Deteacher Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 (edited) You control Zeke the zookeeper who must rescue his girlfriend Zelda from the Zoo. There are four levels or "adventures". Each level has its own task such as trapping the animals in the zoo, jumping ledges up the screen and jumping animals to earn a bonus keeper. Game Information: Game Name: Zoo Keeper Manufactured by: Taito/1982 Romset: zookeep.zip Dipswitches: Default (will look at this and post back.) Chosen By: Darthkur ROM Location: http://www.romnation...eper-set-1.html High Scores: 1. 1,465,800 JohnnyBlaze [+15] 2. 794,700 patbb [+14] 3. 709,600 Cynicaster [+13] 4. 625,200 M.A.M.E. Offender [+12] 5. 610,160 kane [+11] 6. 464,000 bigbee99 [+10] 7. 370,650 darthkur [+9] 8. 329,770 Deteacher [+8] 9. 207,730 Mangia-Boy [+7] 10. 197,350 Fallout_002 [+6] 11. 163,740 NIKON [+5] 12. 136,440 asponge [+4] 13. 112,510 hepcat [+3] 14. 96,430 kloverz178 [+2] 15. 69,680 jblenkle [+1] 16. 69,530 Roadrunner [+1] 17. 48,220 BillyHW [+1] 18. 36,600 Classicgamer_27330 [+1] Points Leaderboard: 1. kane [64] 2. patbb [62] 3. M.A.M.E. Offender [60] 4. Deteacher [55] 5. bigbee99 [53] 6. hepcat [48] 7. Cynicaster [42] 8. Fallout_002 [40] 9. NIKON [33] 10. asponge [32] 11. Darthkur [26] 12. kloverz178 [22] 13. Classicgamer_277330 [19] 14. Mangia-Boy [19] 15. Vocelli [14] 16. roadrunner [13] 17. Jblenkle [12] 18. onmode-ky [11] 19. JohnnyBlaze [10] 20. Beaver On The Wood [9] 21. Wispfollower [8] 22. Liduario [3] 23. mr. toast [2] 24. Homerwannabe [2] 25. BillyHW [2] 26. MisterVCS [1] Edited February 18, 2013 by Deteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Hey deteacher, you're a little behind in the advertisment you have in your signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Oooooh yeah! This game is a barrel of fun! I love this one! It has a pretty wild point structure. Jumping multiple animals at once gives you mega points. Here is the point schedule: 1 animal - 100 pt 2 animal - 5oo pt 3 animal - 2ooo pt 4 animal - 6ooo pt 5 animal - 15ooo pt 6 animal - 3oooo pt 7 animal - 6oooo pt 8 animal - 12oooo pt 9 animal - 25oooo pts! No doubt, this game brings it! Put your jumping shoes on, guys! Time for some Zoo Keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Oh, and trapping Lions later in the game gives you 30k a piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Oh yeah, great game! Very addictive! It's a shame that Zookeeper wasn't ported to a console or home computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 Hey deteacher, you're a little behind in the advertisment you have in your signature. LOL! I'm behind in a lot of things. Thanks for adding one more to the pile. Getting everything updated now over morning coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 Ok, it's on this week! We have a new leader in the point totals! I'm sure we'll have more participation than the last couple times this was played. There are lots of ways to score a crap-ton of points. I predict we will see some killer high scores this week. Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'll lead things off with 69,530 Most of the other scores in my screenshot are old scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 202,250 I'll post a picture later, hopefully for a better score. I've heard people talk about this game a lot over the last few years and now I see why; it's very fun, and the "greed" factor of the scoring system works to great effect. I think Zoo Keeper lingers in relative obscurity because 1982 saw the release of a boatload of historical arcade titles that cast a very long shadow, such as: Burgertime, Dig Dug, DK Jr., Joust, Robotron, Moon Patrol, Xevious, Pole Position, Q*Bert, Zaxxon, and many others. The controls take some getting used to; at first, the way your guy runs around the 90 degree bends had me wondering which way I was supposed to push the joystick. The coconut levels are pretty frustrating too, with the way your guy "bounces" when he lands on the platforms. Very cool game, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Here's my first score: 155,600! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 202,250 I'll post a picture later, hopefully for a better score. I've heard people talk about this game a lot over the last few years and now I see why; it's very fun, and the "greed" factor of the scoring system works to great effect. I think Zoo Keeper lingers in relative obscurity because 1982 saw the release of a boatload of historical arcade titles that cast a very long shadow, such as: Burgertime, Dig Dug, DK Jr., Joust, Robotron, Moon Patrol, Xevious, Pole Position, Q*Bert, Zaxxon, and many others. The controls take some getting used to; at first, the way your guy runs around the 90 degree bends had me wondering which way I was supposed to push the joystick. The coconut levels are pretty frustrating too, with the way your guy "bounces" when he lands on the platforms. Very cool game, though. I totally agree with you on the "greed" factor. I don't feel that there's much in the way of point scumming on this game. Take the coconut levels, for instance. You can stay on the level as long as you want, but the level gets very difficult VERY quickly if you decide you want to stick around. You have the weigh the risks...is it worth losing a precious life just to grab that extra 10K in points? I got up to the lion stage in this game. It gets to a point where you're just jumping constantly, hoping you land in a hole small enough to jump again. It's a very addicting game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Oh yeah! I dig it! I have never cleared 1M but I have hit 800k before. Crazy game! 168,190 B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I've never figured out how to get past the 'get a bonus man' level, so I'll have to get to that this week... 106,980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Zoo Keeper - 25,030 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 (edited) 37,510. This game is strange. And it doesn't appear that it ever got a home port. I've never seen it or heard of it before. The music reminds me of Venture. Edited February 11, 2013 by BillyHW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 207,730 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 It doesn't really pay to hang around too long on the first coconut board. Just try to get as many top platform jumps as you can while taking any second or third level fruits/items that role by. The first board starts off with 2500 on top platform lands, then doubles on subsequent ones until you get to 20000. In a sentence, greed will always get you killed in Zoo Keeper. Keep control of your greed and let the point values go up exponentially. That is the only way to not get bit by an animal or a coconut. My high is 444,350, but I got that awhile back. Someone got 820,000 or something when this game was in competition last year. I am hoping to at least hit the half a mil mark. 368,200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 (edited) It doesn't really pay to hang around too long on the first coconut board. Just try to get as many top platform jumps as you can while taking any second or third level fruits/items that role by. The first board starts off with 2500 on top platform lands, then doubles on subsequent ones until you get to 20000. In a sentence, greed will always get you killed in Zoo Keeper. Keep control of your greed and let the point values go up exponentially. That is the only way to not get bit by an animal or a coconut. I think this technique is not allowed in the Twin Galaxies "rules" ... Jumping on the top platform. Since the website is still not operational I cannot verify. But, if I'm not mistaking they were limiting the number of jumps to 3 times. Also, when we played back in 2010, the special rule was to limit the time spend on the coconuts level to 30 seconds. Edited February 12, 2013 by patbb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 (edited) Someone got 820,000 or something when this game was in competition last year. I am hoping to at least hit the half a mil mark. I've done 814k in a Retrocade Mag event. Those forums are long gone but Rob did preserve the scores. Seems like I was consistently getting 400-500k games and I got lucky with a 500k Jump. I think this technique is not allowed in the Twin Galaxies "rules" ... Jumping on the top platform. Since the website is still not operational I cannot verify. But, if I'm not mistaking they were limiting the number of jumps to 3 times. Also, when we played back in 2010, the special rule was to limit the time spend on the coconuts level to 30 seconds. Seems like they aloud you to jump on the top platform 3 times. Also... my new score 259,210 B Edited February 12, 2013 by bigbee99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kloverz178 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 High- 96430 Wow, really loving this game. Only got as far as the first level with a lion, but it gets really hectic even at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) PB: 794,700 500K jump! INP available zookeep 794k patbb.zip Edited February 13, 2013 by patbb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 PB: 794,700 500K jump! INP available Nicely done! There's a Youtube clip of someone playing where they landed a 2,000,000 point jump. Crazy stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 97,100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Trapped eleven lions in the one round 610,160 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallout_002 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 107,220 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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