Hi, Having played this game wit sight, the description below is pretty accurate. I have only a few things to add:
1. A trackball moved a plus sign on the screen. That was your targeting pointer. Where it was when the missile was launched is where it was going to explode. 2. Below each missile site, they had a graphical display of how many missiles there are, and how many left. I believe each site started with 10 or 15 missiles. If you pressed a button for a site with no missiles left, the machine would make a low level beep to let you know that site was empty. 3. In the later levels, not only did the missiles come in faster, but they many times would split. Sometimes 2 or more from one missile. Sometimes even those missiles that split may split again. Those were the tough ones. 4. Once all your cities were destroyed, which only takes one missile, the game was over. 5. After each round, a bonus was calculated, and added to your score, for each missile and city left. Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: David Chittenden Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 1:05 PM Hello, Missile Command fired missiles at the target. The missile exploded, and if the attacking missiles were in the blast radius, they would be destroyed. The trick was leading the missiles and trying to get mor than one in a blast since you only had a certain number of missiles per round. The arcade concil game had three missile silos, on the left, middle, and right, which protected your ten cities. It took longer for the missile fired from the left silo to cross to the right side of the screen, so you needed to set your targeting x appropriately when doing cross-screen shots. Finally, at least on the arcade version, the attacking missiles came faster in later rounds. David Chittenden, MSc, CRC, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
