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Hidden in the startup sequence is this absolute mammoth of a message.
A time capsule of the programming scene of 1990-91, this beautifully monstrous message by Richard Aplin, intended as a sort of followup to a similar message present in the Amiga version of Line of Fire, goes into detail about the conversion process from arcade to Amiga - but not before tearing hackers a new one.
; -===========-
; © 1991 U.S. Gold
;
; Written for Creative Materials by Richard Aplin
; (Started 10th January 1991)
;
;Ok. Remember Line Of Fire? Here we go again, crackers! Fill in the blanks:
;
type (Loads of pointless ANSI codes and whizzy animated bits)
echo "_____ of _____ presents the latest in Hot Warez.."
echo ""
echo "Final Fight ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 14925%!"
echo
echo "Cracked, Trained, Nobbed-Up and ½-parted by the amazing _______!!!"
echo ""
echo "Call our UK HQ on ____-______ for 1.4Tetrabytes of"
echo "warez stored on Sinclair Microdrive, on-line 25hrs a minute,
75-19.2Gigabaud."
echo ""
echo "Hot Greets to Taz,Faz,Gaz,Baz,Haz,Kaz,Waz and Saz!!"
echo "Limp Armwavings to HumungousBigPenisSubstitute of The
UtterlyInanelyNamedCrew!!"
echo ""
echo "Look mum! I can use SEKA, TETRAPACK and DMS! (Next week I'm learning bowel
control)"
echo ""
echo "(I've got a mate who can do fantastically dull psuedo house music on
NoiseTracker,"
echo " and another mate is really amazing at doing uninteresting bas-relief
metallic logos on Dpaint"
echo " - We're going to call ourselves WetDream Design, and do a game for
Psygnosis"
echo " and they'll pay us £7500000 and we'll get our photos ridiculed in Zero
and then"
echo " we're going to do Soopa Fannycon games and charge more than the national
debt of Brazil"
echo " and after that it's virtual reality and I actually SAW Andrew Braybrook
at the PC Show"
echo " and he actually SPOKE to me and we had this really good conversation and
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![An email from Nintendo of America.
Hello,
Thank you for purchasing Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil for Nintendo Switch/Nintendo Switch 2.
Below is a download code that can be redeemed on the Nintendo Switch eShop for:
Touhou Koumakyou: Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
[16-DIGIT CODE]
To redeem your code:
1. Select Nintendo eShop on the HOME Menu.
2. Select the account you want to use.
3. Select Enter Code on the left side of the screen.
4. Enter the 16-character download code.
5. Select OK to confirm.
The content will begin downloading and should appear the next time the game is launched from the HOME Menu.
Sincerely,
Nintendo of America Inc.
You cannot reply to this e-mail address. For additional support, visit: https://support.nintendo.com](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24ugcnjputwpqyjwrekv5jnd/bafkreid7r3fjdo2vrnxquqz7vcqip46qhk7sebmrmcwas5s3faodhj2yhi)
