DevMsg.txt
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Bot posting real hidden messages left by developers in the code of their video games, sourced from tcrf.net
I'm just happy that people thought the load times in Soul Edge were short. Going to the trouble of using a frame buffer was worth it. I tried to make Xevious 3D/G+ as fast as possible, too.
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I'm just happy that people thought the load times in Soul Edge were short. Going to the trouble of using a frame buffer was worth it. I tried to make Xevious 3D/G+ as fast as possible, too.
Please don't spread this software. Sure, you think it would be cool to be a great spreader, but listen, when you do programs you expect to make money off them, don't you??
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Please don't spread this software. Sure, you think it would be cool to be a great spreader, but listen, when you do programs you expect to make money off them, don't you??
I (Richard Aplin) wrote the Amiga and ST versions (though at the time of writing - 12th Nov.1990 - I haven't started the ST conversion yet!)
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I (Richard Aplin) wrote the Amiga and ST versions (though at the time of writing - 12th Nov.1990 - I haven't started the ST conversion yet!)
DARKWURLDE was written on an AMSTRAD CPC464 during the first couple of months of 1986. It's taken me a long time to write because i'm still at school doing my A-levels and and i only get a couple of hours spare time in the evenings.
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
DARKWURLDE was written on an AMSTRAD CPC464 during the first couple of months of 1986. It's taken me a long time to write because i'm still at school doing my A-levels and and i only get a couple of hours spare time in the evenings.
Speaking of which, the second theme for the development of Feedback was the idea that we could make a game without doing any overtime. Naturally, it was an abysmal failure.
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Speaking of which, the second theme for the development of Feedback was the idea that we could make a game without doing any overtime. Naturally, it was an abysmal failure.
Idiots who think they can pedal a bike as fast as a car, so they ride in the middle of a traffic lane. You should be allowed to run them over, it looks like natural selection to me.
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Idiots who think they can pedal a bike as fast as a car, so they ride in the middle of a traffic lane. You should be allowed to run them over, it looks like natural selection to me.
What are you looking for, you little fucking hacker. Graphics or a telephone no.?? Seek an' ye' shall find!
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
What are you looking for, you little fucking hacker. Graphics or a telephone no.?? Seek an' ye' shall find!
This program was HAND-CODED by Toni Baker, on behalf of Andromeda, who successfully managed to avoid giving me an assembler until a week before completion.
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This program was HAND-CODED by Toni Baker, on behalf of Andromeda, who successfully managed to avoid giving me an assembler until a week before completion.
greetings, fellow hacker
may bad luck and ill temper be yours in this current endeavor!!
may bad luck and ill temper be yours in this current endeavor!!
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
greetings, fellow hacker
may bad luck and ill temper be yours in this current endeavor!!
may bad luck and ill temper be yours in this current endeavor!!
GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS. IF YOU CAN READ THIS YOU ARE A 313373 d00d.
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS. IF YOU CAN READ THIS YOU ARE A 313373 d00d.
I was only joking - honest .... BYE BYE. See you on the next game
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I was only joking - honest .... BYE BYE. See you on the next game
"How do _I_ become a video game programmer?" I ask myself this question in the past tense from time to time. :)
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"How do _I_ become a video game programmer?" I ask myself this question in the past tense from time to time. :)
NOSEY BUGGER! (C) 1987 WAYNE J SMITHSON
WARNING! ANYONE FOUND WITH A PIRATE COPY OF SUPERKID WILL BE BEATEN UP BY "FRIENDS"- NO JOKE...
WARNING! ANYONE FOUND WITH A PIRATE COPY OF SUPERKID WILL BE BEATEN UP BY "FRIENDS"- NO JOKE...
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
NOSEY BUGGER! (C) 1987 WAYNE J SMITHSON
WARNING! ANYONE FOUND WITH A PIRATE COPY OF SUPERKID WILL BE BEATEN UP BY "FRIENDS"- NO JOKE...
WARNING! ANYONE FOUND WITH A PIRATE COPY OF SUPERKID WILL BE BEATEN UP BY "FRIENDS"- NO JOKE...
The game disappeared so rapidly from the national consciousness that the ban on Klax wasn't even offically lifted until September 8th, 1978, by Jimmy Carter--the last of the World War II executive orders to be repealed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The game disappeared so rapidly from the national consciousness that the ban on Klax wasn't even offically lifted until September 8th, 1978, by Jimmy Carter--the last of the World War II executive orders to be repealed.
HA HA HA !
APRIL FOOL !
HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY !
STU
APRIL FOOL !
HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY !
STU
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
HA HA HA !
APRIL FOOL !
HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY !
STU
APRIL FOOL !
HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY !
STU
You will not be able to decypher ALL the hidden secrets of KICK OFF 3, many have tried, none have succeeded.
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You will not be able to decypher ALL the hidden secrets of KICK OFF 3, many have tried, none have succeeded.
Complaints
Could've made many, but chose to make none.
Could've made many, but chose to make none.
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Complaints
Could've made many, but chose to make none.
Could've made many, but chose to make none.
DARKWURLDE was written on an AMSTRAD CPC464 during the first couple of months of 1986. It's taken me a long time to write because i'm still at school doing my A-levels and and i only get a couple of hours spare time in the evenings.
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
DARKWURLDE was written on an AMSTRAD CPC464 during the first couple of months of 1986. It's taken me a long time to write because i'm still at school doing my A-levels and and i only get a couple of hours spare time in the evenings.
LOOLLLL IF YOU CAME TO THIS PART OF THE CODE TO SEE WHO I HAVE A CRUSH ON YOURE OUT OF LUCK
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
LOOLLLL IF YOU CAME TO THIS PART OF THE CODE TO SEE WHO I HAVE A CRUSH ON YOURE OUT OF LUCK
So don't dissassemble any of this you bast**ds...
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
So don't dissassemble any of this you bast**ds...
HOPE YOU ENJOY THE REST OF THE GAME. THERE IS MORE TOO IT THAN MEETS THE EYE. A BIG THANKS TO M.R.CHUDLEY FOR THE USE OF THE FLUFFY WUFFY BUNNY WABBITS GFX.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
HOPE YOU ENJOY THE REST OF THE GAME. THERE IS MORE TOO IT THAN MEETS THE EYE. A BIG THANKS TO M.R.CHUDLEY FOR THE USE OF THE FLUFFY WUFFY BUNNY WABBITS GFX.
You will gain *NOTHING* from breaking this protection, but I guess you're too fucking ignorant, narrow-minded or maybe even too stupid to understand that.
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
You will gain *NOTHING* from breaking this protection, but I guess you're too fucking ignorant, narrow-minded or maybe even too stupid to understand that.
Life is an endless series of perpetual and progressive bummers!!..............
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Life is an endless series of perpetual and progressive bummers!!..............
How are you doing? At long last, I've found myself the father of two girls. For me, this game also commemorates the birth of my second daughter, Haruka.
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
How are you doing? At long last, I've found myself the father of two girls. For me, this game also commemorates the birth of my second daughter, Haruka.
...this is Wayne signing off on the 3rd of January 1989, still pissed as a fart from the new year celebrations- of 1987!).
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
...this is Wayne signing off on the 3rd of January 1989, still pissed as a fart from the new year celebrations- of 1987!).