From: el27166@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (This Space for Rent)
Subject: NEW GAME!  Time Wasters (Characters)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 09:47:42 GMT

I don't remember the names of the characters, so I'll just describe them.

Chainsaw Guy:  He's a punker and wields a chainsaw (vrrr! vrrr!).  He
does a lot of damage per chainsaw hit and is pretty quick.

Fatality:  He whirls around with the chainsaw at arm's length and lops
your head off if he's very close or is at medium range.  At a certain
range in between, he misses, even on a dizzy opponent because he takes
a hop in between and can hit the top of the head of shoulder area with
his whirling chainsaw.

Black Guy in a Spacesuit with a Light Saber:  He's very quick, but
doesn't do much damage per hit.  He's got a nasty head hop which tends
to cut off your limbs if you're not careful.

Fatality:  He slices off all of your limbs, cuts your torso and then
lops of your head all in less than 2 seconds.  This is if he's close and
dizzy.  Otherwise, if the part of his frenzied attack which lops the
head off hits the neck area, he'll behead you.  I didn't see many
people play him.  Kind of a tough character to play, but very good
IMO.

King Aethur: Looks like he just escaped from Ghouls and Ghosts or
something.  He's got the armor and Excalibur (I assumse).  The armor
doesn't seem to prevent his limbs from getting knocked off, it seems.
I didn't see many people play him, and never saw his fatality. :(

Leif (his REAL name!):  Leif looks like the dwarf from Golden Axe,
only he's much bigger.  His axe looks the same :).  His moves do
good damage, but he's a bit slow in the air at times.  He was my
first character before I switched the the chainsaw guy.

Fatality:  Slices your head off cleanly with the axe.  But he takes
a big swing to do it, so it's not effective in combat.

Tragg (his name?):  Big caveman with a hand axe.  He does massive
damage.  The only character whose secondary arm is very useful.
He can be very brutal if he gets close to you.  My friend Quinn
developed some nasty combos with him.  I saw him take off two thirds
life with two hits... dunno how!

Fatality:  Swings around twice with the axe and lops your head off.

The cockroach:  He's an insectile alien who looks like a praying mantic.
He can spit acid high and low.  A good defensive character, but tends
to have his skinny limbs hacked off by Tragg, it seems.

Fatality:  He spins the left foreclaw low, then the right foreclaw
high and then leaps forward with the left foreclaw spinning in your face!
A very quick and nasty fatality which is good both for a defensive
and an offensive move.  Very hard to counter, but you can get a hit
in between the three spins if you're quick enough.  He gets some
fatalities when you're just moving around because this move can come
out unexpectedly.

Musashi (His REAL name!):  A samurai guy.  He's got TWO katanas, but
their range is not very long.  He's very quick, but doesn't do much
damage with his moves until he gets close.

Fatality:  He does a quick Ginsu knife hask, slash, and dismemberment.
Very bloody and very quick.  It's very useful in combat at an
offensive attack because both swords are blazing in front of him.

The token female:  She's got a light saber and a Inspector Gadget
stretchomatic secondary arm.  She has a nice kick move, good aerial
mobility, and a quick fatality.

Fatality:  her fatality is rather boring.  She vibrates her light
sword and it cuts your head off.  It's very quick, and leaves little
vulnerability.  People use it in combat all the time.

Well, that's all I can remember for now.  Hope I didn't forget anyone!
If anyone can figure out any cool moves for this game, please post!

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Eu-Ming Lee (aka CyberGeek)                      el27166@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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