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ÛßßßßßßßßßÛÜÜ ÜÛßßßßßßßßßßßßÛ GFX <BVD>
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ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßÛÛÜ ÛßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß
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ßßßÛßßßßßßÛÜßÛÛÜ Û ÛÛÛßßßßßßßßßßß
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Û ÜßÜÛÛÛ ßßßßßßßßßßßÛßÛÛÛ
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ÛßßßßßßßßßÜÛÛÛÛ ÛßßßßßßßßßßßÜÛÛÛ
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ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß
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ßßßßßßßßßßß ßßßßßßßßßßßßßß
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Dream Syndicate DOX Division
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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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³ þ Cannon Fodder (beta)
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³ þ A Virgin/Sensible software production
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³ þ Supplyed by -?-
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³ þ Full Manual Typed by : Acid Queen/DS
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ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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³ 01...........Introduction
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³ 02...........The Installation
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³ 03...........General Impressions
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³ 04...........Background Story
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³ 05...........Object to the game
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³ 06...........Ingame Keys/Movement
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³ 07...........Items & Objects
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³ 08...........Hints
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ÕÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ͸
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³ ³úú01 Introductionúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³
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ÔÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ;
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After a period of two months we recived lotsa games which were either
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fake or were just foreign language games. Well, finally we got a real game.
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Its in english, its playable and its big fun to play it.
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The game is called "cannon fodder". Its an arcade game with a overhead view.
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The job is to shoot enemy soldiers and destroy buildings. All packed in a
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funny package.
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ÕÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ͸
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³ ³úú02 The Installationúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³
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ÔÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ;
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Very nice install methode. You get the change to view the autoexec.bat,
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the config.sys and the change to configure the game. You can select
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almost any soundcard and the nice way is that you can test the card very
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easily from this menu.
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The game supports 2 graphic modes : VGA normal and VGA Tseng, under normal
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circumstances just use the VGA normal.
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The only problem with this game is the memory requirement. It uses 610 Kb
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and that was just too much for me. Thats why you can display the config
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files, so you can see what you have to remove. Its possible to start the
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game, just experiment with several configuration. In my case i had to
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remove the ansi.sys driver from the system and the game worked fine.
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So dont give up when you got a memory error. The game is worth the troubles.
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ÕÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ͸
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³ ³úú03 General Impressionsúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³
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ÔÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ;
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The game is very nice, has funny melodies and looks great. It is a real
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"must play this game" type.
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The Sound : Not impressive when we talk about quality, but its the
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funny little melodies which do the trick. Reminds to
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circus-sounds or more like lemmings ][ sounds.
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Graphics : Great, well drawn graphics. I think they just used about
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20 to 30 colors (in 256-mode), but this game is not about
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graphics, its about funplay.
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Speed : Super, very fast scrolling of the screen in several
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directions.
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Playability : If you have a good mouse which is not too sensitive,
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then it plays very well. The game aint too difficult, so
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anyone can play it.
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³ ³úú04 Background Storyúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³
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ÔÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ;
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THere was no background story supplyed. So lets make one up.
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Your country has been invaded by enemy troops. As you are mr. Patriot
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number one, you want to save your country. To do so you call up on a
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army of recruits. You train them to become soldiers so you can send
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a squad to the country to wipe out the enemies.
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ÕÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ͸
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³ ³úú05 Object of the gameúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³
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ÔÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ;
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In this game you can lead an armie of several soldiers. You can send a
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few of them (mostly 4 of them) to a mission. In this mission you must
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succeed in 2 tasks. These are "kill all enemies" and "kill all enemy
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buildings". Not very original, but they cover what the game is all
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about. With the mouse you can send your troops as a squad or as individual
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soldiers to attack the enemy. After you kill all enemies then the mission
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is over. Some missions are divided in several phases. Each of them is in
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the same scene as eachother. After you ended all phases the mission is over.
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When the mission is over you get to see several screens, like :
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a. The heroes of victory. Here you see you squad where they get promotion.
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b. Casualties of war. A list of the soldiers you lost in this mission.
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c. The starting screen. Here some new recruits are added to your army.
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The recruits are all fresh with 0 points. The more the recruits
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kill the more points they get. This will result in promotion in the here-
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screen.
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ÕÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ͸
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³ ³úú06 Ingame Keys/Movementúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³
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ÔÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ;
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The game is divided in 2 parts :
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a. The beginning screen, where you see a row of recruits which try to pass
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through a door. Only a few of them can enter for a mission. Each mission
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has its maxium of soldiers.
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Each soldier has a kill-score, this indicates there experience. The more
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experience the higher their rank.
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A score is also displayed in the top-screen, with the HOME:AWAY option.
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This is the total score.
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The Save and the Restore options are clear enough for you (i hope).
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The mountion is clean in the beginning of the game, but later on a few
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gravestones will appear. Each of them is one of your lost soldiers. The
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average soldiers are represented by a simple white cross and the officers
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are displayed as a precious stone. The nicer the stone the higher the
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rank of the soldier.
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In the hero-part you can see the lost soldiers with their rank and their
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score.
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In the squad part you can see the soldiers who are currently a part of
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your team. If one of them get killed the squad will be added with other
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soldiers (with are moved trough the recruit-door).
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By clicking the mouse you can start the game with the squad.
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b. In the game part you are on a certain area which is a part of a bigger
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area. You can move on the land with the left mouse-button. Its also
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possible to select the MAP to see the enemy buildings left and your
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current position.
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If you see an enemy you can kill him with the right mouse-button. To
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activate a special power (grenade or rocket), you must press both
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mouse-buttons at the same time.
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In the top left you see a list of you members. You can select several
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of them so they will split up. This way you can select your own little
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groups in stead of using the entire team at once. This way you can use
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the low ranks as "cannon fodder", sure thats the name of the game.
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You can also select items from the inventory by just clicking at them.
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This way you can decide how much grenates the team gets.
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To activate the special power you must clock on the symbol (grenade
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or rocket) and then you can use both mouse-buttons.
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³ ³úú07 Items & Objectsúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³
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ITEMS:
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Crate of grenades : 4 grenades.
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Crate of Rockets : 4 rockets.
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Snow Mobile : You can drive in it.
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House : Enemy building.
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Fuel tank : You can destroy it and all enemies around will die.
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If you stand near it you also die!
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Aboriginels : Just men who live in huts. You can kill them,
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has no effect on the game (i guess).
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ENEMIES:
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Soldier : Just a rifle.
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Grenade thrower : Throws grenades
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Soldier 2 : Has a machine gun.
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Machine site : Posted at vital parts. Shoot very fast.
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Rocket Launcers : Right, they shoot rockets.
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Little Tank : stands still but can shoot.
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Land Mine : Just try to step on them :-)
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³ ³úú08 Hintsúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³
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Always split the team of in seperate soldiers. This way you can put your
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team members at vital positions in the game. If you doesnt use a team, then
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this team will go in automode and kills all enemies with try to get closer.
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Grenade throwers arent very dangerous, just use your machine gun.
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Rocket Launcers are dangerous, Just try to shoot them before they shoot
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you, or move fast towards them and zigzag a lot.
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Watch out for land mines, they arent drwan very well, so hard to see where
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they are.
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Dont be a fool and dont step into quick sand or swaps, They kill you.
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When you see a fuel barrel with troops aaround it, throw a grenade to the
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barrel and admire the explosion.
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Snow can be very slippery. Plan ahead on this ground.
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Water comes in two kinds. You can shoot when you are in the water, but only
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at the dark places. A nice trick is to get your enmies in the ligth water
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so they cant shoot and you can! This works especially when theres a pier
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close the the water.
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In the mountain scene, you musnt stand too close to the edges, you might
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fall into them.
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Greets, Acid Queen/DS
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