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From: simon@ivem1.uucp (Simon)
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Subject: Re: BUCK ROGERS-what do I do?
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Date: 28 May 91 20:47:05 GMT
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In article <1991May27.092207.26826@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> mnfriedr@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (M. Friedrich) writes:
>scavanag@gara.une.oz.au (LIGHTCHILD) writes:
>
>>in buck rogers:countdown to doomsday I am in the prison and can't get 
>>past the security weapons system. Whenever I try to reprogram it I just
>>keep getting robots. I've gone through about 20 in a row and still can't
>>get the thing to reprogram. Do I need my party to have higher bypass
>>security points? has my disk screwed up?
>
>I think you mean the prison on Thule? The only chance to bypass the security
>weaponry is to reprogram it. You need programming skills. If you cannot
>get it reprogrammed, abandon the prison, you don't need it to solve the game.
>I walked through the prison only when I played the game the second time.
>

My roommate finished the prison, I don't remember what happens, but
basically, the only way he cleared it was to fight pirate ships, and
get a whole bunch of rocket launchers and plasma rifles.  Then he
went in with high stat players, and just killed everything in sight.

-Simon

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