Editing a game file in Notepad unlocked the full version of Balatro, causing panic at the publisher - which responded quickly to the unfolding disaster.

Balatro's first demo could be edited with Notepad to unlock the whole game—the solution? 'Bury it as soon as possible' with a 'newer, shinier version' advertisement ...

To see inside, open 'BCW.ASM' with a text editor such as Notepad. This looks like opening BCW.ASM in Notepad. Game Source Code Collection has a total of 241 titles registered.

And people would use all those 50 rounds, they played five to six hours … You could use Notepad to [adjust some code and unlock] the entire game." ...