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From: ben@abekrd.co.uk (Ben Freeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Lemmings: variable codes for different machines?
Message-ID: <1991Mar1.161753.2679@abekrd.co.uk>
Date: 1 Mar 91 16:17:53 GMT
References: <682.27c6896d@vger.nsu.edu>
Organization: Abekas Video Systems, Reading, UK.
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In <682.27c6896d@vger.nsu.edu> cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu) ((Werjun), Norfolk State University) writes:

> 
>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.
> 

I found playing a level twice will give two different codes for the next
level, when played on the same machine. I guess the level and rating are
used to generate the code for the screen, with some random factor thrown
in. 

Ben Freeman,                    Net: ben@abekrd.co.uk
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