Re: Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves

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From: mikk... snopes
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1992 11:20

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In article <1992Jun08.18081...@wupost.wustl.edu>, 
  mike%j...@wupost.wustl.edu (Mike Suter) writes...

>A big part of it was the fact that up to 4 players could play
>simultaneously, helping (or fighting!) each other.

 Not quite.  You could only use four joysticks, but you could have up to 17
 (or however many characters there were) different players per game.  You
 just passed the joystick around to whoever's turn it was.

 - snopes

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