Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!olivea!decwrl!ogicse!pdxgate!pdxgate.cs.pdx.edu!cfry From: cfry@jove.cs.pdx.edu (Chall Fry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Solarian Hintes (Re: Solarian Help) Message-ID: Date: 5 Jan 91 11:22:33 GMT References: <328@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM> <1991Jan4.130819.22725@engin.umich.edu> Sender: news@pdxgate.UUCP Organization: Portland State University, CS Dept. Lines: 35 In-reply-to: sheppard@caen.engin.umich.edu's message of 4 Jan 91 13:08:19 GMT In article <1991Jan4.130819.22725@engin.umich.edu> sheppard@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ken Sheppardson) writes: > I've yet to figure out how to catch bombs or the 'Crazy Present' that just > flies around the screen during later rounds. Anyone else have any ideas ? What, the present that explodes on impact? No, no, no, you don't understand . . . If you're not catching the bomb presents now, you're on the right track. The 'Crazy Present' which shows up around level 6 can be caught, but it usually takes several tries. I usually don't attempt catching it until there's only one enemy left on the screen. If you sit still, you'll notice that the present moves up and down the screen in a sine wave. (It also moves side to side; is it following some warped lissajous algorithm?) Just after it starts going down on its loop, move toward it. The present should pass over you, and start weaving on your other side. However, if you time it right, it will swoop low enough for you to catch it as it goes across. Sometimes I've even been able to do it before my bonus runs to zero. > I've yet to figure out the third 'type' of challenge round. Anyone out > there who has ? Best I can do is to stay on the right and get all the right hand stuff. Better than trying for both and ending up with nothing. Plus, you get the zinger, if you remember. Now, boasting and gluttony. 369540, level 13. Finally, a question directed to people who *really* know how to play the game: Is there a level 17, or asked differently, how many levels are there? --Chall Fry cfry@jove.cs.pdx.edu "Wearing a koosh ball makes for a very unusual fashion statement." --The book of Koosh, or some such thing.