00868: thunderl: At the end, there's a message written in a near-illegible font. The message is obviously wrong...

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
00868	Graphics	Minor	Have not tried	Feb 6, 2008, 06:31	Jul 8, 2014, 23:17

Tester	TriggerFin	View Status	Public	Platform
Assigned To		Resolution	Bugs That Aren't Bugs	OS
Status [?]	Resolved			Driver	seta/seta.cpp
Version	0.55	Fixed in Version		Build
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	00868: thunderl: At the end, there's a message written in a near-illegible font. The message is obviously wrong...
Description	At the end of thunderl, there's a message written in a near-illegible font that seems to not be used anywhere else in the game (that I noticed). I found this font in F4 (page down). In this image, the black background stuff is from the gfxset, the blue stuff is lifted from the ending screenshot, the black text is a guess at what it says. This is obviously wrong...
Steps To Reproduce
Additional Information	Converted 3GPP movie to YouTube.
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Affected Sets / Systems	thunderl

Attached Files	thunderl055ora.gif (5,216 bytes) Feb 14, 2008, 17:33
	thunderl.txt (993 bytes) Jun 21, 2014, 10:10 Uploaded by kamilz LETTER->HEX Table [Show Content]
	thunderlv2.txt (3,269 bytes) Jun 21, 2014, 13:45 Uploaded by kamilz UPDATEDv2 [Show Content]
	thunderl.zip (1,039 bytes) Jul 7, 2014, 20:28 Uploaded by kamilz Cheat file for easing game testing.

No.10528 kamilz Tester Apr 5, 2014, 02:17 edited on: Apr 5, 2014, 02:17	I was tested this issue as soon as I get original PCB, unfortunately exactly same end screen showed-up. Clearly a 'game' bug or something else (riddle?).
No.10531 NekoEd Senior Tester Apr 5, 2014, 17:40	Possibly a cipher of some sort? Anyway, if you can get us a screenshot from the PCB, we can close this out as BTANB.
No.10536 kamilz Tester Apr 6, 2014, 04:29	I probably have enough time after May (classes first). Than I'll do it. Sorry about that, I should've do it before..
No.10541 NekoEd Senior Tester Apr 6, 2014, 20:00	That's fine, when you're capable of getting the screenshot, just upload it to this bug. :3
No.10804 kamilz Tester Jun 19, 2014, 15:33	BTANB proof video uploaded as promised
No.10806 Osso Moderator Jun 20, 2014, 10:47	Thanks!
No.10807 Stiletto Developer Jun 20, 2014, 17:59	Substitution code? Frequency analysis?
No.10809 kamilz Tester Jun 21, 2014, 10:14	I did some attempt as Caesar Cypher with all combinations, no luck so far. I found ending message on game's rom, it's offset 00001F8Eh. Uploaded a text file with these values and it's letter counterparts. There is also some slight error on table above, posted on 2008.
No.10835 kamilz Tester Jul 7, 2014, 20:32	I don't know whats left other then the breaking the message code. This special cheat file intended for easing game testing, added "Finish Current Level Now!" and "Finish Game Now!" and some others too. "Automatic Play" mode is something I never seen before anything like it. "Finish Game Now" is not perfect but does the job. Again the purpose I posted cheat file here is easing/helping game testing. Hope that helps.
No.10836 NekoEd Senior Tester Jul 8, 2014, 23:17	Thank you for the verification video and the extra resources. Perhaps someday someone will solve this (if there is anything to be solved!)