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Space Quest 4 was one of the only times in my childhood that I found a legit error in a game. There is one part in the space mall with the ice rink where you c

Space Quest 4 was one of the only times in my childhood that I found a legit error in a game. There is one part in the space mall with the ice rink where you can go into an arcade. You get a quest to do something, but if you then try to click on one of the arcade cabinets it will cause the game to throw an error. I remember it because I actually called Sierra to tell them about it. The person on the other end even fired up the game and verified it, then told me vaguely that the solution to the puzzle was something else. I'm guessing the tech support weren't allowed to give hints because they had a paid tip line.

the_af 2y ago
> You get a quest to do something, but if you then try to click on one of the arcade cabinets it will cause the game to throw an error. Wait, I'm pretty sure that's the crash to desktop I'm remembering! It was definitely in the arcade. I tried randomly clicking to avoid the Time Police (or whatever those androids were called) and the game would error out. I was never sure if it was an error or copy-protection. I remember winning the game, but don't remember what I did to bypass this (remember: no access to any hint line). So it was an actual bug, and not copy-protection after all? Wow.