RE: Circuit Cellar article on Galaga no-shots bug

> From: Christopher X. Candreva [mailto:chris@westnet.com]
>
> [...] When you leave that last bee, it circles off
> and on the screen. If it shoots while off the screen,
> the shot is made active, but -- X= 0 ! It never
> moves. When this happens 8 times, no more shots, ever.

   Well, that just about kills off the rumor that this was actually a
"feature" implemented by the original programmer(s) so that he/they
could "get the high score on any Galaga machine".

   Peace!

> -Chris

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