Joybell's Adventure Last bit

Subject: RE: Joybell's Adventure Last bit
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 07:12 PM

AAAAHHHHH Pokerdots!!!!!!

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Subject: RE: Joybell's Adventure Last bit
From: Snuffy
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 07:30 PM

it thinks it is a command to poke r. Usually "poke" has two things following it - what to poke and where to poke it to, so are r and . those two?

Subject: RE: Joybell's Adventure Last bit
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 08:06 PM

It could of course be something completely different...

But I'm sure those of us who had Spectrums and the like (I had a VIC 20 then a Commodore 64 - a brother had a Spectrum) and played games did bits of poking...

Found one for "Jet Set Willy" - anyone else remember it? here

Subject: RE: Joybell's Adventure Last bit
From: Amos
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 08:47 PM

Poker, poker, poker; poker! poker! Poker!

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Subject: RE: Joybell's Adventure Last bit
From: Amos
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 08:48 PM

The tests on my last fifteen minutes confirm that poker with a period after it forms an unacceptable byte combination or something, I have no idea why!!


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Subject: RE: Joybell's Adventure Last bit
From: cryptoanubis
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 11:00 PM

Looked up the word , poker nothing ,but the words peek/poke are used in computer terminology peek allows you to look at a piece of information poke apparently changes it , or something like that.

Subject: RE: Joybell's Adventure Last bit
From: Amos
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 11:11 PM

Peek and Poke have been around since SNOBOL and CPM, but the 'Cat has never choked on poker -- or any other particular word -- before, as long as I know.

Poke.

Poked.

Pokel.

Pokes.

Pokert.

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Subject: RE: Joybell's Adventure Last bit
From: Ebbie
Date: 14 Nov 05 - 01:07 AM

poke .

Subject: RE: Joybell's Adventure Last bit
From: Ebbie
Date: 14 Nov 05 - 01:08 AM

I nean, poker .

Subject: RE: Joybell's Adventure Last bit
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 14 Nov 05 - 04:20 AM

poker.

Subject: RE: Joybell's Adventure Last bit
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 14 Nov 05 - 05:31 AM

looks like the whole dictionary is available to us again.

Subject: RE: Joybell's Adventure Last bit
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 14 Nov 05 - 06:31 AM

Not yet Sandra, I cheated to see if others got puzzled when it didn't work for them... I entered:

poker.

Subject: RE: Joybell's Adventure Last bit
From: JennyO
Date: 14 Nov 05 - 07:18 AM

Ha! You've been at the character map, haven't you Jon :-)

poker.