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From: pat@mks.com (Pat Inglis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Need help with sub in interceptor
Message-ID: <1991Feb11.222743.11770@mks.com>
Date: 11 Feb 91 22:27:43 GMT
References: <5733@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk> <082502.13601@timbuk.cray.com>
Organization: Mortice Kern Systems, Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
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In article <082502.13601@timbuk.cray.com> jimac@ferris.cray.com (Jim Macura) writes:
>You don't actually need to destroy the sub.  In fact, I don't think you *can*
>destroy it!  This had me stumped for absolutely ages, until I gave up trying
>and just vented my frustration on the enemy planes. Lo and Behold!!, as soon
>as I blasted the last Mig I got the "mission completed" message.  It was all
>a con!
>
>Apart from that, I still enjoy F-18.
>
>Jim Macura

I saved this posting a while back. I haven't tried this myself so I
can't say for certain if it works. Anyhow...

>From: a481@mindlink.UUCP (J.D. Frazer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: F-18 - Wanna sink the sub!
Message-ID: <3727@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 4 Nov 90 13:41:37 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> J56QC@CUNYVM.BITNET writes:
> 
> Hello everybody out in netland.. guess what.. You CAN'T SINK THE SUB... YOU
> MUS
>  DESTROY ALL ENEMY AIRCRAFT IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE MISSION... SORRY...but
> you
> could land on it...


Not true. Dump your ordnance (your AMRAAMs only, the AIMs don't work worth a
damn) on the sub-carrier's conning tower. Then go back and get another load and
do it again. If you can get 6 (not 5, but 6!) AMRAAMs to hit the tower
squarely, you'll be treated to a lovely explosion and a sinking vessel. All of
this can be done at just under 100 feet. I found that pulling up to 95 feet
when you're about to fire works well, and the MiGs never touch me.
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So if this works, credit goes to J.D. Frazer for telling it first. Good
Luck!
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