jblenkle Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Burgertime - 14,150 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Da duh doo tooo tooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelpedant Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Well I'm pleased to learn the cartridge version of TI Burgertime has greater randomness and hence more challenge, such that identical patterns can't be depended upon. Or so it would seem to me, after a couple games. Though essential strategy is basically the same regardless of version. And the disk version is perfectly playable, as long as one isn't looking for long term challenge. Anyway, here's the score from my second swing at the cartridge: 81500, Pattern 18. That can be improved upon by a lot, to be sure. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fimbulvetr Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Just for the heck of it, I tried the disk version and it is definitely easier than the cartridge version. The patterns are much more predictable, the enemies always start from the bottom and work their way up, and I think it is more generous with extra lives but I could be wrong on that count. Interestingly, it alternates ice cream and coffee for extra pepper, while I’ve only ever seen ice cream in the cartridge version. 45850 on real iron with pain sticks instead of my Tac 2 joystick, and I still doubled my last score on the cartridge on my first go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelpedant Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Slight improvement on my own (cartridge version) high score in my second attempt this evening: 87150 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelpedant Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Oh, incidentally, the cartridge version's manual explicitly refers to the Ice Cream Cone and Coffee Cup granting 500 and 1000 points respectively, despite the fact that (as fimbulvetr observes), the coffee cup is not in the cartridge version. Another difference is that P does not pause the game in the disk version, while it does in the cartridge version. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 Thankfully.. no pause was murder but the disk beta was way too easy Sent from my LM-G820 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelpedant Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Okay, one more for today, and I'm out: 129250, Pattern 25 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliketurtles Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) Been a while... 10,500. (cartridge version) Edited March 17, 2020 by iliketurtles 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliketurtles Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Tried again... 17,600 (cartridge version) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 good job, @iliketurtles! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Some good scores here! Not tops, but here's my recent effort: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliketurtles Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 18,800 (cartridge version) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelpedant Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I would observe, incidentally, that my strategy in the cartridge version is definitely to maximise kills per drop on each level. With burger layers being mainly a tool for farming enemies for points. A finite resource, since they have to fall at least one level per set of kills. But enemies themselves are an infinite resource. So if at all possible, you want each drop to be at least one kill. As a consequence, it can be desirable to take a "bottom up" approach, so that you don't "waste" drops (by chaining them). The game's sufficiently deadly in the later levels (20 and up kind of territory) that I feel you really need to make the most of the "safe" levels. That makes the game extremely time consuming, incidentally. Since you're essentially doing the level in the slowest possible way (and waiting around for enemies to show up where you want them). But I think it's the most efficient, from a points standpoint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliketurtles Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 31,450 (cartridge version) Edited March 19, 2020 by iliketurtles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Oh.. silence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliketurtles Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) I decided to try the disk version... and I scored 216,800. I wasn't fast enough to get the picture before the program tried to start the next game though, so it shows as a high score. Edited March 21, 2020 by iliketurtles 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Oh, on his back kicking...so funny when he dies you gotta admit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I wanna push the controller to the wall..I can't push it fast enough...arhhh...go go go burger dude 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 it's interesting there's such a difference between scoring on the disk version and cartridge version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelpedant Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 6 hours ago, digdugnate said: it's interesting there's such a difference between scoring on the disk version and cartridge version. It's about enemy patterns, mainly. Enemies enter at the same (bottom) level every time, in the disk version. So you can always, with perfect reliability, kill them. There's no reason to ever die. You can just play until you get bored, if you understand the game on even a basic level. The number of enemies also never increases, in the disk version. It's static. So there's no escalation of difficulty. In the cartridge version, enemies increase in number as the game progresses, and enter at varied positions. So unpredictably problematic patterns will occur, and difficulty does increase over time. Still, I think the 129,250 which is currently my (cartridge) high score can be improved upon by quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 How come this difference? Is it a mod? A new version? I mean, we had noticeable differences between PAL and NTSC versions, but this was all about speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 The disk version is a betaSent from my LM-G820 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 I see. We have both versions in MAME as "burgertm" (normal) and "burgertb" (beta). The beta version starts with a black screen with "GAME START", the normal version says "BURGERTIME" and some more text. Also, the beta version requires a memory expansion (seems to be moved into RAM before start). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Anyone here know the origin of the Burgertime disk based beta? Interesting how how this competition thread reveals these peculiarities. Makes me wonder how the incomplete beta-like game Super Demon Attack made it to cartridge? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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