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            R E B E L   A S S A U L T    H I N T   T E X T 
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Rev. 1.5 
December 1994 
 
 
Rebel Assault  PC CD-ROM Version 
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What follows is a description of all Chapters. The passcodes are listed in 
EASY/NORMAL/HARD order. 
 
  
*** Chapter 1: Flight Training 
  
 Part I : Beggars Canyon 
 View: Third Person Flight 
 Part II: Target Drones Shooting 
 View: Third Person Bombing 
 Spacecraft: Shuttle 
 Hints: - 
  
*** Chapter 2: Asteroid Field Training 
  
 View: First Person Flight 
 Spacecraft: A-Wing 
 Hints: Try to avoid the rocky asteroids. It is possible to fly without 
        a single collision! 
  
*** Chapter 3: Planet Kolaador 
  
 View: Third Person Flight 
 Spacecraft: A-Wing 
 Hints: This is pure 2D! Move the image of your ship exactly on top of the 
        other ship. A bit tricky. 
  
 Passcodes: FALCON / BIGGS / ACKBAR 
  
*** Chapter 4: Star Destroyer Attack 
  
 View: First Person Flight 
 Bonus level: Torpedo Attack the Bridge 
 View: First Person Flight 
 Spacecraft: X-Wing 
 Hints: Shoot the Tie-Fighters first. They're always the major threat. If you 
        let one slip by, it will hit you twice! 
  
*** Chapter 5: Tatooine Attack 
  
 View: Third Person Flight 
 Bonus level: Attack ground forces at Mos Eisley 
 View: First Person Flight 
 Spacecraft: X-Wing 
 Hints: Very simple in EASY and NORMAL but almost impossible in HARD. Shoot all 
        three ties within the first seconds by firing at a very high rate. 
  
*** Chapter 6: Asteroid Field Chase 
  
 View: First Person Flight 
 Spacecraft: X-Wing 
 Hints: Avoid the rocky asteroids. Most of the ice-asteroids are not on your 
        flight path, so you need'nt shoot them. 
  
 Passcodes: ANOAT / KAIBURR / FORNAX 
  
*** Chapter 7: Imperial Probe Droids 
  
 View: Third Person Flight 
 Spacecraft: Ice-Glider 
 Hints: The fastest way out is left/left/right/left/left. 
  
*** Chapter 8: Imperial Walkers 
  
 View: First Person Flight 
 Spacecraft: Ice-Glider 
 Hints: - 
  
*** Chapter 9: Stormtroopers 
  
 View: Third Person Shooting 
 Spacecraft: none 
 Hints: Shoot at the heads. The way out of the maze is different in 
        every new game. 
  
*** Chapter 10: Protect Rebel Transport 
  
 View: First Person Flight 
 Spacecraft: X-Wing 
 Hints: - 
  
 Passcodes: YUZZEM / MYNOCK / BESPIN 
  
*** Chapter 11: Yavin Training 
  
 View: Third Person Flight 
 Spacecraft: X-Wing 
 Hints: - 
  
*** Chapter 12: Tie Attack 
  
 View: First Person Flight 
 Spacecraft: X-Wing 
 Hints: Don't let any ties slip away ! 
  
*** Chapter 13: Death Star Surface 
  
 View: Third Person Bombing 
 Spacecraft: X-Wing 
 Hints: - 
  
*** Chapter 14: Surface Cannon 
  
 View: First Person Flight 
 Spacecraft: X-Wing 
 Hints: As always, the tie-fighters are the major threat. Concentrate on them 
        first, then shoot the cannon. 
  
 Passcodes: BRIGIA / DAGOBAH / KESSEL 
  
*** Chapter 15: Death Star Trench 
  
 Part I : Trench Flight 
 View: First Person Flight 
 Part II: Shoot Torpedo In Exhaust Port 
 View: First Person Flight 
 Spacecraft: X-Wing 
 Hints: - 
  
 Passcodes: GREEDO / MIMBAN / ORGANA 
  
*** End Titles and Credits 
 
 
General hints: 
  
With some training it is possible to fly all 15 chapters in less than 
40 mins (without loosing a single life). You will get app. 60000 points 
by doing that in EASY level. 
  
Become used to shoot at a very (*very*) high rate. The laser blasts can be 
fired as fast as you're able to push the trigger button. Don't wait for a 
shoot to reach it's target. Shooting will cost nothing in Rebel Assault (in 
the contrary to X-Wing, where every shoot counts). This is even true for 
chapter 4 and 15, where a torpedo is to be positioned. 
  
After some chapters a 'Target Accuracy' is calculated. This is purely the 
number of hitten targets. The number of shoots you needed is not important. 
  
Always disable HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.SYS as they may slow down your game 
significantly. 
  
There is a bug in the SB16 driver which prevents the use of 8-bit DMA. 
Try the SBPRO driver instead or use a 16-bit DMA channel (usually 5 or 6). 
  
If the game hangs after a few minutes you have a problem with DOS4GW, the 
dos-extender for RA. There is a fix for this on various internet sites 
(look for REBFIX.ZIP (older) or REBEL17.ZIP (newer), which can be found 
 at  wpi.wpi.edu  in  /starwars/Rebel_Assault). 
  
The program itself is rather small (only 214 KB) and was written in 32-bit 
protected-mode Watcom-C. The rest of the 400 MBytes consists of pictures, 
movies and sounds. 
  
The soundtrack is completely sampled at a low rate (22000 ?) with 8-bit 
and only mono (therefore the sound quality leaves a lot to be desired...). 
  
 
Cheat mode: 
 
When the Lucas Arts logo appears after the joystick calibration, press 
UP+FIRE DOWN+FIRE LEFT+FIRE RIGHT+FIRE. 
You will hear bell and a voice saying "Lucas Arts". 
Now the following keys can be used: 
+       decrease damage 
-       increase damage 
ESC     skip to next level 
1-f     select level 
z       restart game 
 
 
 
  
Rebel Assault  Apple-Macintosh CD-ROM Version 
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Apparently the mac version is slightly different concerning the 
passwords and cheat mode. 
A password is given for every mission, not only for every third 
or fourth. The logo cheat will not work. 
 
Here are all passcodes (in EASY/MEDIUM/HARD order): 
  
Chapter 1 :  BOSSK   / BOTHAN  / BORDOK 
Chapter 2 :  ENGRET  / HERGLIC / SKYNX 
Chapter 3 :  RALRRA  / LEENI   / DEFEL 
Chapter 4 :  FRIJA   / THRAWN  / JEDGAR 
Chapter 5 :  LAFRA   / LWYLL   / MADINE 
Chapter 6 :  DERLIN  / MAZZIC  / TARKIN 
Chapter 7 :  MOLTOK  / JULPA   / MOTHMA 
Chapter 8 :  MORAG   / MORRT   / GLAYYD 
Chapter 9 :  TANTISS / MUFTAK  / OTTEGA 
Chapter 10:  OSWAFL  / RASKAR  / RISHI 
Chapter 11:  KLAATY  / JHOFF   / IZRINA 
Chapter 12:  IRENEZ  / ITHOR   / KARRDE 
Chapter 13:  LIANNA  / UMWAK   / VONZEL 
Chapter 14:  PAKKA   / ORLOK   / OSSUS 
Chapter 15:  NORVAL  / NKLLON  / MALANI 
  
   
I've heard that there is a "yoda mode." in the mac version.  Press 123 when 
loading.   numbers ship to levels and "-" adds damage and a "+" removes it. 
  
There is a patch that makes this mode available through a check box in the 
game options diaglog box. It will be available at wpi.wpi.edu 
 
 
Good luck and may the force be with you! 
  
Martin Doppelbauer 
  
UET401 @ unidozr.hrz.uni-dortmund.de   (internet) 
UET401 @ DDOHRZ11                      (bitnet) 
 
 
P.S.: If you have further information or useful comments please mail me. I  
      will upload updated texts every now and then. 
 
P.P.S.: Thanks to rgswff@mail.utexas.edu (Roger) for the infos about the 
        mac-version of the game.  
 
P.P.P.S.: Zane Goodwin (zane@gladstone.uoregon.edu) provided even more infos 
          and a complete list of passcodes for the macintosh version. Thanks! 
 
