Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender

Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender
Also known as: Rex Nebular Developer: MicroProse Publisher: MicroProse Platforms: DOS, Mac OS Classic Released in US: 1992 Released in EU: 1992 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden level select.

Debug Mode

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In the DOS version, at any point during gameplay, hold down the Control key and enter WIDEPIPE.

If entered correctly, the message "CHEATING ENABLED (For your convenience)" will appear on the screen.

Keys	Action
Ctrl + A	Show Free Memory
Ctrl + C	Show Mouse Coordinates
Ctrl + D	Change Difficulty
Ctrl + G	Change Global Flag
Ctrl + H	Pause and go frame-by-frame
Ctrl + J	Turns debug mode off
Ctrl + L	"Teleporters for your convenience"
Ctrl + N	"Change Naughtiness Factor"
Ctrl + O	Move Object
Ctrl + P	Player info
Ctrl + S	Play a sound file
Ctrl + T, Alt + T	Teleport to another area in the game
Ctrl + V	See version info

Hidden String

The main executable has this string hidden at 0x11BCE on DOS, and near the beginning of the DATA resource on Mac:

WELCOME TO THE DATA SEGMENT. (Julia Roberts is a hot babe!)

Mac OS Dialogs

ALRT 5000 was a placeholder for an about box.

DLOG 8000 was used to place Rex in arbitrary locations.

HAPPY.REX

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After loading the CONFIG.REX file, the DOS version's main menu loads the file HAPPY.REX for an unknown reason. This is a text file with the following text:

My name is Rex.  I am a happy little game.