Tales of the Arabian Nights

Tales of the Arabian Nights is a game where the player collects pots that conveniently spell "ARABIAN" and dodges hundreds of obstacles, while the audio processor screeches Scheherazade over and over again.

Hidden Message
Inside the game's disk, there's a message at from one of the game's developers. Kevin Parker is credited as being a musician in the game, but the text here shows that he also did the copy protection.

PROTECTION SYSTEM BY KEVIN PARKER.

GAME AUDIO,VISUAL,CODE COPYRIGHT INTERCEPTOR SOFTWARE 1985.

USE POWER SWITCH TO RESET.

NOT ANOTHER PIRATE ? THAT MUST BE THE 937'TH ONE SINCE I PUT THIS AMAZING MUSIC INTO THIS RATHER DULL GAME. CANT WAIT TO I GET PAID FOR MY WORK - DO YOU REALISE I HAD TO RE-WRITE HALF OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS SO BAD !

WELL, THATS WHAT YOU GET FOR USING A 6502 PROGRAMMER ON A REAL MACHINE LIKE THE AMSTRAD. COMING SOON - MUSIC WHILE YOU LOAD ! IF ANY SOFTWARE HOUSE OUT THERE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS UNIQUE NEW LOADING SYSTEM WITH THEIR PROGRAM THEN THEY MUST CONTACT -

KEVIN PARKER, 19 RODWELL CLOSE , KINSON , BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 7JH.

REASONABLE PRICES, MUSIC DATA SUPPLIED BY THE AUTHOR. ALSO AVAILABLE - AN AMAZING DISC PROTECTION SYSTEM FROM ODDBALL SOFTWARE - CONTACT KEVIN PARKER FOR DETAILS. MUST GO, I'VE GOT TO PUT A TURBO ON THIS PROGRAM YET !! BYE BYE 4 NOW