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From: dvk@mi-cec.UUCP (Dan Klein)
Newsgroups: net.games.video
Subject: StarWars (arcade version) question
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Date: Mon, 26-Sep-83 23:41:38 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 26 23:41:38 1983
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At the greasy "O" (Oakland Original's) is a version of StarWars that has
a bit of a problem with the intensity.  However, I have discovered something
about the game because of it.  When you approach or recede from the death-star,
the yellow "windows" on the death-star spell words!  There are two sets, of
which I have been able to discern one.  Naturally, sometines the windows spell
out "MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU" (one word per line).  I am very interested to
discover the other set of words.  This other set appears about 1/4 as frequently
as "MAY THE..." does, and I think it might be the game developers names, but
I am not sure at all.  (I guess the best way to find out is to bring a camera
and catch it on the screen, but has anyone else noticed the letters?)

Also, I learned something else about the game.  The positioning of the laser
bases and towers is deterministic, no matter how you fly.  I was clued on to
this by the fact that when you blast a laser base, the pixels are still drawn,
but the intensity is turned off (on the bunged up version, of course, the
ghosts can still be seen).  Anyone with access to the game so they can play
with the intensity controls?

	-Dan Klein, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh