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Conference rusure::nintendo

Title:Nintendo Game Systems
Notice:Please enter Super NES notes in Yuppy::Super_NES.
Moderator:RUSURE::EDP
Created:Tue Oct 20 1987
Last Modified:Mon Feb 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:847
Total number of notes:11602

760.0. "Micro-Machines" by CSC32::M_FRAZIER (VMS is VMS, but Alpha isn't a VAX!) Fri Oct 02 1992 17:49

    Anyone out there try Micro-Machines yet?  I've rented this a few times
    and am hooked (will probably buy it this weekend).  For you RC Pro-Am
    fans, this is your next game!  This game also allows head to head
    racing, but I haven't tried that yet.

    The way Micro-Machines works is there are various different tracks
    (which are located around the house).  The race is done like RC Pro-Am
    in that you view the cars from above.  Each track has a different kind
    of car (or boat or helicopter).

    As I mentioned, the tracks are around the house (remember your driving
    a little car thats smaller than a Hot-Wheel).  The first track (for
    qualifying) is in the bathtub.  You race a boat around a track made
    from soap bubbles.  The next track is on the kitchen table, where
    breakfast was just eaten, so you have to watch out for the syrup on the
    track (the track is laid out by cheerios).

    Favorite track so far is the pool table.  You race what look like
    formula 1 cars around a pool table, and even up on the edge of the
    table (watch out for the holes though 8^).

    Happy Racing...
        Mike
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760.1I agreeSAHQ::MULLINSEvery Vision has a RevisionWed Oct 14 1992 20:415
    RE: .0
    
    Yes,I agree with your entry. I think micro-machines is very similar to
    RC Pro AM.The courses are very dificult at some times.The races are
    very inten and the vehicles travel at very high speeds.
760.2CSC32::M_FRAZIERVMS is VMS, but Alpha isn't a VAX!Thu Oct 15 1992 12:2312
    I did forget to mention in .0 that you get to choose who the other
    drivers are.  The different "kids" that you drive against have
    different abilities (some are tough to impossible to beat).  This
    helps make the game more interesting when you get good at the
    early courses.

    Also, just like yourself, after the computer oppenents lose 3 (or
    4) races, they are eliminated, and you have to choose someone to
    take their place.

    I give it 5 DECCIES!
        Mike
760.3Tanks in Advance...WMOIS::CHAPALONIS_MTodd Marinovich = Tony Eason.....Mon Nov 09 1992 16:3610
    
    
    
            Great game!!!!
    
           But I can't get past the Pool Table?
    
                      Do I need more practice or is there a technique?
    
    Thanks Chappy....
760.4Who are you racing against?CSC32::M_FRAZIERANNOUNCING: Amber Mykelle Frazier : 9-Nov-92Thu Nov 12 1992 17:3318
    The pool table is definitely one of my favorite tracks.  To win (or at
    least get second to move on) just takes practice.  Also, who you are
    racing can make a difference.  The best advice I can give is learn not
    to run FLAT OUT (I've found that Micro-Machines takes a little more
    finese to navigate the tracks than RC Pro-Am did).  The Pool Table is a
    lot like racing a real grand-prix, in that you have to take some of the
    curves REAL SLOW.  With timing, you should learn how to make the most
    of each curve.

    later...
        Mike

    Below is a semi-spooler that may help (more of a tip than a trick)
    
    You might try using the reverse button when going into a tight
    curve.  You can keep you acceleration longer, and then time the reverse
    for comming to a FAST slow-down for a turn.  Takes practice, but in
    certain cases, it really pays off.
760.5Great Game.....WMOIS::CHAPALONIS_MTodd Marinovich = Tony Eason.....Fri Nov 13 1992 09:387
    
    
    
            Got by it last night it was tough though all it took was
    practice. Now the Whirlpool is Pi&^%ng me off :-)