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From: valentin@public.BTR.COM (Valentin Pepelea)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: ArmourGeddon
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Date: 5 May 91 08:21:40 GMT
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In article <116378@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> visconti@cis.ohio-state.edu (mark a
visconti) writes:
>
>  Has anyone played ArmourGeddon from Psygnosis ?  Any comments or complaints
>about the game ?  I am especially interested in the two player mode and
>compatability problems with 2500/20 and 2500/30 machines.  

I just bought the game today. The smooth 3-D filled polygon graphics are
stunning, perhaps getting updated 5-10 times per second on a 7Mhz 68000.
You thought F-18 Interceptor was the smoothest flight simulator. Well, not
any more.

On the other hand, in the long tradition of European games, Armour Geddon is
not hard disk installable. The flight characteristics of the fighter and
helicopter, the most enjoyable craft to pilot, are not realistic. For example
turning and pulling up on the joystick cause a tremendous speed loss, to the
point of causing a stall. The objective of the game is in the style of
Starglider II. Search search search, blast blast blast. Sigh.

The manual does not mention what the two player mode is all about, nor whether
the two players cooperate or dogfight. Neither have I tried the game on an
accelerated Amiga.

Valentin
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