Comment by NoGravitas
4 years ago
I played the hell out of this in like 1991-1993. I really enjoyed figuring out useful combos to bypass shields. Like, instead of attacking your opponent's shields directly, you could dig a hole under them, and fill it with napalm, or send rollers under their magnetic deflector. Most of the people I played against found this kind of thing surprising.
I had no idea it was so popular - it certainly was in my household. I remember finally upgrading to a colour monitor. The ‘cheat’ mode of assigning yourself max cash great for practice. Also, firing a MIRV straight up at max power with wrap around walls would spread them out across the field of play. I’m not sure if it was just the copy I had, but there was an NPC called ‘bastard’ that was really tough to beat.