darthkur Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) Humanity is on the brink of extinction. The entire populace has been reduced to a smattering of clones made of the final remaining human family before the robotron legions terminated them. The robotrons were the pinnacle of human created technology. Autonomous and possessed of great intelligence they turned upon their creators, seeing them as an unnecessary and inefficient part in the grand scheme of things. They decided humanities fate in a nanosecond; liquidation! As the final warrior, that is immune to the robotron assimilation program for all mech's, you call upon yourself to the monumental duty to preserve the last remaining vestiges of human life. You must capture them before they are crushed by the indestructible hulk units or ,worse yet, are transformed into suicidal thralls by the monstrous brain bots. The future of mankind is in your hands alone. Emulators are fine as is whatever controller you feel the most comfortable with. Screenshots are great but not mandatory. Settings: Intermediate (default) Contest ends on: 3-2-09 at 1:00am EST. Final High Scores: 1st: famicommander - 4,857,000 2nd: Almost Rice - 4,096,000 3rd: darthkur - 2,212,225 4th: Lord Thag - 2,015,200 5th: roadrunner - 1,567,875 6th: chuckwalla - 1,278,975 7th: xZanU - 1,203,775 8th: keitaro - 1,163,850 9th: doctorclu - 1,061,350 10th: atomickneedrop - 906,550 11th: LarcenTyler - 741,850 12th: gdement - 322,950 13th: aftermac - 256,975 Current Standings: 1st - famicommander (65) (1) 2nd - Darthkur (64) 3rd - HammR25 (52) 4th - keitaro (48) (1) 4th - xZanU (48) (3) 5th - AtariFever (41) 6th - suaiden (38) (1) 7th - Sauron (37) (2) 8th - atomickneedrop (30) 9th - gdement (28) 10th - shadow460 (25) 11th - doctorclu (22) 12th - roadrunner (21) 13th - Almost Rice (19) 14th - rockman_x_2002 (18) (1) 15th - LaserHawk (17) 16th - ratfink (11) (1) 16th - Shannon (11) 17th - aftermac (10) 17th - Allan (10) 18th - chuckwalla (7) 19th - Artlover (5) 19th - LarcenTyler (5) 19th - MrBeefy (5) 20th - bfutrel (4) 20th - Zoyx (4) 21st - midnight magicman (3) 22nd - mightymage (1) Numbers in RED are accumulated points. Numbers in BLUE are number of rounds won. Link to the official manual: Robotron Manual Edited March 2, 2009 by darthkur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) 211,125 This is funny, there is such a huge glare on the TV that I have to put a blanket over the TV, sit on a stool and have the other end of the blanket go over my head. I still can not really see the bottom left and bottom right corners, but this will have to do until night time. This game is a whole lot of fun. 69,250Have to start somewhere : ) No screenshot, camera battery was charging. Will get one for the next score. One thing I have found helpful thus far is to destroy those round things that spawn the shooting robots. At least I think that is what they are doing, have not had much time to study the board/game. Edited February 16, 2009 by xZanU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 671,525 Now this is one I'm definitely going to be racking up the points on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 671,525 Now this is one I'm definitely going to be racking up the points on. Wow!! : ) Who will be the first to break 1,000,000? You are almost there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftermac Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 170,975 Starting to get the hang of it... I'm happy with this score for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 531,850 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) Mind if I join in? 761,550 so far. I really need to build a joystick holder for the prolines like the 5200 had. I'm currently using two CX-78s - far from ideal. Forgot how awesome this game was on the 7800 though! Not even the tiniest hint of flicker Edited February 16, 2009 by Lord Thag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famicommander Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 788,400 This was my first 7800 game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) 272,725 I am getting crushed, BUT, this game is a super blast : ) Nice to see so many people playing this one right away. Looks like it will be a close one. OHMAGOSH! My Gamepad works with the emulator. I can now play it without the keyboard : ) Hopefully will get some more practice in since the TV is tied up almost all night. Edited February 16, 2009 by xZanU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 36,550 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 36,550 Ok, here we go... 366,650 I finally get Robotron after all the times of playing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 546,425 Gamepad is a a lot easier than the keyboard, wish I had thought of this for the other games, it is certainly more comfortable. Still not as good as you 700k folks, but we have two whole weeks : ) If anyone can give some tips on the brain waves, I'd be grateful! I lose 4+ guys each of those waves, only to build back up and lose them all on the next brain wave (Though I found that leaving one grunt on the brain board and grabbing all the humans is a big bonus for points). Regardless, how is everyone defeating the brain bots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 Mind if I join in? Not at all. Welcome to the party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 What an amazingly fun game!!! 758,450 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Ok, if you told me this morning that I would make 1,061,350 on Robotron today I would have thought you were crazy. Man, I think I found a new favorite game. (Which only figures since Joust has been a long time fav of mine, same company.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 (edited) Wow!! : ) Who will be the first to break 1,000,000? You are almost there. And thank you for posting this challenge of inquiry. Gave me some motivation. Edited February 17, 2009 by doctorclu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftermac Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 256,975 546,425 Gamepad is a a lot easier than the keyboard, wish I had thought of this for the other games, it is certainly more comfortable. Still not as good as you 700k folks, but we have two whole weeks : ) If anyone can give some tips on the brain waves, I'd be grateful! I lose 4+ guys each of those waves, only to build back up and lose them all on the next brain wave (Though I found that leaving one grunt on the brain board and grabbing all the humans is a big bonus for points). Regardless, how is everyone defeating the brain bots? What I find amazing, is the scores you have been putting using the keyboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 And thank you for posting this challenge of inquiry. Gave me some motivation. Nice one, I thought someone would break a million, but not on the first day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 (edited) What I find amazing, is the scores you have been putting using the keyboard! The other games have been pretty basic, holding one direction, stopping, using the spacebar, easy. Not with Robotron though, you have to keep moving all over the place all the time, very hard to do. (Hard for me that is, I see the majority here is scoring some major numbers, and two folks with over 1,000,000 now) EDIT :: I predict this will be the best 7800 HSC round ever!! Darthkur is going to be very busy. Edited February 17, 2009 by xZanU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Rice Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 (edited) 1173275 I was just warming up. As you can see my prior scores are up there. If anyone can give some tips on the brain waves, I'd be grateful! I lose 4+ guys each of those waves, only to build back up and lose them all on the next brain wave (Though I found that leaving one grunt on the brain board and grabbing all the humans is a big bonus for points). Regardless, how is everyone defeating the brain bots? You need a dual stick or if you have 4 fire buttons map the fire buttons to the 2nd player joystick directions. So that you can fire in one direction and move in another. Ok, if you told me this morning that I would make 1,061,350 on Robotron today I would have thought you were crazy. Man, I think I found a new favorite game. (Which only figures since Joust has been a long time fav of mine, same company.) Wow!! : ) Who will be the first to break 1,000,000? You are almost there. And thank you for posting this challenge of inquiry. Gave me some motivation. I would have posted earlier, but I went to eat dinner. Sorry clu What an amazingly fun game!!! Ok, if you told me this morning that I would make 1,061,350 on Robotron today I would have thought you were crazy. Man, I think I found a new favorite game. (Which only figures since Joust has been a long time fav of mine, same company.) Now you know what I have been raving about!! Edited February 17, 2009 by Almost Rice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 741,850 Seeing how I'm no longer in first, I might as well share my secret. When you're on the Brain Wave, defeat all of the brains, but leave one enemy onscreen. Then collect all the humans for MASSIVE points. I learned that while watching an interview done with Eugene Jarvis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 599,425 Just a bit better. Almost had 600,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomickneedrop Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 649,350 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 1173275 I was just warming up. ....I would have posted earlier, but I went to eat dinner. Sorry clu LOL! What are you apologizing for? I got to be the first to crack a million on this. I'm just pleased to be able to say that. Like the first jet pilot breaking the sound barrier, first man on the moon... I got to be the first. Everything after that is important, mach 2, mach 3... another man on the moon. But who gets remembered? The first, and the best. So I broke a million, now you'll just have to be the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 EDIT :: I predict this will be the best 7800 HSC round ever!! Darthkur is going to be very busy. No doubt! I will definitely play this again.. tomorrow. 741,850 Seeing how I'm no longer in first, I might as well share my secret. When you're on the Brain Wave, defeat all of the brains, but leave one enemy onscreen. Then collect all the humans for MASSIVE points. I learned that while watching an interview done with Eugene Jarvis. Great advice. Yeh when I first started playing this I try to kill off the bad guys.. take away the danger to the humans. But then I picked up a few humans and watched my score jump by THOUSANDS. I was like daaannnngggg... ok. After that, I just made to grab as many humans as I could. The robots that you first meet on the first level are kinda your ally. They can't shoot you, they are kinda slow, so from then on the focus is to kill the things that will shoot you or make things that shoot you first. Collect the humans, and then kill the 1st level robots last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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