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Old 15th September 2009   #390
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Originally Posted by dale116dot7 View Post
I've seen bugs in disassembled code that was produced in fairly large quantities. The 1994 GM 6.5L turbo diesel pickup truck had a diagnostic trouble code that would not set reliably. The orignal source code must have been missing a # mark because the code did not make sense, but made perfect sense if you added it in.
And, boy do those diesels sound terrible...

There was a major error in a very popular arcade game and later continued into the home video game market: "Donkey Kong" sold millions of copies in it's various forms and was licenced by over 50 different companies. The game involves navigating an Ape arround a lattice structured resembling monkey bars..

The error?

The game was supposed to be titled "Monkey Kong" but a programmer got *one letter* wrong and it became "Donkey Kong"
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