vdub_bobby Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 (edited) The shooting doesn't stop, but now let's take to the air - yes, it's time to play Twin Cobra! Post a score and let's get this thing rolling! Please post any tips you may have - best tip gets 1 bonus point. No continues - only games played from the beginning count! And if anyone has a link to the manual, please post it. This week's competition ends in a week on Wednesday (September 17th) at approximately noon PST. This week's scores: 301,120 aikainnet (+10 pts) 86,200 darthkur (+8 pts) 73,220 LarcenTyler (+6 pts) 71,500 gdement (+4 pts) 63,040 Wickeycolumbus (+2 pts) 62,740 vdub_bobby (+1 pt) Twin Galaxies High Scores 754,980 Matthew N Runnels 671,560 Stephen Krogman 581,000 Ryan Culton Standings 1. darkthur (42 pts) 2. Wickeycolumbus (34 pts) 3. vdub_bobby (19 pts) 4. RJ (14 pts) 5. LarcenTyler (13 pts) 6. atari2600land (10 pts) 7. aikainnet (10 pts) 8. Atari5200 (8 pts) 9. Shannon (4 pts) 10. Jibbajaba (4 pts) Game Info Coin-op originally released by Toaplan in 1987. Ported to the NES by American Sammy in 1989. Other platforms: Genesis, TurboGrafx-16 Prequels/sequels/spinoffs: Twin Cobra 2 (coin-op, 1995) Tips None yet. Edited September 18, 2008 by vdub_bobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 (edited) 62,740 Gets a lot harder on the 2nd level. Edited September 15, 2008 by vdub_bobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 49,800 Not bad I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 73,220 Getting better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 69,860 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 86,200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted September 15, 2008 Author Share Posted September 15, 2008 Updated scores above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aikainnet Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Thank god I wasn't late haha... The hurricane trashed my internet + power, so I'm basically doing this from some remote location next to a college school. Here is my score, 301120! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 71,500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 Updated scores above. Nice score, aikainnet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 63,040. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aikainnet Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Thanks bobby, when theres nothing to do but to play the nes... because it uses less power than the xbox 360... scores are gonna be high haha... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted September 18, 2008 Author Share Posted September 18, 2008 And we're done! Hope you had fun playing this; I hadn't played or heard of this game much before and, to my pleasant surprise, it seems to be one of the better vertical-scroll shooters in the NES library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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