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- From: barrett@scooby.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Amiga sightings and other things BLAZEMONGER-y
- Date: 11 Nov 92 04:16:06 GMT
-
-
- [Someone whose name has been lost to the mists of time sez...]
- >>>Well, I failed to recognize the hidden talisman on level 56,703 of
- >>>BLAZEMONGER, and now my k,n and q keys are permanently disabled.
-
- Just buy a new computer, and the problem will go away. Simple!
-
- >Quoth gerald@seas.gwu.edu (Gerald G. Washington):
- >> I have yet to try BLAZEMONGER--I don't think my old A500 could take it.
-
- Don't worry about it. The outer casing will heat up a little,
- but as long as you don't touch it, or put it on top of anything (like
- a desk, etc.) there's no problem.
-
- >> (Although I hear that a computer is not actually needed to play...)
-
- In article <1992Nov10.185157.2835@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com> jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999) writes:
- >This is true. Almost any household appliance will work. However, I have
- >found a bug. Be very careful around the kitchen appliances. I tried using
- >it in a toaster and it got confused looking for the "newKikiEffects"
- >hardware register and welll....
- >
- >well, the eyebrows are growing back pretty evenly, so no big deal.
-
- People, people... don't call it a BUG unless (A) you are ABSOLUTELY
- SURE, (B) you can REPRODUCE the problem consistently, and (C) you ENJOY
- being torn apart by the "Customer Service" attack otters.
-
- If you would stop SNIVELING for a minute and turn to page mmxvii of
- the Preface in your BLAZEMONGER Guidebook, you'll see that it states QUITE
- CLEARLY that you should "never, never, NEVER attempt to run BLAZEMONGER on a
- kitchen appliance unless you are prepared to suffer the consequences." Even
- the ULTIMATE PROGRAMMERS at BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED cannot anticipate all
- the bugs and flaws hidden in your toaster, electric cheese de-icer,
- knockwurst inflater, or other forbidden products lurking in your home.
-
- Also, to quote from the warranty, chapter LXI, section 19.2:
-
- "Only BLAZEMONGER-approved appliances should be placed
- within a 20-kilometer radius of the BLAZEMONGER game disk.
- The ONLY approved appliances are: Commodore Amiga computers
- and peripherals, "Model T" automobiles, electric circular
- saw blades of at least twelve thousand meters in diameter,
- and "My Little Pony" dolls with the heads ripped off.
-
- "Placing any non-approved appliances in the vicinity may
- cause unpredictable (well, unpredictable to YOU) game
- behavior, strange weather patterns, nuclear fallout, and/or
- the end of the universe as we know it. And, God forbid, if
- you actually attempt to LOAD the executable image into a
- non-approved appliance, it might do something REALLY nasty."
-
- In other words, be glad it was your EYEBROWS and not your NOOKERS, lad.
-
- I hope this little reminder will help a few other BLAZEMONGER owners
- avoid a terrible mistake. Remember: it is a PRIVILEGE, not a RIGHT, to
- play BLAZEMONGER. (See chapter 912 of the Guidebook for details.) If
- you ABUSE the privilege, BLAZEMONGER might abuse YOU! So just be nice,
- enjoy the game, and don't try any FUNNY STUFF with your executable.
-
- (Um.... Well, there is ONE non-approved appliance that, when
- BLAZEMONGER is loaded into it, begins spewing out solid gold coins. But
- don't try to find out which one. It's too dangerous.)
-
- (Heh heh.)
-
- Dan
-
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- Copyright 1992 by Daniel J. Barrett. All rights reserved.
- This article may be freely distributed as long as it is distributed in its
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- permission of the author. So nyaaah.
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