alt Hacker NewsI never had much trouble landing on the carrier, but refueling in the sky? I think I only managed it a few times.
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ugh i had forgotten all about this game until I clicked your link and then promptly closed the tab. Carrier landing was frustrating enough but the re-fueling was another level. I played this at my friend's house whenever I would go there and spend the night.
That was an actual thing back in the day, you'd get your parents to let you stay the night at a friend's house and then you'd stay up all night playing NES, eating pizza and watching movies.
How convenient that refueling also replenishes your missiles.
How in the hell is that tanker flying at ~1,200 knots (1,400mph)!? That is nearly Mach 2!
Hah, same for me:). But still loved to do these things over and over again.
> 1398 mi/h
Isn't that something like Mach 1.8? That's one fast tanker.
My recollection is that if you missed it you kept playing but were doomed to crash maybe 30 seconds later from low fuel. Talk about punishing.
This was the part that my brother and I could never, ever, not even once, complete. I still rue it to this day.
The refueling music is the best part of the soundtrack, and somehow that video doesn't have it...different version of the game?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfUZix8jVBY&t=187s