|  Scramble (Mantra) | | Title: | Scramble (Mantra) | | Original version: | Skramble | | Category: | Game/Shoot'em up | | Release Date: | 1985 | | Language: | Italian | | Size: | 16K | | Machine: | PAL Only | | Code Type: | Machine code | | Distribution: | As compilation | | Game ending type: | Has an end, restarts (reward) | | |  | | Released by: | Mantra Software | | Notes: | Hack of Scramble (Golden) by Trip (Tripsoft) (see at $3F80 in memory) with different Italian translation. The Argentinian re-release by Else looks like an earlier version. Excluded from voting. |
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| | Different Versions | The very first dump as TAP file has emerged from the Argentinian single re-release labeled by Else. Later, an original Mantra Software compilation has been found. Surprisingly, they feature different versions of Scramble (Mantra).
The main game seemed to be unchanged, but an inspection to the very last part of the C16 memory reveals that some traces of the hack have been left in the Else version, whereas the same region appears to be clean in the Mantra's one. This could have been caused by accident due to an inaccurate hack of a single original copy, but further clues lead to think that Else actually hacked an earlier version of the compilation.
Clue #1: the initial filename shown on screen is still Mantrasoft related, but the two versions show different character based effects.
Clue #2: the Else version features the older introduction by Mantra Software, with a PETSCII based logo and the nickname of the cracker in the middle; the original from the Mantra Software compilation loads an intro with the newer logo built up in the bitmap.
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