Written by: cisko@d0tokensun.fnal.gov
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                  X-Wing Maze made SIMPLE

When I started doing the maze, I was so bad I thought I would 
never get my flight badges. I was wrong.... As of this writing,
(3/20/93) I have made it to level 10 in all 3 starfighters. I 
have learned some tatics that should help everyone.

1.) You can make it thru all levels with your speed set to 
70-80 KPS. Energy can be reconfigured around this "base". If you
can go faster, that is of course better. 

2.) Set your shields to 1 notch below normal charging. Use
the ['] to shift power from lasers shields as needed. Lasers
should be set to increased charging or full charging. 
   
3.) Missing one of the gates is NOT a disaster. You may
even be able to miss 2 of them and still complete the level.

4.) Crashing into a platform is much prefferable to missing
a gate . I have crashed many times and still completed 
levels. When you crash, use that time to blast the laser
boxes on that platform. Coming to a complete stop (crashing)
and blasting the boxes while I was accelerating, was much better
than missing a gate. 

5.) On levels 1-7 set your shields to double front. Not much
will shoot at you from behind on these levels. 

6.) Any time saved thru one level will not be added to the time
alloted on the next level. Finishing a level with more time remaining
will affect your score though. 

7.) For the higher levels, work on destroying the boxes on a platform
at the greatest distance possible. As you exit one platform start 
targeting the next platforms' boxes.

You should keep ALL this in mind as you fly the maze. Level
3 is by far the hardest. You only have 3 minutes, forcing you
to blast more boxes than you might otherwise. (Each laser box 
blasted adds 2 seconds) When I completed level 3 for the Xwing, 
I had 15 seconds left, with 13 gates to go. I thought this 
was impossible. All of these final platforms are loaded with 
boxes. I shot enough of them to keep my time at 15 seconds; and 
I completed this level. It was a pretty bizzare feeling. I actually 
shot enough boxes so the warning beeper stopped!  Once you get past
level 3, concentrate on flying cleanly thru all the gates. Blast 
boxes if you can, as they now shoot at you more accurately. You don't 
need to blast them for time, as much as to prevent them from draining 
your shields. You will now get from 5.5 to 4.5 minutes per level.

I noticed some things that were particular to the different starfighers.

X-Wing: The lasers are spaced just the right distance apart. This 
allows you to fly right at a gate, and blast both boxes without 
much correcting.
 
Y-Wing: Much more power is able to be transfered to the sheilds. This is
due to the ION guns storing energy. ION guns were not that effective for
shooting boxes.

A-Wing: Much of each level can be completed with a speed over 100 KPS.
This gives much less time to target and destroy boxes. Reducing your 
speed to 80-90 KPS gives you more time to destroy boxes. Aiming in the
A-wing is more difficult than with the other starfighters. The boxes
pretty much have to be in the middle of the targeting reticle. 

Completing level 8 is how you get your flight badge. These have laser
boxes behind the gates. They shoot at you after you fly thru the 
gate. These can be destroyed by shooting thru the base of the gate   
before you fly thru. After all, the gates are holographic projections.
Destroying these boxes are not a problem, since you are using the FORCE 
anyway!