Subject:      Re: Marathon TYPE IN CHEATS
From:         chanson@shore.net (Chris Hanson)
Date:         1995/04/19
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Has anyone ever searched through the data fork of MArathon 1.1, unlike 1.0, 
but I have not checked 1.2, it says some very nasty words, involving rape type 
things, it is REALLY strange.


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chanson@shore.net





Subject:      Re: Marathon TYPE IN CHEATS
From:         smwood@graylock.ccs.neu.edu (Stephen M Wood)
Date:         1995/04/19
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Yes, there are a bunch of nasty words and phrases in the data fork of
Marathon.

Someone mentioned this on the Bungie eWorld forum, and Bungie responded to
it with the explanation:

The words are used by the Serial Number generator/verifier to make sure
no swears appear in a Serial Number. They got into the data fork by
mistake (they're not in 1.0, but they are in 1.1)

-Steve