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From: cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu) ((Werjun), Norfolk State University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Lemmings: variable codes for different machines?
Message-ID: <682.27c6896d@vger.nsu.edu>
Date: 23 Feb 91 19:25:33 GMT
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I got Lemmings three days ago, and yes, it is a very good game. (I say that in
spite of the fact that I HATED the demo.) My husband and I have both been 
playing it, each on our own Amigas, and writing down the codes for each
new level.  Now here's my question:
 
The codes he gets on his machine are different from the ones I get on my
machine.  Sound weird? I thought he had just miscopied the letters...until
it happened on more than one level, on more than one occasion.  The codes 
might be real similar, but they ARE different. Has anyone else noticed
this?
 
BTW, when I go back and enter a code I got on MY machine previously, it
works perfectly.
 
This may be another form of copy protection; I dunno.  I do know that although
the game takes over my OS, it does not gronk and grind as bad as some other
programs do.  
 
I think it is well worth the money.
 
As an aside, I think this game may have uses on an educational level.  Yeah,
yeah,
I know, you're saying, "It's just an arcade game."  But think: every time you
get to a new screen, you have to do some creative thinking and some 
problem solving.  If one strategy won't work, another might.....there's not 
just ONE way to skin a cat, you know.

I teach school; one of my biggest complaints is that kids usually *don't* 
think.  They want to learn one correct way of doing a task, and they want that
way to work in all situations.  Lemmings is one way of getting them to
work around a tricky situation.