graywest Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I'm still not sure what the best tactic is but learning to use the shield might help a bit - yes the PAL pink section seems to make the missiles (eggs!!) etc hard to see - brightness down contrast up, or was it brightness up contrast down ... I'll share some of my tactics. These work for me, but I'm sure there are other ways to go about it. There is a bit of "risk vs. reward" regarding the bridge. I'm guessing that most people have already noticed that crossing the bridge and defeating Satan will upgrade your cannon. You start with two shots on the screen at once. Defeating Satan once will upgrade you to four shots, while the second time will upgrade you to "rapid fire." (Not sure if there is a shot limit, the shots seem to fire as fast as I can push the button. Dying drops your cannon back down one level until you are back at the basic two-shot cannon. In addition to upgrading your cannon, crossing the bridge and defeating Satan will give you bonus points for every flag that has been added to the castle. I think you get 10,000 points for every red flag (symbolizing 10 levels completed) and 1,000 for every white flag (symbolizing 1 level completed.) So it would initially seem to be in your best interest to build the bridge and cross as many times as possible to score the bonus as often as as you can. BUT, every time you cross the bridge, the chasm gets a little bigger, requiring more bridge pieces to complete the bridge. A bigger chasm also means that you have less space to maneuver in. There is one additional bonus to crossing the bridge that might not be immediately apparent: it allows you to skip a wave. So it's best to time your bridge crossings to coincide with the most difficult, enemy-heavy levels. Meaning it's best not to cross the bridge on the levels with Beelzebub (the big head that spits fire) or the levels with the two groups of four circling gargoyles. They are the easiest and should be used as opportunities to build your bridge up. So here's how I like to do it: Stage 1: Shoot a gargoyle (one at a time), collect a bridge piece, put it in place. Repeat. Stage 2: Complete the bridge. Stage 3: Kill Beelzebub. Stage 4-12: Kill the gargoyles, etc. Stage 13: At this point I like to cross the bridge to power up my gun. From here on out, keep building up your bridge on the slow stages (two groups of four gargoyles and Beelzebub). Once the bridge is complete, keep your cannon to the right side of the screen when the second in a set of stages comes up so you can quickly exit if things look too crazy. Note that if a "rock" falls on your bridge, it will become impossible to cross even if you are already on the bridge and to the right of the hole created by the rock. Use your shield to defend the bridge from rocks dropped by demons as your regular shots will not destroy them. Once your cannon is powered up, keep building/repairing the bridge but don't cross until you are at a stage that is particularly difficult. Obviously, if you lose some lives you should build and cross more often to keep the cannon powered up. Also make sure that you cross as many times as you can on your final life to collect all of those bonus points that you have been banking. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Thanks for that great info on Satan's Hollow graywest a couple of bonus points will be winging there way to you at the end of the round Hey devwebcl 119K adam242 looks like I need to have some serious time in the Hollow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 FINAL Tables games listed in order from best to shocking; scoring may be adjusted! 1. Satan's Hollow1st orpheuswaking (N) 625,200 14pts*2nd McKong (N) 585,200 13pts*3rd graywest 246,500 10pts4th therealbountybob 138,600 9pts5th adam242 119,000 8pts6th NIKON (N) 98,500 8pts7th darthkur (N) 83,600 7pts8th roadrunner (N) 77,100 6pts9th Zylon (N) 70,500 5pts10th Deteacher (N) 50,500 5pts11th Fallout_002 (N) 47,000 4pts12th Gury 37,300 3pts13th Goochman (N) 34,800 4pts14th Caco 32,900 2pts15th jblenkle (N) 21,000 2pts16th Champions_2002 17,800 1pt17th devwebcl (N) 11,400 2pts*HSC record bonus point (N) NTSC bonus point 2. Little Devil (push up to boost after walking off plaftorm edges, press Select to reset the timer)1st trbb 242,900 5pts*2nd darthkur 28,200 3pts 3rd Gury 27000 3pts4th roadrunner 26300 2pts5th adam242 22300 2pts6th McKong 21400 1pt7th deteacher 21100 1pt8th NIKON 8600 1pt9th orpheuswaking 7900 1pt *HSC record bonus point 3. Devilator (try holding fire in to control lift!) 1st trbb 878 3pts2nd adam242 164 2pts3rd McKong 100 1pt 4th roadrunner 65 1pt 5th darthkur 56 1pts 6th orpheuswaking 54 1pt 4. DareDevil! (1pt per level)1st trbb Lv3/6,525 3pts 2nd darthkur Lv3/3,985 3pts 3rd Gury Lv1/705 14th NIKON Lv1/640 15th orpheuswaking Lv1/520 16th roadrunner Lv1/490 17th adam242 Lv1/375 1 5. The Devil's Doorway 1st roadrunner 47,645 3pts2nd adam242 35,110 2pts 3rd darthkur 31,790 1pt4th trbb 31,255 15th McKong 26,780 16th orpheuswaking 22,640 17th Gury 11,850 6. Devils Caverns (use 0 in room 1 to trade experience points for speed & strength)1st adam242 368 Exp "Hey that's a good find" 2pts 2nd trbb 401 Exp "Not so hot pal" 1pt2nd darthkur 234 Exp "Not so hot ntsc" 1pt3rd orpheuswaking 147 Exp "Better blindfolded!" 1pt4th roadrunner "0 gold" 1pt5th McKong "made it to room 2... just" 1pt 7. Devil's Domain 1st darthkur 843 2pts 2nd trbb 343 1pt3rd Gury 337 14th adam242 245 15th roadrunner 210 16th orpheuswaking 173 1 8. The Heavenly Gates (guard 'em gates)1st trbb Lv9 / 7064 1pt2nd McKong Lv7 / 5300 1pt3rd adam242 Lv5 / 2976 1pt 4th darthkur Lv5 / 2826 1pt 5th roadrunner Lv5 / 2368 1pt6th orpheuswaking Lv1 / 1448 1pt 7th bluecat Lv2 / 250 1pt 8th gury Lv1 / 0 1pt! Devils's Dare (connect 5) Beat Easy for 3pts, Easy & Medium for 5pts, and Easy, Medium & Hard for 7pts EASY! 1st darthkur (2 Wins) 3pts 1st adam242 (1 Win) 3pts orpheuswaking 802 (0 wins?) 1pttrbb 170 (0 wins) 1ptMcKong 181 (0 wins) 1pt bluecat (0 wins) 1pt Bonus Points for this round: 1st trbb 17pts2nd darthkur 16pts3rd adam242 15pts4th roadrunner 11pts5th orpheuswaking 8pts6th McKong 7pts7th Gury 7pts8th NIKON 2pts9th bluecat 2pts10th deteacher 1pts+ Special 2pt Bonus for graywest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Dare Devil 490 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Now that I've figured out how to play... Satan's Hollow- 70,500 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 98500 8600 640 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Got to about level 95 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 Got to about level 95 95 eeegad brain A couple of things folks Devilator - try holding fire in when playing, this way you can actually control the lift!!! (sorry elevator ) Devil's Caverns - the "-1" to DROPOFF literally drops you off to the next level of the hell, sometimes you have no choice. The end of game rating (usually derogatory) is based on gold collected. Report your maximum Experience points when posting. Use 0 in room 1 to trade EXPERIENCE points for SPEED and STRENGTH thus: ok three things... Dare Devil - the scoring is flawed so highest level reached will count first. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My scores Little Devil - 94,300 two girlfriends get's tricky but think I can make it three Satan's Hollow - 54,700 finally getting the hang of it again?! Devilator - 878 Devils Caverns - 401 Experience points "Not so hot pal" not even a friendly exclamation mark! see! Dare Devil - reached the 3rd screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 11,400 and my dingoo crashed with atari800 vs no contest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 and one more thing Little Devil - push up to boost even mid fall - handy for getting those targets under the platforms Tables Updated post #28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 95 eeegad brain Seems like a lot but you can rattle through them pretty quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Satans Hollow 34800 - Im a bit rusty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 (edited) I got on to level 6, it seems to change levels every 22 or 23 boards. When I hit board 120 ish all the red flags disappeared I think it was when the stack of red flags reached the score. So I'm not sure whether it was starting a new stack or not, I didn't get far enough to see. The pattern of the boards changes around the 80th, also you have to hit the red devils head thing a few times to kill it on some of the levels. Edited September 12, 2013 by McKong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champions_2002 Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Just a quick go of Satans Hollow i got 017800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 (edited) Satan's Hollow - 32,100Little Devil - 28,200The Devils Doorway - 24,645Dare Devil - 1,595Devil's Dare (Easy) - 108 (0 wins)Devil's Domain - 164Devilator - 56The Devil's Caverns - EXP 145The Heavenly Gates - 185 Edited September 12, 2013 by darthkur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Tables Updated post #28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 No game poll for the next round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 No game poll for the next round? YES GAME POLL FOR THE NEXT ROUND brace yourselves folks Still having a love hate relationship with Little Devil (and my collection of 4 Girlfriends) - think I will lock myself in the dungeon Don't be put off by the initial poor colission detection, the game is quite fun to play and you get a bunch of lives to compensate... gets tricky on the later levels (see screenshots) you need to use the 'S' power-up to go through the heads/balls as well as the baddies. Try dropping off and moving under / dropping off and boosting / hold L/R / wiggling as you fall. The game is quite addictive 161,300 Hint: go to the top left corners as soon as each level starts and get out pronto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 Finally some progress in the Hollow 138,600 DareDevil! 4,580 (lv3) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 4. DareDevil!..... 2nd darthkur Lv1?/1,595 2pts Yes, I was still on level 1. Sorry for not specifying that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 4. DareDevil! ..... 2nd darthkur Lv1?/1,595 2pts Yes, I was still on level 1. Sorry for not specifying that. No worries, it's one of those games where you can get more points failing and repeating the levels - they need bigger level completion bonuses! It's not a bad game, I wonder how many levels there are... The timer boom noise is great EVERYONE - Get your ideas in and vote for the next round of HSC action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Devil's Dare - I can't beat easy... wonder what the difference is on the game modes Little Devil - 242,900 must stop playing this one... the levels get faster especially the rate you fall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 625200 - Satan's Hollow Little Devil - 7900 Devilator - 54 Daredevil -520 Devils Doorway - 22640 Devils Cavern - 0 gold, 147 exp - blindfold Devils Domain - 173 The Heavenly Gates - 1448 Devil's Dare -802 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) Devil's Cavern - Made it to room 2 Devilator - 37 Devils Doorway - 26780 Heavens Gates - 5300 (Level 7) Devil's Dare - 181 Don't think I'll play any of these again Edited September 17, 2013 by McKong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 Devilator - 37 Try holding in fire when playing Devilator, it's not that bad (honest), gets challenging after 100pts or so If you or orpheus want to have a crack at the Level 3 'Hollow record (see 1st post then feel free) Tables Updated Vote for the next round folks, and suggest some (good) games to boot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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