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From: dwade@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Doug Wade)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: RoboSport
Message-ID: <11789@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 18 Apr 91 22:31:42 GMT
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In article <1991Apr18.190203.4131@agate.berkeley.edu> pdubois@tornado.Berkeley.EDU (Paul DuBois) writes:
%I took a look a demo of this in the computer store.  It only comes with three
%different map layouts; can you create more?  When you look at the reduced map
%the scale along the sides of the screen seems to indicate that huge playing
%fields are possible, but none of the three sceneries included a really large
%one.  Is there an editor somewhere maybe, or is Maxis planning on releasing
%"scenery disks" for $24.95 in a couple of months? (coming next... SimRoboSport!)
%
%pdubois@ocf.berkeley.edu

	Actually, there are 24 playing fields in 3 "flavors".  Some are
quite large.  One thing to recall is that there's the idiot-mode where
you select one or two things and it picks a good sized field for
what you're doing and a good team and suchlike, but after you get the hang
of it you can change all kinds of garbage about the game.  I found that with
even odds the computer's pretty easy to beat, so I just spot him an extra
robot or three depending on the scenario.  Worst case if you get really good
you just play against two computer opponents.  Or three.
	I especially like the crevices.  You have full visibility and firing
across them, but can't move across them.  I also like the online help.
	There is a manual-based copy protection, but it's the least obnoxious
I've seen (each page has a little set of three icons by the page#.  You have
to click on them in order.).  No hunting for the exact line, at least.  I'll
probably have to assign each icon a letter and type them in to a file simply
because I tend to travel and forget the manual at home, though.
	The license agreement states you need multiple copies puchased to
play on a network, but I haven't actually tried it see if it checks.  Other
than in the license agreement there is no mention of this...