Technical Details
The files running the simulation were named after a few things in real life, for example the file than runs the Mantis in-game was called "NASA.DAT", the file that ran the menus was called "SOLBASE.DAT". There were also 3 files in the root directory called:
- Penguins.Go
- For.The
- Stanley.Cup
Hidden references to the 1991-1992 NHL Season. It also referred to Paragon Software, who were based in Greensburg, PA. "Viper", the main character also came from Pittsburgh, PA.
Copy Protection was the Manual, which was required to play the game. Typing in the wrong thing ment being ejected from the game back into DOS.
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