gamegalaxy Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Has anyone ever actually beaten Agent USA? I was thinking about it today that I never finished it! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/241815-agent-usa/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Has anyone ever actually beaten Agent USA? I was thinking about it today that I never finished it! Man, that brings back memories! I used to play the hell out of this game in my middle school days at school on their Apple II. Couldn't beat it then, but I finally played the C64 version about ten years ago and finally did it. It's actually not that hard if you use a little planning....first figure out where the TV is in relation to your starting city. Travel to a small town (two screens) and in the second screen lay a lot of crystals and let them grow. Try to get near 100. Then start traveling to the city with the TV, taking time and effort to lay down crystals to save infected people as you go along and let them have some spares, and keep your limit near 100. When you get to your final destination city, dart right in for the TV to touch it, avoiding everyone else. You can do it in as little as 20 minutes with some luck. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/241815-agent-usa/#findComment-3303357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I've beaten the Atari 8-bit version. I love that game. I think I will have to go play it tomorrow. It's a lot of fun. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/241815-agent-usa/#findComment-3303398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamegalaxy Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Man, that brings back memories! I used to play the hell out of this game in my middle school days at school on their Apple II. Couldn't beat it then, but I finally played the C64 version about ten years ago and finally did it. It's actually not that hard if you use a little planning....first figure out where the TV is in relation to your starting city. Travel to a small town (two screens) and in the second screen lay a lot of crystals and let them grow. Try to get near 100. Then start traveling to the city with the TV, taking time and effort to lay down crystals to save infected people as you go along and let them have some spares, and keep your limit near 100. When you get to your final destination city, dart right in for the TV to touch it, avoiding everyone else. You can do it in as little as 20 minutes with some luck. Wow - I'll have to try your strategy soon! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/241815-agent-usa/#findComment-3303745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I finally did beat the C64 version as an adult just a few years ago. The music REALLY sticks with you on this one. I tried something similar to the strategy above, growing crystals in a 2 screen town is important because you can push all the citizens on trains and have it all to yourself. However, I found that it is the run to the FuzzBomb made about 20-40 minutes in that is critical. If you wait too long, it is just too hard to get to him untouched. I also would wait until the FuzzBomb was in a town with only a few screens to limit interference. Savestates helped limit the repetition. Another strategy that I've heard suggested is to grow crystals in a town kinda near FuzzBomb (two screen town as suggested) and let citizens pick them up. Then push them onto trains heading toward the source of the infection. This helps reduce the fuzz a little and aids you as you make your surgical strike to hit mr FuzzBomb. The game is sure a lot easier now that I know how to type (faster tickets if you bother with that) AND know my geography a bit better. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/241815-agent-usa/#findComment-3303756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertB Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Ah, I used Agent USA with the middle-school students back in the 80's/90's. I had maybe one or two students beat the game. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/241815-agent-usa/#findComment-3304127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
landgraf Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Normal difficulty level is doable, but I still have to beat the game on advanced level where half of the US cities are already "fuzzed" at game start Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/241815-agent-usa/#findComment-3304508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I've never beat it to be honest. I ended up watching a long play of it on youtube some time ago to see the ending, and that pretty much satisfied that curiosity Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/241815-agent-usa/#findComment-3304528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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