Talk:Evil Otto/@comment-3417255-20130314051551/@comment-3417255-20131105190451

Yes Mr. 99.232, I'm well versed in the Berzerk lore. It's often noted that the game was the downfall of Burkowski, namely due to placing on the top ten twice in 15 minutes. An interesting tidbit about that case, he was able to walk away from the game, though died shortly after when he went to play another game.

As for the game itself, there's actually 2 versions of the game. There's the original "slow bullet" version, which had Evil Otto moving at half the player's speed, then speading up to match pace once the player reached 5000 points. Then there's the "fast bullet" version, which featured a longer chain of enemy robot type (different by color and rate of fire), and a fixed speed for Evil Otto (though it could be set at ether half or full speed in the cabinet's configuration.)

While it's not completely known which versions of the game led to the heart attacks suffered by both players, chances are they were playing the revised "fast bullet" version, due to the larger production run. However, what brought about the revisions... could be hardware, could be something else.