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From: kurt@tc.fluke.COM (Kurt Guntheroth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: A-10 Tank Killer
Message-ID: <1991Feb18.155700.27711@tc.fluke.COM>
Date: 18 Feb 91 15:57:00 GMT
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Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
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I mostly agree.  After you've flown a simulation like Falcon, you will find
the HUD primitive.  It shows only airspeed and elevation, and weapon status.
There is no artificial horizon, no throttle level indicator.  The landscape
generation is weak, slow, and slightly buggy.  There are bugs in the musical
score, little bursts of noise in the middle of the music.  It's like they
forgot to include one of the instruments' voice waveforms, so a burst of
noise is played instead.  And the music is sort of humdrum.

On the plus side, it isn't protected by anything, and it works on a hard
disk.  It also works on the A3000, even under 2.0.  One other thing about
it, it's sort of fun to fly.  It is a different experience than, say,
Falcon, where you do all your combat at 30000 ft and 400 mph.  In A10 you
are following the terrain, swooping up roads to pounce on convoys, etc.  You
are so close to the ground you always have to watch your altitude when you
turn or you'll screw yourself into the ground.  That doesn't happen on
Falcon.  I sort of think A10 has its place.  I wouldn't compare it to Falcon
and I wouldn't pay full price for it.