bigbee99 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) Swimmer (Set 1) The comic gameplay involves swimming up a river while avoiding logs and various marine life. The player collects fruit to score points and power up to knock enemies out. Players could swim from side to side to avoid obstacles, or press a button to dive under them. The aim of the game is to swim until the character reaches the treasure island. -wiki Game Information Game Name: Swimmer Released By: Tehkan 1982 MAME ROMset: Swimmer Dip Switches: Lives: 3; Bonus life: 10K; Easy Chosen By: LarcenTyler ROM Location: http://romhustler.ne...9/swimmer-set-1 (not tested) AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC Record: n/a Competition ends Sunday, March 11th @ 12PM EST Leaderboard 60,620 Cynicaster 55,850 bigbee99 50,460 kane 45,410 M.A.M.E Offender 44,780 Raygunn 34,590 acelkin 28,620 Kurt_Woloch 16,300 roadrunner 12,730 LarcenTyler 11,360 patbb 10,190 JohnnyBlaze 4,190 jblenkle Season Standings Calculations through round 24 1. M.A.M.E Offender 391 2. bigbee99 384 3. Cynicaster 339 4. patbb 236 5. mr. toast 166 6. kane 121 7. roadrunner 98 8. acelkin 88 9. LarcenTyler 80 10. richard stewart 78 11. Barra 66 12. JohnnyBlaze 54 13. kojr 39 13. keilbaca 39 15. mightymage 23 16. retrorussell 19 17. rmaerz 16 18. NE146 8 18. jblenkle 8 20. onmode-ky 5 21. Fres 1 Edited March 11, 2012 by bigbee99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 Also if you have not voted for which weeks to run the Spring Break tourny, the thread is still there Looking like it will be April 8th to April 22nd as of right now. I will be setting up the request thread next week. http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/194724-spring-break-tournament-date-poll/ B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acelkin Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I'll draw first blood here, new one to me. I've never seen/played this one before, not a bad game. 9,360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acelkin Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Played it again just now, bettered my previous. 17,700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Find the treasure island for a nice bonus. 39,460 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) I don't normally participate in HSC's anymore, but somehow I stumbled about this, so I'll post my score here too... 28,620 (as shown as "Top score" on the right of the screenshot) Edited March 4, 2012 by Kurt_Woloch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) I managed to make it to the 2nd loop. I also added a pic of the bonuses I received at the end of the loop. Neat game. I can't say I have put much time on it before. 40,510 Edging out M.A.M.E.O. by a mere 1k About this weeks game selection... I know I had said that I was going to use either keilbaca or eggomania's request but they have been kinda MIA for a bit. So I just randomly select out of the players that had submitted a score for Dig Dug II and then went with one of their selections. So if you have not made request in the "request thread" now's the time. I think I am going to keep doing it that way from here on out. B Edited March 4, 2012 by bigbee99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 12,730 I chose this one specifically because my skills really sink with this game. (Get it, Swimmer, sink! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 About this weeks game selection... I know I had said that I was going to use either keilbaca or eggomania's request but they have been kinda MIA for a bit. So I just randomly select out of the players that had submitted a score for Dig Dug II and then went with one of their selections. So if you have not made request in the "request thread" now's the time. I think I am going to keep doing it that way from here on out. B For what it's worth, I think this is a pretty good way to do it. Might as well keep the selections coming from the people who are playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 41,630 I've played this before, but I'm not a fan. Nailed this score on first try too, missed a lot of bonuses though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acelkin Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Well, not improving in the standings with this score, but it'll lift me up if there are other scores submitted. I don't understand the bonus part, I had all 4 rows of fruit filled up, but it only gave me the strawberry bonus of 1000? 25,040 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acelkin Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 OK, I see now I just hadn't gotten far enough for the bonus(es) to kick in. Got past the first round now & got 3 of the 4 bonuses. 34,590 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Swimmer - 4,190 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 16,300 never heard of this one before, a little bit like pac man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 10,190 Can some PLEASE explain to me how in the hell you can be invincible and STILL DIE by hitting an obstacle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Can some PLEASE explain to me how in the hell you can be invincible and STILL DIE by hitting an obstacle? The power pills finish very abruptly in this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Finally updated the leader board. I've got a 3 day weekend so I'll be on top of it now B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raygunn Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 44,780 I started playing this at the Dream Machine arcade at the South Hills mall in 1982. loved the games unique features- the match for an extra life, The bonus fruits you had to match up, the fact that you weren't completely invincible once you got the manna (power pellet) and two words- GIANT CRAB!. Just one of those odd little games in the corner that no one wanted to play, so you could just walk up and put your quarter in and have fun. It also was a game you could learn to to play quickly, but get past the first round, and see how much harder it gets! Well, jump ahead 24 years, and I had the chance to own one! I couldn't pass it up- In fact it's one of my families favorite games! On an interesting side-note, a couple of years ago I had the chance to open a small classic arcade in a restaurant in my town. I had my Mario Bros, Xybots, Zaxxon, Vanguard, Swimmer, Mappy, a Multi - Pac and a crane in this small game room. I painted the walls Black, Put up some rope-light, and away I went! We were a hit right away (people were coming in to play games and not to eat!) Well, one night I was in putting plush in the crane, when I saw a man in the corner, looking at my Swimmer, ready to cry. I'm thinking, its another collector, and I'm not selling my game! After talking to him, it turned out he worked for Centuri Electronics in their art department. He created all the artwork for swimmer, as well as, Phoenix, Pleiades, and everything else that rolled off their floor. He told me that out of all the games he created art for, that swimmer was his favorite! He was impressed of the condition of my game (considering that most Swimmers were converted early on) and he told me he has the ORIGINAL ART FILES he created for this game! he gave me his card ( he has his own sign company in Orlando now) and he would be happy to reprint the graphics for me anytime. Just goes to show you, it is a small world. Well gang that's my four quarters worth- Keep playin' Like It's 1981! Raygunn 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 55,850 I made it to round 6 and died on the boss B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I can see that Bigbee is not going to allow a chincy score to win this week's game. Here is my improvement submission. @Raygunn, that was a pretty neat story about the original artwork on this game. It is indeed a small world. 45,410 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 I can see that Bigbee is not going to allow a chincy score to win this week's game. Here is my improvement submission. @Raygunn, that was a pretty neat story about the original artwork on this game. It is indeed a small world. 45,410 The 2nd loop is CRAZY! I don't see myself passing it. B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 50,460 I was only 2 fish away from finishing Grade 02, darn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acelkin Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I'm actually enjoying these obscure games I've never seen/heard of, makes it more fun! Stocker, Bullfighter, and now Swimmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 (edited) I'm actually enjoying these obscure games I've never seen/heard of, makes it more fun! 10-4! I've been participating in this club for almost a year and have spent time with dozens of games I'd never played or heard of; most of them have been great, and I probably never would have played them otherwise. In fact, although I think we have decent participation here, I'm sometimes a bit surprised that more people don't hop in here to compete; because for me, it's hard to imagine a more fun way to enjoy classic arcade games in 2012. The faithfulness made possible by the miracle of MAME, the variety of games, and the friendly competition are a very entertaining combination. I think Swimmer is a pretty cool game, never heard of it before. I started a thread in the arcade forums (http://www.atariage....t-become-cheap/) about what separates "difficult" from "cheap" in arcade games, and I think this game is a good example of one that is able to keep you playing even though it gets very difficult. I enjoyed it. It's almost like an "inverse platformer" in that rather than running about and jumping over things you're swimming about and diving under things. My only real nit with the game is the sound; I heard that Swimmer was nominated at the 1982 Arcade Awards for most irritating sound but lost to Nibbler. Swimmer - 40,810 Edited March 11, 2012 by Cynicaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 11,360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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