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- From: fox@metronet.com (Fuzzy Fox)
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- Subject: Re: Qestion about the game "Space Taxi"
- Date: 2 Apr 96 08:04:45 GMT
- Organization: Bushy-tailed Critters of America
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- robert_eichler@fmso.navy.mil (FirstFOOLToFinish) writes:
-
- > Thanks to this, I've gotten to the 25th and final screen, the
- >"Mystery Screen" for the first time in many years. On this screen
- >is written the following:
-
- > Eat the PIE until a "FIRE" glows, then
- > go UP until it stops, touch a STAR and
- > you'll see the hidden SECRET MENU!!!
-
- > I remember seeing this years ago, but never figuring out what
- >it means.
-
- The "FIRE" text shows up on the screen when you're looking at the
- Instructions page (joystick down, from the opening screen, I believe).
- If you play with the "PI" key and the up-arrow keys (not cursor-up) in
- the combinations shown in the phrase, you'll get to the secret menu. :)
-
- > Also, if anyone knows why the loss of sound would affect game
- >play the way it does, I'm curious about that too. I seem to remember
- >once reading something about how the randomizer gets its "seed" value
- >from noise generated by the sound chip?
-
- The SID's third waveform generator can be sampled by the computer. This
- means that an effective random number generator can be created by
- setting voice 3 to a random waveform, with a high frequency value. But
- if your SID is dead, it won't be generating any waveforms, so no random
- numbers will be forthcoming.
-
- --
- David DeSimone == Fuzzy Fox == fox@metronet.com == http://www.metronet.com/~fox
- "She said she needed some space, and I said 'Hey, that's me! I'm Space!'"
- (PGP: 5B47349F3B9AB00D ABA615F1BBBE8C44) -- Space Ghost, Coast to Coast
-