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[Zach]

I was playing an ordinary round of Go Fish! when I realized I didn't have to move. The little green fish were coming to me! Several fish later, I decided this was too much fun not to share and rushed to fetch my camera. Couldn't find my tripod in a hurry, so the video quality isn't that good.



There were seven green fish caught on video, and at least 15 in between takes. The fun finally ended when the level changed and an eel got my fish.

Has anyone else had this happen? I haven't been able to repeat it so far. Game was running on a preproduction Harmony Cart and the ROM is the one from the AA database.

Edited by Zach, Sat Jun 4, 2011 10:03 AM.

[StanJr]

That is odd. I've never seen a string of fishes come like that. It almost always seems to change the kind of fish and the direction, but those just keep feeding from the same side. That is odd.

I wonder if the ROM you are using is different from the one on the cart?

[Zach]

Maybe someone with the ability to dump ROMs can answer that. If this had happened while I was playing off my cartridge I would have posted in the main 2600 forum.

[Zach]

No one has yet reported seeing this before. I could go into the assembly to investigate how it happened, but it's not the best use of my time to look into it even though I'm curious about the rare behavior.

Edited by Zach, Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:52 AM.

[batari]

Bob said there was an easter egg that nobody's been able to find, so maybe this is it.

[Zach]

Maybe. I wasn't doing anything obviously unusual though. Have you ever looked for the EE in the code, batari? I've been tempted.

[batari]

Zach, on Mon Jun 6, 2011 11:19 PM, said:

Maybe. I wasn't doing anything obviously unusual though. Have you ever looked for the EE in the code, batari? I've been tempted.

I have, but I couldn't find anything. The egg could be something hard to find and subtle like this.