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Shaolin
Title:Shaolin
Category:Game/Action
Release Date:
Language:English
Size:16K
Machine:PAL & NTSC
Code Type:Basic
Distribution:Type-in
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Published by:Tronic-Verlag GmbH
Code by:Colossus-Soft
Notes:A two-player fighting game. The Hungarian version is called "KARATE". Origins unclear, see below.
User Rating: 5.7/10 (4 votes)
Shaolin Title Screenshot

Shaolin Screenshot


Derived Software
Shaolin (Courbois)


Appeared On Compilations
Club Info 68


Publications
Published: Computronic Sonderausgabe 1986/1 (Magazine/German) pg. 49
Published: Compute Mit 9/85 (Magazine/German) pg. 28


Description
The Hungarian version (called KARATE) casts doubt to the origins of this game. The German magazine type-in version (from Compute Mit) has several typos (bugs) in the print, which appear in our version:

LINE 140 should have PEEK(V+18) instead of PEEK(V+G8).
LINE 750 is missing a colon (:) between B=B-5POKE B,C.
LINE 760 should have POKE B, C instead of POKE NB, C.

The Hungarian version is correct in all 3 cases.

Secondly, the Hungarian version appears to be built for player 1 = joy, player 2 = keyboard only. This means several extra lines of code, which are missing from the German version (both players joy only).

Finally, the bold characters. The German version contains only the 7 letters "CSOLUFT"; which are enough to spell out COLOSSUS SOFT. The Hungarian version contains 8 letters: "MSOGAFTE"; but these are never used! They could spell out "MEGASOFT" for example.

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