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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 17 Jul 2010 12:23
On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:02:32 +0100, black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com (Jon B)
wrote:

>Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:23:26 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim)
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:00:27 +0100, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >On 17/07/2010 10:02, Jim wrote:
>> >> >> 15 more levels, plus a new bird.
>> >> >
>> >> >I hate that new bird, it is useless
>> >>
>> >> The boomerang? It's good and heavy, for frontal attacks. Much more
>> >> usable than the relatively uncontrollable loopbacks.
>> >
>> >It's not a new bird, though. It was in previous levels. Not fond of
>> >them.
>>
>> D'accord. From Woody's other post, looks like he missed the
>> boomerang's introduction in part 3 - and it gets (strangely)
>> reintroduced in the new level set.
>>
>It's a bigger version of the boomerang, same as it starts with a new
>bigger red bird.

Is it bigger, or just not so far away? It's rather hard to judge the
absolute sizes of these things. It doesn't seem to have any more
penetrating power than the older ones, but OTOH that would make more
sense as a new bird.

Cheers - Jaimie
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From: James Dore on 19 Jul 2010 10:29
On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:02:00 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> 15 more levels, plus a new bird.
>
> Jim

I just caved in and bought the HD version. I'm doomed.

J

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From: Jim on 19 Jul 2010 11:23
James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:02:00 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
>
> > 15 more levels, plus a new bird.
> >
> > Jim
>
> I just caved in and bought the HD version. I'm doomed.

Is the HD version different apart from the graphics? I find the normal
iPhone version scales very nicely.

Jim
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From: James Dore on 19 Jul 2010 11:25
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:23:40 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:02:00 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
>>
>> > 15 more levels, plus a new bird.
>> >
>> > Jim
>>
>> I just caved in and bought the HD version. I'm doomed.
>
> Is the HD version different apart from the graphics? I find the normal
> iPhone version scales very nicely.

I don't know - this is my first foray into the games.

There's bloody command and conquer on there are well, isn't there? Oh god.

J

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From: Woody on 19 Jul 2010 11:32
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:02:00 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>
> > wrote:
>>
>>> 15 more levels, plus a new bird.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>
>> I just caved in and bought the HD version. I'm doomed.
>
> Is the HD version different apart from the graphics? I find the normal
> iPhone version scales very nicely.

I have the HD version. I think it is just the graphics.

Still, all finished now, awaiting new levels!

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