• An analysis of the original Star Ship cartridge and source code
  

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• Digital Archeology - An investigation of the Star Ship cartridge

• Ok, I had planned to merely do a plain comparison of the source code of Star Ship and the source code of Star Trek, but then I discovered an Easter Egg hidden inside Star Ship, which, to my best knowledge, as of today has not yet been reported before.

• Please correct me if I am wrong, but I searched on the web, and I did not find this mentioned anywhere.

• Star Ship was coded by Mark Indictor, and inside the game he hid his credentials extremely well:

• ... when you have lost your last ship ...
• ... and when the "REPLAY: ANY KEY" message appears on the screen ...
• ... then if you managed to achieve a score of at least 500.000 points ...
• ... and if you then press buttons 1 on both controllers and keep them pressed ...
  

• .. then the name M. INDICTOR will appear at the bottom of the screen.

• Note that this easter egg is contained in Star Ship, but not in Star Trek.

• To be continued...

• Again, this analysis would not have been possible without Vide.
• Many thanks to Malban for once more adding tons of new features I suggested or asked for.