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- From: mpon@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Malcolm "Mao Xiansheng - Mr. Hair" Pon)
- Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Jason L. Tibbitts III
- Subject: MINI: Predator 2
- Keywords: game, arcade, commercial
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- Game Title: Predator 2
- Publisher: Konami
- Retail Cost: ~$30.00
- My Cost: $15.00
- My Source: Software Etc., Bargain Shelf
- Game Type: Scrolling Shoot-em-up
- Number of Players: 1
- Number of Possible
- Computer Players: 0
- Simultaneous Play? N
-
- Required/
- Possible Controllers: Mouse or Joystick
-
- Number of Floppies: 2
- Hard Disk Installable? N
- Are Floppies in DOS1.3? N
- Game DOS2.x compatible? Don't know
- Protection Scheme: Non-standard Disk Format/Black on Red Lookup
- Floppy Switching
- Required? Y
-
- Memory Required: 512K
- Computer Used for Review: A500, 3Mb, Bodega Bay, GVP SeriesII HC+RAM
- 52/2, Supra2400 Modem, Star SG-10 Printer
-
- Multitasking? N
-
- Description:
-
- This game is apparently based on the Movie. I didn't see this
- one. I saw the first Predator, which I enjoyed. The basic premise of
- this game is that you have to must survive through 4 levels of scrolling
- shoot-em-up, very reminiscent of the arcade game, Operation Wolf. Shoot
- good weapons and ammo to collect them, shoot bad guys, try not to shoot
- by-standers. Shoot away incoming bombs, grenades, and knives.
- The documentation apologizes for the disk format, but says it
- was done that way so that Floppy users would have minimal disk-swapping.
- I wonder, though, why the second copy protection (Lookup) is required.
- As many reviewers before me have complained, it is damned hard to see
- the black printing on the dark red paper. If you don't have good
- lighting, you can just forget about getting past that part of the
- program.
- Despite my misgivings about the copy-protection and non-hard
- disk installability, the game is good. Disk loads are relatively fast,
- and there's no introduction or graphics that you can't skip by with a
- push of the fire button. Graphics in play are good. You can even see a
- hint of the Predator in the first level, as a distortion flickers by, or
- his neato 3-beam laser guidance focuses in on a bad guy. If you're
- unfortunate enough to actually hit the Predator while he's cloaked and
- stalking, he responds in kind with one shot at you. In the earlier
- levels, you just see him (according to the docs - I haven't gotten past
- level one yet), but he's actually supposed to come out and kill you in
- the end (unless you can take him out first).
- The controller takes just a little time to get used to. The
- manual recommends using a mouse, which seems best, but you have to get
- used to the way your crosshairs just whiz around the screen.
- Eventually, though, you do, and you're taking out bad guys right and
- left.
- That's about it for this game. I'd recommend it, especially at
- a bargain basement price. Thrifty me, I wouldn't buy it any higher than
- $15, but that's just my call.
-
-
- Standard Disclaimer:
- I, Malcolm Pon, am not part of any publishing group. I post
- these reviews for information, only, and though I try to be as accurate
- as possible, I deny any responsibility for any inconvenience or damage
- my errors might lead you to.
- Also, I am not interested in receiving any flames regarding
- these posts. If you don't like them, avoid them.
- I will try to post these reviews within a week from when I
- purchase or receive software. If I make any inaccuracies, I will do my
- best to correct them in further posts.
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- Undergraduate - George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
- Department of Chemistry
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