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| 893.1 | | NRMACU::BAILEY | | Mon Jun 11 1990 08:43 | 4 |
| What is WARHEAD? Anything with a "gravitationally wierd sun" sounds
interesting!
Chris.
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| 893.2 | | JOCKEY::BURNM | Kerry Gentry my dear Watson | Mon Jun 11 1990 09:18 | 26 |
| WARHEAD is the usual 'we are getting invaded by insect aliens, you
have been chosen to destroy them' scenario.
But.... the implementation and gameplay are BRILLIANT!(as are the
graphics)
The game starts out with several 'train the pilot' missions, which
slowly change to real missions. I have only got to mission, er,
um 6 or 7, out of 39. The controls in the 3D universe are somewhat
similar to ELITE, but are ultra sensitive.
The further one gets into the game, the more weapons are added,
at the moment I have some rather splendid missiles, an escape podule,
gun thingy, interstellar drive and info gathering probes. The game
can be saved throughout, which is just as well - the packaging says
that the full game lasts 30 hours!
I bought the game at the Snetterton sunday market for the grand
sum of �20.00.....a bargain.
So, all I need for the moment is a course of action for when I am
at the "gravitationally wierd sun".
BTW the game was worth getting up at 04:30 this morning to play
it.
Martin
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| 893.3 | | JOCKEY::BURNM | Kerry Gentry my dear Watson | Tue Jun 12 1990 08:14 | 8 |
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ps it's not a "gravitationally wierd sun" - it is a black hole!
Still can't get any further into the game though.
BTW the universe in this game appears to be VAST.
Martin
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| 893.4 | Another failed black hole scout | COMICS::ENTWISTLE | Crashed and burned ... | Tue Jun 19 1990 15:58 | 8 |
| If it's any consolation I can't complete the black hole mission either.
I have avoided being sucked into it simply by flying in the opposite
direction at maximum blast but got ticked off by mission control for
failing to complete the mission successfully. This is frustrating
because its been a great game so far - a must for Elite fanatics.
Anybody made any progress on this yet??
Graeme
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| 893.5 | Still no progress | JOCKEY::BURNM | Kerry Gentry my dear Watson | Wed Jun 20 1990 05:29 | 17 |
| Well, I tried leaving the thing switched on all night (after
going to the CH-010 mission and letting my ship fly around for
a while) - still nothing! I've tried all sorts - flying directly
at the black hole, trying to get away from it, trying to go round
it, trying to stop still in space (which it wont let you do), I've
even tried going back to the very beginning of the game and starting
over again to see if I missed anything.
All to no avail!
... so, cheats, hints and tips wouldn't go amiss in this part of
the galaxy!
Martin
ps have you tried going to all the other locations - great fun after
the frustration of CH-010!
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| 893.6 | he he | JOCKEY::BURNM | Kerry Gentry my dear Watson | Mon Jul 02 1990 04:51 | 9 |
| Well, I've now got past CH-010!
If anyone really wants to know how to progress in the game,
let me know.
ps any hints on the EARTH mission - Whatever I do, the
er, thingey thing (!) keeps winning.
Martin
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