+therealbountybob Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 Giving a second chance to Manic Miner... very frustrating, but addictive, grrrr... I'm going to have another crack at M.M. over the next couple of evenings. Still been Spectipeding... I'm sure at 170K the game is out to get me but somehow I made 200K 200,388 Reminder: THIS ROUND EXTENDED UNTIL THURSDAY 26TH (10PM UK TIME) ROUND 9 POLL OPEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Sorry haven't had much chance to play this last week Death Chase Sector 5 night patrol 48037 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Bug Attack 11121 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Frisky Tom 13300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 23545 Metagalactic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Anyone got any thoughts on the games? I can't seem to make progress on Deathchase or Stampede, Bobby Bearing though very slick seems like you can't get anywhere without having a printed map (though I'm not so good at these games), Spectipede is fricking insane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Might try Bobby Bearing again using the map. Was put off a bit when I saw how rooms there were! I think with Stampede some runs are easier than others. It gets a bit too difficult too soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Well, here are two Bobby Bearing maps... maybe you can get a bit further then. bobby_bearing_maps.zip 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 DC - reached sector 8, day patrol, but now I have less points that on sector 7. Not ended game yet ;( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I've got a few more scores to post: Bug Attack - 8,747 (130XE, NTSC) Galaga (PET) - 27,320 (130XE, NTSC) Perplexity - 4,790 (130XE, NTSC) Stampede - 940 (XEGS, NTSC) Deathchase XE - 34,508 (130XE, NTSC) I can't believe that I still have another four games to play still. This has been a long round. Too bad that Gold Mine wasn't part of this round. I showed this to a friend last week and we played it like maniacs for three days straight. Sometimes the simplest games can be the best! Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 Well, here are two Bobby Bearing maps... maybe you can get a bit further then. These are pretty good and friendly but I need some ink for my printer DC - reached sector 8, day patrol, but now I have less points that on sector 7. Not ended game yet ;( I enjoy playing but can't make progress. ... I can't believe that I still have another four games to play still. This has been a long round. Too bad that Gold Mine wasn't part of this round. I showed this to a friend last week and we played it like maniacs for three days straight. Sometimes the simplest games can be the best! Adam The Roklan one we've played here a couple of times - yes pretty good though very hard too see on PAL CRT re artifacting. CAN WE HAVE SOME MORE PIGGING VOTES PLEASE EVERYONE: ROUND 9 POLL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 I played a few more games: Metagalactic Llamas: Battle at the Edge of Time - 16,914 (Emulation, PAL) Metagalactic Llamas is a really fun game-- once you realize how to play it using the walls to bounce your shots around. I'll certainly come back to this one again-- and I plan to try to play it on a real Vic-20 this summer (if my friend ends up fixing his system). It's too bad this game doesn't work on NTSC machines. My wife watched me play this game yesterday and she thought the game was pretty odd. I wonder what gave her that idea?!? Bobby Bearing - This is a great looking game with smooth gameplay on a real NTSC system... but, alas!, the game is really too big-- so no score for me! In the mid-to-late 80s I would have really dug into this game. Maybe I'll try this one again in a catch-up round. Or maybe leave this one game open for a few rounds so people can explore it. Spectipede - Crashes on NTSC! (130XE, NTSC, loaded from disk image using sio2sd) I can play Spectipede on real NTSC hardware, but only if I start a game right away. However, both the regular and the "no dots" version of Spectipede crash from the title screen if the game is not started within a few seconds. This is really quite annoying, as otherwise, the game seems to play fine. Did any other NTSC players experience this issue? I'll play Spectipede under emulation in PAL format. I've really only got Manic Miner left to really play. The good news is that this game seems to play just like the Spectrum version (at least through level 3-- which is how far I can get). The bad news is... I don't like the Spectrum original. Manic Miner just left me with a taste to play Miner 2049er. So... that's a good thing, right? I ended up playing both Miner 2049er and Bounty Bob Strikes Back! for quite a while. Both of those games are fantastic. Now it's going to be even harder to dig into Manic Miner. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 I've finally played the last two games of this round: Manic Miner - 6,021 (PAL, Emulation, Reached level 4) Spectipede - 42,848 (PAL, Emulation) I think my favorite game this round was Metagalactic Llamas. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdh Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Hope to get a couple games of Manic Miner and Spectipede in tonight. Initial scores: Manic Miner - 3311 Spectipede - 27486 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdh Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Manic Miner - 6080 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Seeing as we have a lack of votage for the next round can we extend this round until Sunday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdh Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Seeing as we have a lack of votage for the next round can we extend this round until Sunday? I just broke the deadlock. Mr M for the win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Deathchase XE Got to Night Patrol of Sector 5: 49374 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 No time, no progress today DC level 8 night patrol - so little to end game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yautja Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 All records are made to be broken (2): The final outcome of my love and hate relationship with Manic Miner: Unfortunately, I couldn't beat my own record in PET Galaga - Y - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 Seeing as we have a lack of votage for the next round can we extend this round until Sunday? I just broke the deadlock. Mr M for the win Will this round ever end?!!! Don't make me play more Spectipede OK FINAL EXTENSION to the longest round in HSC history... Sunday 12PM UK TIME. Ha! It's still tied so someone VOTE Tables UPDATED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Played perplexity for ages finally made it to the third round which looks very complicated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Don't forget my Frisky Tom score #104 13300 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 MM got to the sky lab screen, whatever its called, and got stuck. I was trying to get as far as possible without watching any videos looks like I'll have to give in as this screen is very difficult 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 (edited) MM 25642 Edited May 28, 2016 by McKong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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