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== It's a marathon, not a sprint == | == It's a marathon, not a sprint == | ||
[[Image:Top Gun NES M2 Screen.png|right]] | [[Image:Top Gun NES M2 Screen.png|right]] | ||
As the first true combat mission, you will learn what the typical flow of a combat mission is like. Your only true objective is to survive long enough to reach the target | As the first true combat mission, you will learn what the typical flow of a combat mission is like. It will take some time for you to reach your target at the end of the mission, and there is no way to speed that process up. Your only true objective is to survive long enough to reach the target. To do this, you must a) avoid taking as much damage as possible and b) successfully connect with the refueling tanker in order to fly far enough to reach the target. You're not actually required to engage ''anything else'', although the game becomes fairly pointless if all you do is avoid conflict until you're forced to fight. Pushing down and to the right or left will generally prevent the game from allowing anything to attack you, and the only thing that suffers as a consequence is your score. However, it is possible to play more realistically and still survive to the end of the stage. | ||
Remember that you have two types of attackers to worry about this time; those in the air, and those on the ocean. Your altitude won't make much difference to the airborne attackers, but it can make a difference to those at sea. If you are higher up, it will be harder for both the destroyers and submarines to attack you, and for you to attack them. It will be harder for them to attack you since the horizon will be lower on the screen, giving the game a smaller opportunity to fire at you before they scroll off the bottom. Naturally, it will be harder for you to hit the boats since they will be so small, although lock-ons are still possible. Also note that you aren't allowed to fly below 500 feet. At that altitude, you will be very vulnerable to attacks from boats. | Remember that you have two types of attackers to worry about this time; those in the air, and those on the ocean. Your altitude won't make much difference to the airborne attackers, but it can make a difference to those at sea. If you are higher up, it will be harder for both the destroyers and submarines to attack you, and for you to attack them. It will be harder for them to attack you since the horizon will be lower on the screen, giving the game a smaller opportunity to fire at you before they scroll off the bottom. Naturally, it will be harder for you to hit the boats since they will be so small, although lock-ons are still possible. Also note that you aren't allowed to fly below 500 feet. At that altitude, you will be very vulnerable to attacks from boats. | ||
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== Boss: Enemy aircraft carrier == | == Boss: Enemy aircraft carrier == | ||
[[Image:Top Gun NES M2 Boss.png|right]] | [[Image:Top Gun NES M2 Boss.png|right]] | ||
