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From: tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: MacLanding mystery....
Message-ID: <870102@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: 10 Jan 88 02:55:42 GMT
Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA
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I just got the Mac version of the Defender arcade game (called MacLanding),
and it is acting VERY BIZARRE!  First it didn't have any sound, but it played
okay.  The next day, it played one game WITH SOUND.  When I next played it,
the background changed to black (it was white before).  Now IT REFUSES TO
PLAY!!!  It starts up okay, but whenever I attempt to shoot anything it
returns to the Finder!!!!  :-(  

Is this some sort of wierd protection scheme?  This is a Shareware program...,
I wonder if it keeps track of how many times it has been used, and quits after
it has been used N times?  I tried running it with an older System/Finder (I
was using 4.1/5.5), but it still wouldn't play.  I also tried setting my 
clock back by a year, but that didn't help either.

ANY clues/suggestion are sincerely appreciated!  This looked like a pretty
neat game, and I was going to pay the shareware fee, but it crapped out on me
before I could really evaluate it.

	-Ted

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Ted Johnson
Hewlett-Packard, Design Technology Center
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408)553-3555
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