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Berzerk appreciation post. I remember encountering this game at University of Hartford's student center in 1981. This Stern Electronics 1980 maze arcade game stood out with its (crude but virtually unprecedented) voice synthesis, taunting players to "fight like a robot" and occasionally saying "coin detected in pocket" on the attract screen as you watched it.

One quirk of this game that always initially confuses me to this day when I play it is how you cannot shoot unless the joystick is out of the neutral position (moving), and how once you start shooting (fire button down) you stop moving.

Thus you cannot move and shoot, and the mechanic takes some getting used to. I have often wondered if this was less of a design choice and more of a limitation of game design experience by Stern Designer Alan McNeil, who left his previous company to work at Stern because he was turned down as a video game design lead due to lack of experience.

Whatever the case, it's very distinct and turned out to have an interesting exploit. If you keep holding the fire button down and move the joystick, you can stay in one spot, but fire in all directions at will.

Azura = beautiful maiden

Boethiah = dark warrior

Clavicus Vile = terrible child

Hircine = horned man

Hermaeus Mora = clawed monstrosity

Malacath = green humanoid

Mehrunes Dagon = four-armed giant

Mephala = dark woman

Meridia = blonde woman

Molag Bal = cloven-footed man

Namira = dark woman

Nocturnal = dark-clad woman

Peryite = green serpent

Sanguine = crimson giant

Sheogorath = elegant gentlman

Vaernima = wizened crone

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"Before the ancient flame... We grieve. At this loss... We weep. For the fallen... We shout. And for ourselves... We take our leave."