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From: ptrei@bistromath.mitre.org (Peter Trei)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Populous and PowerMonger
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Date: 14 Nov 90 21:45:51 GMT
References: <1990Nov12.161003.6442@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au> <1990Nov14.154932.1976@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> <1990Nov14.194132.7135@world.std.com>
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In article <1990Nov14.194132.7135@world.std.com> levin@world.std.com (Levin F Magruder) writes:
>Someone was saying they got stuck in the 100s with this game...

>I've tried a few strategies, and none worked.  However, in earlier
>games, set-ups that seemed equally hopeless turned soluble when I figured
>out the gimmick.  Has anyone got significantly beyond, say, level 115?

I've completed the game (level 500). It *can* be done.

>Are there some impossible levels that you can back out of and win the
>previous one by a greater margin to get past?

Yes, I did this several times.

Two hints:

Work *very* fast at the start to build your flat land. Use the magnet to get
 the first walkers to a good spot.
Keep the enemy off-balance.

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