Re: Frontier First Encounters

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From	Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
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Subject	Re: Frontier First Encounters
Date	Tue, 03 May 2011 15:28:53 -0400
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Angus  <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Is it me, or is the game rather unforgiving in this respect? I could pay 
>out for a shield but that would remove half the ship's cargo space.
>
>I don't know, I think games have got a lot easier than this over the 
>years and I've grown a lot softer with them.  :) 

Well games have definately gotten easier, but I do recall Frontier: First
Encounters having a reputation for being pretty hardcore even at the time.
You probably wouldn't have as much trouble going back and playing the
original Wing Commander, for example.

					Ross Ridge

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Frontier First Encounters Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-05-02 18:23 +0100
  Re: Frontier First Encounters Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2011-05-03 15:28 -0400
  Re: Frontier First Encounters Ceowulf <askifyou@need.toknow> - 2011-05-04 21:37 +0800
    Re: Frontier First Encounters Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-05-07 11:42 +0100
      Re: Frontier First Encounters Ceowulf <askifyou@need.toknow> - 2011-05-08 20:25 +0800
        Re: Frontier First Encounters Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-05-09 19:52 +0100
          Re: Frontier First Encounters Ceowulf <askifyou@need.toknow> - 2011-05-11 17:08 +0800
            Re: Frontier First Encounters Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-05-22 10:54 +0100

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