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- 06/15/94
- HYPERCYCLES HINTS AND TIPS
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- Finding the right speed
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- The accelerator option for your Hypercycle is located on level 1. Finding
- it quickly and using it is important, especially when your are in higher
- difficulty setting.
- Use the up and down arrow keys to adjust to a speed high enough to
- stay in control but moderate enough to not to get reckless in close
- confinements.
- When in the clear, slow down to look around. Hold down the Ctrl key
- and press the left or right arrow key to allow a full 360 degree view
- around you.
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- Enemy Riders
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- Go fast enough to be sure to keep the off your back. In higher difficulty
- settings, this is mandatory.
- If you find yourself going head to head with stay in line with them (yes
- I said stay in line with them) as long as you can then veer away as they
- close in.
- You should have better reflexes than most of them, so use that to your
- advantage.
- If an enemy rider is destroyed, the walls that were created by the rider
- with dissipate and clean open space.
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- Missile Launching
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- The missile launcher is available on level 2 (if you picked the accelerator
- up on level 1). Pick up as many globes as you can to increase the supplies
- of your missiles. You can hold down the CTRL key and press the left and
- right arrow keys to all a 360 degree view. This is great if a enemy rider
- is close to you, just swing your view around and launch your missiles.
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- Using the Laser Wall Projector
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- Once you get this device, your then at least on a level playing field.
- Don't lay walls unless you need to, remember they don't disappear unless
- you do.
- One good method is to try use an existing wall and pin (or encircle) an
- enemy rider against it.
- In a later level, you can get a Phase Shifter that allows you to pass thru
- the walls you created with harm.
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- Saving & Loading Games
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- Saved games will begin at the start of the level when loaded. Meaning you
- can't save the exact position in the middle of the run of a level. Be sure
- to save after you have completed each level.
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- Power Level
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- Power Packs on your Hypercycle will never go completely dead. If the
- power level indicator (yellow line in top left corner of screen) show that
- have very low power your speed will drop.
- Grab the globes that the saucer drops to help recharge your Hypercycles
- Power Packs. The globes will also help recharge your shields and give you
- various types of missiles.
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