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These boot params do not exist by chance or magic: they were put into the game data by the original developers of the games, and were meant for exactly the same purpose we use them for: to help in debugging the game. Of course, they also make a nice cheat system (with some caveats, as I tried to outline above). | These boot params do not exist by chance or magic: they were put into the game data by the original developers of the games, and were meant for exactly the same purpose we use them for: to help in debugging the game. Of course, they also make a nice cheat system (with some caveats, as I tried to outline above). | ||
Note: In some [[SCUMM]] games, the boot params can produce a room with music and the cursor, but without actual graphics. This was known to happen with the original executables as well. | |||
=== How do I use a boot param? === | === How do I use a boot param? === | ||
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|Param||Description | |Param||Description | ||
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|<nowiki>- | |<nowiki>-26143</nowiki>||At the crete ruins with Sophia *Dialog, Sunstone, Moonstone, Whip, Ship Rib, and Amber Fish | ||
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|<nowiki>- | |<nowiki>-7873</nowiki>||Start from the Introduction as if normal | ||
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|100||In the introduction, Indy pops out of the hole in the top College Attic and then moves off to the right behind a pole. | |100||In the introduction, Indy pops out of the hole in the top College Attic and then moves off to the right behind a pole. | ||
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|567||Bernard in laundry with textbook, quarters, sweater (large) | |567||Bernard in laundry with textbook, quarters, sweater (large) | ||
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|600||Laverne outside with scalpel, Booboo-B- | |600||Laverne outside with scalpel, Booboo-B-Gone™, squeaky mouse toy, dinner certificate | ||
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|601||Hoagie in Red's lab with can opener, help wanted sign, paper (battery plans), oil, vinegar, gold quill | |601||Hoagie in Red's lab with can opener, help wanted sign, paper (battery plans), oil, vinegar, gold quill | ||
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|500||At the locked door to attic | |500||At the locked door to attic | ||
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|600||In the | |600||In the bathroom, with bone and dog | ||
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|700||In the bedroom, with cake made, given extra tasks | |700||In the bedroom, with cake made, given extra tasks | ||
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|701||In the | |701||In the bedroom, with cake made | ||
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|702||In the | |702||In the bedroom, with cake made and letters found | ||
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|703||In the bedroom, at the start of game | |703||In the bedroom, at the start of game | ||
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|750||In the | |750||In the bedroom, dog escaped and letters missing | ||
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|900||In the backyard | |900||In the backyard | ||