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From: miracle@sctc.com (Barry Miracle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Federation
Message-ID: <1990Dec5.010859.18717@sctc.com>
Date: 5 Dec 90 01:08:59 GMT
References: <90334.213300UD118950@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
Organization: Secure Computing Technology Corporation
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UD118950@NDSUVM1.BITNET writes:

>  Just a quite request...(*ahem*)

>HHHHEEEEELLLLPPPP!!!!!

>  I bought Spotlight's _Federation_ some months ago, but, due to a move to a
>new locale, I have only just started to play it.
>  My question is this:  Does this game get good, or does it stink as bad as I
>think it does?

This game could have been really fun, but it IS as bad as you think.

>  I have tried everything I know and the game just escapes me.  It's supposed
>to be a 3-D space flight/combat simulator, but what it becomes is a dull,
>sloppy, BORING pice of sh*t.

I played this game only for a short time.  I found the idea behind it
intriguing, but the implementation is incredably bad.

>  I have only once completed a mission...Only made 100 credits.  I have never
>sucessfully traded anything...and half of my combats  end up with my ship
>being rammed by the other ship.  Poor slob must have been bored out of his
>gord too...

If you are a masochist and want to play this game here are some tips.

1.  Fly backwards during combat.  This is done by lowering your speed
until it is negative.  This allows you to shoot the other ships before
you crash into them.

2.  One of the function keys brings up a menu that says things like
"LOAD", "SAVE", ... DO NOT use any of these options.  They are from a
previous port or something and corrupt disks and crash the program.

>  Please, any information would be helpful.

>  Thanks in advance.
>Tony Bruno ud118950@ndsuvm1            "C'mon, Mav, do some of that
>University of North Dakota               pilot sh*t..."
>(701)-772-2599                           --Goose, _Top Gun_

Barry Miracle
miracle@sctc.com