catto@vivaldi.ecn.purdue.edu (Erin S Catto) (05/22/91)
Anyone having too easy of a time with them buzzards? Well don't you worry... S-Joust v2.0 is coming soon to a CRT near you. Zoom->
bson@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson) (05/22/91)
In a posting of [22 May 91 02:49:28 GMT] catto@vivaldi.ecn.purdue.edu (Erin S Catto) writes: > Anyone having too easy of a time with them buzzards? Well, I couldn't really figure out what it's about, or why your submarine kills the other submarines when you hit them on the belly side (as opposed to the periscope side). It doesn't take long to figure out that if you just move back and forth at the top of the display then they will never be able to touch your periscope and you can just playing forever. Although the game doesn't seem to get past level `B.' (which is 11, I guess it only has data for the first 10 and so uses whatever happens to lie around in memory for 11 and up). -- Jan Brittenson bson@ai.mit.edu
JMFITZGE@ccvm.sunysb.edu (John Fitzgerald) (05/23/91)
Submarines?!? Periscopes?!? How old are you?!? Don't
you remember good ol' Joust? Those are BUZZARDS with guys
on top! Well, to the designer, good job. By the way, it works
perfectly with the new Super8. u!9<K2NZry/?7{_{ \gt6189b@prism.gatech.edu (Ted Rathkopf) (05/24/91)
>>>>> On 22 May 91 05:21:38 GMT, bson@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson) said:
Jan> can just playing forever. Although the game doesn't seem to get past
Jan> level `B.' (which is 11, I guess it only has data for the first 10 and
Jan> so uses whatever happens to lie around in memory for 11 and up).
Jan> -- Jan Brittenson
Jan> bson@ai.mit.edu
I got to level E (true, level B took about 15 minutes).
BTW, there is a bug on level E. one of the buzzards got stuck up along
the very top of the screen, and became "insubstantial". The other
buzzard and I kept flying right through him.
--
Andrew T. Rathkopf
Internet: gt6189b@prism.gatech.edu
"We can't let Alvin run amuck in Dave's brain!" - Theodoremueller@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Carl Mueller) (05/24/91)
In article <GT6189B.91May23133103@hydra.gatech.edu> gt6189b@prism.gatech.edu (Ted Rathkopf) writes: >>>>>> On 22 May 91 05:21:38 GMT, bson@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson) said: > >Jan> can just playing forever. Although the game doesn't seem to get past >Jan> level `B.' (which is 11, I guess it only has data for the first 10 and >Jan> so uses whatever happens to lie around in memory for 11 and up). > >Jan> -- Jan Brittenson >Jan> bson@ai.mit.edu > >I got to level E (true, level B took about 15 minutes). >BTW, there is a bug on level E. one of the buzzards got stuck up along >the very top of the screen, and became "insubstantial". The other >buzzard and I kept flying right through him. > >-- >Andrew T. Rathkopf >Internet: gt6189b@prism.gatech.edu > I've managed to get past level E (and the bug) to level F and then to level 0 ... and back to level 1 (where things slow down ... though there still seem to be zillions of things per level). There is a secret to getting reasonably quickly through the levels. Spoiler follows (I hope I used control-L correctly) Try to kill an opponent while hovering at the top center of the screen. Since all new opponents appear there, they will simply fly into you and be killed. It really speeds things up!
aaastrom@nike.calpoly.edu (Allen Aastrom) (05/24/91)
>can just playing forever. Although the game doesn't seem to get past >level `B.' (which is 11, I guess it only has data for the first 10 and >so uses whatever happens to lie around in memory for 11 and up). > > -- Jan Brittenson > bson@ai.mit.edu > Well, I know that it at least gets up to level D. There's just a whole lot of "buzzards" to pluck before it will advance past level B, and any levels beyond that. However, the one time that I did advance to level D,it seemed liked there was a bug in the program. There would be "buzzards" (what are they really supposed to be called anyway?) in the display that didn't move at all and that I couldn't get rid of. They didn't seem to affect the game in any other way. Has anyone else got this far and encountered the same thing?? Just wondering.... Allen Aastrom aaastrom@nike.calpoly.edu