Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!m2c!applix!scott
From: scott@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: JET
Message-ID: <679@applix.UUCP>
Date: 20 Mar 88 22:52:33 GMT
References: <4578@garfield.UUCP> <391@coplex.UUCP>
Reply-To: scott@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden)
Organization: APPLiX Inc., Westboro MA
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Keywords: All of the above!

In article <391@coplex.UUCP> jim@coplex.UUCP (Jim Sewell) writes:
>I have come across a bug (I think).  Not less than 5 separate and isolated times
>have I been playing and either when I fire the machine locks up, the yoke 
>position indicator starts jumping, or the screen blitzes (once).  I have tried
>it with both Kickstart 1.1 and 1.2, but figure 1.2 is the right one since Jet
>is newly released.  I have not had any other problems running programs on my
>machine as far as I can tell.  Has anyone else experienced this, or think they
>may know the cause?

Yup, this wildly-hopping joystick bug has hit me several times.

Other bugs in JET:

o The SAM silos are indicated using an absolutely random red bitmap.  I
  think these are supposed to look like <> (angle brackets) according to
  the documentation, but don't even come close.

o The sound sample that JET uses for the engines sometimes gets randomly
  trashed after a while, so you hear popping and crackling at about 2
  second intervals.  Sounds like a dirty record; makes me stop playing.

o Your upward component of motion stops at 50,000 feet; you still move
  forward, but are stuck at this elevation.

o The game will tell you all enemy targets have been destroyed even when
  you can see more.

o I can discern no difference between AIM-7 and AIM-9 missiles.  In
  particular the AIM-7 missiles do not appear to really have a 25 mi.
  range.

-scott