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Re: Green X's - What the hell is this?

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From: ad... Adam Pletcher
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 14:42
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brian jacobosky <brian jaco...@primenet.com> writes:

>   Has anyone else noticed a strange sound accompanied with a green x?

This is the sound & electrical effect that occurs when a powerup "times
out."  Dropped powerups that have been around too long (5 minutes or so)
will remove themselves from the game.  This only happens to energy and
shield powerups (and possibly lasers... not sure).  It's explained
in the README.TXT that came with Descent.

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Adam Pletcher
Parallax Software
ad...@netcom.com
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