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From: 2flntopaz@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: F-18 INTERCEPTOR
Message-ID: <25450.26e6aa97@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 7 Sep 90 00:59:19 GMT
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Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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In article <2042@nyx.UUCP>, bscott@nyx.UUCP (Ben Scott) writes:
> 
> I still play F-18 (when I play games, which is rare these days) because a
> little imagination can add a whole lot of life to it.  For example, try
> to challenge yourself in different ways - take out the cruise missile 
> without using the afterburners, or shoot off all your missiles before
> engaging the first plane and make yourself use the guns, or cut your
> engines 20 miles from the carrier (at your ceiling) and try to glide
> to a safe landing.  Or hit your ceiling, point straight up, shoot off a
> missile and then go catch it... (I've never managed this myself - I
> don't think the game allows for you to be hit by your own weapons)
> 
For some other fun stuff I've discovered try these:

Slow the plane to about 150 knots and then turn it upside down.  Now
slowly descend toward the ground (about 5 ft/sec) and land.  The plane
will then glide across the ground slowly and then finally stop.  But
only do this during the cockpit view, if you use the outside view the
plane will blow up.  But you can use outside view after the plane has
stopped.  (This works on land or water.)

During the training mode of maneuvers climb into the air and get
yourself in line with the chase plane (just use the return key to line
it up.)  Then accelerate to some speed faster than the chase plane
and ram him.  Now as the chase plane is plummeting downward press
the return key again to line up behind him.  Doing this you can follow
him all the way to ground! (Something I've always wanted to do when
I've shot down an enemy plane.) 

Anybody else have some interesting things they've done with F-18?

David Poland