Retro Game Challenge #28 (2/6-2/13)
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Retro Game Challenge #28 (2/6-2/13)
Week 28 is over!
The Rules:
So far we have only been using MAME to play the games, but that can change, if the winner so chooses.
New to MAME? Feel free to ask questions here or read the tutorials
I am going to host the current ROMs and list of all the past winners and high scores here.
The Games:
(click the titles for info and how to play)
Pooyan - Score to beat: devilshalo 176900
Rampart (Joystick) - Score to beat: D300 34014
Tapper (Budweiser) - Score to beat: Roto 97650
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 nameengraved permanently etched onto this eye catching trophy with a genuine Sharpie!
This Week's Winners:
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, pick a new game to play by the deadline. 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.
So far we have only been using MAME to play the games, but that can change, if the winner so chooses.
New to MAME? Feel free to ask questions here or read the tutorials
I am going to host the current ROMs and list of all the past winners and high scores here.
The Games:
(click the titles for info and how to play)
Pooyan - Score to beat: devilshalo 176900
Rampart (Joystick) - Score to beat: D300 34014
Tapper (Budweiser) - Score to beat: Roto 97650
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
This Week's Winners:
Last edited by Roto; 02-13-05 at 08:06 PM.
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Ok then, may as well do all of em
You don't have to post an in game screenshot, since Rampart doesn't tally your score until the end. Just the final score is fine, but it'd be nice to see how badly you lost the battle.
You don't have to post an in game screenshot, since Rampart doesn't tally your score until the end. Just the final score is fine, but it'd be nice to see how badly you lost the battle.
Last edited by Roto; 02-07-05 at 01:11 AM.
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You get a small amount of time to build a fort around your castle with tetris pieces
Then you get another small amount of time to place cannons within your fort
Then the battle begins where you fire your cannons on the enemy ships
After everyone is done firing you have to rebuild your fort before the time is up, then you get more cannons and more enemies show up for the next battle.
So far all the games I played ended because I didn't complete my fort in time.
http://klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9263
Then you get another small amount of time to place cannons within your fort
Then the battle begins where you fire your cannons on the enemy ships
After everyone is done firing you have to rebuild your fort before the time is up, then you get more cannons and more enemies show up for the next battle.
So far all the games I played ended because I didn't complete my fort in time.
http://klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9263
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Originally Posted by Roto
What does it do on your Mac? It says the roms are ok, right?
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macmame must not handle merged roms correctly then. I always put all the original's roms into the clone zip file so it should run if you don't have the other set.
I uploaded the original set to the website. It's labelled Rampart (Trackball). If Rampart doesn't load for anyone else, put that copy in your roms folder and try loading the joystick version again.
I uploaded the original set to the website. It's labelled Rampart (Trackball). If Rampart doesn't load for anyone else, put that copy in your roms folder and try loading the joystick version again.
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Originally Posted by devilshalo
Only shoot at the brown boats carrying those grunts. Eventually you will kill them all and then shoot the other boats.
One good strategy is to surround a castle with four cannons at one end of the screen. Let the grunts surround that castle, and alternate protecting the other castles.
If you can, build one big fort around two castles and you'll receive more cannons on that turn.
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Originally Posted by Roto
So D300, since you picked the game, should we start at beginner or let people start at advanced if they want?
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Originally Posted by Roto
The castle bonus doesn't equal the final score does it?
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What a dead week
Post your Rampart score already, D300. I know you are holding out on us. I wanna know what the goal is set for. I can finally start playing now that my job interviews are probably done for the week.
Maybe I'll be a bartender!
Post your Rampart score already, D300. I know you are holding out on us. I wanna know what the goal is set for. I can finally start playing now that my job interviews are probably done for the week.
Maybe I'll be a bartender!
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I'll still play it, you just won't see any more screenshots. I played a few today and couldn't even beat the 2700 devilshalo posted. I'm not playing from the beginner's level anymore. I'm sick of that one.
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Is there someway to set up the mouse to be used for the trackball version of Rampart? I think that might make a reasonable score possible... you know like 1/5th a D300 score.