Atari5200 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 (edited) By popular demand, this months round will be one of my favorite classic games. Dig-Dug. This is another game that is a must own for the 7800 in my opinion. The competition will end on 9-21-2008 SCREENSHOT: Let's get poppin' some monsters!!!! FINAL LEADER BOARD : updated 09/24/2008 9:37am est. suaiden: 215190 Darthkur: 205660 AtariFever: 179570 gdement: 142090 rockman_x_2002: 137080 HammR25: 76620 doctorclu: 56010 Zoyx: 25820 LarcenTyler: 8800 Edited September 24, 2008 by Atari5200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Oh this should be fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 We can just skip to the part where you guys name me the winner if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 We can just skip to the part where you guys name me the winner if you like. Yeh but what fun would that be for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 First one. I checked, and it's 30 off my starting score last year. It's okay though, I have more time to put into it this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 (edited) 130,060 I thought that I'd give Atarifever a little competition. Edited August 18, 2008 by darthkur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAtari2600 Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 my dig dug cart in mail just died ._. damnit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 (edited) I'm doing with this the same thing I did with DK Jr. I am trying to find ways to maximize my points in each screen to get the score up overall, rather than focusing on just trying to stay alive. I'm not lasting past screen seven very much anymore, but I'm consistently coming out of screen two with over 10,000 points, and am dying in screen seven with the amount of points I used to have in screen 11 or so. When I did this with DK Jr. I out scored the Twin Galaxies record (for the 7800 version, which wasn't very high) Edited August 23, 2008 by Atarifever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suaiden Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 (edited) Updated: My new top score puts me in second place.... I'm catching up! 115560 May as well submit this third-placer for posterity... but don't count me out yet. I added 30000 points in just one day of trying. digdug115560.bmp Edited August 25, 2008 by suaiden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suaiden Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Inching: less than 13,000 from 1st place.... 117290 digdug117290.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 (edited) I guess this will have to do for now since I cracked the radius and ulna in my wrist while riding (actually falling off) my mountain bike. 76620 Edited August 28, 2008 by HammR25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suaiden Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 FORTY POINTS. That's what separates me from first place (scoring, obviously, being in multiples of ten.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 137,080 For now, anyway. It took me several days of failed attempts to get to this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suaiden Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 I HAVE THE LEAD!!!!!!!! 140,130 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 205,660 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suaiden Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 205,660 ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Watching an expert play on youtube was a bad influence. I keep trying to queue up monsters underneath the rocks, but I'm not good enough to pull that off. 84,550 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suaiden Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Inching. 167500 digdug167500.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 138,340 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 142,090 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 56,010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Well, I played yesterday and scored 210,000+ -- but I forgot that the damn game wipes your score out right at the end....arghgh...I got fed up and gave up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Well, I played yesterday and scored 210,000+ -- but I forgot that the damn game wipes your score out right at the end....arghgh...I got fed up and gave up.... It doesn't clear your score until you start a new game, so if you wait for the demo to run your last score will still be there. Still it's very annoying that it doesn't remember the high score between games. For such an otherwise great game, it's hard to figure the stupidity on that bit of the programming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Well, anyhoo...I think there are three keys to maximizing your score: 1) The bonus. As everybody may know by now, the bonus pops up after the second rock is dropped on each level. Even if you're having a hard time luring an enemy under a rock, it could be worth dropping a rock just to get the bonus. 2) Killing enemies under the rock...if possible, dig a small "pit" for the rock to drop through because chances are, when the enemies run away, they'll go into the pit and get smashed. 3) Digging as much dirt as possible. You get ten points for every square of dirt you dig, so it's worth, say, when you have the last enemy on the screen, pumping the enemy to near-capacity, digging some more dirt, pumping again, digging more dirt, etc,. until you don't have dirt nearby...yeah, it might mean making the level lost longer than you'd like, but that means adding to your score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 8800 I need more practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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