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Article #1826Re: *** Spaceball Avenger Review ***
From: ral... Ralph Cook
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 00:00
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 00:00
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avla...@bu.edu (Alex Vlachos) wrote: >Roger M Squires (rsqu...@thales.nmia.com) wrote: >: > With the spaceball you control nearly _all_ your movement with one >: >hand. This is just begging for problems during the heat of deathmatch. >Absolutely NOT!!! Granted, it took me about 2 weeks to learn >I can easily run into a room of 4 or 5 enimies and destroy >them all w/o taking a bullet. ... >: > I have used the SpaceBall, while it would be great for games like >: >descent, which are slower paced, they are not suited for serious doom >: >play. >WHAT!?!? It playes even better in Doom. I'll just second what Alex says here (I'm going through at trainee now, but it's the same idea. I'll also add that I read on a Doom page on the web that by going forward with the spaceball _and_ hitting the forward button you can _outrun_ rockets, plasmas, and BFG fire. I'm no Doomster but I was still impressed.
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