~Descent

Level 7 Big Boss ....  Info from Netmail.

Am I missing some easy way to kill the big boss man at the end of 
level 7?

He's a tough one all right... I think that flying around the big
pilar is the best strategy but when he shoots those green ball 
missle thingees you need to fly quickly through one of the tunnels
in the pilar.  The green balls will not be able to follow you 
through.  I also find that the quad laser powered to level 4 does 
major damage to the cloaking guy.  Good Luck.


After trying a couple strategies I found this one to be the best:

Fly along the outer wall while constantly sliding up and down. If
your path was traced along the wall it would be sinusoidal. I can fly
in this pattern indefinitely without taking any hits from the big 
toad.  Of course, some adjustments must be made such as when he 
appears directly in front of you but it really isn't too hard.

OR TRY THIS.....

What I did first was practiced using the cheat codes to see how many
times I would get blown away using the various techniques that I've
seen posted here.  Not very effective.  I guess I'll have to work 
on my circling patterns.  What I did discover was that you can kill
everything without ever leaving your little hallway entrance.  The 
three most important things when using this strategy are:

1)  Listen!  Turn up the FX Volume and the Music volume down.  
    You'll be able to tell how close the Big One is by the sound of
    his motor.  When you don't hear him you can either relax or pick
    off any visible Red Hulks without leaving the entrance.
  
2)  Be patient!  It takes time to kill him and if you're lucky he'll
    never even fire at you.  When you hear him near slowly slide 
    along one side of the passage while aiming at the edge of the 
    wall on the other side.  If you see any part of him stop 
    immediately.  If you're too aggressive he'll spot you and fire 
    his missiles at you, so you better get back in a hurry and hope 
    not too many plasma balls lock on.  When you've stopped correctly 
    just start blasting away with the quad lasers.  Only one half of 
    your lasers should hit him.  The other two blasts will just hit
    the edge of the wall.  If the middle of your sights is aimed at 
    him and you're in the right spot you'll hit him with a few blasts 
    or more and he will NOT fire at you.  If he fires you went too 
    far.  If you'd like to speed up the process try firing missiles, 
    but only ones fired from the same side as the lasers that hit him 
    will get past the wall.  If you edge along the wall until you see 
    about a half an inch of lava and he's not there he must be on the 
    other side.  DO NOT go to the other side right away. Back up then 
    creep up on the other side.  He won't stay in the same spot for 
    too long so don't panic if you can hear him, but not see him.  
    This means he's below.  Just back up and wait until the volume of 
    his engine changes.

3)  Kill the Red Hulks and Vulkies when the Big One is on the other
    side.  This is the least of your priorities.  Most of the trouble
    will be in the form of Red Hulks to the right (if you come in 
    with the lava down).  Just pick them off like you would the Big 
    One by sliding to the left and aiming at the right side of the 
    wall until you see something besides the orange wall.  Fire as 
    much as possible before heading back to allow their Homing 
    Missile to crash into just outside the right wall.  It'll 
    probably take two or three trips per Reddie.  It's okay if they 
    fire.  They "see" you better than the Big One does so it's nearly
    impossible to kill them without them firing.  Just keep backing 
    away and you'll see an explosion on the right wall when it's 
    clear to edge up and blast away again.  

I hope this helps anybody is really frustrated with this game.  The
worst thing that could happen is that he appears right in front of 
you.  In this case fire everything you've got.  I don't see any hope 
of escaping so just let him pay.  You'll die, but just pick up you're 
junk when you come back for more.  This is a wimpy strategy, I know.
But it IS a strategy.  Exit stage left. 
