Contact Sam Cruise: Changelog

20221122

Added the Sound page

20200812

Added @refs directives

20191116

Ported the disassembly to SkoolKit 8

20190619

Added the hexadecimal version of the disassembly to the distribution
Replaced GIF images with PNG images

20181020

Ported the disassembly to SkoolKit 7
Fixed incorrect addresses in the entries at B800 and C700

20170516

Ported the disassembly to SkoolKit 6
Made various improvements to the hexadecimal version of the disassembly

20160123

Ported the disassembly to SkoolKit 5
Documented a bug: Sam the escape artist (thanks Ersh)
Added a POKE: Get out of jail free

20150417

Added a POKE: Cheap talk

20140614

Ported the disassembly to SkoolKit 4

20131224

Added a trivia entry: Policemen and disguises
Added a POKE: Perfect disguises
Added images of the Fat Man to the Men's shoes graphic glitch
Added CSS files to complete the 'dark', 'green', 'plum' and 'spectrum' themes

20121119

Added a trivia entry: Lana's legs
In the entry at BF00, added images of the play area segments that use each Z' value

20120807

Added a POKE: Easy money
Fixed the entries for the characters '↑' (code 0x5E) and '£' (code 0x60) in the keypress table and the keypress offset table

20120411

Ported the disassembly to SkoolKit 3

20120228

Documented a bug: Life sentence
Added bugfix POKEs to the Under the rope bug
Added trivia entries:
Added a graphic glitch: Broken banister
Added images of shop and house doors to the Other graphics page

20120117

Documented bugs:
Added trivia entries:
Added POKEs:
- Get out of jail
- Stairway to the safe
Added comments and images to the location descriptor entries to indicate which locations the descriptors correspond to (e.g. see C280)
Added comments and images to the entries at 8000 and 9800 describing play area tiles that are unused
Added comments to the blocks of window flags to indicate which windows the flags correspond to (e.g. see BC40)
Added comments to the blocks of play area tile attribute address LSBs to indicate which buildings the LSBs correspond to (e.g. see BC20)
Added comments to the blocks of Z values to indicate which buildings the values correspond to (e.g. see BC00)

20111031

Added a trivia entry: Telephonic distribution
New graphic glitches:

20111017

Included in SkoolKit 2.2.5.

Added the Play area objects page
Added 'Initial animatory states and locations' pages for game modes 0, 2, 3 and 4
Documented bugs:
Added trivia entries:
- Dark room
- A cat's tale
Added POKEs:
- Everybody out
- Private rooms
Added an explanation and bugfix POKEs to the No. 19 lockout bug
Added POKEs to the Skinny Man trivia entry to bring the character into the game

20110810

Included in SkoolKit 2.2.4.

Added the Walkthrough page
Documented bugs:
Added trivia entries:
- Don't call Daisy - she'll call you
- Stun settings
Added POKEs:

20110715

Included in SkoolKit 2.2.3. The disassembly is now 'complete'.

Added a trivia entry: Snipers and keys
Documented bugs:
- Blank tiles behaving badly
- The conspicuous sniper
Added images of the sniper, characters lying on their backs, and Sam rolling and somersaulting to the Animatory states and Animatory state tiles pages

20110416

Included in SkoolKit 2.1.1.

20110403

Included in SkoolKit 2.1.

Various minor updates and corrections to code comments

20110309

Included in SkoolKit 2.0.6.

Documented bugs:
Added trivia entries:
Every routine now has a title stating its main purpose
Every data block now has a title describing its contents
Every game status buffer entry now has a title explaining what it's used for

20110209

Included in SkoolKit 2.0.5.

Added the Other graphics page
Fixed the drawing of window decorations (blinds etc.) in the play area images

20101216

Included in SkoolKit 2.0.4.

Added comments to many routines, data blocks and game status buffer entries
Documented character buffer bytes 0x03, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x16, and 0x19-0x1C
Added items to the glossary

20101208

Included in SkoolKit 2.0.3.

Added the Glossary page
Added the Initial animatory states and locations page
Documented a bug: Displaced dame
Added a POKE: No snipers
Added a trivia entry: Lurking Lana

20101201

Included in SkoolKit 2.0.2.

Fixed the right-facing sprite images on the Animatory states page
Added the first graphic glitch: Sam's coat
Added the Character buffers page
Added the Keypress table page
Documented the first bug: Frozen fiver
Added the first two POKEs:
- Infinite money
- Infinite first aid

20101128

Included in SkoolKit 2.0.1.

Added a trivia entry: Skinny Man
Began annotating the tile-printing routines at E70C and E8F3
Added the Animatory state tiles page

20101123

Included in SkoolKit 2.0.

Ported the disassembly to SkoolKit 2
Added the loading code disassembly
Added the save code disassembly
Added the startup code disassembly

20100723

Included in SkoolKit 1.3.

Updated the descriptions of banknote animatory states 0x3E/0xBE and 0x46/0xC6

20100225

Included in SkoolKit 1.1.

Added the Play area page
Added the Animatory states page
Added the first trivia entry: Hidden sky

20100212

The incomplete Contact Sam Cruise disassembly appears as a sample control file in SkoolKit 1.0.7.