVID LEVINE  Music, Sound Effects, Rules, and Droid Strategies..PETER LANGSTON” (picture #3). This doesn’t work in the Ballblaster prototype version.

· HIDDEN MESSAGE: If you win a game in the 1st minute, the initials “DL” and “PSL” (for D. Levine and P. Langston) will appear in the lower-right corner of the winning player’s screen, but only when you are on the right side of the playfield (picture #4).  This isn’t in the Ballblaster prototype version.  {David Levine}

· A prototype version exists with the name BALLBLASTER onscreen (pictures #5 and #6).  Besides some text differences with the released version (pictures #1 and #2), the theme music is missing the keyboard part.  It also doesn’t seem to have any selectable time options (defaults to 3 minutes).

· The working title for this was Topsy Turvy.

 


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