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echo: bbs_doors
to: Gary Ailes
from: Scott Adams
date: 2004-03-14 00:46:14
subject: Re: 8-way, Mega, Zombie Slots Update

-=> Quoting Gary Ailes to All <=-

 GA> It's not a bug.  I'll quote from the author's reply:

 GA> "It is Not a Bug, it is the maximum value a Long Integer can store, as
 GA> the games were written using Qbasic and
 GA> also aimed at the BBS market, it was never expected that the max value
 GA> of the Long int would ever be reached
 GA> or exceeded..."

 GA> I must be one heckaofa player bucause I've busted mega slots usually
 GA> in 2 days and zombie in about 5.  Looks like 8 way is the hardest game
 GA> to beat. 

        He could fix that by going to a Real value and go over
        the 2.14 billion limit.  

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