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For those curious, I've taken notice of the spellings of some of the words and such in Contra and Contra Remix. For the record, it isn't 'Thermobarical' or 'Themobaic' it is T-H-E-R-M-O-B-A-R-I-C. Thermobarics are exceptionally powerful explosive systems, not because of size, but because of properties. These explosives, unlike other such compounds, do not generate any form of oxygen during detonation. They flare out in all directions for a distance (varying on yield of said charge). Once they reach their final blast radius, they proceed to haul in massive amounts of air from around the detonation site, creating a vacuum effect that can literally pull the lungs of victims out through their mouths. Not exactly the best way to go, neh? Such devices are usually referred to as Vacuum Bombs or in extreme cases Void Missiles. Thermobaric warheads usually range from 100 Kilotons to about 20 gigatons nominal yield in explosive force, but deal damages equal to far stronger explosives.

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I had compiled a rather large text file with all the names and abbreviations and such that were wrong and offered their corrected versions. Still have it somewhere.

I had also some errors(as English is not my first language), especially concerning LASERs because I wasn't so familiar with the semantics but 90% of what was in there was correct- which is a lot really. I even offered some alternative names and abbreviations which made for sense for what they were describing, from a gaming point of view.. Those could be left out in any case.

Unfortunately when I had sent it in I was told that I also had to point where each of the badly spelled words where located in the core file of the mod, something I would not bother with.. So I left it alone.

If anyone from the Contra/Remix team wants the text file and wishes to polish their mod I still have it, though I'm still reluctant to open the core files and locate each name.

Interesting that you brought it up.

[ARC-093]

I had compiled a rather large text file with all the names and abbreviations and such that were wrong and offered their corrected versions. Still have it somewhere.

I had also some errors(as English is not my first language), especially concerning LASERs because I wasn't so familiar with the semantics but 90% of what was in there was correct- which is a lot really. I even offered some alternative names and abbreviations which made for sense for what they were describing, from a gaming point of view.. Those could be left out in any case.

Unfortunately when I had sent it in I was told that I also had to point where each of the badly spelled words where located in the core file of the mod, something I would not bother with.. So I left it alone.

If anyone from the Contra/Remix team wants the text file and wishes to polish their mod I still have it, though I'm still reluctant to open the core files and locate each name.

Interesting that you brought it up.

Heh, I always had a thing for being somewhat disapproving of incorrect spelling. I actually, during 5th grade I believe, annoyed my English teacher (one who spoke French as her primary) by going through the ENTIRE English book looking for misspellings... and correcting them. I believe the count was a bit over 35000 misspelled words, took me 2 weeks to find them all.