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From: moynihan_r@apollo.HP.COM (Robert Moynihan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Autoduel, Pool of Radiance
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Date: 25 May 90 18:17:00 GMT
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Reply-To: moynihan_r@apollo.hp.com (Robert Moynihan)
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Anyone out there have Origin Systems' "Autoduel" game?  I need advice.
I keep getting shot to pieces every time I get out on the road.  It 
seems the only way I can get any cash is thru "amateur night" at the 
arena.  Here's what I've tried to do:

   1: Get cash from amateur night to build my own car.  When I do, and
try to enter an arena event for that bracket ($5k, $10k, whatever,) I
get shot to pieces.  It doesn't seem to matter how high my driving and
marksmanship skill is, that just makes it take longer. (I was close to
the max skills on each, and still got blasted in a $10k bracket duel.)

   2: Get my own car then take to the road as a courier.  This is worse
than the arena.  I had a $24,000 van with heavy armor, a front mounted
laser, and rear mounted recoilless rifle.  I made it from New York to
Albany, then got wiped out on the way from Albany to Boston.  It seems 
that the only thing to do on the road is to avoid combat whenever 
possible.  Just run away (if you can.)

   Has anyone devised a method of success to this game?  Anyone seen a
hint book?  Any help is appreciated.

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I had Pool of Radiance for the C-64 before I bought my Amiga.  I loved
the game, my only complaint was that it was so bloody slow - data loads
every time you went inside/outside/changed areas/had combat/cast spells
- you get the idea.  With an Ami, such disk I/O should be far reduced,
making "Pools" a far more enjoyable game.  The port to the Amiga has 
been coming out "real soon now" since November.  Last I heard, its 
current ship date is late June (they haven't said what year...)  Do we
have anyone with inside info from SSI that can give me a clue as to 
when I'll *really* see Pool of Radiance for the Amiga? 

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Thanks in advance, all.


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