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From: hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu (David Hairston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Solarian II
Message-ID: <12877@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 1 May 91 23:23:49 GMT
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[deadman@garnet.berkeley.edu (Ben Haller) writes:]
[] Now come on, if I say they can be captured they can.

[CAH0@bunny.gte.com (Chuck Hoffman) writes:]
[] I'm sure they can; I do believe you.  I simply described the problem as 
[] mysterious, with the solution not apparent to me or my colleagues.

count me amongst the grateful deadman fans ...

catching the "shy" and "crazy" presents is non-obvious.  when playing
Solarian II, i adopted the attitude that things happened for a reason
(as Ben sort of hints at in the help screens).  with this reasoning you
can discover why the "shy" presents have a change of heart (you don't
want spoilers do you?).  however those "crazy" presents are another
story.  for the longest time i tried to figure those out and couldn't!
i then gave up in disgust, shook the mouse as hard as i could and it
came to me.  really!!!  circumstances permitting, i can now lure those
suckers in, just about every time.  i think i got lucky but it makes
sense in a strange sort of way ...

  -dave-  
hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu