Hackman 2 Cheats, Tips and Tactics
5/19/99
by Pete

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Contents:
1.0 About Hackman 2
2.0 Tips and Tactics
3.0 Cheat Codes
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1.0 - About Hackman 2
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   Hackman 2 is an excellent Pac Man clone, written by James Robert
Osborne in QBASIC 4.5, powered by the DirectQB graphics library.

There is a full review at:
http://petesqbsite2.hypermart.net/action/hackman2.html

You can download the file at:
http://petesqbsite2.hypermart.net/action/hackman2.zip

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2.0 - Tips and Tactics
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There isn't really a lot that you can help people with, but here are a
few tips that might help you:

1.) The four ghosts move almost randomly. Basically, always stay on the
opposite side of a wall from a ghost.

2.) Save your 'power pill' for when you need it. This is often useful
for collecting the last couple dots without having to worry about ghosts
killing you. 

3.) If you are being chased by a ghost, make many turns, and chances are,
after a while, he will make a wrong turn.

4.) Use the warp tunnel frequently, to collect dots. When the ghosts are
on the opposite side of the screen, warp and get the dots while they are
gone. Don't forget that the ghosts can use the warp tunnel too, though.

5.) Basically, what you want to do is think ahead, and not go in to a 
place where a ghost might turn. If you are in a corner and a ghost goes
by, you have a 50/50 chance that the ghost will go your way, and you 
want to prevent these 'random' strokes of good or bad luck.

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3.0 - Cheat Codes
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1.) If you type "PLAGUE" (it's not case sensitive), you'll wipe out 
the ghosts melting in their blood! 

2.) If you type "NEWLEVEL", you skip to the next level.