MAME Challenge #35 (4/1-4/15)
 

MAMEbowl XXXV is over!
We're going to have a new thread twice a month to see who can get the high score on 4 different games in MAME. I think the changes are basically finalized, but if you think we should change something or you just see a mistake, please say so. :)

The NEW Rules:

1. To enter, you just play one of the games and post a screenshot (F12 key in MAME) with your score.
2. The deadline to post your high scores will be 11:59 PM on the 15th of the month.
3. Any games should be played with one credit and no continues or any features that you wouldn't get by playing the actual machine.
4. Submitted scores should be played during the designated time period, not scores you've gotten in the past.
5. The winner can pick any game from MAME that we haven't already played for the next thread.
6. If the winner doesn't pick a new game before the new thread starts, we will continue to play that game until someone else wins or the winner returns to choose a game. If a new game isn't chosen after 3 days, then the person with the next highest score gets the pick.
7. If you play and beat any of the high scores from the previous games we've played, you can submit them here for the All Time Top Scores.

Download MAME to play the games.
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 games for info and how to play)

Crazy Balloon (set 1) - Winning Score: devilshalo 40430
http://img183.exs.cx/img183/3218/crbaloon4ul.png<img src="http://img17.echo.cx/img17/733/crba00118mz.png" height=306/>

Puzz Loop (USA) - Winning Score: D300 572830
http://img183.exs.cx/img183/3869/puzzloop8aa.png<img src="http://img210.echo.cx/img210/6168/puzl00031ch.png" height=314/>

Solomon's Key (Japan) - Winning Score: gimmepilotwings 495210
http://img16.exs.cx/img16/5840/solomon1ll.png<img src="http://img58.echo.cx/img58/7318/solo00012wj.png" height=310/>

Splatter House (Japan) - Winning Score: Professor Frink 93200
http://img19.exs.cx/img19/9571/splatter6tg.png<img src="http://home.comcast.net/~pjensen/splatter.JPG" height=218/>

The Prize:
Whoever gets the high score for one of the current games picks the next game that replaces it. You also get your name <s>engraved</s> permanently etched onto this eye catching trophy with a genuine Sharpie!

The Champs:
<img src="http://home.comcast.net/~dvdtalk/trophy.jpg" align="top"/><img src="http://home.comcast.net/~dvdtalk/engraving35.jpg" height="320"/>

Looks like my name barely fit on there. I'm proud of you!

Thanks :D I am thinking of adding a rule stating that nobody with a name longer than gimmepilotwings is eligible to play.

Well, if it weren't for your 4th Quarter heroics, you would have had two lines for my name. :)

I didn't even write my own name twice for the previous threads, no way I'd do yours :p By the way, anyone wanting an easy score to beat for the free-for-all, check out the week where I won all 3 games :lol:

I had to do the whole trophy over so I could put 4 names on it, and now I just noticed I forgot the DVD Talk logo to cover the 1999. Doh!

I downloaded Puzz Loop from you but it is saying that it is missing a file, did it work ok for anyone else?

Crazy Balloon 14660
 

sknsu1.u10 NOT FOUND for the Puzz Loop game

http://img30.exs.cx/img30/4471/crba00049ia.th.png

not bad for first time playing it

Solomon's Key 284760

http://img101.exs.cx/img101/2982/solomon8bv.th.png

Go ahead and redownload Puzz Loop. It had a seperate bios file I like Metal Slug did. Sorry bout that.

Hate to be a whiner, but more high score list screenshots and you keep posting thumbnails :brickwl: Use the link that says "hotlink for forums (1)" please so I don't have to click the link to ImageShack every time. Thanks :)

picky picky picky.
Hey, atleast I was nice enough to list the score!

I redownloaded and it worked... Thanks

You should look at some of the old threads. There was no end to my bitching about high score list screenshots :D

I've been biting my tongue about the thumbnails, thinking you might notice you were the only one posting those. I couldn't hold back any longer! Those scores seem kinda high. I hope you didn't pull an "I'm Sorry" and post a winning score right out of the gates.

Here, I'm nice. I post easy scores to beat.
http://img215.exs.cx/img215/3732/spla00003ai.png

Solomon's Key is pretty easy, I think that can be beat. Crazy Balloon I only played once.

Puzz Loop isnt my type of game, I dont have enough patience. My wife could probably get the high score though. :)

Well, maybe I just suck at Crazy Balloon. I put at least a couple dollars in it last night. I came close with about 11,000, but it took me some practice. You have a knack for quick starts. I still don't know how you got that I'm Sorry score so fast.

Your wife can play if she wants, but I don't know how I'd fit Mrs. Gimmepilotwings on that trophy. :p I wish Mordred and his wife would return :(

I guess I may as well post this. I had a little beginner's luck for my first game on Puzz Loop. I usually get 1/4th this score.
http://img174.exs.cx/img174/3829/puzz00009ew.png
You can choose Panic Mode or Stage Mode

<a href="http://www.imageshack.us"><img src="http://img97.exs.cx/img97/8972/crba00066mz.png" border="0" width="224" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a>


How is that size for ya? :)

Isn't somebody else going to come in here to break up the monotony? I can't beat Lampei's score yet.

Nice score!

Yeah, don't think I'll be beating that anytime soon.

That's what I get for playing it a million times at the arcade! :D