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Re: Reptile ][?

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From: jsko... John G. Skosnik
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1993 22:25
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bc...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Marc R. Klenotic) writes:


>Well, while looking through EGM, I noticed an article about
>a second hidden Ninja named Ermac.  It was in a reptile fashion that
>he apeared.  The person who sent in the article said he had beaten
>a human player double flawless using only punch (forget which round).
>They also showed a photot (which was clearly of an actual screen)
>with "Ermac Wins" written on it but the picture was too dark too make
>out many details.  So what do you guys think?  Is this BS?

Most likely. Ermac isn't a character but a tally of how many bugs the
computer encountered: ERorr Memory Count. Somehow you can get a MK game to
list the number of times a character was used (including Reptile) and the
Ermac count.

Besides, "Ermac" is too stupid of a name for a ninja ;)
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{ John G. Skosnik -- jsko...@nyx.cs.du.edu }
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