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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
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Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
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2798.0. "Powerdrome" by GUCCI::HERB () Sat Aug 05 1989 03:01

    Has anybody heard of Powerdrome??? It is a game.. 
    
    matt
    
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2798.1It's from ElectroniC ArtsEEMELI::LINDENMon Aug 07 1989 04:4116
    Yup, I've heard and it's already launch to public in Europe( at least
    in Finland). I has been reviewed in the latest Amiga User International
    Magasine to be quit good game.
    
    I haven't not yet tested it but tonight I have an chance to do that so
    if you wan't comments about it then I'll tell tomorrow!
    
    Here's something about the game itself.
    
    It is almost like the ECA's Ferrari Formula One but it all happens in
    an space dome with other contestant (or an human via. null-modem cable)
    and the course is variable from oval rings to loops and other on course
    and ofcource with variable weather conditions (like acid rain).
    
    -Kari
    
2798.2Get it!GUCCI::HERBMon Aug 07 1989 18:319
    Yep,I just got a chance to play it today! It is a best game I ever
    played!! But another person who tried it said it was boring and
    too hard..I agree that it is very hard. I could only do the oval
    track without crashing. I still think it is the best game I ever
    played. The graphics and speed are like starglider II and the game
    reminds me of ferrierri formula one.
    
    matt
    
2798.3Top of the Tops!!EEMELI::LINDENTue Aug 08 1989 05:0619
    RE: .2
    
    I agree that it's the toughest racing game ever made to AMY but it sure 
    beats the others (ie. Test Drive, FF1,...) and specially the two player
    network option make's it the TOP of the TOPS.
    
    The grafix ain't the best that you can get from AMY but the movement is
    fast and smooth and I there lot's of neat touches like the Thunderstorm
    blazing in the sky above track.
    
    Here's my points for the PowerDrome(in a scale 4 - 10):
    
    Grafix: 8
    Muzak:  9
    Play:   9
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    Total:  9  offcourse this only my opinion.
    
    -Kari
2798.4CURRNT::HERBERTHerbie Goes BananasTue Aug 08 1989 10:4225
2798.5Toughest game ever!GUCCI::HERBTue Aug 08 1989 23:5111
    Have you noticed that the music is not the same twice??
    I gotta try that 2-player mode! I can get first on the oval track
    but the others are impossible..got any hints??
    What I don't like is it does not save your times and wins.....
    Can you ever crash into the oppponents??? My best lap on the oval
    track is 15.5.
    
    what was yours???
    
    matt
    
2798.6Oval completed now to the second track!EEMELI::LINDENWed Aug 09 1989 06:3214
    RE:.5
    No I haven't noticed that about the music, does it change dramaticly ??
    Maybe I just haven't been listening the music...
    
    yeah those 5 other tracks are quite hard to get on specially to be No.1
    , my best time in Oval is 17.3 but I'm using joy so I can't use the 
    afterburners so often as those can be used with mouse.
    
    I've found that using setting the Center to 1 or 2 is the best when
    using the fastest engine type, with these setups you don't bounce
    wildly from the walls when you hit them.
    
    -Kari
    
2798.7never used the centering fieldGUCCI::HERBWed Aug 09 1989 14:434
    Is the joystick easier than the mouse??
    
    matt
    
2798.8Oh boy, the afterburners just blows you to heaven.EEMELI::LINDENThu Aug 10 1989 04:2915
    Yep, specially on the trench, because the mouse comes quite tricky when
    the trench goes up/down/side to side.... 
    
    But if one competes in an oval track then the mouse is TOP, I achieved 
    on the oval   14.0 seconds for lap time! To achieve that kind of time
    I had the afterburners burning the engines almost RED HOT !! (couple
    times just blow them off...).
    
    Let me know what times you get on the other tracks !! 
    
    -Kari
    
    PS: Those later tracks have quite mean trenches because there are walls
    that like two hammers .... don't get between them..8+)