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From: julius@nntp-server.caltech.edu (zot!)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Armor Alley query
Message-ID: <1991Jan30.090716.6700@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 30 Jan 91 09:07:16 GMT
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bdugan@teri.bio.uci.edu (Bill Dugan) writes:

>In article <3143@ux.acs.umn.edu> clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) writes:
>>I'm surprised that there's been so little talk about Armor Alley of late...I'm
>>really impressed with it.

>Does anybody remember the great game on the old Apple II, RESCUE RAIDERS?
>I saw Armor Alley the other day and it looks like a copy.  In fact, it
>looks like a ripoff.  Same layout of the game, same pieces that move
>across the field, everything with the same function.  Who makes Armor
>Alley?  Is it really slower than Rescue Raiders, or were my eyes deceiving me?

>bill

I played Rescue Raiders up the butt one summer.  I remember it well.
I believe Armor Alley is a mac port of the game, I'm not sure that it is
the same company, but after 5+ years, what computer company is still the
same?  In any case, I don't believe that anyone would plagiarize a game
so baldly as to invite a massive suit.

Now on to the game itself:  Comparing Armor Alley and Rescue Raiders, there
is one major difference in terms of game play.  The computer is far far
smarter in Armor Alley.  It even DODGES missiles!  Amazing!  And it
takes out your convoys intelligently.  But I felt Rescue Raiders was much
more entertaining--though you can shove AA up to max speed and really whiz,
RR was fast enough.  I don't like the AA lesser bunkers, as it can be really
hard to tell whose they are (in RR they change color).  I mean, c'mon, if
you've got an army, what do they do mostly?  PAINT. :)
And of course, I dislike the imprecision of the mouse control...I suppose
if I practice enough I'll be able to be just as good, but I'll never be
able to dodge 10 missiles at once like I used to with my Hayes III joystick.
I don't like shooting at something and not noticing (in AA) that I'm creeping
up slowly on it.

To sum up:  despite the frills such as sound and improved color of Armor
Alley, I still prefer Rescue Raiders any day.  You get REAL napalm on
level 6 of RR :)  (Actually, I haven't seen if you get genuine 4-inch napalm
tracks on AA yet, haven't gotten up that high.)

But that's not to say I don't enjoy Armor Alley.  It's still Rescue Raiders
after all.

just another game nerd,
julius
julius@tybalt.caltech.edu