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From: lothar@milton.u.washington.edu (Donald Sheythe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: DM HELP!!!
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Date: 3 Sep 90 21:20:46 GMT
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In article <41746@sequent.UUCP> davel@crg2.UUCP (Dave Lennert) writes:

>Amusingly, the way I figured this out was to ride the "ZOOM" while 
>videotaping the action through my genlock.  I turned around to watch
>all the walls and things going by.  Then I played it back in slow
>motion, saw what was there, and counted squares.
>
>Isn't the Amiga versatile?  :-)
>
>    Dave Lennert                {uunet,sun,tektronix}!sequent!davel
>    Sequent Computer Systems    sequent!davel@uunet.UU.NET


This reminds me of how I finished Shadow of the Beast.  

Once you get to the castle, a game can take 20-30 minutes which can
really try your patience because you want to practice the later
levels, not the levels you already mastered.

So I videotaped my games, then played back the tape and made a map of the 
really difficult areas (like past the castle).  This allowed me to
know what was coming and to get ready.

If I hadn't done this, I would've spent another couple of weeks on
Shadow (killer game!).




Don Sheythe
dsheythe@milton.u.washington.edu