Week 16 is over!
[list=1]The Rules:
To enter, you just play one of the games and post a screenshot (F12 key in MAME) with your score.
The deadline to post your high scores will be Sunday 9:00 PM Eastern US time.
When you post a high score, make sure to pick a new game to play by Monday. The sooner the better.
The game should be at least 10 years old and one we haven't played before.
Any scores you submit should be played during the week of the contest using no continues or any features of the emulator that you wouldn't get by playing the actual machine.
[/list=1]So far we have only been using MAME (http://www.mame.net/downports.html) to play the games, but that can change, if the winner so chooses.
I am going to host the current ROMs and list of all the past winners and high scores here. (http://dvdtalk.home.comcast.net)
New to MAME? Read the tutorials (http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/)
The Games:
(click the titles for info and how to play)
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters - Winning Score: hardcore 251200 (http://klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=7716)
http://img114.exs.cx/img114/1585/cEscape_From_The_Planet_Of_The_Robot_Monsters.jpg<img src="http://img80.exs.cx/img80/2073/epro0009.png" height=309/>
The Real Ghost Busters (US 2 Player) - Winning Score: devilshalo 240450 (http://klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9281)
http://img114.exs.cx/img114/6090/ghostb.jpg<img src="http://img24.exs.cx/img24/9408/ghos0002.png" height=300/>
The Prize:
Whoever gets the high score for one of the games picks the next game that replaces it, so we should always have 3 to choose from. You also get your name <s>engraved</s> permanently etched onto this eye catching trophy with a genuine Sharpie!
This Week's Winners:
<img src="http://home.comcast.net/~dvdtalk/trophy.jpg" align="top"/><img src="http://home.comcast.net/~dvdtalk/engraving16.jpg" height="320"/>
hardcore
11-15-04, 02:16 AM
Didn't get a chance to play last week's games this weekend due to a marathon Halo 2 session, but here was my first shot at EPROM:
http://img26.exs.cx/img26/888/eprom.png
This was a huge quarter guzzler in the arcade, and I'll be impressed if Lampei can beat it in one. :) I might have better luck at this game with the keyboard though, as ducking and shooting at the same time with a dualshock hasn't been working well for me...
Roto
11-15-04, 02:25 AM
You skipped out on Boxy Boy for Halo 2? -ohbfrank- You should be spending more time on losing your Cool New Member status -ptth-
The controls for Escape from the blah blah blah suck. :mad: If you want to play this game and don't have an analog joystick I suggest you get one. Sorry, I should've tested it sooner :( There's no console version, just computers. I'm afraid that would just make it more complicated.
Here's my first attempt with the keyboard, but I never really played this game before so maybe it's just me.
http://img92.exs.cx/img92/5552/epro0004.png
Here's my first try at Ghostbusters. I'll leave Mario for later since it's the only I've played before.
http://img28.exs.cx/img28/9192/ghos0000.png
devilshalo
11-15-04, 04:12 AM
http://img28.exs.cx/img28/6428/ghos0001.png
http://img28.exs.cx/img28/6255/mari0003.gif
Roto
11-15-04, 04:14 AM
wow, you truly have no self control :p I guess no newbies this week.
http://img129.exs.cx/img129/8632/mari0002.png
Lampei
11-15-04, 07:51 AM
Yeah, I'm not coming anywhere near those scores :)
hardcore
11-15-04, 10:58 AM
Originally posted by Roto
You skipped out on Boxy Boy for Halo 2?
Well, I thought 4 guys huddled around a computer going "No, push that one!" would have gotten tiresome quickly... :)
Had I known devilshalo was going to bring back the memories of Ghostbusters that I had spent years trying to repress, maybe I would have pushed harder on Xevious. If I wanted to play a bad game based on a movie, I'd just fire up Krull... :)
Roto
11-15-04, 02:42 PM
Originally posted by hardcore
If I wanted to play a bad game based on a movie, I'd just fire up Krull... :)
Burn!
Vryce
11-15-04, 02:53 PM
I think its been played.
But how about a bad games based on a bad(in someones eyes) band?
Journey anyone?
Or Aerosmith?
Roto
11-15-04, 02:57 PM
Journey has been played, Krull has not. I never heard of an Aerosmith video game, and they don't suck no matter how many times they've sold out.
Vryce
11-15-04, 03:01 PM
Originally posted by Roto
Journey has been played, Krull has not. I never heard of an Aerosmith video game, and they don't suck no matter how many times they've sold out.
Bah, it's a light gun game. It does work though and it's 10 years old, so it qualifies if someone chooses it. It's not as cool as Journey though :D
Mordred
11-15-04, 04:12 PM
Originally posted by Roto
Bah, it's a light gun game. It does work though and it's 10 years old, so it qualifies if someone chooses it. It's not as cool as Journey though :D Nothing is as cool as Journey. And yes the Aerosmith game did suck.
devilshalo
11-15-04, 05:51 PM
As much as I like Krull.. it's a 2 joystick game. I would just skip playing it altogether.
Roto
11-15-04, 07:22 PM
Interesting looking frontend for people with a MAME cabinet
"Version 2.0.2 of Kymaera is available for download. Kymaera is a multiple emulator frontend for Windows and DOS. The DOS version also supports 15khz arcade monitors. Kymaera (http://sourceforge.net/projects/kymaera/) is a fully skinnable universal frontend specifically designed for arcade cabinets. It supports video previews through AVI and MPG files, as well as a MameWah layout importer. Kymaera is a 3rd generation frontend and was designed to be a complete solution for an arcade cabinet. Kymaera supports both vertical & horizontal layouts and is completely user configurable."
I see you're now conserving on to your POW usage. ;)
And are we the only ones playing? Did Roto drop out to cower in the corner? :p
Real Ghostbusters is hard. Best thing I can recommend is that you not try to kill everything on screen. Better to move forward as fast as you can to get to the end boss. Don't use up your proton pack, just shoot them with your gun, then collect them along with the power ups once they turn to ghosts.
Roto
11-18-04, 04:50 PM
Originally posted by devilshalo
And are we the only ones playing? Did Roto drop out to cower in the corner? :p
I got busy with other things the last couple days. In the meantime you guys got too far ahead of me on Mario Bros. so I decided to give EPROM a try today
http://img63.exs.cx/img63/8232/epro0007.png
Almost there but I need to find out how to use all these bombs I'm collecting :hscratch:
Weird thing about that game, you get past level one and it apparently picks a random level next. I'm not sure though. I've only done it twice and it puts you in this bonus maze before the next level. Maybe it depends on what you do in the maze.
D300
11-18-04, 05:15 PM
Originally posted by devilshalo
I see you're now conserving on to your POW usage. ;)
I only use it when I'm in trouble. I did notice that it goes back to full after certain levels. I didn't think I could beat your score until I found out about that next coin level.
Roto
11-18-04, 05:40 PM
I didn't beat it by much but it's something
http://img58.exs.cx/img58/2073/epro0009.png
You have to push all 3 buttons at the same time to use the bombs, but they aren't as effective as I hoped.
Roto
11-18-04, 05:43 PM
Originally posted by D300
It took me a while, but I'm not quitting yet :)
<img src="http://img98.exs.cx/img98/1705/MARI0008.png">
Oh man! I forgot all about the falling icicles! We had an Apple 2 in our 6th grade classroom and we used to play Mario Bros and Montezuma's Revenge all the time.
devilshalo
11-18-04, 06:47 PM
Originally posted by D300
I only use it when I'm in trouble. I did notice that it goes back to full after certain levels. I didn't think I could beat your score until I found out about that next coin level.
As long as you take the same route you use for any other coin level, you're ok. I very rarely use the POW. I rather like using it as an island I can jump on to avoid critters.
Had I not tried to get that last fighterfly thinking I could beat the icicle falling on me, I would have made it to the next level.
hardcore
11-18-04, 06:53 PM
Originally posted by Roto
Almost there but I need to find out how to use all these bombs I'm collecting :hscratch:
Weird thing about that game, you get past level one and it apparently picks a random level next. I'm not sure though. I've only done it twice and it puts you in this bonus maze before the next level. Maybe it depends on what you do in the maze.
I thought to bomb was just shoot + jump, but that never worked 100%, so maybe I would just sometimes catch the crouch button... :)
The level selection after the maze is dependent on which of the three doors you park yourself next to at the end of the maze.
Roto
11-20-04, 05:14 AM
Just got two personal bests
http://img57.exs.cx/img57/640/mari0004.pnghttp://img57.exs.cx/img57/4534/epro0011.png
I don't think I'll manage to compete in Mario. I'll probably go back to finishing around level 10 when I play again tomorrow. According to MAME, I've put 2 hours into Mario and only 1 into the Robot Monsters, which I've never played before.
Are me and hardcore the only ones with analog joysticks? If I win I'm going to choose Penguin-Kun Wars (http://klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=8990). I promise that it's keyboard friendly, and even though it's weird it's a very fun game :up: I remember that it was pretty popular when it first got emulated in MAME 0.34b3 (damn that must've been a long time ago!). I never heard of it before then. Download and play it anyway even if I don't win because who knows if I ever will again :blush:
Time to pick new games D300 and devilshalo. Deadline is 9pm Eastern Sunday night
devilshalo
11-20-04, 01:07 PM
http://img35.exs.cx/img35/6428/ghos0001.png
Astro Blaster
It's pretty old skool. I used to play the table top version a lot.
hardcore
11-20-04, 02:25 PM
Damn damn damn damn... I just got 175K on EPROM, but I had just rebooted my machine, and the stupid function lock for my keyboard was off, so no pic... Guess I'll have to try and beat it... :)
D300
11-20-04, 02:49 PM
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=S&game_id=9931)
joeblow69
11-20-04, 02:55 PM
Originally posted by D300
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=S&game_id=9931)
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo is only 8 years old. :(
Mario Bros. --> Puyo Puyo
The Real Ghostbusters --> <s>Astro Blaster (http://klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=6943)</s>
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters --> <s>Penguin-Kun Wars (http://klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=8990)</s>
pick a new game hardcore. Newbies -ohbfrank- -ptth-
Roto
11-20-04, 03:04 PM
Originally posted by joeblow69
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo is only 8 years old. :(
Oh thank god! It looked so stupid :lol: Pick a new game sucka!
joeblow69
11-20-04, 03:10 PM
Originally posted by Roto
Oh thank god! It looked so stupid :lol: Pick a new game sucka!
Actually Puzzle Fighter is one of the coolest puzzle games I've ever played. GIve it a try, it's mad fun.
Can I suggest Puyo Puyo 2 instead? It's similar and 10 years old.
D300
11-20-04, 06:32 PM
Originally posted by joeblow69
Actually Puzzle Fighter is one of the coolest puzzle games I've ever played. GIve it a try, it's mad fun.
Can I suggest Puyo Puyo 2 instead? It's similar and 10 years old.
There's two of us suckas that like the game :) I will take Joe's recommendation - Puyo Puyo 2.
Roto
11-20-04, 06:35 PM
I blame the Commies for inventing Tetris :mad:
OK, I just played both and I don't see any major differences between Puyo Puyo and Puyo Puyo 2 other than the first one actually has an English version we can play. So do you mind switching to Puyo Puyo 1?
Just a reminder:
ret·ro
adj.
1. Retroactive: retro pay.
2. Involving, relating to, or reminiscent of things past; retrospective: “As is often the case in retro fashion, historical accuracy is somewhat beside the point” (New York Times).
I didn't know so many of us were hanging out in Japan in the 80s and 90s. That New York Times quote they threw in there isn't helping my case though :p
Vryce
11-20-04, 07:03 PM
http://www.solitaryspaces.com/images/misc/gb.jpg
Roto
11-20-04, 07:05 PM
YES! Someone actually is playing it :eek: Now if I could just get you guys to pick a new game when you post a score this late in the week.
http://www.pythonsite.de/bbc/nudge.jpg
nudge, nudge, wink, wink
Vryce
11-20-04, 07:11 PM
Hmm.. lemme think of a game... I didn't think I would actually get a high score. Had to play it a few times, but once I got the hang of it again, I just kept on going.
Roto
11-20-04, 07:15 PM
When I can't decide I usually post 4 or 5 and someone always seems to help make up my mind.
Vryce
11-20-04, 07:30 PM
I have one in mind, but I think it came out in 95 and wouldn't fit the 10 year rule.
Let me look it up again.
I have the rom already
It's Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon rev (95/03/22B)
Others I'm thinking.
Donkey Kong 3
Crystal Castle
Roto
11-20-04, 07:41 PM
Yeah, looks like you gotta wait a few months for Sailor Moon. I don't see an end to these threads any time soon, so be patient :)
It doesn't seem right to me that we would play Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong 3 before the first one, but I don't like Crystal Castle either, so I'm no help to you. You are putting me in the uncomfortable position of rooting for devilshalo :(
D300
11-20-04, 08:20 PM
Originally posted by Roto
I blame the Commies for inventing Tetris :mad:
OK, I just played both and I don't see any major differences between Puyo Puyo and Puyo Puyo 2 other than the first one actually has an English version we can play. So do you mind switching to Puyo Puyo 1?
Just a reminder:
ret·ro
adj.
1. Retroactive: retro pay.
2. Involving, relating to, or reminiscent of things past; retrospective: “As is often the case in retro fashion, historical accuracy is somewhat beside the point? (New York Times).
Puyo Puyo 1 is okay with me. I did pick retro games and nobody played them. Remember Asteroids, Tetris, Missile Command, Dig Dug, Q-bert, and Gauntlet. More people seemed to play the off the wall games like Tube-It, Chicken Shift and Boxy Boy. :)
Roto
11-20-04, 08:24 PM
plenty of people played them, they just weren't competetive because you can roll the score over on half those games :p I don't mind you picking puzzle games, I just thought Puyo Puyo 2 in particular would've been a ridiculous choice when nobody can even read what it says. It also would be the 3rd tetris style game we've played which I find can be seizure inducing. :whofart: Tetris counts towards puzzle games. Hell, you didn't even play Tetris, you played a bootleg called Puzzle. Need I bust out a screenshot?
Mario Bros. on the other hand was an excellent choice ;) I'm just afraid I can't quite reach level 15 and I'm sick of trying.
D300
11-20-04, 08:46 PM
I didn't even know Puyo Puyo 2 was in Japanese, I just picked it on Joe's recommendation. For some reason, I wrongly believed that only the bootleg version of Tetris was working, that's why I picked that game. Besides you and the CBS crew decided there was no foul in that selection. :) I guess I won't be picking one of my favorite Tetris like games soon - Block Out. That game might give you a seizure. :p
Roto
11-20-04, 08:52 PM
I agree, please don't pick Blockout anytime soon! I don't know about anybody else, but if we play Puyo Puyo, I would like a break from the falling block genre of games. Pace yourself or you won't know what to pick when you run out of Tetris variants.
devilshalo
11-20-04, 09:03 PM
http://img56.exs.cx/img56/2338/ghostb.png
hardcore
11-20-04, 10:00 PM
I didn't forget to choose a game, I just needed some time to think about it... :)
I had a few ideas, but I think I'll go with Track and Field.
Roto
11-20-04, 11:32 PM
Guess I better keep on working on those robot monsters to keep from getting carpal tunnel next week.
Like my poor keyboard hasn't taken enough abuse already. :p
Roto
11-21-04, 03:27 PM
I won't be home during the deadline, so I'm updating the webpage now. I'll change it when I come back if anyone got a higher score before 9:00 Eastern.
hardcore
11-21-04, 04:13 PM
Since I should be gone for the rest of the day...
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/2073/epro0009.png
Roto
11-21-04, 04:28 PM
you didn't have anything to worry about. I gave up after getting defeated by Trogdor the Burninator.
http://img98.exs.cx/img98/2618/epro0012.png
time's up
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