cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu) ((Werjun), Norfolk State University) (02/24/91)
I got Lemmings three days ago, and yes, it is a very good game. (I say that in spite of the fact that I HATED the demo.) My husband and I have both been playing it, each on our own Amigas, and writing down the codes for each new level. Now here's my question: The codes he gets on his machine are different from the ones I get on my machine. Sound weird? I thought he had just miscopied the letters...until it happened on more than one level, on more than one occasion. The codes might be real similar, but they ARE different. Has anyone else noticed this? BTW, when I go back and enter a code I got on MY machine previously, it works perfectly. This may be another form of copy protection; I dunno. I do know that although the game takes over my OS, it does not gronk and grind as bad as some other programs do. I think it is well worth the money. As an aside, I think this game may have uses on an educational level. Yeah, yeah, I know, you're saying, "It's just an arcade game." But think: every time you get to a new screen, you have to do some creative thinking and some problem solving. If one strategy won't work, another might.....there's not just ONE way to skin a cat, you know. I teach school; one of my biggest complaints is that kids usually *don't* think. They want to learn one correct way of doing a task, and they want that way to work in all situations. Lemmings is one way of getting them to work around a tricky situation.
glee@tigris.uucp (Godfrey Lee) (03/01/91)
In article <682.27c6896d@vger.nsu.edu> cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu) ((Werjun), Norfolk State University) writes: >The codes he gets on his machine are different from the ones I get on my >machine. Sound weird? I thought he had just miscopied the letters...until >it happened on more than one level, on more than one occasion. The codes >might be real similar, but they ARE different. Has anyone else noticed >this? The codes are not unique. Even if you play a level twice on the same machine you get slightly different codes. All of them are still valid codes though. -- Godfrey Lee cunews!tigris!glee or glee@tigris.ocunix.on.ca
ben@abekrd.co.uk (Ben Freeman) (03/02/91)
In <682.27c6896d@vger.nsu.edu> cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu) ((Werjun), Norfolk State University) writes: > >The codes he gets on his machine are different from the ones I get on my >machine. Sound weird? I thought he had just miscopied the letters...until >it happened on more than one level, on more than one occasion. The codes >might be real similar, but they ARE different. Has anyone else noticed >this? > >BTW, when I go back and enter a code I got on MY machine previously, it >works perfectly. > I found playing a level twice will give two different codes for the next level, when played on the same machine. I guess the level and rating are used to generate the code for the screen, with some random factor thrown in. Ben Freeman, Net: ben@abekrd.co.uk Abekas Video Systems Ltd. UUCP: ...!mcsun.EU.net!ukc!pyrltd!abekrd!ben 12, Portman Road, Tel: 0734 585421 Reading, Telex: 847579 Berks RG3 1EA Fax: 0734 597267
cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu (03/05/91)
In article <1991Mar1.053001.26473@tigris.uucp>, glee@tigris.uucp (Godfrey Lee) writes: > In article <682.27c6896d@vger.nsu.edu> cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu) ((Werjun), Norfolk State University) writes: >>The codes he gets on his machine are different from the ones I get on my >>machine. Sound weird? I thought he had just miscopied the letters...until > > The codes are not unique. Even if you play a level twice on the same machine > you get slightly different codes. All of them are still valid codes though. > I beg to differ with this last. The game would NOT let us enter either of the recorded codes for levels played by both of us on different machines. I always end up going back to a level that I personally finished, entering the code for that one, and then working my way back up. It gets to be real frustrating. The only way I can think of around this is for each of us to have our OWN Lemmings game, for use on our OWN machines and no other. Any other ideas out there? Jean
d0nostro@dtek.chalmers.se (Henrik Alteborn) (03/06/91)
In article <699.27d29fe9@vger.nsu.edu>, cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu writes: |> In article <1991Mar1.053001.26473@tigris.uucp>, glee@tigris.uucp (Godfrey Lee) writes: |> > In article <682.27c6896d@vger.nsu.edu> cs170703644@vger.nsu.edu) ((Werjun), Norfolk State University) writes: |> >>The codes he gets on his machine are different from the ones I get on my |> >>machine. Sound weird? I thought he had just miscopied the letters...until |> > |> > The codes are not unique. Even if you play a level twice on the same machine |> > you get slightly different codes. All of them are still valid codes though. |> > |> I beg to differ with this last. The game would NOT let us enter either of |> the recorded codes for levels played by both of us on different machines. I |> always end up going back to a level that I personally finished, entering the |> code for that one, and then working my way back up. It gets to be real |> frustrating. |> |> The only way I can think of around this is for each of us to have our OWN |> Lemmings game, for use on our OWN machines and no other. |> |> Any other ideas out there? |> |> Jean First thing I did when my Lemming disks showed up was to write unable them, because I don't want to cold start my machine every time just to get rid of eventual virus or likewise nasty progs. Besides, the game doesn't need to be write enabled. I have no troubble with my disks, I think that you shouldn't either if you write unable your disks. About the code, one thing one can see after some comparision is that characters 8 and 9 tells which level it is. In hexadecimal code from B(=0) to Q(=15). The rest of the code alters with the time and Lemmings saved on the previous level, I beleive. Henrik