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		noufalibrahim 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Generate impressive-looking terminal output, look ... Ah yes.. The good old "boss key". I first discovered this in a sierra quest game and as a kid didn't know what it meant. I found out only years later.

vunderba 10 months ago [–]

I think I first encountered the boss key concept in Spectrum Holobyte's Tetris where hitting the ESC key would bring up an officious looking spreadsheet.

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