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

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From: Mark Green
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 00:00
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In article <43k9s8$d...@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>
           dja...@umich.edu "Douglas Jacobs" writes:

> Mike Marcelais (mrma...@unity.ncsu.edu) wrote:
> : My spies tell me that Steven Gershenfeld (sger...@merle.acns.nwu.edu) wrote:
> : | 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.
> 
> : You also get the carrot ship by finishing the game on `Impossible'
> 
> Really?  I got the carrot ship after finishing the game at "easy" a few
> times (i was trying to see how high i could get my power levels...)
> 
> It was in the middle of the game too...very weird.  The between-levels
> screen was the same, but during the game, it was the carrot ship.
> 
  I got it at the end of my third time round, starting on Normal.  I have
a feeling it shoves the difficulty up by one every time you finish it (you
may not feel this because you have an upgraded/enhanced ship..) and when
you finish "impossible", you get the carrot.

Mg  (now trying to write a Tyrian FAQ.. send me info!)
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From: Mark Green <Ma...@antelope.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Tyrian, thoughts, and how it compares to Raptor
Date: 1995/09/19
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