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From: evan@ndcheg.UUCP (Evan Bauman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacLanding mystery....
Message-ID: <348@ndcheg.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jan 88 18:31:30 GMT
References: <870102@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Organization: Univ. of Notre Dame
Lines: 29
Summary: works for me 'cept for the smart bomb

In article <870102@hpcilzb.HP.COM>, tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson) writes:
> 
> 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 mentions in the next article that he is running it on an SE20.

I've used this on the exact same machine with no problems.  Except I can't
get the smart bomb (enter key) to work.  I'm using Apple's new extended
keyboard.  Anybody know a way to get this to work?  The game's almost
impossible without it!

	Evan Bauman
	Univ. of Notre Dame
	..!iuvax!ndcheg!evan