Gyruss - Season 4 Week 16

[vdub_bobby]

From a somewhat obscure NES title to a title, at least, that everyone knows. Let's play Gyruss!

 

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 Thursday (Nov 20th) at approximately evening sometime PST.

 

 

This week's scores:

290,400 darthkur (+10 pts)

208,100 RJ (+8 pts)

113,350 LarcenTyler (+6 pts)

 

 

Twin Galaxies High Scores

 

9,999,990 Mike Moore

9,999,990 Todd Rogers

9,999,990 Adam Sweeney

 

 

Standings

 

1. darkthur (120 pts)

2. Wickeycolumbus (70 pts)

3. LarcenTyler (63 pts)

4. vdub_bobby (58 pts)

5. aikainnet (20 pts)

6. RJ (14 pts)

7. shadow460 (11 pts)

8. atari2600land (10 pts)

9. Atari5200 (8 pts)

9. figgler (8 pts)

11. Shannon (4 pts)

11. Jibbajaba (4 pts)

11. gdement (4 pts)

11. ClassicGMR (4 pts)

15. ratfink (2 pts)

 

 

Game Info

 

Coin-op original released in 1983 by Konami, ported to the NES in 1989 by Ultra.

 

Other platforms: Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, Xbox 360

 

Prequels/sequels/spinoffs: None that I know of, oddly enough.

 

 

Tips

 

None yet.

Edited November 29, 2008 by vdub_bobby

[Lauren Tyler]

113,350

[RJ]

208,100

[darthkur]

290,400

 

Almost made it to Jupiter. Just didn't have enough of the special weapon blasts to take out that flailing armed creature, that was lifted straight out of Gradius.

 

[vdub_bobby]

And we're done! Hope you had fun playing this unique take on an old classic.