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1942 Godmode

Original description

[ CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE - ARCADE SURVIVAL ]

Can you survive the IMPOSSIBLE bullet hell in this classic 1942 arcade game?

Enemies spawn relentlessly. Bosses rain fire from above. With only 6 lives, survival seems... impossible.

But some pilots have discovered ways to... augment their abilities using external tools. Perhaps memory holds the key to immortality?

Survive for 30 seconds to claim your flag.

Original hints

Hints are preserved as part of the record. Point costs refer to the original competition.

Hint 10 PTS ORIGINALLY

The player's lives are stored as an unsigned integer in memory.

Hint 225 PTS ORIGINALLY

Use CheatEngine to scan for your lives value, then modify it.

Hint 350 PTS ORIGINALLY

Scan for '6', die once, scan for '5', repeat to narrow down the address.

Hint 4100 PTS ORIGINALLY

If the manual cheatengine is too difficult, a CheatEngine table (.CT file) might be hidden at the end of the exe... try opening it in Notepad and scrolling down, or search for 'CHEATTABLE' with strings/grep.