I find the claim of accidental discovery entirely credible, given a machine experience I encountered several years ago ....
While cleaning the display of a machine at Trump Plaza in AC, the machine abruptly jumped into setup mode. Stunned, I panicked and quickly hit the Exit button. However, curiosity got the better of me and on a later visit I set about seeing if I could recreate the glitch.
It turned out that if you rubbed the machine rapidly in one particular corner, setup mode was activated. I found I had access to the various speed and sound settings. Unfortunately, (or should I write "fortunately") it was necessary to key the machine to access the game set ups (seems my guardian angel didn't see fit to give me access to my personal $1 FPDW machine)
So, yes, I find it entirely credible someone might inadvertently skip out of play by hitting the game menu button, and subsequently, through application of a little healthy curiosity, stumble upon the balance of the applicable play sequence.
---In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, <quickquads@...> wrote:
I still don't believe it was "a fluke" that he discovered "Just playing" (quotes are from the article you linked). These kinds of "back doors" have to be programed in by the software programmer or team. Someone had to have told him how and what to exploit. I still think that the person who wrote the code should be thoroughly investigated.
---In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, <dds2124@...> wrote:Here is a link (originally posted on the LVA message boards) to an article dated May 1, 2013:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/game-king/all/
Don the Dentist
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, <quickquads@...> wrote:
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> My theory is that these guys didn't figure out the combination of keystrokes necessary to trigger this "error" by themselves, they just don't look that bright. I believe that someone that worked on the software team planted that "back door" and gave it to a few people with the expectation of being given a percentage of the profit. They should be looking at the bank accounts of the entire software team to see who had a significant amount of extra income. That person or persons is guilty of a crime.
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> ---In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, <bob.berger1@> wrote:
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> I wonder how they discovered the software bug in the first place. As I remember it, the denomination had to be changed during the double-up feature. Any theories?
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> Bob B.
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