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Typing “ILOVESCOTLAND” would make it rain, for example.
“This is why I used ‘hash codes’ to store the cheats,” hetweetedrecently.
“A hash code is a single number that is calculated from a string [of numbers].”
“The hash code for ILOVESCOTLAND would be 983,” he continued.
“For GUNSGUNSGUNS it would be 951.
The game would compare these hash codes with the hash code for the recent keyboard input.
The cheats were not hacked.
(They were eventually discovered by gamers trying random input).”
Using that clever trick also unintentionally led some people to discover cheats using different phrases.
“These speed runs had to be aborted as the rules are clear.
