VectorGamer Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 (edited) Arabian You play an adventurous Arabian prince and your goal is to rescue the princess from her palace. In your quest you will sail the seas, crawl in caves and fly magic carpets. Score points on the way for picking up the letters in "A-R-A-B-I-A-N" and get a bonus if they are collected in order. Game Information Game Name: Arabian Released By: Atari, 1983 MAME ROMset: arabian Dip Switches: Starting lives: 3; Carry Bowls To Next Life: Yes; Bonus life: 20000 Chosen By: LarcenTyler ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/204 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 152,350 Competition ends Sunday, October 17 @ 12PM EDT Leaderboard 1. 76,450 patbb 2. 60,000 rmaerz 3. 31,700 roadrunner 4. 31,000 FlyingTurtle 5. 24,700 ClassicGMR 6. 22,000 HatefulGravey 7. 17,850 LarcenTyler Season Standings Calculations through week 9 1. patbb 334 2. rmaerz 324 3. roadrunner 250 4. LarcenTyler 187 5. ClassicGMR 88 6. Dr Galaga 65 7. FlyingTurtle 46 8. Zoyx 20 9. 4Ks 18 10. HatefulGravey 12 11. Mister VCS 6 Edited October 17, 2010 by rmaerz Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 10, 2010 Author Share Posted October 10, 2010 Kewl game...I'll start it off with 9,900 Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2112148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 10, 2010 Author Share Posted October 10, 2010 16,500 Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2112272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Very cool game! The last time I play that one was at my local arcade ... they close in 1990! 23,200 Get all the letters in order, spell ARABIAN, and get a 4,000 points bonus at the end of the round. (at lease for the 2 first round) BTW, this game required a 8 way joystick ... Mine was still set at 4 way on my fisrt game ... it's easier to crawl with an 8 way Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2112340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 25,150 First time i ever played this game. Not bad for a first timer. Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2112399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HatefulGravey Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 19050 first games. This game is different, I like it. Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2112629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 51,000 Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2112650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 17,850 Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2113087 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 25,500 Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2114007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) Good Review of the game here: This guy has an excellent channel, check it out! Edited October 13, 2010 by patbb Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2114013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 53,350 Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2114161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 33,400 I'm starting to not like this game! Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2114269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) I just upladed my 53k game on YouTube. Edited October 13, 2010 by patbb 1 Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2114314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicGMR Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 24,700 I HATE that platform level... really annoying. Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2114568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 I HATE that platform level... really annoying. Agreed...I think the way jumping was designed in this game shows on the third and fourth "pages" how much of a better job could have been done. Also, on the fourth page I feel disoriented in regard to exactly where my Arabian is located in respect to the bad guys and magic carpets on the screen. The first two levels are nice but the next two are ugly. Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2114861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HatefulGravey Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 (edited) I was watching a youtube video on this game and the comment was made in the video that falling will not kill you. Umm... falling kills me on the 3rd screen from time to time. Seems like you can only fall so far. Am I playing with something set wrong? I went over the settings and all again but I feel the need to ask. Is there something wrong or are others seeing this too? I also agree, jump should have been a button here. Also, what would happen if you mapped player 1 up as a botton? That could actually work I think. I'll have to try it when I get home. Not true to the game, and I wouldn't submit those scores, but I could enjoy the game alittle more. Edited October 14, 2010 by HatefulGravey Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2114867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 falling kills me on the 3rd screen from time to time. Seems like you can only fall so far. Am I playing with something set wrong? I went over the settings and all again but I feel the need to ask. Is there something wrong or are others seeing this too? You can die if the magic carpet traps you on the edge of the screen. Also, there is a timer which can kill you off as well. This is another flaw in the game as there is no way of knowing how much time you have left on the level. I only discovered this on the first level in attempt of scalping points thinking that there was no timer and therefore no incentive to progress past the first screen. Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2114873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 falling kills me on the 3rd screen from time to time. Seems like you can only fall so far. Am I playing with something set wrong? I went over the settings and all again but I feel the need to ask. Is there something wrong or are others seeing this too? You can die if the magic carpet traps you on the edge of the screen. Also, there is a timer which can kill you off as well. This is another flaw in the game as there is no way of knowing how much time you have left on the level. I only discovered this on the first level in attempt of scalping points thinking that there was no timer and therefore no incentive to progress past the first screen. When falling down near the edge of the screen, hold the joystick down, this way you will be in the crawling position when you hit the floor and the carpet will fly over you. The only way to know that you are close to run out of time is to have a look where the ARABIAN letters are. This will change to a Skulls progress bar, when the progress bar gets to the right end side, you are dead. I don't know if there is a special sound to let you know to hurry up, I never notice it. A warning similar to the one in Bubble Bobble will have being a good idea. Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2114961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 A little better 31,700 Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2115089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingTurtle Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 19,700 Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2115405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 15, 2010 Author Share Posted October 15, 2010 35,750 I haven't done this much cussing since Eagle... Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2115420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HatefulGravey Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 22,000 I only have 3 games in so far, and 2 of those scores are up already. Come on weekend. Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2115484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingTurtle Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 29,200 Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2115650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 43,050 Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2116112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingTurtle Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 31,000 Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/170713-hsc-season-3-week-10-arabian/#findComment-2116121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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