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From: timm@public.BTR.COM (Timothy M. Maffett  timm@btr.com)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: A10 Tank Killer
Summary: pretty good
Keywords: A10 Tank Killer
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Date: 10 Oct 90 00:02:12 GMT
References: <63477@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
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In article <63477@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> liebm@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Mark Lieb <Bacherov>) writes:
>A friend of mine said a while back that he had seen the "coolest" game
>for the Amiga. (He has a GS) It was A10 Tank Killer.  Well, I have
>
>mark
>                    \_liebm@silver.ucs.indiana.edu_//   // /  /    /        /

   I just picked this one up at AmiExpo for 32.95$.   It is a Serria Online
game (Liesure Suit Larry....).  Anyway, the first good thing about this game
is NO copy protection whatsoever.  The second thing is that it has the 
nicest hard disk install program I have ever seen on the amiga (and when
it finished it said "have a nice day!").  It does not multitask, but it will
return you to you amiga when you exit.  
   Game play, well on a 68000 it is pretty slow, but on a 2630 card this
thing is FAST.  It is almost too fast in fact, but probably 50/60 frames a
second.  The ground scenery detail can be changed from "low" to "high" with
a little slider you can pop up at any time, as well as being able yo change
the window size (small-large...).  On a 68000 amiga you can speed the game
up by using a smaller window with low detail of objects.  In the big window,
high detail mode the tanks, trucks, etc. have red USSR stars on the sides, etc.
There are hills, rivers, building, but no trees, etc.  
   Anyway, the game play is pretty good, with a variety of weapons and 
missions.  It also has a nice feature of letting you set unlimited ammo/
an or invinciblity so you can really have some fun.  It has "digitized"
explosions when you destroy things, but be forwarned that the pictures
on the back of the box are VGA pictures, so they are considerably
nicer than what the amiga is capable of.
   The graphics are good though, and this is not just a crummy port like some
previous serria games.  I was planning on doing a little review once I
had played it more, but I guess this will have to do.
   I would have bought it just for the fact that it has a nice hard disk
install program, and has NO copy protection.  I am going to send in the
registration card and rave about these last too things.

Summary:  pretty good "game", probably not the best flight simulator.

-tim