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No More Tar Pits

Original game : Shadowrun

Platform : GEN

Author : capitalj3

Release date : 08 February 2015

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : L

Downloads : 1131

ROM Information

md5sum: 53090bcd67a0b6262f71ef7c5838c02b

Hack description

While in the Matrix, activating a Tar Pit IC by failing to run a program results in the failed program being permanently deleted. Naturally, this is the point where players reset (or use silly tactics like buying feeder programs to get past them. Shudder). This patch removes all but one* of the Tar Pits from the game, replacing them with the weaker Tar Paper variants.

* A single Tar Pit remains in the game. It has been placed in the Seattle General Hospital system, in the first accessible IOP node from the SAN (directly below it on the system map). Since the game provides no method of deleting programs from your deck once created, Tar Pits are sometimes used instead. Beware!

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Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
capitalj3Hacking

Reviews

This needed to happen!richternj2015-04-26Version 1.0

This small, clean, hack fixes one of the most obnoxious parts of Shadowrun for the Genesis. Highly Recommended.