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First post, by rfnagel

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Has anyone ever stumbled across this before? I've yet to read a single thing on the Internet (or Newsgroups) refering to these pics contained in the Mac binary.

I went as far as to extract everything from the DOS/W31/W95 versions of the game, and apparently they're not in those versions... only the Macintosh version.

"Zarggg" and I have been discussing this via email, and have come to the conclusion that they are unused graphics in the game... prolly that would/could have been used for when you click on the helicopter in the game, and the 'copter crashes (you know, with the vocal sound effect "I'm going down!"). But, I find it strange that after all of these years I've never read anything about those graphics before (?).

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Reply 1 of 9, by eL_PuSHeR

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I have updated the attachment to PNG (54% smaller than gif).

And no. I do not remember seeing that bitmap in SC2000 (at least for PC).

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Reply 2 of 9, by Qbix

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I have the feeling that the images displayed in SC2000 (in the dos version) were smaller than the art you posted.

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Reply 4 of 9, by keropi

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leileilol wrote:

Considering the parachute's colors, do you reckon it's hidden by the same gay programmer who did that egg in SimCopter? 😀

priceless! 😁 😁 😁

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Reply 5 of 9, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

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leileilol wrote:

Considering the parachute's colors, do you reckon it's hidden by the same gay programmer who did that egg in SimCopter? 😀

I've never seen SimCopter's egg myself; I only read about it in an issue of PCGamer. There goes another gaming historical moment that I missed...

Never thought this thread would be that long, but now, for something different.....
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Reply 6 of 9, by rfnagel

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eL_PuSHeR wrote:

I have updated the attachment to PNG (54% smaller than gif).

A-OK 😀

Qbix wrote:

I have the feeling that the images displayed in SC2000 (in the dos version) were smaller than the art you posted.

Like I posted before, they weren't in the DOS (or Windows) versions. But, those graphics in the Mac version are the largest sprites contained in the Mac binary... all of the other graphics/sprites look to me to be scaled correctly.

leileilol wrote:

Considering the parachute's colors, do you reckon it's hidden by the same gay programmer who did that egg in SimCopter? 😀

keropi wrote:

priceless! 😁 😁 😁

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

I've never seen SimCopter's egg myself; I only read about it in an issue of PCGamer. There goes another gaming historical moment that I missed...

ROTFL!! Hehe, I remember reading about that one 🤣! I bought the SimCopter CD after that "feature" was removed, and had been on a quest for years to find an executable for the older non-patched version <grin>. No luck with that one though.

Anyhow, that's another of my favs... SimCopter! BTW, for anyone interested, my ancient review at Amazon (which I originally wrote for Compuserve's "Game Channel Features" way back when) -> http://www.amazon.com/review/R3KV2UL3C9Z4OW/r … cm_cr_rdp_perm/ . Man, I sure miss Sharpie's long-since gone SimCopter web site and forums 🙁 -> http://www.sharpie.net/simcop

Also (for SC2K/SC3K) http://jasonwilliams400com.startlogic.com/sno … 00/sc2stuff.htm and http://jasonwilliams400com.startlogic.com/sno … s/simcity_3000/ 😀

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Reply 7 of 9, by pseudo3d

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Sorry to bump an old thread but I had come across the same thing--it looks like the parachute is only in the Mac 1.2 version because it's the same sprite found in SimTown (an Easter Egg by typing "uspa87419"). So, just for fun, I typed that in as a cheat, and HOLY SMOKES it actually works. It may be a bit fast on emulators, though.

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Reply 8 of 9, by cdoublejj

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pseudo3d wrote:

Sorry to bump an old thread but I had come across the same thing--it looks like the parachute is only in the Mac 1.2 version because it's the same sprite found in SimTown (an Easter Egg by typing "uspa87419"). So, just for fun, I typed that in as a cheat, and HOLY SMOKES it actually works. It may be a bit fast on emulators, though.

Nice find! 😎