In article <MailDrop1.2d7j-PPC.981006133609@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, you wrote:
>Yes! I remember all sorts of TIA kookiness (I didn't KNOW it was TIA kookiness
>when I was a kid mind you!) like that -- I just took it for granted as part of
>the "scenery" really. There were all sorts of "operating anomalies" such as
>when you powered up Space Invaders with the START switch down, you'd get two
>shots instead of one (sorta - it was weird, like you'd get more like "1-1/2"
>shots)... but it was my first "hack by discovery" sorta thing. :)
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I loved the way Atari's "Championship Soccer" turned the HMOVE lines into
referees. That was cute.
CRACKERS
(I can see it from hell!!)
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