the cutting room mirror

War Room

Defend the United States from incoming missile attacks from the safety of the war room, a place where no fighting should occur.

RōSHa Mode#

A hidden message and mode from the developer, Robert "RōSHa" Harris, can be accessed by visiting any combination of cities that spell out his nickname with their first letters. (So Reno for R, Omaha for O, and so on.)

The message will replace the A city's statistics and pause gameplay. (Killer Bees is another game created by Bob Harris.)

Pressing a button will return the game to normal, albeit with a couple of extras enabled.

An additional city, RōSHa Isle, appears at the bottom-right corner of the map. It provides unlimited laser fuel. In addition, all of the city names are replaced with joke names:

Original

Alternate

Albuquerque

Bob Buquerque

Atlanta

Plains

Augusta

Bar Harbor

Birmingham

Tuscaloosa

Bismarck

Sink It

Boise

Spudland

Boston

Springfield

Brownsville

Gulf Of Mexico

Chicago

O'Leary Ville

Cincinnati

Sin Sin City

Dallas

Cow Town

Denver

Mile High

Detroit

Motor City

El Paso

West Texas

Eugene

Me Gene

Fresno

Gold In Hills

Great Falls

Good Stunts

Houston

Harris County

Jacksonville

Sun Tan

Kansas City

Missouri City

Knoxville

Worlds Fair

Las Vegas

Gamble Town

Los Angeles

Smogland

Memphis

Mimphis

Miami

Your Ami

Minneapolis

Maxiapolis

New Orleans

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New York City

Bigappolis

Omaha

Gee Whiz Maha

Phoenix

Grand Canyon

Pittsburg

Boalsburg

Rapid City

Rabid City

Reno

'No

Salt Lake City

Tabernacle

San Diego

Ship Yard

San Francisco

Golden Gate

Savannah

Athens

Seattle

Great NW

St. Louis

Sudsbury

Tampa

NOP Hospital

Tulsa

Joplin

Washington

Manassas

(Source: Digital Press (Bob Harris))

References#


  1. AVAILABILITY UPDATE - The Video Game Update, Volume 2, Number 8, November 1983↩︎