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    48 minutes ago, Ace24 said:

    I just had 280K and about 34 hunters and my screen went black - game crashed. I’ll have to do it again to prove it but I can’t start again now. I played Space Hawk a lot for a few weeks after I got it in 1982 then seldom after that. It’s reasonably fun but it takes too long too play. 

    That's good enough for me but I don't know what the official stance is.

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    3 minutes ago, IntyFanMatt said:

    No prob!!  Yes I did that a lot of the time. Plus the thruster button. Just playing around with different options. I do think it might be easier to stay alive by using the “direct” option rather than drift. 

    I know this doesn't make sense, but I like playing this one with two controllers. Left thumb steers the "ship" on the left controller. Right thumb fires the thruster. Blaster is on auto. 

     

    With this configuration, I feel like the flow of the game changes. Navigation and thrust is greatly improved, shot timing is negatively affected. The most important thing when playing this way is to always lean on navigation instead of offensive accuracy.

     

     

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    4 minutes ago, IntyFanMatt said:

    I’m not sure what you mean by you “refuse to play on anything other than auto fire”.  What is the difference? I switched between the two. I played with the different kinds of mechanics, still not sure what’s better. All I know is my thumbs are throbbing.

    Oh, sorry, I just assumed that the reason your thumbs were throbbing was from jamming on the side button to fire the blaster. Sorry for the confusion! 😊

     

     

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  13. Posted · Edited by Intelligentleman

    4 minutes ago, IntyFanMatt said:

    163,300

    That was some hard thumb killing work.
    mr_me I don’t know how you got over a half million. Do you still own thumbs?  Lol

     

     

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    Slow clap. But that's why I refuse to play on anything other than auto fire. It changes the whole flow of the game to do it this way... Matching the trajectory of the space hawks And getting in front of them  becomes the main mechanic. You do that first then take your time making shots. As you fall in place.

     

    That said, I don't see myself ever besting mr_me's score 

  17. Posted · Edited by Intelligentleman

    Yas! I played the heck out of this back around November / December. Finally got to a point where I just needed to quit because we were going to my sisters house for dinner. I probably could have played it for as long as I wanted. Lol. Fun game! I'm back in for this one.

     

    Also, I use two controllers on this one because I find it more comfortable for some reason 

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  20. Posted

    2 hours ago, mr_me said:

    Yes.  It's not on the lives cd but it's in some collections at archive.org [not in the set I was thinking of so not sure].  I consider it broken and unplayable.  It's very hard to find the spot for hard turns because it keeps moving.  I don't think it's the original steering method but the programmer added it at the request of others before release.

    Did you guys try the Easter egg code from intvfunhouse? It sounds like you might be able to toggle back and forth from the title screen...

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