TOUCAN'S
TRIVIA: According to early promotional material, the generator
located in the upper left corner of the screen was intended to flood
the sewer and kill all the rats. This would help the player in locating
the bomb since there would be no rats to avoid for a few seconds
(although the alligator would still be lurking around). In the released
version of the game, however, the generator's functionality was removed
making it impossible to flood the sewer. According to programmer Dave
Landon the reason for the removal was because the game was initially
developed for MB's own video game unit before being brought over the
TI-99/4A (read the MBX development history by clicking the link in the
above Trivia section). The TI-99/4A's cartridges were smaller in size
apparently to what Milton Bradley had envisioned for its own system, so
to meet memory constraints the functionality of the generators had to
be removed.
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