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Re: Hidden messages for emulator devs?
02/01/11 02:37 AM
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> For no good reason, I've been wondering over the past few days if anyone has ever run
> across messages from arcade game authors to emulator developers in the games
> themselves.
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> This doesn't really mean hidden game settings or Easter eggs as such, but something
> more along the lines of the one that Peter Adams left in Blue Max for pirates.
> Software checks for things like unfeasibly large amounts of lives or weapons might
> also count, but unless the results of those checks somehow specifically addressed a
> dev or group of devs, they'd probably just be considered anti-piracy measures.
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> Odd question, I know - but in the 15 years or so that arcade emulation has been
> around, it seems not inconceivable that in that time someone at a game company may
> have left a present or two in there for the day when the game is running in
> emulation.
You find a lot of that inside actual component dies and on PCBs, pretty interesting stories on a few...
http://hackaday.com/2009/10/12/easter-egg-challenge/
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