🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, dondunn wrote:
> Hey, Garth, you seem like a helpful person.  I'm very new to Duke3D,
> and am still utterly amazed at the graphics, sounds, etc.  After about
> three weeks, I am still at level three -- Death Row -- of L.A. Meltdown
> and may never get any further.  Have discovered the "cheat" posts, but
> find it ain't fun when I use them.  But for the life of me, can't
> figure out how anybody would ever find some of the secrets without 'em.

  *shrug*  That's why the more cunningly hidden secrets contain things
that're nice to have, but not really essential...

> Am now in the chapel of Death Row and don't know how the heck I would
> know to stand in the back and shoot out the symbol over the altar, etc.

  What?  You don't normally test switches to see what they do? [of course,
that's assuming that you notice the switch, of course]

> Anyway, when I go in the secret cubbyhole at the left of the altar,

  *That* is the chapel secret that is difficult to figure out without help
since the switch for it is *NOT* in the least bit obvious. :)

> the system crashes -- screen goes black covered with white text
> CRASH/857307, etc.  Same thing happened in level two when I tried to
> pick up the Atomic Health in the secret sewer place.  Is this common?
> Do I need a "patch" or upgrade, or is it part of the game?  If you read
> this, reply to d...@abmac.com by email 'cause I rarely get to the
> discussion group.  Thanks much.

  Sorry, can't help you there... [especially without your current system
configuration]

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