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ZX joystick - POKE Cheats for Stallone Cobra and Krakout, Plus a Code Snippet for Academy

01 January 1990
ZX Revija #02

Cheats and POKE Commands for Infinite Lives in Stallone Cobra and Krakout

STALLONE COBRA (Ocean)

Load BASIC with MERGE, then type 20 REM (14 blank spaces after REM). Then type POKE 23757,110 and press ENTER. Now enter the following program:

20 RESTORE 30:FOR I=23841 TO 23867:READ A:POKE I,A:NEXT I
30 DATA 62,0,50,164,142,

Start it with RUN 20, then type CLEAR 24899:RANDOMIZE USR 23760 and press ENTER. Load the rest of the program. Once it has loaded, you will have infinite lives in the game.

KRAKOUT (Gremlin graphic)

This POKE works with the following block lengths: 164 and 6913 bytes. Then do the following:

  • Load BASIC with MERGE, then stop the tape recorder.
  • Break the program, type INK 7 and press ENTER twice.
  • Type CLEAR and press ENTER, then type 20 and press ENTER. (Note: whenever it says ENTER, press that key.)
  • Type POKE 23757,96 and press ENTER.
  • Then type the program:
20 FOR I=23841 TO 23853:
READ A:POKE I,A:NEXT I
30 DATA 62,0,50,229,181,

Start the program with RUN 20. After the OK message, you can delete lines 20 and 30.

  • Now type CLEAR 24600:RANDOMIZE USR 23760 and press ENTER.
  • Load the rest from tape, and that’s it. From now on, you can play for as long as you like.

ACADEMY

This applies to versions with the following block lengths:

548,6942,40168,538

Type the following program:

10 CLEAR 24831:FOR I=23296 TO 23341:READ A:
POKE I,A:NEXT I:RANDOMIZE USR 23296
20 DATA 221,33,0,97,17,

Start the program with RUN and load the program from tape, from SCREEN$ to the end. You’ll have ammunition for as long as you feel like playing.

RANARAMA

If your version has block lengths of 170, 35872, 1399 and 1968 bytes, you can get infinite lives. Load the loader in BASIC and reset the computer, then type the following program:

10 CLEAR 24791:LOAD CODE:LOAD CODE:RANDOMIZE USR 24830:LOAD CODE
20 POKE 57436,205:POKE 59836,205:POKE 57572,201:POKE 59821,0:POKE 57421,0:RANDOMIZE USR BETY

Load the loader and reset the computer, then type the following:

10 CLEAR VAL:LOAD CODE:LOAD SCREEN$
20 LOAD CODE VAL:POKE 47864,0:RANDOMIZE USR 65335

Start this program and load the rest of the program.

PAPER BOY

The program has the following block lengths: 169, 6912, 20000, 20536, 6916 and 1704. Load the loader with MERGE and type the following:

30 FOR I=23862 TO 23869:
READ A:POKE I,A:NEXT I
40 DATA 50,151,187,55,

Start the program with RUN and load the program to the end.

BARBARIAN

This applies to the version with the following blocks: 164, 6912.

  • Load the loader with MERGE.
  • Type the following:
POKE 23800,62:POKE 23801,68:POKE 23802,50:POKE 23803,179:POKE 23804,153

Press ENTER.

  • Start the loader with RUN and press ENTER, then load the program from tape to the end.

THE GOONIES

The program has the same block lengths as the previous one.

  • Load the loader with MERGE, then type 20 REM and press ENTER.
  • Type POKE 23757,96 and press ENTER.
  • Then type this short BASIC program:
30 FOR I=23841 TO 23850:
READ A:POKE I,A:NEXT I
40 DATA 175,50,129,130,

Start this short BASIC program with RUN and load the program.

KICK BOXING

  • Load the loader and reset the computer.
  • Type:
10 CLEAR 24999:LOAD CODE:POKE 55748,0:POKE 56741,0:RANDOMIZE USR

Then type RUN and press ENTER, and load the rest of the program.

EQUINOX

To get infinite lives, do the following:

  • Find the red square labelled PETE, pick it up and return it to the start.
  • Go to the upper-left corner of the screen and press these simultaneously:
up + C

I'BALL

The program consists of blocks of the following lengths: BASIC, 6916.

  • Load the loader with MERGE, then type:
30 FOR I=23841 TO 23853:
READ A:POKE I,A:NEXT I
40 DATA 175,32,75,193,32,

Start this program with GO TO 30, then start the main program with RUN and press ENTER. Load the remaining part from tape.

  • POKE prepared by:

Brada Jožef Bajmočka 18 24220 Čantivar

Prize Contest

The moment has come to announce the winners from the first issue’s TOP FIVE 82'. We have three winners who have received a one-year subscription to ZX REVIJA. They are:

  1. Frimel Mirko M.Tita 6/2 44000 Sisak
  2. Stančević Miodrag Sarajevska 31 11000 Beograd
  3. Čanović Srđan XII voj.ud.brigade 59 25000 Sombor

And now let’s see the TOP FIVE 82' rankings:

TOP FIVE 82'

  1. MS-PACMEN (NAMCO)
  2. SPACE RAIDERS (PSION)
  3. PENETRATOR (BEAM SOFTVARE)
  4. FOOTBALL MANAGER (K.J.TOMS)
  5. FLIGHT SIMULATION (PSION)

Suggestions for TOP FIVE 83':

  1. FROGI (DJL SOFTVARE)
  2. PINBALL (SAGITARIAN)
  3. RIVER RESCUE (THORN EMI)
  4. ARMAGEDDON (OCEAN)
  5. FIRBIRDS (FIRBIRDS)
  6. STOP THE ITA EXPRESS (HUDSON SOFT)
  7. KUNG FU (BUG-BYTE)
  8. APOLO 11 (MASTERTRONIC)
  9. MANIC MINER (BUG-BYTE)
  10. LUNA CRABS (MICROMEGA)

Vote as follows:

  • Give 10 points to your first choice.
  • Give 7 points to your second choice.
  • Give 5 points to your third choice.
  • Give 3 points to your fourth choice.
  • Give 1 point to your fifth choice.

Besides the games suggested above, you can also add one of your own suggestions to the TOP FIVE 83' list.

  • We will accept voting slips until 25.05.1990.
  • The first three prize winners will receive a one-year subscription to ZX REVIJA.
  • The next three will receive a 35% discount on a one-year subscription to ZX REVIJA.

DEAR READERS!

Here we are, getting together through ZX REVIJA better than we expected. The number of contributors has reached a satisfactory level, and we have enough material for two issues (3 and 4).

In issue 1 of the magazine, we also promised some work by Terzić Aleksandar, but he did not deliver what he had promised. For issue 3, if it turns out to be useful to include the LPRINT command as well, we will do that; for now, we are sticking with the COPY command.

One warning: you know that the COPY command can be replaced by another command. For example, with EPSON printers that use a CENTRONIKS parallel interface from PLP-elektronika, if you get that interface, you also get a cassette with software that enables communication between the computer and the printer. In that case, the COPY command included in the magazine will not work, because you need to replace COPY with RANDOMIZE USR 23370.

So, if you have a printer that uses a different command instead of the COPY command through its interface, let me know and I will make the correction in the program—but only for your copy.

The next issue will be out by 1.06.1990.

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