Dark Viper

Weeeee this is one of my favorite games of all time. Also, it was one of the first games I ever played. Back in the early 90s when my uncle was a big gamer and had a bunch of DOS games and got me hooked on games.

http://members.tacticalgamer.com/~da...armoralley.zip
You can either unzip everything or just run the AA.exe straight from the zip file.

You are the green team and the objective is to get a van to the gray team's base while protecting your base from enemy vans.

Move your chopper around with the mouse
X=missles (for taking out enemy chopper)
Z=bombs
Shift=guns
Space=unload troops

You have money (funds) that you gain throughout the round which you use to order stuff.
T=tank
M=missle launcher
I=infantry squad
E=engineers
V=van

There are bunkers around the map that are either friendly or enemy. Use infantry to capture enemy bunkers.

Let me know what you guys think of it.

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icky

Sweet! I loved that game! Believe it or not, I think I have a copy of it backed up on my hard drive somewhere (since about 1991).

But... I was addicted to it long before I found out Armor Alley existed. It was originally called Rescue Raiders when I played it for hours on end on my Apple II.

http://www.angelfire.com/80s/apple2/rescueraiders.html

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icky

A few tips...

- send out your vehicles in well thought-out groups
- don't bother sending vans until you can send a group which will make it, but do send them at the end of any group which appears to have a chance
- shrap from exploding vehicles damages nearby vehicles, so don't pack them too closely, especially the AA rocket trucks
- infantry take over little buildings and become a barrier for the enemy
- engineers will rebuild destroyed AA guns on the ground for your team
- send out a group of infantry and then pick them up with your helo by landing on the ground in front of them - you can then drop them in enemy territory


There are some tricks to the helo vs helo combat which make it pretty easy. I'll leave those for you to learn.

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Diceman

Yeah, I also have that game on my HDD already. I bought the retail copy of that game back in the early nineties (before AA, I had pretty much played only Sierra adventures). I liked it so much that I found the PC version of it on some website a couple of years ago. Haven't played it in a while though...maybe I should fire it back up.

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ScratchMonkey

OMG, I LOVE this game! I played it as RR on the Apple IIe and later as AA on DOS. Alas, I have no idea where my copies got off to, so thanks for providing binaries!

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munchkin

Dude. Screw BF2, I'm playing this!

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ScratchMonkey

I wonder if anyone's found the source lying around, perhaps for a clone? It would be cool to get the network part working over the Internet so we could have some head-on games. (Currently it only supports serial port connections.) Anyone tried it in WINE or dosemu or some other Linux-based DOS emulator?

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