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Article #506612Re: Might be OT: Game hoaxes
From: Troy Wickard
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:53
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:53
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There was the Tomb Raider nude cheat I remember. You had to turn Lara round 3 time counter clock wise, go to inventory, select shotgun,. turn counter clockwise 8 time etc . etc. etc... I must have spent 20 hours trying to get that to work . oops I mean a friend of mine spent 20 hours ... ummm Troy Alexx S Kay <al...@world.std.com> wrote in message news:G7DJ7y.Ap8@world.std.com... > htn...@cs.com (Htn963) writes: > > > For some reason, while washing the dishes, I thought of the undead settler > >hoax in Master of Magic and was chuckling. (The hoax claimed that if you turn > >a settler unit into undead, it can then build an undead city from which you can > >churn out all other undead units.) The only other notable hoax I can recall > >from my gaming experience is the claim that one can resurrect Aeris from Final > >Fantasy 7 by going through extremely detailed set of fool steps. Can anyone > >name any other, just for my own curiosity? Thanks. > > Thief fans often referred to a (mythical) "bow upgrade". > > Alexx Kay > Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employers > al...@world.std.com > http://world.std.com/~alexx > "Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your > double, and after that, your friend or your foe, depending on his > bringing up." -- Hasdai Ibn Shaprut >
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