This is one of my all time favorites.

Just a note for those of us who like to cheat :D

At the start of the game go to the astronaut roster and rename the 97th american astronaut Von Braun. Then you can go and bump up all astronauts skills to 4 (including russians).

By the way, if you don't like playing against the russians, set the game to two player and don't bother doing anything with the russians or vice versa.

See Ya, Bye

Mr. Frog

That's easy enough. Set up the game with both sides set to human players, and Exit out of the turns for the side you're not playing. I've used that method many times myself.

On my Windows 2000 system, I've had to use DOSBox. I have a guide to setting up BARIS in DOSBox: http://www.geocities.com/raceintospace/Run...S_in_DOSBox.txt.

Um...ok. But, I don't see any kind of link or option to edit the post. :angry:

russia all of the way. You get cheaper and more reliable parts. I also just tend to find that the odds are better that way. But don't use soyuz whatever you do. I have good results with Kvartet and Voskhod. :w00t: [/b][/quote]
I've had good results with Soyuz. I actually think Soyuz is one thing the Soviet side does really well in this game. But, everyone experiences different results in this game, I've noticed.

I like playing both sides. Each has advantages over the other, and I enjoy bouncing back and forth between them.

I found that getting all three launch pads and a lot of basic satellite launches helped at the beginning w/ the atlas; that helped with the quicker development of the other satellites and capsules. Just at least getting prestige every season will at least help with getting more budget. And trying to do all the big prestige point launches in the fall season vs spring will definitely get you ahead for more megabuck in the next year (per the companion book.)

I did do a moon landing with the shuttle, and it did help that I was able to launch it with just an atlas + booster for basic test. And because it was reusable, I did not have to buy another one for the next season; although R&D cost is a bear with it initially. If you use the titan, then you'll need a joint launch it w/ the b-booster, but at least you can do the eagle module on the other launch. If you use the saturn, then you'll need the b-booster with boosters strapped to the saturn. I suggest this course if you are able to grab early prestige points over your opponent.

Regarding Mr. Frog's leetle cheet (spoiler); if you use it and are REALLY desperate, then you can use it on your opponent's astronauts and make ALL of their skill levels zero across the board. :whistle:

Note on computer opponent: the computer puts astronauts together without matching whether they like each other or not. For the human player, it will really make an advantage to take the extra time to match astronauts who like / not like each other - make sure they like each other as a crew. If you want a reliable astronaut, the most important skill to hone or to have extra training on (extra 3 MB's please) is the capsule skill; that means they know basically everything about the capsule and what to do. All other things will fall into place.

I just found my CD-ROM version of this game and have a Rules of Play book (45 pages.) Since this game just became freeware again, would it be allowable to have this scanned in and made onto an online manual without repurcussions? Probably not allowable, but I thought I'd ask anyway. :tomato:

Additional notes on Buzz Aldrin:

When playing in basic mode vs historical mode, the basic mode evens out the equipment weights and reliably between the russians and usa. On historical mode, the russians can develop equipment more cheaper than the usa, but the usa can r&d the equipment to a higher level than the russians. Take your pick.

I just played this game without researching anything for a joke and i actully launched a b/atlas with the exploer sattilite into orbit and the hardware also powerd on in that step but bossters can deplete the saftey level of your ship so watch out

i can't belive it worked.

i got sooooooo close to winning but i ran out of time because on the last launch date possoible i was gonna launch an apollo capsule for a historical lunar landing but when it was about to land the engines failed.

:cry: Why no one answer my question?

whats the use of the upgrade path

sorry the enlish Iam from Brazil :eeeeeh: :hairpull: :rifle:

Yes so close to da moon but i crash landed onto the moons serface
nooooooooooooo so it was a draw