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From: norlin@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Norman Lin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Blue Max Help!
Message-ID: <1991Jun11.030028.16124@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>
Date: 11 Jun 91 03:00:28 GMT
References: <1991Jun10.225344.14585@bradley.bradley.edu>
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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mrsmart@buhub.bradley.edu (Robert Knautz) writes:

>I just got a copy of the  _old_ game Blue Max from someone,
>but there are no instructions, I can figure it out for the most
>part, but there are somethings which I cannot figure out.

>-How do you land on the runways?  Sometimes it gives you just an R
>	at the bottom, but you cannot land, and some times there is
>	an L and you can.  The last couple of games, I ran out of 
>	fuel waiting for a runway I could land at.

It's been quite a few years, but as I recall, you need to get fairly close
to the runway, reduce your altitude to below 100 (?), *press the fire button
once to lower the landing gear* then move your plane down to land.  You
should glide to a stop.

>-What do all of the damage codes mean?  I figured out G for guns and
>	B for bombs, but after that I am stuck.

I think there was "F" for fuel (if damaged your fuel went down much more
quickly), and "M" for maneuverability (if damaged, your plane moved much more
sluggishly).

>Thanks

Hope this helps.

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