celerystalker
04-18-2016, 10:34 PM
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Solar Fox for the Atari VCS is a port of Bally's arcade game of the same name. You must pilot a space ship along a series of stages called racks, collecting solar cells scattered across them. Your goal is to clear as many racks as possible as fast as possible in order to put up a mighty score. There are 25 unique racks before the game begins looping, and the score turns over at a million.
Collecting cells isn't as easy as it sounds, as sentinels border the outskirts of each rack, firing away at your intrepid little ship. You must weave in and out, dodging and darting along the way. By default, you move faster than the shots, putting reckless pilots at risk of ramming fire they've already dodged. To prevent this or just offer precise control in tight spots, you can hold down the button to severely reduce your speed. You'll want to go as fast as you can when possible, as each stage is timed with the words "skip a rack" slowly disappearing in the lower left corner of the screen. Clear the rack before it's gone and you can bypass the next rack while collecting a hefty bonus.
Every five racks, you get a challenge rack with the word "challenge" in the lower left corner. There are no sentinels in these stages, but the timer is fast. Finish in time for a huge bonus and a secret letter. These eventually spell out "Helios," which was for a contest CBS Interactive was running in 1983. Still... for pride, right?
As you move on, formations continue to change, sentinels fire faster, and solar cells begin to require multiple passes in order to be picked up. This demands extra thought and quick reflexes if you want any hope for your skip a rack bonus, and really causes the challenge to ramp up. It happens pretty quickly, but Solar Fox doesn't take long to reel you in. Games are fast and addictive, and the change from maze chase games to a blistering dodge-fest is a fantastic change of pace. Odds are, if you like a good score attack and give it a try, you're going to be playing for awhile. With solid graphics for the time, decent sound effects, and speedy gameplay, there's little not to like for a classic game fan with Solar Fox.
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Solar Fox for the Atari VCS is a port of Bally's arcade game of the same name. You must pilot a space ship along a series of stages called racks, collecting solar cells scattered across them. Your goal is to clear as many racks as possible as fast as possible in order to put up a mighty score. There are 25 unique racks before the game begins looping, and the score turns over at a million.
Collecting cells isn't as easy as it sounds, as sentinels border the outskirts of each rack, firing away at your intrepid little ship. You must weave in and out, dodging and darting along the way. By default, you move faster than the shots, putting reckless pilots at risk of ramming fire they've already dodged. To prevent this or just offer precise control in tight spots, you can hold down the button to severely reduce your speed. You'll want to go as fast as you can when possible, as each stage is timed with the words "skip a rack" slowly disappearing in the lower left corner of the screen. Clear the rack before it's gone and you can bypass the next rack while collecting a hefty bonus.
Every five racks, you get a challenge rack with the word "challenge" in the lower left corner. There are no sentinels in these stages, but the timer is fast. Finish in time for a huge bonus and a secret letter. These eventually spell out "Helios," which was for a contest CBS Interactive was running in 1983. Still... for pride, right?
As you move on, formations continue to change, sentinels fire faster, and solar cells begin to require multiple passes in order to be picked up. This demands extra thought and quick reflexes if you want any hope for your skip a rack bonus, and really causes the challenge to ramp up. It happens pretty quickly, but Solar Fox doesn't take long to reel you in. Games are fast and addictive, and the change from maze chase games to a blistering dodge-fest is a fantastic change of pace. Odds are, if you like a good score attack and give it a try, you're going to be playing for awhile. With solid graphics for the time, decent sound effects, and speedy gameplay, there's little not to like for a classic game fan with Solar Fox.
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