Stiletto |
They're always after me Lucky ROMS!
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"Paging Doctor Hodges, Doctor Hodges, please report to the ER..." *nt*
07/31/12 04:45 AM
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> I posted this first at KLOV. > It is a little known bug in the original code. > Doesn't appear to have ever been talked about here, so let me be the first. > > Back in 1981 I was playing BattleZone at Bagatelle at the Rye Town Hilton, Rye, NY. > > The game started as usual but then I got a blitz with wave after wave of missiles and > saucers, no tanks. > > The game ended after a couple minutes. Definitely longer than normal but not by much. > > I had 2,600,000 points. > > I called over the attendant, got a high score card, got my 10 free game tokens a week > later. > It was ultra cool, but it definitely was a mistake. > > It happened again Saturday night at CAX 2012. > > Right from the beginning I got nailed with Missiles. > I thought maybe I was finishing someone else's games. > > Definitely not the case. > > Fortunately I took a photo, but I was tired and sloppy about putting in my initials. > TAA instead of TEB > > In less than 30 seconds, I scored the 6th highest score of all time. > 8,407,000 > > Has anyone else ever witnessed the BattleZone crazy score bug? > > After finding some information, I think the bug can be recreated by playing a really > BAD game. Like no score. > Then perhaps hitting a tank and being destroyed at the same time. > On your last tank, the score shoots up to many millions, and the game then proceeds > to nail you with appropriate fire power in relation to the score. > > I was spending more time looking around at the scenery then engaging the tanks. > I was also trying to scoot around them, coming up from the rear. > > Also, I discovered my game play is so bad, I've never seen a super tank before. > There is a youtube video that is remarkable. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymrYkbEbnEQ > > Definitely have to put in some more time on Battlezone in Mame. See if I can track > this bug down.
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