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Re: Might be OT: Game hoaxes

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From: Troy Wickard
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
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> 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
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> "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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