+therealbountybob Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 M.U.L.E. Summary: PLAY & POST YOUR M.U.L.E. SCORES FROM 2013+ HERE simples Being a big M.U.L.E. fan I've decided to maintain a thread for everyone playing the best A8 game, ever! M.U.L.E. still holds up well today in it's 30th year, and lets face it, it's better than watching TV in an evening. If you've never played M.U.L.E. then round up some friends, if you can, or just take on the Mechtrons by yourself - go straight into 'Tournament Mode' as it's the most fun to play (and not too hard - really!).This is not a serious tournament just a bit of fun (and nothing to do with the regular High Score Club season) but I will post tables of best scores & average scores , best colony scores and average colony scores so don't be too mean to the poor Mechtrons!!! No trading at the end of 'round 12' see http://www.atariage....d/#entry2700513 for details!Please post all of your scores, good and bad! and say what character you played as. Play on Tournament mode or tell me if you have played on Beginner or Standard instead.Scores for 1/2/3/4 player(s) games are ok. A recent atariage thread suggested for fun to play 2 people on 4 player mode (each person controlling 2 characters). The total score for both of your characters decided the winner; you could collude between yourself! These scores will be kept in a separate table.If by any chance you don't already have MULE you can Download the disk/ATR from Fandal (on some versions emulator users may need to set the firmware to OS/A Atari 800). Atarimania's ariola (UK) version has the instructions. Other links: Czech version, Multijoy M4 VersionTo play 4 player you will need an Atari 800 or a multijoy interface for the XL/XE. You can play three player on the XL/XE using 1 joystick and 1 set of paddles.Everyone Welcome to join in at any time. If anyone needs any help, whatsoever, just post or send me a message. This is open to any format not just the 8-bit Atari C64 scores are comparable see hereSee you all on Planet IRATA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Individual player tables Top scores for each Species Rank Player Score1st jodebo (Leggite) 51935 2nd trbb (Packer) 366293rd Delmoko (Gollumer) 331084th carlsson (Humanoid) 31892 5th carlsson (Flapper) 30453 6th bluecat (Mechtron) 295767th skr (Bonzoid) 289378th carlsson (Spheroid) 28439 highest scores [Top 50 only!]Rank Player ScoreRank Player Score1st jodebo (Leggite) 519352nd trbb (Packer) 366293rd Delmoko (Gollumer) 331084th bluecat (Gollumer) 330085th carlsson (Humanoid 318926th pps (Humanoid) 306557th carlsson (Humanoid 306028th carlsson (Flapper) 304539th carlsson (Humanoid 3037710th bluecat (Mechtron) 2957611th carlsson (Humanoid 2925512th trbb (Humanoid) 2922913th bluecat (Leggite) 2914314th skr (Bonzoid) 2893715th Delmoko (Gollumer) 2887816th carlsson (Spheroid 2843917th carlsson (Humanoid 2828318th Nature Boy (Bonzoi 2815319th carlsson (Humanoid 2805120th carlsson (Leggite) 2803821st Zonz (Spheroid) 2803222nd Zonz (Spheroid) 2750823rd trbb (Mechtron) 2748124th Nature Boy (Bonzoi 2697125th Delmoko (Gollumer) 2666626th wizard (Gollumer) 2648727th carlsson (Bonzoid) 2627228th bluecat (Gollumer) 2618329th carlsson (Humanoid 2614030th carlsson (Humanoid 2595831st trbb (Humanoid) 2491532nd bluecat (Gollumer) 2424833rd Zonz (Spheroid) 2415734th trbb (Bonzoid) 2413935th carlsson (Humanoid 2407536th trbb (Packer) 2350337th trbb (Packer) 2327938th bluecat (Gollumer) 2315739th Lucky (Flapper) 2290540th Zonz (Spheroid) 2273541st trbb (Humanoid) 2271442nd Delmoko (Gollumer) 2202743rd carlsson (Humanoid 2135744th Delmoko (Gollumer) 2113645th carlsson (Flapper) 2111646th pps (Humanoid) 2084747th Delmoko (Gollumer) 2080348th trbb (Humanoid) 2069549th Zonz (Spheroid) 2066750th Zonz (Spheroid) 20541average scores (games played)1st jodebo 51,935 (1) 2nd 8BIT 1337 27,562 (2) 3rd carlsson 26,489 (16)*# 4th Wizard 26,487 (1)5th pps 25,751 (2) 6th trbb 24,979 (11)7th Bluecat 24,251 (10) 8th Delmoko 23,539 (9) 9th Lucky 22,905 (1)*10th Zonz 22,468 (9) 11th skr 20,970 (2) 12th Bunsen 20,343 (1)13th Holgibo 17,766 (1)* 14th 8bitjunkie 15,540 (1) 15th Küstenturm/thorsten_guenther 13,486 (1) 16th freetz/Yellow_Man 11,054 (1)*includes Flapper Species #includes C64 Other all-time best scores - pre 2013 trbb Leggite 42,071 (116,047) 8BIT 1337 Bonzoid 38,826 (104,439) bluecat Gollumer 31,530 (98,147) With trading on the 12th month ... IBM PC/Jr version - has 24 months! Delmoko (Gollumer) 52341 170,808 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Colony Tableshighest scores [Top 25 only!]1st jodebo 126,206 2nd bluecat & trbb 106,413 3rd carlsson 104,259 4th bluecat & trbb 103,8595th pps 103,361 6th carlsson 102,777 7th carlsson 102,6528th carlsson 99,493 9th carlsson 97,860 10th carlsson 92,813 11th nature boy 94,281 12th delmoko & Zonz 93,513 13th bluecat & trbb 93,175 14th carlsson 91,632 15th carlsson 89,814 16th carlsson 89,280 17th bluecat & trbb 89,029 18th carlsson 88,967 19th carlsson 87,103 20th delmoko & Zonz 87,064 21st carlsson 86,812 22nd carlsson 86,365 23rd bluecat & trbb 84,23724th nature boy 84,035 25th Delmoko & Zonz 82,893 average scores (games played)1st jodebo 126,206 (1) 2nd pps 91,463 (2) 3rd nature boy 89,158 (2) 4th carlsson 88,612 (17) 5th bluecat 86,861 (10) 6th trbb 85,746 (11)7th wizard, lucky & holgibo 80,161 (1) 8th skr 79,680 (2) 9th Delmoko & Zonz 80,499 (9) 10th Bunsen, 8bitjunkie, Küstenturm/thorsten_guenther, freetz/Yellow_Man 60,423 (1) Info below courtesy of Kroah success | score | message0 | 0 to 19999 | OVERALL, THE COLONY FAILED...| | DISMALLY. THE FEDERATION DEBTORS' PRISON IS YOUR NEXT HOME1 | 20000 to 39999 | OVERALL, THE COLONY FAILED...| | THE FEDERATION WILL NO LONGER SEND TRADE SHIPS. YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN2 | 40000 to 59999 | OVERALL, THE COLONY SURVIVED...| | BARELY. YOU WILL BE LIVING IN TENTS. FEW TRADING SHIPS WILL COME YOUR WAY3 | 60000 to 79999 | OVERALL, THE COLONY WAS A SUCCESS.| | YOU HAVE MET THE MINIMUM STANDARDS SET BY THE FEDERATION, BUT YOUR LIFE WILL NOT BE EASY4 | 80000 to 99999 | OVERALL, THE COLONY SUCCEEDED.| | THE FEDERATION IS PLEASED BY YOUR EFFORTS. YOU WILL LIVE COMFORTABLY5 | 100000 to 119999 | OVERALL, THE COLONY SUCCEEDED...| | EXTREMELY WELL. YOU CAN NOW RETIRE IN ELEGANT ESTATES6 | 120000 to +oo | OVERALL, THE COLONY DELIGHTED THE FEDERATION WITH YOUR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT.| | YOUR RETIREMENT WILL BE LUXURIOUS[success = round off (total score - 10000) / 20000 ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 OK I'll start! My friend and regular M.U.L.E. opponent bluecat and I had a game; I usually play Human but decided to go for Packer and just for a change I went for red instead of blue.... well what a diaster! I think this is the first time I have ever been last (probably played 200 times!) ad enough losing to Bluecat but amazingly badly it's the 1st time ever both the Mechtrons have kicked out butts.....it was a strange go where there was limited high Crystite plots, the Blue Mechtron actually played the Crsytite game and they also managed to do well on the Smithore, which is also very unusual - That's another great thing with M.U.L.E. you can play it 100 times and still be suprised or make screw ups (or both!) oh well the rule is must post ALL your scores, so here goes:Bluecat (Gollumer) 20,250trbb (Packer) 19,746Total Colony 84,237p.s. thought I was definitely robbed when despite being 4th I was twice hit by moving mountains killing 3 plots of mules total should be able to average these scores up over the year ahead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 2nd go, had a rematch and things went much better (for me anyway!) trbb (Packer) 36,629 bluecat (Gollumer) 26,183 Mectron 22,751 Mectron 18,296 Total 103,859 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+skr Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 (edited) The image you linked to does not work very well on my machines. The store is missing letters and if I catch the Wampus, it crashes (see pictures). Nonetheless I am trying it again, avoiding to accidentially catch the Wampus... (Yes, I have other other copies, but when playing HSC, I only use what YOU provide. ) Edited January 21, 2013 by skr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+skr Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Never played Bonzoid before. In round 12 that motherfecker stole me a plot of land. Grmpf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 The image you linked to does not work very well on my machines. The store is missing letters and if I catch the Wampus, it crashes (see pictures). Nonetheless I am trying it again, avoiding to accidentially catch the Wampus... (Yes, I have other other copies, but when playing HSC, I only use what YOU provide. ) It seems the atarimania verision is dodgy so I've added the link to Fandal's version on the 1st post Play any version you have, this is just for fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Getting into MULE again: 1st trbb (Humanoid) 24,915 3rd bluecat (Packer) 18,757 Total 78,885 Met the Minimum Standards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Pesky wampus hunting bluecat manages to win a game... I had a great plan but it was thwarted by lack of fires and the Mechtrons (we were all Mechtrons this time!) bluecat (Mechtron) 29,576 trbb (Mechtron) 27,481 Total 82,063 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Even small wins count... this round was played from an ATR image I found online, not neccessarily the same as linked to in the first message but it seemed bug free enough that I suppose it shouldn't matter. It should be noted that the blue Mechtron was about 4000 points ahead of me on third place before the last round, but thanks to a record low crystite value and a record high food value, somehow I managed to advance past both green and blue computer players. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 Welcome carlsson I've added your scores to the tables on posts 2 and 3 I will play some more MULE later in the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I played a round on the C64 last Saturday but never recorded the score. Tonight's round (A8 as green humanoid) was average: two early pirates, some mid-game pest that slowed everyone down, yadda yadda but at least I managed second place. Of course the only true challenge is to win as humanoid against three computers, something I manage to do every now and then but not on a regular basis. Carlsson (green humanoid): 20112 Colony total: 77959 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 You inspired me to play again, had a textbook Humanoid Crystite session, I was lucky with the plots and only made one small mistake (losing a mule, how embarassing!) but the crystite prices was very low for the last three turns 80, 60 and finishing on 54 I think, so the scores and colony was poor (minimum standards) there go my averages. Bluecat (Leggite) came in 3rd trbb (Humanoid) 22,714 Mechtron 20,223 bluecat (Leggite) 17,881 Mectron 15,212 Total 76,030 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 I was wondering if we had ever achieved the top colony ranking.. despite me thinking we had, the best score I can find recorded in my record book (from a few years ago) was: Mechtron 33,728 Mechtron 29,632 trbb (Humanoid) 23,768) buecat (Gollumer) 16,408 Total 118,566 so looks like that's the challenge! I guess the Mechtrons won because we were selling them energy and they had decent plots (for a change) in 2 player they could do with a logic upgrade as they seem to leave themselves short of energy too often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Now I've played M.U.L.E. for two days in a row. Unfortunately I forgot to record the score for the first round, but since it went so bad I'd rather not count it in a high score club. This second round went much better, although the order of events were rather unusual: Round 1: Pest (violet computer player) Round 2: Pirates without any crystite in play Round 3: Pirates, still without any crystite in play Round 4: Fire Round 5: Fire Round 6: Crazy mule (red computer player) Round 7: Pest (me) Round 8: New crystite meteor (red computer player) Round 9: Planetquake Round 10: Planetquake Round 11: Planetquake Round 12: Mothership (obviously) The final scores: Green Humanid (Carlsson): 21,357 Blue Mechtron (Computer): 15,744 Violet Mechtron (Computer): 12,971 Red Mechtron (Computer): 10,908 Colony total: 60,980 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+skr Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 (edited) We´ve played a 4 player round at the Fujiama 2013 meeting, it was going really bad for me... Here are the final results: 1. Gollumer "wizard" (ABBUC) - 26487 2. Flapper "Lucky" (ABBUC) - 22905 3. Flapper "holgibo" - 17766 4. Bonzoid "skr" - 13003 Colony: 80161 Ok, now I´ve got them sorted, as holgibo told me, he was third (some beer was involved so my memories are not complete). I don´t know if Wizard and Lucky have an account here, so I´ve added (ABBUC). Edited August 25, 2013 by skr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Two new rounds to submit. On Monday, I played a violet Spheroid, as I noticed nobody else had played Spheroid this year. Carlsson (Spheroid): 28439 pts Colony total: 88976 pts On Tuesday, I played a green Humanoid, which went quite well given at one point in the game I had $3 left to spend before pub and auctions... Carlsson (Humanoid): 25958 pts Colony total: 89280 pts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 Do you guys set out to hunt the wampus ? How many have you caught in a game? Could be a fun challenge?! What about selling land or assaying your own plots? Usually bluecat bags 3-4 wampi and on 2 player we usually don't assay any land as to not give anything away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) I rarely have time for wumpus hunting, perhaps in the last 2-3 rounds when everything is developed the way I intended. On the occasions I go hunting, I rarely find it despite I see where the blip is. I suppose the extra cash could make more of a difference early on in the game, when you usually are busy installing mules, assaying for crystite etc. Of course I assay plots I already picked, if I'm unsure. Sometimes before installing a mule, sometimes after. Sell land is something I'd almost never do, unless I'm really strapped for cash and the going rate has increased a lot. It however requires that at least two computer players have become very wealthy while I barely can cover the basic needs. Usually that scenario doesn't take place, and the combined value of land + crop for remaining rounds may be hard to match in selling price. By the way, does land value fluctuate with last sold plot or is it more of a fixed value? I never studied the detailed document posted before. Another question to ask is if some of you are pranksters of the kind that would let out as many mules from the store as you can afford, in case you're a majority holder of smithore. I'm too honest for that, it even hurts me to take spoilage of food and energy in situations where the store is out of units but I can't offload all my surplus onto the opponents. I suppose playing a more cutthroat game may sometimes benefit the score. As you noticed, about 99 of 100 times I play alone against three computer players, so I have no other human players whose feelings may get hurt by the way I play the game. Then again, one of the delights of this game is that despite a somewhat basic appearance, there are so many ways to play it and that a special skill has to be developed to learn how to change strategy mid-game when required. Edited August 28, 2013 by carlsson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samspock Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Got one. Don't count it though. I was using the save state function on the emulator and reloading when I got pirates, planetquakes, store fires and acid rain to see how good a game was possible. This was one player. Note how they misspelled Luxurious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 Got one. Don't count it though. I was using the save state function on the emulator and reloading when I got pirates, planetquakes, store fires and acid rain to see how good a game was possible. This was one player. Note how they misspelled Luxurious. Nice work LuxurIOU! Sounds like you owe them the Crystite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Perhaps one feature a remake could feature, without involving weapons, would be a fortune teller which for a given amount of money could foresee future events with a certain amount of probability. Although no one really can expect the Spanish Inquisition, it could be an interesting addition to the assaying for crystite, the wumpus hunting and all the various side tactics. If the fortune teller with 40% probability said there will be pirates within two months, would you sell your remaining crystite at $72 each? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I suppose this round went rather OK. No pirates though, which was what I was waiting for all the time. Carlsson (Humanoid): 28283 pts Colony total: 97860 pts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Not entirely successful today. Perhaps I should blame it on spending too much time assaying plots instead of deploying them at mid-game, but then again when the computer player is producing 60+ units of crystite per round, there is not much stopping him once the pirates have gone home to watch TV. Carlsson (Humanoid): 24075 pts Colony total: 86365 pts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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