Re: Rescue Raiders cheat?

[Don <leed@sfsu.edu>]

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.  

	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, if you haven't done this before, try it, you might like 
it.  If you already have, then you know what I mean!  

-Don


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