Vectrex Tournament: Vector War IV (21st Nov - 6th Dec 2014)
Dec 7, 2014 23:28:59 GMT -5
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Post by ubersaurus on Dec 7, 2014 23:28:59 GMT -5
Some strategy notes from me.
On Fortress of Narzod, my strategy for the birds was pretty simple - fire a few shots toward the gate to begin with, as you may catch them there. On the first and third cliff stages, fire shots at the first big curve in the canyon - a lot of the times the birds will fly right into the rebounds. Assuming they make it past that point, just start moving around a LOT. Their shots will whiff if you can keep moving - your goal at that point should be, if you can't get a clear shot, to run past them. They won't fire up if you're behind them, and once they go off screen they don't come back. It gets tricky doing all this while still fighting the other enemies, but it works most of the time.
On Armor Attack, I actually found one spot where the tanks will never get to you, and the helicopters almost always miss. let me see if I can attach the photo, but basically, what you do is get to the bottom of the screen and lure the tank to the center passageway, so that it's primarily moving horizontally. Then drive to the far bottom left corner, turn, and drive just a liiiittle bit past the corner wall to your right. If you positioned yourself in the center of the lane and did it all correctly, two things happen: 1) the tank will keep going back and forth, never approaching any closer, and 2) the helicopters will continue to spawn and will inevitably miss any opening missile salvos at you, giving you a perfectly clear shot from all the angles they come in at without even turning the jeep.I did this for an hour without getting so much as touched. It is possible for the choppers to hit the tank and respawn the map, but as long as you kill two of the new tanks and get the last one into the same position it works, even after they've sped up.
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On Fortress of Narzod, my strategy for the birds was pretty simple - fire a few shots toward the gate to begin with, as you may catch them there. On the first and third cliff stages, fire shots at the first big curve in the canyon - a lot of the times the birds will fly right into the rebounds. Assuming they make it past that point, just start moving around a LOT. Their shots will whiff if you can keep moving - your goal at that point should be, if you can't get a clear shot, to run past them. They won't fire up if you're behind them, and once they go off screen they don't come back. It gets tricky doing all this while still fighting the other enemies, but it works most of the time.
On Armor Attack, I actually found one spot where the tanks will never get to you, and the helicopters almost always miss. let me see if I can attach the photo, but basically, what you do is get to the bottom of the screen and lure the tank to the center passageway, so that it's primarily moving horizontally. Then drive to the far bottom left corner, turn, and drive just a liiiittle bit past the corner wall to your right. If you positioned yourself in the center of the lane and did it all correctly, two things happen: 1) the tank will keep going back and forth, never approaching any closer, and 2) the helicopters will continue to spawn and will inevitably miss any opening missile salvos at you, giving you a perfectly clear shot from all the angles they come in at without even turning the jeep.I did this for an hour without getting so much as touched. It is possible for the choppers to hit the tank and respawn the map, but as long as you kill two of the new tanks and get the last one into the same position it works, even after they've sped up.
flic.kr/p/qki3r4