Skydive! - The computer game

[indyz 1]

So I was hanging out at the mall, and I saw this game in the cheap crap bin: "Skydive! - Go Ahead and Jump." It was only three bucks, so I went ahead and picked it up. Anybody that plays computer games will tell you that an exclamation point in the title means that the game sucks. This was no exception.
The concept is simple: You pick one of three modes: Landing Accuracy, where you try and hit a target on the ground, Freefall accuracy, where you dive through loops for points, or Freefly, where you don't really freefly, but you don't get points either, so it doesn't really matter. At least, that's how I think it was supposed to work. I could only play for 20 minutes until I couldn't take it anymore, and I never did get around to reading the manual. Honestly, the most fun activity in the game is not opening the canopy and letting the jumper plow into the ground.
The only redeeming point about the game: On the CD is an awesome QuickTime movie of a pond swoop competition, including some pretty spectacular chows. I would upload it somewhere everybody could watch it, but it's about 20 megs and my college only gives me 10.
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Brian

[PhreeZone 20]

I'll set you up an place on my FTP server at home to upload it later today.... everyone else who is interested..... just wait a few hours.
A rainy day at the DZ is better then a Sunny day at work

[FallingMarc 0]

Kinda like the skydiving game in the original Pilotwings, huh? What a classic... shooting accuracy with no more control than full flight and full brakes...

[indyz 1]

I think the original Pilotwings was actually more accurate, because you had to flare when you landed. We can just ignore the part about pulling at 500 feet and making a perfect landing right in the center of the target. I downloaded an emulator a few weeks ago and finally beat that thing (never could never get past the first helo mission back when I owned an SNES).
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Brian