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Joey Kay

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Hey gang!

 

It happened to me again tonight - for only the second time since I bought Food Fight back in 1989!

 

The "Instant Replay" feature has a secret bonus that happens only, well, twice in 13 years. And believe me, I've got my $19.95 out of that game zillions of times over since that July day in 1989.

 

Anyhow, if you die on a level, then finish it completely and get an "Instant Replay", VERY RARELY it will replay the level the first time around when you die. Then when the replay gets to your death, the screen flashes "Almost Made It!" and gives you a free life!

 

Has anyone else experienced this?

 

Cheers!

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It did that for me once several years ago. I didn't even notice that it gave me an extra life, because I was still in a state of shock that such a thing had happened in the first place.

 

Interestingly enough, I don't recall ever hearing that anyone else experienced this occurrence in Food Fight, until this very message!

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loooong ago i had the instant replay messup on me and actually do what i didnt do in the first place!! it happened twice , both times very close to each other! it was weird!!!

 

the only other major glicth like that happend to me with punchout!! for nes when it mixed up boxers order and had odd roundtimes that happened because i plugged and unplugged contorllers while it was running, never happened again

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  • 19 years later...
19 hours ago, Joey Kay said:

Now I'm wondering what triggers an "Almost Made It!" Instant Replay. 

 

Anybody looked into this?

 

That's when you get killed in Instant Replay.  I believe the programmer only record input and how long the button been press. So not everything is in-sync perfectly when being played back so it may be off a frame or 2, or food is thrown faster speed, etc.  The arcade also have the DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT! message for that reason too.

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