Conference rusure::nintendo

    Haven't seen/heard/read anything about this, how about a game
    description???
    
    Steve

    
    From the TV ad now, not personal experience.........
    
    2-player or against the computer play.
    You can do 'rolls' (ala AFTERBURNER).
    In fact, it is alot like AFTERBURNER !
    
    The ulimate challenge is a big Russian chopper (I think).
    
    Rick A

    
    I have been playing the game for about two days now.  
    It is VERY fast. . . .
    
    The graphics are OK, it would be better if Nintendo was
    16-bit, but that is another issue. ;-)
    
    You have three scenarios.  The first one you have to destroy
    a Soviet Backfire bomber.  The second you have to destroy a 
    new Soviet helicopter.  The final scenario you have to destroy
    the Soviet "Star Wars" Space Shuttle.  There is only one
    problem with the last scenario, Soviet satellites take pot 
    shots at you with their lasers while you are trying to get 
    to the Space Shuttle.
    
    You can also duel someone else or the computer.
    
    					-Andy
    

    I also got Top Gun II over the weekend. The farthest I got so far
    is just almost, I guess through stage 1. I blast my way to the
    first contact with the subs and take out 2-3 of them. Then the
    screen turns to attacking the bomber at 12 oclock. I have splashed the 
    bomber once, and when the screen returns to the original ocean graphic,
    you get chased by some fighters from behind. That's when I usually
    buy the farm before I can blow up anymore subs. 
    
    Am I close to getting through stage 1?
    
    Any good strategies to getting through the intial stage?
    
    Have FUN!
    -Arthur
                                  

    
    I have not figured out any strategies yet.  To finish a 
    stage, you have to sucessfully land your plane on the carrier.
    
    					-Andy

    I just bought Top Gun II last night.  I like it!!! I LIKE IT!!!
    
    The first thing that strikes you is the vastly improved agility
    of your Tomcat.  You can pull some real fast turns to sight on a
    target; or some moderately fast barrel rolls; or even (my favorite)
    a gut-wrenching loop.  Your flying here makes the original Top Gun
    feel like you're driving a truck....
    
    The next thing you notice is the choice of scenarios to fly.  The
    first scenario (1-v-everyone) is most like the original, but I haven't
    taken time to discern any pattern to the attackers, since there's
    a LOT of them.....a real "furball", as pilots call it....!
    
    The second scenario is a bit simpler: just you against a single
    Soviet ace.  Maneuver like mad, don't let him get at your six (behind
    you) and waste him with a solid missile shot.  Swell....now all
    you have to do is land on the carrier (this seems a bit easier than
    in the first Top Gun.)
    
    The third scenario is a lot of fun: you and a human opponent can
    go head-to-head.  The screen is split to accomodate both pilots-eye
    views.  (My wife enjoys this scenario, and has even hosed me a few
    times....what a blow to the ego!)
    
    Konami has done it again!
    
    						--Eric--

    I was wondering if anyone has discovered any hooks in the game to allow
    you to skip the first mission and select any one of the missions you
    like?
    
    Rick

    First thing I've found that's not in the instruction book: you are
    awarded a bonus jet at 20,000 points (a tone sounds briefly to let
    you know)
    
    I haven't seriously looked for hooks yet - I'm having too much fun
    just flying the Tomcat! :-)  (However, I have defeated all the Soviet
    aces in the 1-v-1 combat and was rewarded by a rather impressive
    Top Gun trophy screen).
    
    						--Eric--

    re. .4
    
    Have you gotten past splashing the bomber (fighter?) yet?
    
    When you do, and the screen returns to regular combat..(minor spoiler)
    
    .....watch your radar screen carefully!  When those two dudes come
    at you from behind, you have to evade the moment they appear.  At
    the same time, there is a sub in the water below, so your only recourse
    is a tight turn or possibly a loop.  I found that the high-G turn
    usually foxes the bandits every time.  If it doesn't, and you get
    hosed.......(yet another minor spoiler)
    
    
    .....when things start up again, the first bandits coming at you
    will be the two fast dudes coming from behind.  Try the high-G turn
    the instant they appear!
    
    
    Now....if you last much beyond that, tell ME what happens - I get
    mixed in some pretty hairy knife-fights after that, and some *&$!*
    MiG sneaks in and picks me off!
    
    					--Eric--

    Hi there...
    
    I have gotten to where I have knocked off a few subs, than I am
    in the air to air combat with the Mig. I have killed the Mig
    off and than the game returns to the ocean view. I have avoided
    and splashed the Migs from behind and successfully knocked out
    at least 4 more subs, and than *B*L*A*M* the missle from the
    sub gets me all the time. 
    
    I've killed 2 of the Russian Aces.
    
    I haven't gotten any farther than that.
    
    -Arthur
    

    Re. -1
    
    I decided to retry the "1-v-aces" mode again last night, and made
    it to the next-to-last rank (Captain) before I was shot down by
    the final pilot.  The first six pilots were almost too easy to knock
    down  <minor tactical spoiler>.....
    
    
    
    .....to maximize my chances of getting him in the first shot, I
    select the Phoenix missile - it has the widest "lock-on" field.
    After you are launched from the carrier, your Tomcat will climb
    to combat altitude.  The INSTANT you level off,  let loose a missile
    and throw your fighter into a roll to evade the oncoming missile.
    Nine times out of ten, you'll waste him - often so fast you'll be
    saying "Did I get him? Did I get him?" (I understand that this is
    much like the way REAL air combat is....wow!)  If your Phoenix fails
    to hit him, the roll will buy you the seconds needed to maneuver
    to a good firing position.
    
    When I tried it last night, I clobbered Soviet aces 1,2 and 4,5,6
    with my first missile shot.  Ace #3 evaded, but I got him after
    some vicious maneuvering.  Ace #7, on the other hand, evaded all
    five of my Phoenix missiles, and wouldn't sit still long enough
    for me to get a gun kill! (Maybe next time, I'll try Sparrow missiles
    for ace #7.......:^)
    
    Try that tactic out, and good luck, aviator!
    
    					--Eric--

    
    
    Re. -1
    
    This makes me happy...I got through the first mission!
    And landed!
    
    <spoiler>
    
    For the first mission, I found that you can destroy incomming
    missles with cannon fire, which helps alot when you have two
    subs and planes on the screen. By selectively taking out the
    incomming missles you can go back to the subs and destroy
    them. Also try just using cannon fire to take out the planes
    and the first few of the subs, then when the action gets more
    intense you can use your missles as well, it saves them when
    you need them later on for downing the bomber.
    
    When I got to the part on the First Mission, where you come up
    to the Backfire? bomber, blast away at the jet engines from
    right to left, but don't stay in one place too long or those
    black missles that come from under the bomber will send you
    into terminal freefall.  Just keep blasting and don't stop,
    once  all the engines turn black, than the plane burst into
    flames and you have successfully completed the first mission
    once you landed. It gets pretty intense.
    
    Pretty good flying splashing those Russian aces...    

    Maybe I got a defective copy, but -
    
    In the mano-o-mano mode, the flight characteristics are really very
    sluggish and the "LIFE" bar has no decernable pattern of operation. 
    The instructions (for what thy're worth) indicate you cannot roll with
    a fulle "LIFE" yet rolling is fine, you cannot loop.  The "LIFE" bar
    will drop to zero with no consistent pattern and you get to pull a
    loop. The interesting aspect of this is that you can loop and come back
    right in front of you opponent.  The scene - my advisary is in front of
    me in my sights and pulls a loop.  If I stay flat an level, viola, at
    the end of the roll, there is my target, right back where it started. 
    My wife and I experimented quite a bit last night and found that we
    could fly head to head (in each others gun sights) at 764mph and stay
    there indefinatly.  I found I could also screw up the radar screen so
    that one screen had the "enemy" in BACK when both planes were head on
    in FRONT (in the sights even).
    
    As for the regular game, my biggest complaint is the lack of altitude
    aspects.  The loop (again) seems to keep you oriented to the same enemy
    positions like in the one-on-one versions.
    
    Despite these complaints, this game will be my first choice for a while
    (at least a week ;^).  I splashed the "ace" in the first stage and then
    got blasted from "nowhere" in the next sage of Level 1.  My son is
    getting pretty good with the Advantage (my choice for most action
    games) and can make it to Captain in the "1 vs game" sequence.
    
    Steve "Old Dog" Gemmel

    Mission two questions
    flight description spoilers follow
    
	
    Anyone figure out what to do when you reach the trees?
    
    I've tried shooting them with guns, no affect!
    missles won't lock on!
    The game prevents you from flying over them.
    
                 

    
    You have to fly through them. . . .

    Re. -1
    
    NOW he tells me....!
    
    Yesterday was the first time I got to part two....and the d*mn trees
    did me in! :^(
    
    						--Eric--

    I have borrowed this game from my brother but it lacks instructions.
    I can't seem to make the sidewinder fire and without the directions
    I don't know if I'm using the right button or not. So the question
    I have is how do the controls work?
    Thanks for any help.
    			Ron
    

Did anyone got thru the trees yet, I can go thru the first
level within five minutes and blow away the bomber but I 
have been trying for at least a yeat on and off and noway
I make thru these damn trees, so does anybody has tricks or
a way to get additional lifes.

Pascal