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I have loved this game since getting it new for Christmas 20 years ago. I replay it every 4-5 years. It may just be the nostalgia, but I love this game. I beat it yesterday after about 3 hours of playing.

If you're considering playing the game I would suggest these strategies:
1) Ditch your starting character as soon as you can. Don't waste time and money developing him. His stats are lousy. Start with a marine instead and don't settle for less than really high stats in might, agility, and stamina (these determine your health).

2) Start by going around attacking citizens and muggers--there are no negative consequences for killing innocent bystanders.

3) Develop one character at a time. Get that one maxxed out before even adding additional characters to your party.

4) Your first skill your main character needs to learn is programming. Get it high enough to hack into the terminals. Once your hacked-in, get war games clearance--don't waste time training in rifles or handguns.

5) After killing enemies you will be "ready to learn." Focus on these skills for all your characters:
a) battle armor (just train in it once and then buy battle armor)
b) automatic weapons (get it up high enough to buy a particle beam)
c) medical (train enough to buy a med kit c)
d) Golum (only at the weapons shop in Parallax and only after developing all your characters to the max in other areas and only after talking to the right repair shop clerk)
e) Max out might, agility, and stamina (starting with the lowest first)

6) Get money. There are two quick ways. The first is to hire a medical recruit with over 1000 credits, live through a battle, take his money, and then drop that character. The second way is to use the Keno hack (save the game, play keno, record numbers, load the game, and replay using the same numbers and the maximum bet).

7) If when you try to learn medical you get a message that says "Your natural abilities can only do so much" try increasing your education.

8) Figure out the storyline. I won't tell you too much here. Your best bet is to hack into the terminal and read everything you can, track down the bounties in the police stations, and pay the repair shop clerks credits for information (you will not be able to complete the game or train in golum unless you pay off the clerks--the clerks in Primus won't tell you anything, but the ones in the other two cities are loaded with hints and clues). Then you'll want to go basically everywhere you can--including areas that are supposedly off limits or restricted (there are only two times you need to go to the surface though so don't waste a lot of time out there).

9) You may find near the end of the game that the story is stuck. Go into all kinds of places again. You might find new clues in hospitals, universities, and so on. You'll never learn anything at a bar.

10) Use the computer to fight your battles for you. The computer is better at figuring out where to stand and who to shoot to ensure you don't hit your own party members. Be careful though because when the computer is running a battle a character will only heal himself, not any other party member. That's why it's important that each character have his own med kit C.

11) Save often and good luck!