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From: kiniry@gauss.Berkeley.EDU (Joe Kiniry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Battle Squadron
Keywords: Battle Squadron, cheats
Message-ID: <1990Oct2.194536@gauss.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 2 Oct 90 23:45:36 GMT
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Reply-To: kiniry@gauss.Berkeley.EDU (Joe Kiniry)
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All this talk about Battle Squadron, I thought I'd stick in a few hints.
First, don't use the cheat mode, it is very boring and you have to reboot
your machine to start over (you can't die, period!).  Second, the inner
levels are set, the first is the level with the 'flying eagles' as I have
heard them called and the large grey installations with may rotating cannon.
The second level is the one with the green towers, it is the hardest to get
through, but the end is the easiest of the levels (two smart bombs when the
doors of the 'monster' are *open* kill it).  The last level (the one after 
all of the turrents and long 3-d building on the surface with tanks on the 
sides) is the level with the crabs coming out of the wormy surface, and the
giant pseudo-alien(s) ground installations with chewing mouths.  This level
you don't even have to kill the opponent at the end, just surviving a certain
time period finishs the level (though I always destroy it).  Lastly, the 
final battle is not as hard as it look, but watch out when it strips its 
armor and reattacks.  When it has its 'armor' you must shoot the wings first,
but when it attacks you again you can shoot the entire thing.
Also, the game is quite possible on one player mode without a cheat.  I solved
it twice in one game after only playing it a week or so on and off.  Don't use
a mouse to play though, it will ruin your left button and the control
just isn't
good enough. (I've only finished once with the mouse.)  Lastly, a clue
to
winning...use the red or yellow weapon.  I like red because they are of
equal
power if you get close enough to your enemy, but with red you have a
very
nice spread (just larger than yellow).  On the inner levels, when
fighting the
crabs, towers, and bald badgers (lvl 1), get very close to your enemy,
it
will NOT fire at you.  You can plug it _very_ quickly.  Well, that's
about it.
Any other questions on games...?  (I've done or coded quite a bit.)

Go get em'!
            Joe