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OPERATION COUNTERSTRIKE
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OPERATION COUNTERSTRIKE is a mission disk for use with FALCON, Spectrum
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HoloByte's F-16 fighter simulation. Newly designed (though hardly unrecognizable
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as FALCON), OC offers outstanding 3-D graphics and animation; twelve missions
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(meant to played as a campaign); improved keyboard, mouse, and joystick
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controls; and no copy protection. (This review is based on the Atari ST
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version.)
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OC features an all-new landscape and twelve new missions. The MiG-21s of FALCON
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have been upgraded to MiG-29s; tanks, trains, amphibious landing craft, and
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trucks are the ground vehicles. The goal of the OC campaign is to destroy enemy
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SAM sites, bridges, oil refinery, landing strip, factory, power station, and
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arsenal; in other words, destroy the enemy's offensive capability by causing a
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total industrial shutdown. While doing this, you must also protect your home
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base and your aircraft.
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The missions are meant to be played in succession, which means that the
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factories or SAM sites you've destroyed will eventually be repaired and
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operational. Each mission is vital to the campaign. The five difficulty levels
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(First Lieutenant to Colonel) and the award system (Purple Heart to Medal of
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Honor) are the same as in FALCON. The Medal of Honor is awarded when you cause
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total industrial destruction at Major level or higher.
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Landing has been made easier in that touchdown needn't be perfect, although the
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revamped keyboard (and mouse/joystick) controls certainly help. The craft
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handles much better overall; it's responsive rather than sluggish -- as FALCON
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sometimes seemed to be. An auto-leveling feature works after slight banking
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maneuvers; it can be toggled. Keystroke "D" toggles auto-view: When a MiG is
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near, this feature provides the most useful look.
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The only bug I encountered froze the program at the "Insert Disk Two" prompt.
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You can overcome this by write-protecting the OC boot disk, which replaces the
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FALCON boot disk (you'll still need Disk 2). The OC package comes with a manual
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(which you should use in conjunction with the FALCON manual) that explains each
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mission.
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To run OC, you'll need a color monitor and at least 512K of RAM; with 1
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megabyte of memory, the Black Box recorder and additional sound/graphic
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enhancements become available. Lest you think Spectrum has slipped its moorings
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by dropping copy protection on an ST game, it should be noted that the OC
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program comes on a 400K disk. You'll need either a commercial copy program or
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Twister (available from Antic): Format a 400K Twister disk, copy the OC files to
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it, and you'll be flying.
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Since only FALCON owners can use OPERATION COUNTERSTRIKE, to review FALCON here
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again would be superfluous. If you already have the Atari ST version of FALCON,
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all you need to know is that OPERATION COUNTERSTRIKE is as much FALCON as FALCON
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itself, with a lower price, more challenge, and no copy protection. If you do
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not have FALCON, read the complete TEG review (GO TEG-6491) to find out what
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you're missing, and then purchase the package immediately: It's one of an elite
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group of contemporary software classics. FALCON is a showcase for the work of
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Spectrum's top-notch designers and programmers, and it makes excellent use of an
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excellent machine. OPERATION COUNTERSTRIKE will then sell itself.
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OPERATION COUNTERSTRIKE is published and distributed by Spectrum HoloByte.
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*****DOWNLOADED FROM P-80 SYSTEMS (304) 744-2253
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