RE: Zektor for the masses

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>From: Zonn[SMTP:zonn@concentric.net]
>Sent: Thursday, May 22, 1997 1:34 PM
>To: vectorlist@goonsquad.spies.com
>Subject: RE: Zektor for the masses
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>At 01:22 PM 5/22/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>Steve O. wrote:
>>>>>Someday, it would be nice to have a description of the process used to
>>>>>crack
>>>>>these chips (could be high level...I'm just curious about the magic)
>>>
>>>>I'm curious, too. Assuming any discussion about the sec chip doesn't
>>>>take David away from the important task of finishing up those check sum
>>>>changes.
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>>A document is in the works which will describe the four SC's.
>>I'm not going to release it until I've released the five games
>>that I'm working on. The releases will go in this order:
>>#1 Zektor, #2 Space Fury, #3 Eliminator, #4 TAC/SCAN,
>>and finally, Star Trek. I haven't made up my mind if I'll do
>>the 4-player version of Eliminator. I suppose if there's enough
>>demand I can tack it on the end.
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>Are you kidding? 4-player Eliminator was the most fun game Sega every made!
>There's nothing like blasting away at three of your friends!

I agree whole heartedly! Rick S, Mark J and I (and a friend Mark would
draft) had some fantastic times around Mark's 4 player Eliminator just
before I left for CA! (I never did get to play with Alan S....) Rick
had sooooo much fun being trashed, that he installed a "wide" control
panel on his upright Tac Scan just so he could play 4 player Eliminator
in his basement!!

For those of you who are in CA, I'll be putting together a 4-player
eliminator tournment at Gaymond/Bill/Zonn's upcoming video game party in
San Diego on June 15th. Come down from the Bay Area and learn in person
just how fun it is to "blast away at three of your friends!"

So that this posting does have some tech discussion in it, can the folks
who are more technically adept tell the rest of us if an 8 player
Eliminator would ever be possible? The code is probably set up for
"n-players", and we could probably remove the scoring routine code to
get more space....who looks at score when playing 4 player eliminator?!
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>The strategy is different than the two player version. You can have two
>players dueling it out, and in the meantime you can kick back, unnoticed,
>and really rack up the points.
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>Or three of you can just waste that obnoxious friend who's been drinking way
>too much! (Who invited him anyways?)
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>Too fun!
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>So tick up one for me on the "demand" counter! (Of course if you're burnt
>out at that point you could just release the Security Chip info and let
>someone else do the grunt work.)
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>-Zonn
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Received on Thu May 22 12:03:18 1997