Friesen@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA (07/06/88)
Well, this last weekend I went to my local Atari dealer, and purchased
Obliterator. This game is one of the best I've seen for the ST, the
graphics are great, sounds are good, and action and game-play are
excellent. The only thing I didn't like was that when a lot of things
are on the screen, it gets slow. This game is hard, but fun. It took
me four days (about 20 hours of playing) to complete the mission. There
is one last thing, you control your player by an icon panel at the
bottom of the screen (you can use the joystick or mouse, but it's not
recommended) and I think if they had written some better joystick
handling routiens, it would be a little better to use the joystick, but
this game is still great, I definetly recommend this game.
The basic game is that you must collect weapons, amunition, and peices
of the ship in order to disable it. Basically you shoot everything in
sight, but watch the level of your amunition. As you get to certain
points of the game you can save it to continue later. I really can't do
it justice, you had better just go out and buy it! :-)
P.S.
On the back of the box it shows the guy shooting up, I have only been
able to shoot sideways, if anyone figures how to shoot up, please let me
know.
P.P.S.
Here is a hint on control (if you don't want the hint don't read this)
the only time you should use the joystick is when you are wearing the
jet-packs, at least that is what I've found, but experiment yourself!
Aric Friesen
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