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From: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: POWERDROME
Message-ID: <17115@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 4 Jan 91 18:45:32 GMT
References: <40684@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Reply-To: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <40684@nigel.ee.udel.edu> COLE@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>X-News: kuhub.cc.ukans.edu comp.sys.amiga.games:3284
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>>From: amiga-relay@ee.udel.edu
>>Subject:Re: POWERDROME
>>Date: 4 Jan 91 02:43:30 GMT
>>Message-ID:<40603@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
>
>>From: fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu
>>
>>It would be a terrific game IF you could control the damn thing; we played
>>it at the store and all of us, even the arcade jocks, gave up in disgust.
>>I'd say pass on this one.
>
>I'd say pass on this one as well.  I've had the game for a couple years now
>and still can't get into a productive groove.  It's very difficult to control.
>

You guys aren't trying hard enough.  It took a while but I've managed
to set course records on several of the tracks.  The way to do it is to
spend a lot of time on the first oval and max out the 'cusion' so that
you can bounce off the walls without damage.  After a while you'll get the
feel for it. No way you'll master it at the store. Use the mouse to fly.
 
I admit to having triple-keyed the machine in frustration more than once
along the way, though :grin:
 
And yes, this belongs in csa.games.

bj

>>                                                --Rick Wrigley
 
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