Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!milton!dsheythe
From: dsheythe@milton.u.washington.edu (Donald Sheythe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: ROCKET RANGER.....IMPOSSIBLE??!?
Message-ID: <8676@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 6 Oct 90 03:01:33 GMT
References: <379@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM> <90275.155328IO92257@MAINE.BITNET>
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Lines: 70





WARNING: ROCKET RANGER SPOILERS FOLLOW









Here are some tips that I figured out:

1.  WAR ROOM:  When the stuff is loading from the disk, pause the game with
    the mouse button.  I've found that I can save at least 1 month this way.
    That's 1 month longer that you get to stay in the war room and move
    your guys.

    NEVER USE high priority agents or put two agents in one country.
    That col. leermeister really seems to like it if you do.

    Stay in the war room as long as you can (8 months or so) but after that 
    make sure you get out of ft. dix.  

2.  Blimp screen : shoot those missles!!!! if you shoot a whole bunch,
    you can advance to the next screen more quickly and the blimp will
    not move across the atlantic as much as it would.  By the way,
    the blimp will be in the atlantic for 1 year after the start of the
    game.  Once you get on the blimp, don't be a smart aleck!!!
    I know its fun, but its not wise :-)

3.  Locate the lunarium dumps right away.

4.  Only go across the atlantic if you need to - locate all the parts
   and lunarium dump before you doo this.  You should do this step
   about halfway through the game.  

    General rule: Going across the atlantic costs a full year and 
    each flag on the map is about 1 month.  You save time by moving very
    efficiently and not crisscrossing back and forth.  

    I've found that one trip across the ocean is all that you need.
  
    While you're away from home, Make SURE you don't run out of lunarium, cause
    that sub ride costs a lot of time.  Pause the game and plot your course,
    (don't think this is dumb: remember this game is part strategy).

4a.  Destroying bases DOES help timewise.  After practice, you can
     get past any obstacle.  planes: only kill one or two each pass, any more
     and you will get shot too.  However, getting shot down costs you time.
    
5.  make a map and keep track of which  parts are where.
    You can use the RangerPad picture on one of the cucug disks at 
    ux1.cso.uiuc.edu.  

6.  the lunarium dumps are always in certain countries.  get used to
    putting your agents here.  also Canada almost always has a rocket
    part.

7.  on the moon, watch out for those nazi babes!!! 




Hope this helps,

Don Sheythe
dsheythe@milton.u.washington.edu