HSC Season 2 Week 43: Phoenix

[VectorGamer]

Phoenix

A spaceship which moves left and right horizontally at the bottom of the screen must destroy bird-shaped spaceships, birds, and finally a mothership at the end of each level. The player's ship is equipped with a shield that requires seven seconds to regenerate before it can be used again.

 

 

Game Information

Game Name: Phoenix [Amstar]

Released By: Centuri, 1980

MAME ROMset: Phoenix

Dip Switches: Bonus Life: 3K 30K; Live: 3

Chosen By: roadrunner

ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/3365

Twin Galaxies M.A.M.E. World Record: 592,020

 

Note: The three bird trick on level 2 is permitted.

 

Leaderboard

1. 208,240 rmaerz

2. 24,490 retrorussell

3. 17,070 mightymage

4. 8,190 darthkur

5. 6,040 LarcenTyler

6. 6,020 roadrunner

 

 

 

 

 

Competition ends Monday June 7 @ 12PM EST

 

 

Season Standings

Calculations through week 42 & Mario Memorial Day Weekend Tourney

1. roadrunner 484

2. darthkur 413

3. rmaerz 335

4. aftermac 177

5. retrorussel 174

6. LarcenTyler 141

7. mightymage 107

8. Dr Galaga 95

9. FlyingTurtle 74

10. Mister VCS 50

11. SpiceWare 44

12. Fallout_002 38

13. Kurt_Woloch 36

14. Shannon 33

15. MaximRecoil 21

16. 4Ks 19

17. homerwannabee 11

17. rsiddall 11

17. Zoyx 11

20. joeypsp 10

21. maximebeauvis 9

22. HatNJ 8

23. Gamemaster_ca_2003 6

Edited June 7, 2010 by rmaerz

[roadrunner]

6,020

 

Thanks for picking one of my games rmaerz.

 

Not as easy has the 2600 version, but it's still a cool game.

 

 

[retrorussell]

Ick.. I can do much better than this (I have the cabinet in my living room). I'll try again soon.

14,220

Edited June 1, 2010 by retrorussell

[VectorGamer]

208,240

[retrorussell]

Guh! Still can't get the 200K trick to work.. will keep trying.

24,490

[VectorGamer]

Guh! Still can't get the 200K trick to work.. will keep trying.

24,490

 

That's a pretty good score w/o doing the trick...

 

I gave my arcade cabinet the finger about 15 times before I nailed it. It's tough to do and you'll notice that my score in the pic was 208K and the high score listed was 206K which was the only other time I was able to do it.

[mightymage]

17,070

 

those bastard birds on the second boss level did me in

[retrorussell]

Guh! Still can't get the 200K trick to work.. will keep trying.

24,490

 

That's a pretty good score w/o doing the trick...

 

I gave my arcade cabinet the finger about 15 times before I nailed it. It's tough to do and you'll notice that my score in the pic was 208K and the high score listed was 206K which was the only other time I was able to do it.

I've been trying lately on MAME to do it.. I have the cabinet too, and perhaps I have better luck with it (haven't pulled it off in a LONG time) but I don't have a camera. So MAME it is.

 

My score without the 200K trick was achieved via letting the mothership come down ALL the way before destroying it. When it COMPLETELY stops moving downwards it will yield the most points, somewhere between 8,000 to 9,999.

Edited June 2, 2010 by retrorussell

[Lauren Tyler]

6,040

[darthkur]

5,260

 

 

 

EDIT:

 

8,190

 

Edited June 3, 2010 by darthkur