Check Man

Check Man
Developer: Zilec-Zenitone Publishers: Zilec-Zenitone, Jaleco (JP) Platform: Arcade (Galaxian hardware) Released internationally: 1982 This game has hidden developer credits. This game has hidden development-related text.

Check Man is a mix between Minesweeper, Q*bert, and a disappearing tile puzzle. It's a Minesqubezzle!

Developer Credits

Two different sets of developer credits are hidden in the ROM chips. The first is stored at the start of the main CPU, while the second, more complete credits set is in the audio CPU, starting from 1A6:

Main CPU	Audio CPU
D.SHORTLAND P.HUGHES M.MAILER COPYRIGHT 1982 ZENITONE MICROSEC LTD	PETER HUGHES DUNCAN SHORTLAND MALCOLM MAILER COPYRIGHT 1982 ZENITONE/ZILEC MUSIC BY ROBIN CARTWRIGHT

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Filler Text

The following text, which starts at 2666 in the main CPU, is used as ROM bank padding. It seems to be a DOS file listing for a NorthStar computer:

PRGM16K
HRQ-R5.2
11001B
<*>
DOS
BASIC
EDIT
CD
CF
CK
CO
DT
M0E00
INTEL
LOADER
LIST
XBASIC
PRGMR
PRGM32k
8080ASM
6800ASM
6500ASM
9980ASM
DISM68
DISM9980
6500D

(Source: Original TCRF research)