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DOH IT YOURSELF

he coin-op includes a screen editor of sorts, buried in its code that’s inaccessible by normal means. It’s thought to have for the Atari ST and for the Commodore 64. As a result, if you look in game archives online you’ll find the likes of , and for multiple systems. These mods feature their own custom level sets, with one common feature – they are all really bloody difficult! It seems that when people build their own screens, they like to frustrate players with gold and silver bricks aplenty.

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