If a very skilled player manages to reach 990,000 points in the 1980 video game, Defender, the game begins to award extra ships and smart bombs at an incredible rate. This occurs due to a bug in the algorithm that awards extra lives and smart bombs. Here we will dissect the algorithm to explain why this behavior occurs.
http://donhodges.com/defenders_extra_life_bonanza.htm
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you got it! now you have 2 points total.noiseredux wrote:the game begins to award extra ships and smart bombs at an incredible rate.sevin0seven wrote:Question # 15
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Mega Man X on the SNES, and it means death.
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Very similiar, but nope.jfe2 wrote:Mega Man X on the SNES, and it means death.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) A boss dying
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TMNT2 NES Hitting a bad guy with a jump attack
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I KNOW I've heard that sound a million times.
The only other thing I can think of is death in Metroid on the NES.
The only other thing I can think of is death in Metroid on the NES.
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jfe2 were you just bubble for a sec?
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Mega Man NES Boss Death