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OK,

I've read through the "manual" that is linked to from this thread, but I still can't figure out a couple of things:

1. Can I get salvage from amateur night at the Arena?

2. How do I win amateur night? I have destroyed three cars (they're "out of commission"), can't find any more opponents, but when I leave the arena, I get the message that I lost - too bad, maybe next time etc.

Can anyone explain the above to me?

Many thanks.

[Zwischy]

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OK,

I've read through the "manual" that is linked to from this thread, but I still can't figure out a couple of things:

1. Can I get salvage from amateur night at the Arena?

2. How do I win amateur night? I have destroyed three cars (they're "out of commission"), can't find any more opponents, but when I leave the arena, I get the message that I lost - too bad, maybe next time etc.

Can anyone explain the above to me?

Many thanks.
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If I remember right - and it's been a whlie since I've played this last - there's at least 5 cars you have to destroy. Perhaps you're not driving enough of the arena to find the last couple opponents. I always drive the arena in a counterclockwise circle. You cannot get salvage from amateur nights.

Also, the quickest way to dial up your cash to start with? Don't buy a car. Go get on the bus to Philadelphia, then to Atlantic City. Gamble at the Poker tables until you have about 850,000 in cash. More than that will see your funds get slapped down by the IRS the instant you leave the Casino (I think it's 900k+, but I could be wrong. 850k should be safe if memory serves). Then get back on the bus to New York and go experiment with car builds, which you can then take into the arena or go hunting bandits outside town to build your prestige so you can then do AADA courier runs or other missions. Oh, and don't forget to buy some body armor!

You may need to restart a couple times if the poker tables go badly, but it usually works without requiring too much time.

[Diamondfist]

From what I've been able to find out about the game, there is a way to get to the final mission. You have to build up a high rating in combat or by completing courier missions to qualify, and you won't have to complete some of the courier missions. I wanted to use spoiler blocks, but they don't seem to work for me.

If you do qualify, the FBI sends you to an abandoned building (they tell you where) and gives you a password to give to them. After giving the password to them, you get the final mission. The program erases all of your clones at this point, so you must back up your save game, and don't enter any bars or truck stops on the way to the final destination.

I played this game to death when I had it on my Commodore 64. I'd spend hours at a time fighting in the arenas. The roads were always really dangerous to me, and I had trouble getting from city to city but when I did, it was to the next Arena event I qualified for I'd go.

I've seen alot of posts in here saying "I wish they'd remake this" or "They should do an updated version!". Folks, it's been done.... And it's been done WELL..

I suggest you head to http://www.dark-wind.com/ and check out Darkwind! It's what Autoduel could have been if the technology were available then. The creators of Darkwind know all about Autoduel, Car Wars and all the other Cars-With-Guns games and they've created what I believe to be the best Car Wars game online. It's multiplayer, looks great and plays well. It has a bit of a steep learning curve, but once you get the hang of the physics and the turn-based control mechanism, you won't be able to stop

It's an option-to-pay game... You don't HAVE to pay for a subscription if you don't want to, but there are some limits in place for non-subscribers (i.e. You can't go out into the wilderness; you can only do Arena Combats, Deathraces, and Races) but if that's what your after, then that's what you'll enjoy!

I think anyone that loved Autoduel will love Darkwind even more. If you DO decide to subscribe, you are given an option to put in a player ID number as the person who sent you there in the first place. Mine is 8384 and if you do decide Darkwind is worth paying for, please place that number in as your referral. (And no, this isn't a troll for some kind of pyramid scheme, Darkwind is well worth playing and we players try to get the word out there when we can )

You can find me and my friend on there as Loendal and Felimed (My gang is the Big C Rollers, his is Mandelbots). I'll be glad to help you learn the ropes.

I played this game A LOT back in high school but now I just don't have the time to invest hours and hours into it.

Please, will someone tell me if the game truly had an "ultimate goal" and if so what was it?

[leg]

is there an end game?

Originally Posted by MikeJYWood

I played this game A LOT back in high school but now I just don't have the time to invest hours and hours into it.

Please, will someone tell me if the game truly had an "ultimate goal" and if so what was it?

The end game is putting Mr. Big in jail. You can't get the quest until your reputation is high enough and you gather the elements of the password.

You start as an amateur autoduelist. YOu get 50 points to allocate to your stats: Driving, Marksmanship and Mechanic.

All your skills go up with use, your marksmanship goes up fastest and your mechanic goes up slowest BUT you can "buy" more mechanic skill by taking classes at the garage (it takes 5 days). I would recommend putting all your points into driving and marksmanship (30/20 is what I go with, YMMV).

Do amateur night twice, take an mechanic class then do amateur night a couple more times then get a clone and another mechanic class. Keep doing this until they won't let you do amateur night anymore (if you really want to, you can keep doing amateur by spending all your money on mechanic lessons cars and clone updates; trash your reputation by getting courier jobs at the AADA and selling them at Joe's bar. At some point you will be ready to leave amateur night behind for good.

The 5K and 10K arena tournaments are fairly easy, machine guns and spikedroppers should do the trick.

The 15K and 20K are more dangerous, some of the cars have lasers which will eat through your armor like cheese so get used to using your spikedroppers when your front armor starts running low.

The unlimited battles are tougher and have more opponents.

City Champioships are the toughest and have more opponents than any of the regular battles but you should have the skill you need by the time the chamionship rolls around.

The arena will train up your marksmanship very very quickly and it will likely approach 90 by the time you get to the NYC championship (*I think you get one point for every 2 kills).

At this point you will start to get clues to some quests that provide serious reputation boosts. This will catapult you to max reputation and the end quest.

I did a few courier missions to push up my driving skill (you get about 1 point for every 100 miles driven (or so)). My road vehicle has a laser and a bunch of oil jets and I drive right past everyone and leave an oil slick in my wake.

If you cheat don't cheat and do things the hard way, you spend a lot of time making ends meet and every achievement is very satisfying.

If you use the gambling cheat so that money is never a problem, the game gets pretty short (two evenings and I am done) but you still can enjoy the game.

BTW this image verification software is really difficult to read.

[The Bloodhawk]

I just downloaded, and I like. I didn't know this was by Lord British himself either! The only problem I'm having so far is that you have to be specific with the controls to get in the doors.