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misk@sopuli.xyz to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Can you complete the Oregon Trail if you wait at a river for 14272 years: A study

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Can you complete the Oregon Trail if you wait at a river for 14272 years: A study

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misk@sopuli.xyz to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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If you're into retro computing, you probably know about Oregon Trail; a simulation of the hardships faced by a group of colonists in 1848 as they travel by covered wagon from Independence Missouri to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. The game was wildly successful in the US education market, with the various editions selling 65 million copies. What you probably don't know is the game's great untold secret. Two years ago, Twitch streamer albrot discovered a bug in the code for crossing rivers. One of the options is to
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    Betteridge’s law of headlines applies.

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      Yes.

      As the headline doesn’t end in a ? the answer is not obligatory no. In this case it is yes, but only if you cheat (so why bother…).

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      It’s not a headline. It’s a title of this study. /s

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