Re: Rescue Raiders cheat?

[mlamorte@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Mike LaMorte)]

Don (leed@sfsu.edu) wrote:
: Hello,

: 	Wow!  It's been a while since anyone one has mentioned games in 
: CSA2!  And one of my favorites, Rescue Raiders.  Hey, just out of 
: curiosity, where were you guys with these cheat hints when I was 
: struggling with the game?  :( (j/k)  

: 	I did eventually finish the game, though it took a LONG time.  
: Here's a little thing I used to help myself in the game.  I used to think 
: it was a "cheat", but maybe it wasn't.  I'll let you guys decide.  

: 	What I found out and what I kept doing was, at the beginning of 
: each level, I would pick up 5 soldiers in the copter and fly all the way 
: across to the enemies "base".  Assuming I was able to survive the flight 
: to make it that far, I would attempt to swoop in and dump the 5 soldiers 
: and hopefully be able to take over the base.  It wouldn't always work the 
: first time, but eventually you should be able to get it right.  My reason 
: for doing was simple, after you are able to take over the base, none of 
: the ememy tanks, soldiers, etc. will come out for a good long stretch of 
: the game.  That meant a free rein for you and your forces to swarm in on the 
: enemy time machine.  Of course you still had to deal with the enemy 
: copter.  I just basically played a "escort", distracting the copter while 
: letting my forces march toward the time machine.  

: 	It works well in the early levels, as you get toward the higher 
: levels, trying to make it through enemy territory with your copter is 
: tough, but I think it still works.  It's been a while, but I guess that's 
: part of the reason I was able to finish the game.  I don't exactly 
: remember, though.  

Well, I can't remember if I posted this or not (I know I e-mailed it to
the original poster) but at the beginning of the level type "ZIPPY",
"POPPY", or "HOPPY" (depending on the version.) Return will make you
bulletproof. / gives you an extra copter. J,K, and L teleport you to the
far left, center, and far right, respectively. 

: 	A big drawback to this "trick" or whatever you want to call it 
: is, eventually, the enemy tanks, etc. will start coming out again, and 
: not in small groups, but in big droves.  In a way, that's the fun part 
: for me, it's "full scale war!"  But good luck trying to deal with a flood 
: of enemies marching toward your time machine.  You can try and repeat the 
: trick again, and usually it is able to work.  

Well, that's why I fixed mine with the IPG Editor. A freeware utility a
buddy of mine wrote a few years back. It'll hack cool features into all
your favorite games... Wings of Fury, Rescue Raiders, Drol, Mr. Do, etc.
On Rescue Raiders, it can give you unlimited bullets, bombs, or heat
seeking missiles, and also turn your bullets into napalm rockets. It's
really cool to fry the enemy guys on the ground. <EG> =) I have found the
best mix is turn the bullets in to napalm rockets, and give yourself
unlimited rockets and heat-seekers. Don't give yourself unlimited bombs,
tho! What you can do to grease the enemy copter is this: go in a slow
speed towards the right, close to the ground. He'll match your speed above
you and try to drop bombs on you. They'll all miss as long as you keep a
steady speed. As soon as he runs out of bombs, he'll go tearing for his
some base to re-arm. Simply turn around and nail him with napalm rockets
or heat-seekers. You can also sit out of range of the time machine's
rockets and watch your radar. As soon as you see the other copter take
off, loose two or three heat-seekers, and he's toast.

Oh, two more things about the code: Turn it off at the end of every level
by typing it in again, then at the beginning of the new level turn it back
on again. If you don't, it'll just hang the game randomly. Also, by typing
a "-" then a number, it will jump you to the beginning of that level. i.e.
-4 will jump you to the beginning of level 4.

If anyone's interested in a copy of the IPG Editor, e-mail me.

Have fun and Happy Holidaze!

-- 
Mike LaMorte <mlamorte@freenet.columbus.oh.us>
CEO, President, Designer
Aurora Concepts Inc.
Design & Consulting