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- From: ben@spcvxe.spc.edu (Ben Cohen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: Battletech Simulator...
- Message-ID: <ben.714967127@spcvxe.spc.edu>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 01:58:33 GMT
- References: <1992Aug27.113529.2042@wkuvx1.bitnet> <1992Aug27.142053.1@vax1.umkc.edu>
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- In <1992Aug27.142053.1@vax1.umkc.edu> nenglish@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
- >This sounds like the arcade above the Baja Beach Club in downtown Chicago.
-
- Having been there fairly recently, I might be able to provide some more info:
- It's the "BattleTech Center" in North Pier Mall, which is out towards
- Lake Michigan, just north of the water arc. A single session is 10 minutes
- in an advanced Inner Sphere 'Mech. Prices range from $6.00 per session
- (during the week, daytime) to $8.00 per session (weekend and Friday nights).
- There are four mech possibilites (Thor, Loki, Madcat, Vulture) each with
- four variants (only three for the Vulture). Each mech has different
- weaponry, armor and speeds. There are a _lot_ of options in the cockpit, and
- the simulators do have some occasional nasty bugs. [If you go, ask about the
- "stuck pedals" and "throttle wraparound". It's important to know about if
- you're going to play seriously.]
- As a last comment, if you want to play for real, it's worth it to buy the
- handbook before you step into a cockpit. You learn a _lot_ more about the
- 'Mech if you read through it first.
- All in all, though, it's a blast. Personally, the next time I'm in
- Chicago, I'm gonna plunk down $100.00 and tell them that I want to play
- until the money runs out. :-)
- The Claw, 10 mission veteran,
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- Ben Cohen ben@st.canard.spc.edu, ...!rutgers!spcvxb!ben
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