Shamus (Commodore VIC-20)

Shamus
Developer: Human Engineered Software Publisher: Synapse Software Platform: Commodore VIC-20 Released in US: 1983 This game has a hidden developer message.

Developer Message

The game takes up about 84.4% of the available cartridge space. To compensate for it, programmer Tom Griner hid a message inside the cart at 0x1A5F.

WHAT A HORRIBLE MESS!
THIS PROGRAM HAS GREAT 
AMOUNTS OF WASTED ROM 
SPACE... 

NOTE TO PROSPECTIVE 
SOFTWARE PIRATES: 

THIS PROGRAM WAS 
WRITTEN BY TOM GRINER 
777-36 SAN ANTONIO RD. 
PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA...

I WOULD LOOSE MONEY IF 
YOU DISTRIBUTE STOLEN 
COPIES OF THIS PROGRAM...

SO, RATHER THAN STEAL
THIS, WRITE ME A LETTER
AND I WILL SEND YOU 
SOME FREE SOFTWARE... 

THIS MAY SOUND SILLY, 
BUT I WOULD REALLY 
HATE TO HAVE PEOPLE 
STEALING MY PROGRAMS...

BY THE WAY: IT IS ILLEGAL 
TO COPY THIS PROGRAM  

....................
THIS SPACE FOR RENT
......

HELP, I AM TRAPPED IN A
VIC-20 CARTRIDGE

(Source: Ward Shrake)