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falls to the ground. one can determine what effect the wind will have on the parachutist.
Having reached the desired altitude,the chutist jumps from the plane oncommand and free falls until the parachute parachute rip cord is pulled. This is done bypressing a key. However, there is a 10percent chance that the main chutewon't open. At this point. the playermay try to use the reserve chute. I was intrigued by free-falling. Whatyou see is the figure of a chutist as seenfrom above. By using the arrow keys,you can make the figure circle over thetarget or move to any area of thescreen. Of course. as the fall continuescontinues. the rate of descent increases. Ifthe parachute is opened too late. youwon't be able to prevent the chutistfrom hitting the ground hard. Just asin the sport of sky diving. drag develops develops gradually. After the rip cord is pulled. the parachute parachute blossoms over the sky diver.Rate of descent is gradually reducedand from here or1 on the player maneuv-ers maneuvers the chutist via input from the "l"and · ·o· · "0" keys. A little indicator arrowat the right of the screen points in thedirection the chutist is moving. The game continues until one playerhas scored 500 points or ..ill all the play·ersplayers have been eliminated by death orinjury. The accumulated total for eachjumper is shown at the end and beginning beginning of each jump.
The graphics are simple and color
ful. When the chutist is about 500 feet