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Should the Sentinel spot the synthoid as it travels about
the land, the srnthoid will detect the scan which precedes a
fatal draining of its energy. At this point evasive action
should be taken as quickly as possible by throwing out
another shell. The old shell will have to be absorbed as soon
as possible because the Sentinel will continue to draw its
energy away and the shell will gradually change as it loses
power. First it becomes a boulder and then it becomes a tree
before finally disappearing altogether.
This shows the different energy levels. The basic currency
is the tree. Two trees make a boulder, a boulder plus a tree
makes a shell. As the robot moves around it will find more
trees on the landscape to replenish any energy stolen by the
Sentinel.
The principal rule is that energy can only be drained from
an object if its base can be seen by the robot. Anything on a
higher level cannot be assimilated. For the Sentinel on its
high plane this is rarely a problem but the synthoid has to use
its boulders to reach the trees on higher levels.
If the Sentinel can see its enemy but cannot see its base,
the synthoid's scan registers a half dosage. Although the
synthoid is safe for the moment, the Sentinel will metamorphise
a nearby tree into a 'meanie'. This will scan around
at a faster rate than its creator and, if it sees the synthoid, it
hyperspace its foe to another part of the planet.
Hyperspacing, whether forced or deliberate, takes the
same amount of energy as producing a shell (three trees). If
the energy reserve is insufficient, the svnthoid will be
destroyed.
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The eventual aim of the synthoid is to create a boulder
platform which will raise it above the Sentinel so that its
vulnerable base is revealed and the hunter becomes the
hunted. Once the Sentinel has been drained of energy, a
hyperspace jump will reveal the secret code which will allow
access to one of the other 10,000 planets.
As the levels increase the game becomes more and more
complex. The Sentinel is joined by an increasing number of
Sentries who behave exactly as their controller but from less
exalted heights. Before the Sentinel can be attacked in a final
assault, all the Sentries must be wiped out. This really puts
the pigeon amongst the cats!
Combining so many skills. the game has everything
going for it, The graphics are cleverly conceived. at times the
gameplay is as fast as any arcade shoot-'em-up and yet the
strategy element requires as much concentration as Chess.
Sentinel deserves to be as big a hit as Firebird's classic elite
and in a similar way compresses a complex and sophisticated
graphic style in a single load game.
Sentinel is a truly unique game and it deserves the
accolade of being an essential addition to all C64 owners'
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