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Re: Tyrian, thoughts, and how it compares to Raptor

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From: Eugen... Eugen Woiwod
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 00:00
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> Tyrian definitely comes close to Xenon II, and the addition of the weird
> level (carrot ship), and the "secret" game makes it quite funny too.
> Raptor was quite boring, IMHO, especially once you got a certain
> setup, since you really couldn't upgrade your choice of weapon (just buy
> different ones).  Most of the time in Raptor you can get away with
> closing your eyes, holding the button down, and moving left and right
> (that wasn't quite true in the registered version as much, but it wasn't
> too much harder.)  Not much of a game.


Sounds like all Apogee games eh? Boring. The way I see it, Epic and Id
Software are much better at game making then Apogee, ID Software with DOOM
& Heretic & Quake soon, and Epic with games like OMF 2097 and Jazz
JackRabbit, and now Tyrian :-)

>
> To get to the carrot ship in super arcade mode, just type "weird" (no
> quotes)
> at the main menu, btw.
>
> Other codes are "stealth", "enemy".


Try "techno" for the Experimental PQZ. If you get a Zica Laser with this
ship, then you have one truly nice front weapon, especially when it's fully
powered up :-)

Ttul
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