Deteacher Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) Take control of a tank and defend headquarters from attack by enemy tanks. Game Information: Game name: Tank Force Released by: Namco, 1991 ROMset: tankfrce Dipswitches: default (looks like all dipswitches are "unknown") Only way to get extra life is by picking one up on the board. Chosen by: asponge (was also on Darthkur's list.) ROM location: http://www.romnation...k-Force-US.html Round Ends: Sunday, January 27th, 2013: Midnight (EST) Current High Scores: (NO CONTINUES ALLOWED!) from post #42: 1. 298,500 bigbee99 [+15] 2. 194,200 NIKON [+14] 3. 182,300 Deteacher [+13] 4. 163,200 kane [+12] 5. 156,500 onmode-ky [+11] 6. 140,700 JohnnyBlaze [+10] 7. 129,600 MAME Offender [+9] 8. 126,400 Fallout_002 [+8] 9. 116,700 patbb [+7] 10.111,400 hepcat [+6] 11. 87,400 Cynicaster [+5] 12. 83,800 asponge [+4] 13. 71,800 Darthkur [+3] 14. 48,800 Mangia-Boy [+2] 15. 46,900 roadrunner [+1] 16. 22,600 jblenkle [+1] Points Leaderboard: 1. patbb [32] 2. M.A.M.E. Offender [25] 3. Deteacher [24] 4. kane [22] 5. hepcat [21] 6. Classicgamer_277330 [17] 7. NIKON [17] 8. Fallout_002 [17] 9. bigbee99 [16] 10. asponge [16] 11. Vocelli [14] 12. Darthkur [10] 13. Beaver On The Wood [9] 14. Cynicaster [8] 15. Mangia-Boy [4] 16. Jblenkle [4] 17. Wispfollower [3] 18. Liduario [3] 19. mr. toast [2] 20. roadrunner [2] 21. Homerwannabe [2] 22. MisterVCS [1] Edited January 27, 2013 by Deteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Scores from Kangaroo are totalled, points awarded and leaderboard updated to reflect awarded points. As always, please check my math and if you spot an error, bring it to my attention and I'll fix it ASAP. Hope you enjoy this week's game. Still thinking of a bonus challenge. Stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I'll start: 80,800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 49,600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 71,800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 37,100 The 4 way shot is a pretty cool powerup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Tank Force - 10,400 Never seen this game before..what does it mean when it starts flashing Warning...Warning...on the screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Tank Force - 10,400 Never seen this game before..what does it mean when it starts flashing Warning...Warning...on the screen? Means this is getting attacked... your headquarters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) How about clearing everything that can be shot off of the first screen for 1 bonus point? And a screen shot must be taken Edited January 21, 2013 by NIKON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 130,200 Round 8 B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 140,700 It figures that I pause the game to go help my grandfather and then I unpause and die. LOVELY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 48,800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Regarding the “bonus points” stuff—I was thinking, do we have to do it every round? Maybe we should only do it on games where there is something obvious that presents a reasonable challenge and is easy to track and verify. It just seems like not all games will have something like that, and “forcing” it every single round will lead to some flimsy and/or poorly defined challenges on games that simply don’t have something suitable for the purpose. For example, that Dig Dug one was good—nice and cut and dried—but the Kangaroo point-press challenge seemed to cause more confusion than it was worth, IMO. Not going to complain either way, just putting it out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) You make a good point, Cynicaster. There doesn't have to be a bonus for every round. I do like the idea of giving those that are behind a chance to catch up a little bit from time to time. As for bonus challenges, it won't always be something you have to do in the game itself. If I may borrow the idea from Vocelli, he's got some pretty creative ways to earn bonus points in his Atari 2600 HSC. Sometimes, it's coming up with a short little story related to the type of game we're playing, or it involves knowing things about other games of the same genre. However, I like the idea of not having a bonus challenge every week, so we'll just play this week straight up. And for the record, I'm up for any and all suggestions you guys might have to make this more enjoyable for everyone. I'm not going to rule with an iron fist. I hope you're all having fun because that's what this is all about (well, that and kicking each others' butts around.) Edited January 21, 2013 by Deteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 After several games to figure things out, here's my first score worth submitting: 94,700! This game is fun! I'm going to enjoy this week. Since I'm off today, I plan to spend some serious time with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hepcat Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 This game is fun! I'm going to enjoy this week. Since I'm off today, I plan to spend some serious time with this one. Agreed, this game is pretty good. I'll be putting a lot more effort into this one than I did for Kangaroo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 As for a bonus challenge, I saw something on YouTube so I know it can be done. How about getting from first level to beating the first boss(level 8 I believe) WITHOUT losing ANY lives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallout_002 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 78,700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) 232,000 Cleared 11 rounds I attach the inp B BYLtankfrce232000.zip Edited January 22, 2013 by bigbee99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 New score 46,900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 182,300! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 As always, please check my math and if you spot an error, bring it to my attention and I'll fix it ASAP. I just noticed I am missing my 3 points from the Dig Dug challenge. No biggie, it just didn't carry over into Kangaroo. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Tank Force - 15,600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 128,200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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