Ikrananka Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) Oil's Well You're rich . . . maybe. Geologists have just located one of the largest oil deposits in North America, on your land! But you have to get it out of the ground before you can spend it. The other oil barons are jealous, and they would do anything to sabotage your operation. They have planted oozies and land mines in your oil fields to wreck your drilling equipment. Don't let them cheat you out of your millions! Game Information Game Name: Oil's Well Released by: SierraVision, 1983 Original arcade game by: N/A CV HSC High Score: 95,620 by duncantoml (Jan 2008) TwinGalaxies High Score: 119,270 by Alan (Aug 2001) Settings: Regular - 1 Player This game was suggested by: patbb & Ikrananka Contest Ends Saturday, 19 November 2011 at 1:00AM EST Quick-Start-Bonus-Info and HSC Rules Final High Scores 1. ChuckH 519,150 [+10] 2. Mangia-Boy 140,580 [+9] 3. patbb 132,320 [+8] 4. jblenkle 131,500 [+6] 5. AtariBrian 107,700 [+4] 6. skosh 67,650 [+2] 7. Ikrananka 58,120 [+1] 8. atariron82 54,530 [+1] 9. JacobZu7zu7 39,920 [+1] 10. ed1475 35,110 [+1] 11. roadrunner 28,630 [+1] 12. Yurkie 24,200 [+1] Leaderboard 1. Mangia-Boy [57] (9) 2. jblenkle [51] (9) 1 3. patbb [49] (9) 1 4. ed1475 [44] (9) 2 1 5. skosh [30] (3) 1 6. atariron82 [29] (4) 1 7. chuckwalla [26] (4) 1 8. Ikrananka [24] (9) 9. JacobZu7zu7 [19] ( 10. Ms. Do [13] (1) 1 11. purenergy [10] (2) 12. retroillucid [10] (1) 1 13. Akito01 [8] (1) 14. ColecoDan [6] (1) 14. ChuckH [6] (1) 16. roadrunner [5] (5) 17. rmaerz [5] (3) 18. Yurkie [5] (2) 19. SegaShooters [2] (1) 20. cmart604 [1] (1) 20. NIAD [1] (1) 20. 1982VideoGames [1] (1) 20. centiqueen81 [1] (1) [ ] = Points ( ) = Rounds Played BLUE = Rounds Won GOLD = Seasons Won Edited November 19, 2011 by Ikrananka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 68,930 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Oil's Well - 25,390 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skosh Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 36,420 .... Not sure as to why the high score section displays incorrectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 117,140 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 74,980 117,140 Nice Score Mangia, how many time did you go around the 8 levels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Thank you, Pat. Not even twice. I think I was on level 6 or 7 of the 2nd round. In the 2nd round there are much more oozies, so you can score a lot by collecting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckH Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Great score Mangia-boy. But...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Oil's Well - 28,890 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 (edited) Oil's Well - 43,580 Anyone got any tips on playing this game? It seems to be impossible to get through some levels without losing at least one life, and, of course if you do that...you aren't going to get very far. Edited November 9, 2011 by jblenkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 132,320 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) Oil's Well - 43,580 Anyone got any tips on playing this game? It seems to be impossible to get through some levels without losing at least one life, and, of course if you do that...you aren't going to get very far. During the first round ( level 1-8 ) you should have enough time to complete all the levels in time. Usually the Oozies will come out almost all at the same time, two per line, one on each side. Then there is a few seconds without Oozies, you have to use this time to go and get the oil pellets in the places where you have to travel the furthest or where you have to go back and forth to collect the pellets in a region. When you collect the Petromin nugget (the BIG dot) you have about 10 seconds of Oozies slow down. Use that time to clean the bottom of the screen. On the second level it's a completely different game strategy. The Oozies are everywhere, Like Mangia-Boy said, you can get a lot of points by collecting them. Don't forget that you get an extra life every 10k points. So try to get the max points in the first level also. For example I usually gets about 6k points in the first screen. What I do, for the first 6 screens, is I clean the board completely except for one dot on the first row (left or right end side) and get as many Oozies or Goblets (Green) as possible. Also, the Oozies are worth more points the deeper you go (20-170 points). Edited November 11, 2011 by patbb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Thanks for the tips...I actually figured out the "leave one dot" tip on my own last night. That way you can use the maximum time for collecting points. No sense rushing through the level as you don't get a bonus for completing it quickly. I'm still having trouble clearing levels 4,5,6 without losing a life, but I'm getting better. It's kind of hit and miss right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckH Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Great score patbb, but I'm rounding third and headed for home: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Great score patbb, but I'm rounding third and headed for home: Thanks, I lost at lease 3 lives stupidly in my game, I'm sure I can get more than 150K if I don't have any brain cramps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckH Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 patbb, Those are some good tips. Here's a couple more: 1. get as many green cups as you can. They're worth the most points. 2. you get an extra life for every 10,000 points up to max of four. If you have four lives, score up to about 9,000(say 59,000) and then die on purpose. You won't waste a life that way since you'll soon get another one. Spend the extra time racking up points leaving with as little time as possible left. I kill myself on purpose at least a couple of times. 3. on the second pass through, go to the stun pill on all levels immediately by the shortest means possible and clean up the bottom levels first leaving a pill or two near the top(as you said) while you rack up as many points as you can before time expires. 4. make sure you have at least two lives to waste when you enter level eight. On passes two and three it is imperative. On level eight you must go right to the stun pill or you are doomed. Expect to sacrifice a life once in a while. There are others but practice is the best option and you have to get a little lucky, especially with the slow bomb. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 24,070 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I love this game, unfortunately I am not very good at it. 24,200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 (edited) Oil's Well - 107,170 Edit: Grrrr...I've stalled out on this game again. After having a good run and getting this score, I haven't been able to get past 47,000. Can't seem to reach the bottom on some of the levels and keep losing lives. Edited November 14, 2011 by jblenkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 My first time playing Oil's Well... 3rd attempt at it! Got, 31,700 PS, Mario Bros is playing at 7800 High Score Club! I'm not gonna flood adds for this club but the last 2 rounds, have had almost noone there... if any of you have Mario on 7800, come play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Love this game - got to be one of the best on the ColecoVision. My personal best - 53,380 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Yeah, this is another game that I never originally played very much. But now it's become quite addictive. I'm starting to get the hang of it now, although you've got to play perfectly when you get to the higher levels. One mistake and you're pretty much toast. Love this game - got to be one of the best on the ColecoVision. My personal best - 53,380 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 patbb, Those are some good tips. Here's a couple more: 1. get as many green cups as you can. They're worth the most points. 2. you get an extra life for every 10,000 points up to max of four. If you have four lives, score up to about 9,000(say 59,000) and then die on purpose. You won't waste a life that way since you'll soon get another one. Spend the extra time racking up points leaving with as little time as possible left. I kill myself on purpose at least a couple of times. 3. on the second pass through, go to the stun pill on all levels immediately by the shortest means possible and clean up the bottom levels first leaving a pill or two near the top(as you said) while you rack up as many points as you can before time expires. 4. make sure you have at least two lives to waste when you enter level eight. On passes two and three it is imperative. On level eight you must go right to the stun pill or you are doomed. Expect to sacrifice a life once in a while. There are others but practice is the best option and you have to get a little lucky, especially with the slow bomb. Chuck 1. Greed can be a dangerous game! 2. I never notices that there was of max of 4. 3. I will try that, especially starting at the 3rd screen of the second pass. 4. Level 8 is crazy, it's true that it's very difficult to complete without loosing a life but I did it a few time. I hate it when the slow bomb appear of the first level! Thanks for the tips, I will work on those this week for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 Some improvement - 58,120 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 35,110 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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