Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball
Subject: LW3 here in Lawrence!
From: matthew@oread.cc.ukans.edu
Date: 28 Aug 92 13:55:47 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Serces

Hi guys--
	Well, Lethal Weapon 3 is here at the Jaybowl here at the
University of Kansas.  And now <drum roll>, my comments:
	1. Love the layout--a little crowded, granted, but therein
lies the challenge of getting the ball where you want it to go....
	2. I *dislike* the idea of firing the gun while your ball is
bouncing around the board.  Although big points are an incentive, if
the ball isn't up on the Freeway, or up in the Leo's Hole/Lethal
Weapon 3 kickout, or somewhere where I'm reasonably sure I'll have the
chance, I don't fire the Uzi.  (I realized this when I attempted to
fire the Uzi with the ball in the LW1 hole, and then watched it center
drain--how classic....)  If I knew that the ball wouldn't move, then I
wouldn't have a problem with it.
	3. I think the Leo Gets awards are nice, and I always go after
the Super Leo.  I know someone said they disliked the idea of choosing
their award, but I feel that you get a chance to sample all the big
timed awards, etc.  (But come on!  Who would choose a 20 million award
over a Special?  If I were in range of the highest score, maybe, but
in general....)
	4. From the first two I've seen, I think the Stunt Awards are
interesting--but a real pain to do, as the only time I ever can get to
LW1 is by a lucky richochet or right off a bumper (and the times I do
need to get it is when the Freeway lights the Extra Ball...and then I
drain).
	5. Wish the Karate Kick was easier to get!  Yes, I've seen
the message saying go through the Subway, but once the ball hits the
Kick, I know that my time is nearly up....
	6. LW2/Multiball is placed in an awkward place, but I'm
getting more adept at it.
	7.  Like the fight Video Mode as well as the shooting range.
I did shoot a cow and laughed when people watching me were asking each
other, "Did you see a *cow* up there?"

	Bravo to Tom Yaeger for his idea on LW3--love Crazy Riggs and
many of the comments, etc. that you hear.  Does Murtaugh and Riggs'
partner (can't remember name) have a "voice bite" anywhere in the pin?

	Now, the question (or two, or three....)  :
	
	1.  How does one light the Victory Lap?  I've seen this little
feature in Checkpoint and this, but have yet to figure out what I've
done.  Is it like TAF where if you get over 20 Mil, Gomez says
something?  Is DE just adding more temptation for the player to go for
the Victory Lap?
	2.  I know that Leo can light the Super Spinner, but can one
do it by hitting selected targets?
	3.  Has anybody gone through all the awards on the Uzi?
Anything special there?  Anybody made it all the way through the Stunt
Awards and gotten the 50 Mil bonus?  (And, in each stunt, do people's
eyes flash?  I fired the gun on the first stunt when I saw it, and was
awarded 1 Mil.  Does that increase as well?)
	Well, it seems as though I've found another game to dwell upon
for awhile.  I'm hoping that we'll get some more new pins here at
Jaybowl, but *not* Super Mario!  From everything I've heard from you
all and others, it does not seem like a game at all--more like a mess!
	Until we meet again, this is Matt...Go for the Wall!
(Couldn't resist throwing in my favorite comment from my favorite
game!)
					--Matt
-- 
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(A blatant pseudonym...)   | "I told you I spilled it...."
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