Army Moves

Army Moves
Developers: Dinamic Software, Ocean Publisher: Imagine Platform: Commodore 64 Released in US: 1987 Released in EU: 1987 This game has a hidden developer message.

Yet another platform shooter.

Programmer's message

Army Moves is a game that split up into two parts. In order to access the second part, the player must enter a five-digit password. However, the player can enter 79681 on this screen to see this message:

HI ALL * SEE UNDER F800 FOR THE LATEST.

Accordingly, RAM address F800 contains an amusing rant from the programmer Zach Townsend:

******************** HI TO ALL HACKERS, AND MANDY SMITH IF SHE’S
THERE. (LITTLE TART ). ANY FAN MAIL, SEND TO OCEAN SOFTWARE. ANY
EXTREMELY PRETTY BLONDES ( AGE 17+ ) LOOKING FOR A REAL MAN, THEN
PHOTOS IN THE POST A MOI ‘. NOW FOR A BIT OF INSIDE INFO ! EYES -
BLUE. HAIR – YES. SEX – SURE, ANYTIME.BRAINS – WELL, I’M WORKING FOR
OCEAN. FAVE GROUPS ARE :- LEVEL 42 – SIMPLE MINDS – AHA – WHAM -
DURAN-DURAN – MICHAEL JACKSON LEVEL 42′S LATEST LP ON CD IS MEGA BRILL
FAVE GAMES :- WHY ‘ARMY MOVES’ OF COURSE NO, I HAVEN’T GOT ANY FAVE’S.
TRAMPOLINING’S GOOD FOR A LAUGH, BONKING UP AND DOWN ( I MEAN
BOUNCING, DON’T I ?) ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE’S A GIRL WITH A BODY LIKE
H.NN.H’S, DOING IT AS WELL. HI TO PALS AT CANTERBURY COLLEGE – STEVE,
PAUL, MARK ETC. + ALL THOSE I’VE FORGOTTEN.WHY WERE DELTA AND NEMESIS
SO CRAP, AFTER GOOD REVIEWS ? MAYBE I’M JUST SPOILT BY THE ARCADE
MACHINES. I DUNNO. WHEN DO I GET A PORSCHE ? WHY DID SO MANY PLONKERS
BUY BREAKOUT II? WHO WATCHES MOONLIGHTING ? YES, ITS GOING DOWN THE
DRAIN. TAMING OF THE SHREW, MY BUM CAN CYBIL SHEPHERD ACT ? NOOO. CAN
BRUCEY BOY SING ? NOOO. IS NICK KAMEN A COMPLETE PLONKER,OR DOES HE
JUST ACT LIKE ONE ? WAS CROC DUNDEE GOOD ? BY THE WAY, IF YOU PLAY THE
CASSETTE ON SIDE B YOU SHOULD HEAR SAM FOX’S NEW SINGLE. IT’S CALLED
‘EEEEEEKKK !!! I DIDN’T MEAN DO THAT !’ IF THIS GAME GETS A BAD REVIEW
THEN OCEANS’ TAKE THE EDITOR OUT TO DINNER ISN’T WORKING ANY MORE.
OKAY, I’LL SIGN OFF NOW, BYE *** ZACKER

(Source: Devin, Raffox)