Date   : Mon, 02 May 2005 17:43:03 +0100
From   : "John Abbey" <john.abbey@...>
Subject: Re: BBC B/Electron Chuckie Egg queries

Hi Peter,

I've just tried it out on a Model B (1770 DFS) and it's a little strange
(but I guess you already know that ...)  When Harry falls down a hole he
re-appears at the top and then continues falling to the bottom again
(falling *through* all the platforms) then goes back to the top and so on.
It does this eight times, shifting left a little every four descents and
then Harry finally stops falling by landing on a platform at the top of the
screen.

It beats me why you'd wanna use the cheat though - the score is corrupted so
you can't even use it to say "look at my score" !!!

Out of interest, what are the emulators doing?

Regards,
JohnA.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Edwards" <samwise@...>
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 3:58 PM
Subject: [BBC-Micro] BBC B/Electron Chuckie Egg queries


> Hi,
>
> I have a couple of questions regarding the BBC B and Electron versions of
> Chuckie Egg, for accuracy's sake.
>
> 1)  What MODEs were the two versions written in?  I think it's BBC B -
MODE
> 2, Electron - MODE 5 ... is that right?
>
> 2)  Can someone with a real BBC B (mine is dead as a dodo atm), fire up
> Chuckie Egg with this poke:
>
> *LOAD CH_EGG
> ?&29F2=&3A:?&29F3=&AF
> ?&2A45=&3C:?&2A46=&CA:CALL &29AB
>
> It provides infinite lives and invulnerability to the hens.  What I'd like
> to know is what the effect is in Harry falling down a hole, such as the
one
> to the left of his start position on level 2.  Does he die?  Does he lose
a
> life?  Does something else happen (what?)?  I'm getting different results
> depending on the emulators I try and I'd like to confirm what an actual
> unmodified BBC B does in this situation ...
>
> Any help appreciated!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter.
> The Chuckie Egg Professional's Resource Kit
> http://www.bagshot-row.org/chuckie-egg/
>
>