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- From: 90taobri@wave.scar (Brian Tao)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Out of this World
- Message-ID: <9301121633.AA04203@wave.scar.utoronto.ca>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 16:33:44 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
- Organization: MuGS Research and Development Facility
- Lines: 29
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- The following revelation escaped Grover Thomas's lips:
- >
- > While its not a speed-demon, the GS version is very capable in both
- > TV (1/2 height, 1/2 width) and 70mm (1/2 height, full width) sizes.
- > Personally, I prefer the 70mm mode, and the keyboard controls seem finer
- > than the joystick.
-
- With an 8-MHz Zip, I find the 35mm mode quite playable, although the
- animation during the intro sequence lags behind the background music. It
- would be nice if the game could intelligently "stretch" out the background
- music to keep in time with the action.
-
- > In article <1993Jan6.144949.9800@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> dstarr@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Dwight Starr) writes:
- >
- > >What gun?
- > >I got a walkthru from someone (sorry I don't have his name here) that says
- > >to kill the little creatures in the second and third screens. How?
- >
- > ? I dunno, I just ran and jumped over them. Pretty easy once you get
- > the timing down.
-
- Kick 'em! Makes it a lot easier when you're coming back the other away
- outrunning the large, shadowy carnivourous beast...
-
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