Basket Master (Commodore 64)

Basket Master
Also known as: Fernando Martí­n Basket Master (ES) Developer: Imagine Publishers: Imagine (UK), Dinamic (ES) Platform: Commodore 64 Released in UK: January 1988 Released in ES: 1988 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences.

Basket Master is a rather poor conversion of the ZX Spectrum original. In Spain, the game was released as a tie-in with Spanish basketball player Fernando Martín.

Leftover Data

On the seventh Freeload data segment are leftover graphics and text data from Platoon. Line breaks were added for readability.

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            A SACK OF FLOUR              
                A STOOL                  
                A TABLE                  
             A POT OF RICE               
                 WHAT !                  
     SET THE EXPLOSIVES ON THE BRIDGE    
   WELL DONE ! THE BRIDGE HAS BLOWN UP.  
       YOU HAVE FOUND A TRAPDOOR         
      YOU MUST FIRST FIND A TORCH        
          YOU WILL NEED A MAP            
    YOU MUST FIND A MAP AND A TORCH      
                 EMPTY                   
  THIS TRAPDOOR LEADS TO AN UNDERGROUND  
  SYSTEM OF TUNNELS.
      YOU HAVE FOUND THE EXPLOSIVES      
  THE EXPLOSIVES ARE SET. RUN FOR IT !   
     DO YOU WISH TO GO DOWN [Y/N] ?     
    PRESS FIRE TO LOAD NEXT SECTION      
    HERE IS A MAP OF A TUNNEL SYSTEM     
        YOU HAVE FOUND A TORCH           
            A POT OF WATER               
                 RUBBISH                 
                PROVISIONS               
      YOUR PLATOON HAS BEEN WIPED OUT.   
  YOU SHOULD HAVE DESTROYED THE BRIDGE.  
 WATCH OUT FOR THE VIET CONG BOOBY TRAP  
 YOU SHOULD NOT KILL INNOCENT VILLAGERS  

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(Source: Yoko Tv Inc.)

Regional Differences

The Spanish release has a different loading screen, without the game's title, as well as no signature from designer Simon Butler.

UK	ES

Furthermore, the default name for the computer opponent in the Spanish release is "F.Martin", to fit with the tie-in, whereas it is just "CPU" in the British version.

UK	ES