NIKON Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) 2017 - 2018 7800 HSC Season Game 10 Fighter Pilots needed in sector wars Play.... ASTRO BLASTER! Settings: Skill Level: Medium Guided Shots: NO Lives: 5 Contest Ends Midnight (PST) January 28th 2018 Usual rules. Current Scores Dr Moocowz 34760 +11 A NEW RECORD! oyamafamily 32700 +10 LidLikesIntellivision 28530 +9 NIKON 21830 +8 jblenkle 16070 +7 S.BAZ 15120 +6 toiletunes 10990 +5 roadrunner 10230 +4 ***************************** Current Standings: 1. Trebor 171 2. oyamafamily 136 3. toiletunes 128 4. jin 120 5. Dr Moocowz 103 6. S.BAZ 94 7. NIKON 87 8. LidLikesIntellivision 62 9. BydoEmpire 47 9. jblenkle 47 10. Cousin Vinnie 42 11. Gorfy 39 12. Dauber 22 13. Atarifever 18 14. MrBeefy 17 15. PacManPlus 16 16.Mister-VCS 12 17. roadrunner 8 18. troff 3 Moderators Note: This round marks the halfway point...Thank You to all who are participating....Good Luck to all. Edited January 29, 2018 by NIKON 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 (edited) In my opinion, the best shooting up game for the system. For me, Galaga is the close second. 1) 23,900 2) 28,530 Edited January 14, 2018 by LidLikesIntellivision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 10,990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Astro Blaster (Medium, NO guided, 5 lives, 1P) 17,860 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Astro Blaster - 16,070 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 23450 I made it to sector 4 once... once. I'm not really sure what I'm doing to get the secret bonuses sometimes, but woooo. Sector 3, most of time it's just running out of fuel that's getting me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) From this website: Robert assures me that all the arcade bonuses are in the 7800 version Number 03, bonus 1000 points. Shoot all enemies without missing.Number 04, bonus 700 points. Shoot all enemies before they wrap around to the other side of the screen, during waves that have the enemies that fly horizontally or diagonally.Number 09, bonus 500, 700, 900, 1000 or 1500 points. Don't move at all when docking with the mother ship (1000 points for a PERFECTLY centered approach, 1500 points for 'the paint scraper', when you brush a docking clamp of the mother ship).Number 12, bonus 700 points. Shoot all enemies before any escape the screen through the bottom (certain waves only).Number 13, bonus 500 points. Shoot all enemies in proper order in sector 1.Number 14, bonus 1000 points. Shoot all enemies in proper order in sector 2.Number 15, bonus 1500 points. Shoot all enemies in proper order in sector 3.Number 16, bonus 2000 points. Shoot all enemies in proper order in sector 4.Number 17, bonus 2500 points. Shoot all enemies in proper order in sector 5.Number 18, bonus 3000 points. Shoot all enemies in proper order in sector 6.Number 19, bonus 3500 points. Shoot all enemies in proper order in sector 7.Number 22, bonus 600 points. Never get laser temperature critical during the sector (awarded before docking).Number 25, bonus 500 points. Not dying during the sector (awarded before docking). Edited January 17, 2018 by NIKON 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) Astro Blaster 5 lives, Medium and NO guided 26,080 Best run starts at 08:45 mark in the video above. Just to give frames of reference - HighScore.com records for 7800 Astro Blaster (Medium / 5 Lives, assuming NO guided shots) Emulator - 24,000 by Bernard Larquey Hardware - 20,010 by CousinVinnie Edited January 19, 2018 by oyamafamily 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Astro Blaster 5 lives, Medium and NO guided 26,080 astro blaster 1.png Best run starts at 08:45 mark in the video above. Just to give frames of reference - HighScore.com records for 7800 Astro Blaster (Medium / 5 Lives, assuming NO guided shots) Emulator - 24,000 by Bernard Larquey Hardware - 20,010 by CousinVinnie whaaaaaaaat? I never even thought to try the 2nd button!!! Now I understand how some of those secret bonuses are possible now! Can't wait until the next chance I have to try this again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 21830 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 32560! That 'Warp Activated' thing is a game changer! Here's what I learned: You press down to activate the warp, not the other button Warp is once per life OR Warp is once per sector You can regain fuel by shooting those fireballs at the end right before the docking part With those above, I was pretty consistently getting at least 23000. The run for this score I got pretty deep into sector 4 before I exploded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 You press down to activate the warp, not the other button. This is an emulation inaccuracy of the ProSystem emulator. The only time pressing down should operate as warp is when the game detects a genuine one button function (I.E. VCS/CX40) joystick attached. Having a 'true' two button joystick (I.E. Proline Controller) attached, one button is warp, the other fires. Per the manual, the difficulty switches in the front of the console configures the button assignment. This is properly emulated under the A7800 emulator. When the default "proline_joystick" is the controller selected (Under "Slot Devices"), the game maps the warp function to whichever button is assigned to the task. When "vcs_joystick" is selected, pressing down triggers warp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Just to let you know, 1.3G is the version of ProSystem Emulator which I'm using. I use the following keys to play, considering 1 Player only: Arrows to move Z and X keys as fire buttons (For Astro Blaster, I used one of these buttons to activate WARP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Astro Blaster new attempt 32,700 (best run starts at 04:43 in the video) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Astro Blaster new attempt 32,700 (best run starts at 04:43 in the video) Arg, watching the video, the very last ship that you shot was the difference being behind my score or ahead of my score! What was also interesting was we are both basically taking the same approach on when we're using the warps. Will give it another shot, hopefully soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 Found a guide here... https://www.gamefaqs.com/arcade/584027-astro-blaster/faqs/28903 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 15,120 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 It took about an hour to get back on top, but I got it! (for now!) 34760 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 10,230 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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