But Break was actually the key to a whole new world
after versing myself well on the Spectrum (128k baby!) I jabbed mine at primary school, allowing me access to the code, and with a 10 year olds knowledge of BASIC managed to change the game's dialogue to something rude including the words "bum" and "stiffy".
If only hacking was so easy nowadays.
(tweed_steed will be an inconsistent ninja tonight, Sun 21 Mar 2010, 20:43, 1 reply)

Ah yes, modding early games could be delighful, if peurile, fun
I once changed a couple of loading screens for "R-Type" on the Atari ST; using Neochrome to load the images from a copy of the game disc then overwriting them with the new versions (naturally, I kept the original unsullied disk intact, but hidden away).

Before: Bolts of lightning would 'flash' across the screen.
After: Bolts of lighting would 'flash' across the screen... from a giant pair of buttocks.

Before: A scaly monster-thing was raising a clawed hand.
After: A scaly monster-thing was raising a clawed hand... holding a handkerchief as it sneezed.

Result: Every time the game loaded, the player would be greeted with two fine examples of my juvenile humour.
(The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Sun 21 Mar 2010, 22:59, closed)