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  Re: On a retro trip  
From: Invisible
Date: 17 Nov 2011 11:44:07
Message: <4ec539d7@news.povray.org>
On 05/11/2011 02:28 PM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DInBUpFCHY4
>
> Disposible Hero
>
> I still have the poster for this game on my bedroom wall. All these
> years later. This was one hell of a great game. It was STUPIDLY HARD,
> however. Even on lowest difficulty, it was insane. Even the game critics
> noted how epically hard it was.
>
> This video is a complete play-through of the entire game, from beginning
> to end. It shows you the whole game intro, lets the title music play
> through to the end, and then plays the entire game. (There seems to be a
> slight lag between video and audio tho.)
>
> Without dying once. Um... I'm not sure how that's possible. Guy playing
> this must be INSANELY GOOD!

...or perhaps not...

> Turns out there's a cheat that turns on a special menu where you can
> skip levels, be invincible, and so forth.

I can't help noticing how they have 100% health through the entire game, 
despite /clearly/ being hit several times. They also clipped a few bits 
of scenery which I'm pretty sure results in instant death - yet they do 
not die.

In short, I think somebody is fibbing. :-P


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