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From: dean@coplex.UUCP (Dean Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Falcon, SimCity Upgrades
Keywords: Falcon, SimCity, Terrain generator
Message-ID: <767@coplex.UUCP>
Date: 25 Aug 89 14:37:35 GMT
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Organization: Copper Electronics,  Louisville, Ky.
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mitchell@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Evan Mitchell) writes:

>Speaking of Falcon upgrades,  Does the upgrade make it any easier to control?
>(ala interceptor)  Myself and at least three other people I know who bought
>the program would love to get into Falcon, but the control of the plane IMHO
>sucks!  Sure it's realistic, but give me an option to control it like 
>interceptor and it will be off my shelves and in my Amiga where it belongs...

  Yes, it does.  According to the techies at Spectrum Holobyte, the input
device-handling code was completely re-written.  The craft is much easier to
control than before (more sensitive to the touch).  Joystick operation is
now very feasible.  In addition is an auto-centering mode that is available
that is of great use during very precise engagements.

  As far as I am concerned, the controls of Interceptor are too
simplistic. The over-sensitivity of Interceptor leads me to believe
that it was designed more as an Arcade game than as a
Strategy-Simulation game.  That is not bad; it is just merely a
difference in design ( in my opinion (-8 ). My only other quibble is
that Interceptor still uses those damn 8-bit'ish, "Flight Simulator II"
looking graphics...  Yuck.

  Also in the upgrade you dont have to be a rocket scientist to land the
damn airplane.

 My advice: If you have already bought Falcon, pay the $7.50 for the
upgrade; thats not a whole lot of money for one of the best programs
for the Amiga.

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dean@coplex.UUCP   Dean A. Brooks
                   Copper Electronics, Inc.
                   Louisville, Ky
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