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There's a real difference between Mechwarrior and the Crescent Hawk games.  MechWarrior is
an Arcade type game with a plot thrust upon it.  Crescent Hawks Revenge is a tactical 
simulation with a plot thrust upon it.  Both are fun, but they are different styles.
MechWarrior simulates piloting various 'Mechs by giving you the pilots viewpoint.  I
loved it, especially the STID (sensing the impending doom) button (TAB) which fired all 
the weapons at once and pretty much overheated the puppy.  The graphics were pretty 
good and it required a (blazingly fast at the time) 386/25 to get any real performance.  
I wish I could find my copy of Mechwarrior, I'd love to see how it runs on a 486/33.

Crescent Hawk's Revenge is not much of an arcarde game.  It's an okay tactics game and the
graphics (3rd person omniscient) reflect that.    

What I'd really like to see is the Battle Tech center in Chicago.  Maybe if I have a 
long layover one time....


In article <38...@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>, mae...@cs.arizona.edu (Street Fightin' Mark) writes:
>
>     I don't know about a sequel on ibm.  However, I know that there is an
>arcade game put out by Microprose called B.O.T.S. and its a Mech Warrior type
>game.  

Yeah, B.O.T.S. came to our local arcade last fall for about 3 weeks and then left.  I
thought the graphics were very good, though some texture on the objects would have
helped.    It was a real challenge also.  I especially liked that enemies could attack
you from behind.   You had to keep real alert.

I'm looking forward to trying UltraBots when (if) it hits the software shelves.

                            Joe Herman

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