🚀 go-pugleaf

Someone mailed me a copy of the Lynx cheats file.  (I'd been waiting in vain
for it to be posted...)

The section about Xenophobe says [SPOILER ALERT]:

> o  Festers  (the fellows who appear on the sides of the screen)
> Take these guys out by being just over half a screen away from
> them.  Fire like crazy.  You better make sure you are at least
> half a screen away because these really hurt!  You can
> advance on them once they retreat and expose their hand, makes
> killing them easier if you do.  When they throw stuff, you better
> be facing them and firing... Getting hit by this stuff stuns you,
> likely costing your life on later levels.  You can kill them with the
> puffer gun by laying low near the edge of the screen, and standing up
> and firing as soon as they start to retreat.  You can always ignore these
> guys buy crawling along the floor... but it's good to take them out
> as soon as you can.

Sounds like awfully hard work to me.  My method is to crawl on the floor
until I'm about 1/3 of a room's width away from the Fester, then while
crouching hold down fire, and push up on the pad.  You end up crouched safely
on the floor where the Fester can't get you, firing diagonally up into its
face.  If it retreats and tries to throw a bomb, just keep fire held down and
you'll destroy the bomb (and the Fester's tentacle...) as it passes through
the stream of bullets.

I only found out by accident how to crouch and fire upwards diagonally, and
judging by the cheat file there are people out there who haven't discovered
the move...  I've sent this to the people I *think* might be maintaining the
file.

Is there some problem with the Lynx FAQ and cheat file not being posted or
updated?  They ought at least to be cross-posted to news.answers.  A lot of
people read news.answers who wouldn't read rec.games.video or alt.games.lynx,
and some of them might be interested in a handheld that can play classic
games like Robotron...

I currently edit and post the alt.atheism FAQ files, so if whoever is
currently maintaining the Lynx files wants to mail me, I can provide a few
hints on improving FAQ distribution.


mathew