_______________________________________________________________________________ =============================================================================== |¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯| |_____|_____|_____|_____| Enduro |_____|_____|____|____| |¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯| Atari 2600 |¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯| |_____|_____|_____|_____| FAQ/Walkthrough |_____|_____|____|____| |¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯| Version 1.00 |¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯| |_____|_____|_____|_____| Mike Truitt |_____|_____|____|____| |¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯| Saturday, January 24, 2004 |¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯| |_____|_____|_____|_____|_______________________________|_____|_____|____|____| =============================================================================== ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Contents: I About this FAQ I I Version History I I I Game Basics I V Strategy V Racing Lineups V I Notes & Thanks •============================================================================• | I ABOUT THIS FAQ | •============================================================================• _________________ Mission Statement ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ I was looking through a bunch of my older games and was wondering to myself why I didn't write any FAQs for these classics. So I decided to write a guide for some of my favorites. That is why this guide is here today. I hope it can help you out. ____________ Legal Notice ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••• ••••• ••••• This FAQ is copyrighted information of Mike Truitt. Any ••••• ••••• using of this FAQ without permission granted by the ••••• ••••• author, Mike Truitt, is strictly prohibited. To obtain ••••• ••••• usage of this FAQ, simply send an e-mail to this address ••••• ••••• miketru@earthlink.net . Please include your name, what ••••• ••••• website / publication you are representing, and I will ••••• ••••• surely grant you permission. ••••• ••••• ••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •============================================================================• | I I VERSION HISTORY | •============================================================================• ____________ Version 1.00 I have got just about all of the FAQ completed. There may ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ be some more updates in the future. _____________ Last Updated: Saturday, January 24, 2004 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ •============================================================================• | I I I GAME BASICS | •============================================================================• __________ Objective: In Enduro your goal is to get past a certain amount of cars in ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ the time span of one day, you have from sunrise to sunrise to complete the task. ______________________ C O N T R O L S ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _______________ _________ __________________________________________________ | Action Button | Gas | The action button is used as the gas of the car | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| the longer that you hold it down, the faster | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| that you will go. So be careful how long you are | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| holding it. | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _______________ _________ __________________________________________________ | Joystick | Steer | The left and right directions on the joystick | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| will determine which way your car is going to go | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| Please tell me you could figure this out on your | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| own! It would be sad if you didn't - really sad. | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _____________________________________ M O D E S O F P L A Y ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ___________________ One Player - Normal This is the only mode of play. The game is only one ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ player. However, if you are able to complete the goal for total number of cars past, you will continue onto the next level where you must start over again. _____________________ L E V E L S ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _________ Level One This is the easiest level of the game. All you have to do is get ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ past a total of 200 cars and you will get past the level. The traffic is, for the most part, easy to pass and you should have no problem getting past this level. _________ Level Two The second level of the game steps up your total to 300 cars. ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Which makes the game suprisingly more difficult, but still very beatable. This is the first time you might need to worry about not hitting cars in order to beat the level. After two or three tries you should have this level down. The traffic actually seems to help you more often than not. They tend to come in groups and stay on one side of the raod. ___________ Level Three This is where you will really need some skill to begin beating ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ levels. The total has been uped again to 400 cars and the traffic has become much more of a hazard. You will really need your instincts and a good reaction time to get past this level. You will need to keep a fast pace for much of the race. __________ Level Four Once again, this round is even harder than the last. In fact, I ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ have only beaten it a handfull of times. All I can really say is good luck and just keep on trying. •============================================================================• | I V STRATEGY | •============================================================================• _________________________ Don't Get Into Accidents! The absolute worst thing that you can do in Enduro ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ is to get into a large amount of traffic accidents. Every time you get in an accident, not only do you slow down to a complete stop and have to pick up your speed all over again, but the previous four or five cars that you have passed will get by you, making the task even harder. Each crash will slow you down a good seven to ten seconds of race time, which is detrimental in the later levels. _______________________ If You Must - Gaurdrail When you are racing, there will be times when it is ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ inevitable that you are going to have to hit something. You are either going to have to hit a car, which sends you flying out of control and destroys your momentum, or you can hit the gaurdrail. The gaurdrail will slow you down quite a bit, but you still have full control over your car and it is extemely rare that anyone will be able to pass you. You will only loose three to five seconds off of your time. So if it comes down to the point where you must hit something, hit the gaurdrail. _________________ Find a Good Speed The controls are set up in a way that if you hold down the ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ action button then your car will constantly accellerate. This means you can get your car going at a tremendous pace. However, the faster that you go, the less time that you will have to react and the less control you have over your car. This means that you wil not want to constantly hold down the action button because eventually you will get into really bad wrecks. Similarly, you do not want to go too slowly because you will not have enough speed to get past the other racers. The best thing to do, is find a pace that is good for you - one that is fast, that you must remain vigilant to get past cars, but you can still get past them. The pace is hard to find at first, but once you do - you can go through entire levels without ever worrying about your speed or hitting anything. ________________________ Early Bird Gets the Worm It is a good idea to get past as many cars earlier ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ in the level as possible. This is true for two reasons. One: During the middle of the race, it gets very dark and hard to see the cars and track in front of you. So you will probably have to slow down in order to do better. Two: Towards the end of the race, cars come in packs and you can get some good numbers racked up then, but generally it will never be enough, and every car you pass in the beginning gives you an extra buffer where you can make a mistake or slow down if needed. Ideally you will want to have the goal for cars beaten before dawn or during the sunrise hours. •============================================================================• | V RACING LINE-UP | •============================================================================• ____________________________________________________________________________ | You | Bottom of the screen | You are the main racer. You will always | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| be at the bottom of the screen. It is | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| your goal to get past all of the other | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| racers. | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ____________________________________________________________________________ | Not You | Any where on the road | These are the cars that are not you. | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| They are the old ladies who are going | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| for their slow drives. They are the | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| enemy. Your mission: Destroy them... | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ •============================================================================• | V I NOTES AND THANKS | •============================================================================• A great deal of gratitude is expressed towards all webmasters on the Internet that spend their priceless time and hard earned money for the sole purpose of allowing people from all different walks of life, come together and discuss and help each other with video games. Without that time and that money, the video game industry would be nowhere near what it is today. Thank You All. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••• ••••• ••••• This FAQ is copyrighted information of Mike Truitt. 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