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Message: 6058

Author: andrewbroad

Date: 19/02/2007

Subject: Re: Extra lives to start with in Manic Miner

 

pauldubell wrote:

>
> Hi All. New to the group
> Can anyone tell me if the number of lives to start with in Manic
> Miner is hard-coded or is there a Hex address that holds the value
> that can be changed. If it can be changed what values would be
> present.

The number of lives is held at #85DD in the Bug-Byte edition of Manic
Miner, #85E3 in the Software Projects edition, and #87E1 in Jet Set
Willy.

The value of this byte is the number of lives remaining (not including
the one that's currently playing). It's usually 2 for MM, 7 for JSW.

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Dr. Andrew Broad
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http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/
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