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Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

Copy protection: Authors' names

[BBC Micro cassette version, Loader]

Name: Authors' names [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Copy protection Summary: The authors' names, buried in the code
Context: See this variable in context in the source code Variations: See code variations for this variable in the different versions References: No direct references to this variable in this source file

Contains the authors' names, plus an unused OS command string that would *RUN the main game code, which isn't what actually happens (so presumably this is to throw the crackers off the scent).
EQUS "R.ELITEcode" \ This is short for "*RUN ELITEcode" EQUB 13 EQUS "By D.Braben/I.Bell" EQUB 13 EQUB &B0