Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!metaphor!neuromancer!djh From: djh@neuromancer.metaphor.com (Dallas J. Hodgson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: F/A-18 Interceptor; How do I recover stolen F-16's? Message-ID: <1491@metaphor.Metaphor.COM> Date: 3 Oct 90 18:54:02 GMT References: Sender: news@metaphor.Metaphor.COM Reply-To: djh@neuromancer.metaphor.com (Dallas J. Hodgson) Organization: Metaphor Computer Systems, Mountain View, CA Lines: 23 In article jkh@meepmeep.pcs.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: >Also, what's that nifty little code wheel for? I've wanted to use it >but the game always prompts me for "Any countercode" and hasn't given >a hoot for what number I type in to it. Bear in mind that my docs are >in german, so if somebody knows of a special use for this little wheel, >I'd be glad to hear it. ... You wouldn't perhaps be playing a PIRATED version, now would you? The U.S. version asks you for the @#$! "countercode" before EVERY mission. And you have to get it right or it won't work! Really overzealous CP'ing on EA's part... +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dallas J. Hodgson | "This here's the wattle, | | Metaphor Computer Systems | It's the emblem of our land. | | Mountain View, Ca. | You can put it in a bottle, | | USENET : djh@metaphor.com | You can hold it in your hand." | +============================================================================+ | "The views I express are my own, and not necessarily those of my employer" | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+