lbotez@pro-sol.cts.com (Lynda Botez) (07/02/89)
>I know the author, I've seen a demo, and he's probably right. When released, >it will be the best damn game. The name, however, sucks. Oh.. I don't think it's a bad name. So what's so special about this //GS game? Is it better than Dungeon Master? I'm intrigued... Lynda
craparotta@liovax.enet.dec.com (Physical T5--Virtual T7) (07/18/89)
Please not that this game IS COPY PROTECTED..... Joe
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (09/09/89)
More Xenocide review: I finally mastered Cave Level II, which is like an underwater Thexder with additional hazards growing on the floors and ceilings of the passages (and sometimes rising or falling from them!). The background music is "bubbly" and sets the right mood. I found an "extra life" token on this level. The point of the level is to reach the far end where a decompression chamber takes you into the Bio Lab level. In order to do so, you need to obtain keys to unlock several doors. The other way it differs from Cave Level I is that if you don't swim, you sink; in level I you kept hovering. There is still the need to replenish (air and ammo) at docking stations, and to regrow your shield if it is weakened too far. Collecting the right number of option sphere that appear randomly will enable you to do so; there are other options but I found that one most important. The monsters look like eels, octopi, stingrays, etc. (plus plants that nibble at your heels). With a modest amount of practice, this level is similar in difficulty to the Cave I level. The Bio Lab level is like a junior version of Alien Mind. Its goal is to emplant the five bombs that you found in Cave Level I into five nuclear receptacles, then get to the teleporter, initiate a delayed explosion to destroy the infested lab, and teleport back to your space ship before the lab blows. At your space ship, you'll be sent to the next in the series of three moons, where you again start with a Hovercraft level and proceed as before. After three moons have had all their Bio Labs destroyed, you reach the winner display. So far, I haven't gotton more than two bombs planted in the Bio Lab. I've having trouble maneuvering in this top-view mode; usually I find myself at 45 degrees to an alien who is zapping my shield while I'm frantically trying to get oriented so that I can shoot him. Because I had difficulty maneuvering on each preceding level until I got the knack, I'm hoping that this is another case where once one figures it out it becomes feasible. I did hear from a player who has gotten through the Bio Lab level, so I know it's possible.. Unless there is something specially interesting that I discover later, this is the last Xenocide review from me, now that I've been able to describe all the levels from first-hand experience with them.
goldJ@batman.moravian.EDU (Sir Jeffrey of Gold) (01/15/90)
I am sending this file in the hopes that someone knows the answer. I am playing Xenocide and I can get underground, but I can get no further. How do I go further in the game? Please send your replies to me directly so that other readers don't have to read all of the replies. Thanks in advance, goldJ @ moravian college aka Sir Jeffrey of Gold