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Most, if not all, of the hacked interpreters work by changing the interpreter so that certain bytecodes are interpreted differently than they would be in a normal interpreter. The hacked interpreter that supports changing the palette, for example, alters the [[AGIWiki/shake.screen|shake.screen]] functionality from the original interpreter, to allow the palette functionality.
Most, if not all, of the hacked interpreters work by changing the interpreter so that certain bytecodes are interpreted differently than they would be in a normal interpreter. The hacked interpreter that supports changing the palette, for example, alters the [[AGIWiki/shake.screen|shake.screen]] functionality from the original interpreter, to allow the palette functionality.


Without exception, the hacked interpreters require the player to have a copy of the hacked interpreter in order to play the game the way the author intended.
Unless using a non-Sierra AGI interpreter such as [[AGIWiki/NAGI|NAGI]] or [[AGIWiki/ScummVM|ScummVM]], the hacked interpreters require the player to have a copy of the hacked interpreter in order to play the game the way the author intended.


== Hacked interpreters ==
== Hacked interpreters ==
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