+therealbountybob Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 (edited) Oils Well & Ardy the Aardvark Oils Well last played in the HSC's A-Z of gaming. Let's see if anyone can complete it? From memory there are 8 rounds on each skill level and you can earn a certificate for completing it. Good game gets intense. Hold fire to retract your grab, get the bottom stuff early on and use the bomb to slow things down. [HSC Record held by MaPa: 710,330] RULES: Play on Regular. Emulator users make sure you have overscan turned off [View Overscan Mode Normal] - you should not be able to see past the edges of the screen where the approaching things spawn! Oils Well - Download XEX, Atarimania Info Ardy the Aardvark is more of the same but you steer the tongue back up (I think.) [can press fire just as in Oils Well] Adry the Aardvark - Download XEX Atarimania Info bonus challenge find another game using the same concept ! So far carlsson has found: Eggard and Jack the Digger (BASIC) Diamond Mine by Blue Ribbon and Diamond Dave (BASIC) Also Digger by KESoft Scoring tbc Round finishes Sunday 29th April 10AM UK time Have fun Edited April 28, 2018 by therealbountybob Bonus game links added 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Sounds fun! Just going by screenshots, I believe I've spotted another 4 games of the same kind, though I would have to try them to be sure: Diamond Dave (Antic), Diamond Mine (Blue Ribbon), Eggard (Scandsoft) and Jack the Digger (Homecomputer). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) Oil's Well 33580 83020 level 8 (regular) Edited April 16, 2018 by McKong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Oil's Well - 11340 pts Ardy the Aardvark - 6000 pts I suppose this is the "original" game in this genre. More maze shaped levels and a bit more difficult to control than Oil's Well. For me the tongue sometimes takes its own direction. As my bonus game, I chose Eggard by Mats Byström. It seems to only have 1 opponent which you can't kill, and you can't retract the tongue automatically. Still it has some unique charm, which balances it out nicely compared to the other two. Eggard - 22949 pts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) OW Regular 17,640 Ardy 6,400 Bonus Jack the Digger 5,300 Looks like you need to get a certain time to progress to the next level. http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=5951 Edited April 16, 2018 by RedThunder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) Another Bonus Game... O'Rileys Mine....or is that to abstract Edited April 16, 2018 by RedThunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 O'Rileys Mine is more like Dig Dug to me. You don't have a long tail to protect, you can just dig your way through the mine and run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 Bonus games must have the probe idea Plus O'Rileys is flawed as the better you get the easier the game gets as there is so much stuff on screen you mass too many lives - another fix job required! Ardy 31,215 level 12 I think. Probably make this a bonus game with Oils Well the main game. Ardy is pretty frantic but it's possibly too hard to see / react to what's coming on several of the mazes and that's why they gave you lots of men to start with Carlsson's bunch look like they fits the ticket I've added links to the first post. [below is not my screenshot!] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Just for fun, I compared how many games of the same kind exists on the C64 side. It has roughly a dozen (!) simple looking Aardvark clones, of which three made past Y2K without any additional detail than how they looked like 35 years ago. Despite originally being a Commie gamer, I had no idea about all those games, I barely knew Oil's Well. Though there is not that much fun as a developer to keep reinventing the wheel if you make it look and move just like every other wheel on the market. Better a couple fewer games, but with something unique to them. Then again I haven't checked the entire Fandal, various ABBUC archives etc, perhaps there are another half dozen plain Aardvark clones for the Atari waiting to be discovered... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 OW 28,650 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 Just for fun, I compared how many games of the same kind exists on the C64 side. It has roughly a dozen (!) simple looking Aardvark clones, of which three made past Y2K without any additional detail than how they looked like 35 years ago. Despite originally being a Commie gamer, I had no idea about all those games, I barely knew Oil's Well. Though there is not that much fun as a developer to keep reinventing the wheel if you make it look and move just like every other wheel on the market. Better a couple fewer games, but with something unique to them. Then again I haven't checked the entire Fandal, various ABBUC archives etc, perhaps there are another half dozen plain Aardvark clones for the Atari waiting to be discovered... Yes, It's nice to see what different people's takes on a theme are. Played Oils Well and still love it, got to round 8 - 46,110 fGet the goblets to boost your scrore! [Escape is pause] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 OW 103850 level 6 2nd round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Some improvements: Oil's Well - 18300 pts Ardy the Aardvark - 13635 pts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 OW 115260 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 (edited) Oils Well: 188,300! Made it to level 8 the 2nd time around...and almost finished it. Only needed 3 more pellets. Ardy: 27,675 Edited April 17, 2018 by Deteacher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Oils Well - 7,400 Ardy the Aardvark - 2,880 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 OW 124450 LEVEL 3.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 OW 149210 LEVEL 3.1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) Deteacher and McKong battle it out for ownership of the Oil Facility! Full HSC points for OILS WELL, Ardy 1pt per player, others to be decided if they are competative games they will score more! first tables Oils Well 1st Deteacher 188,300 12pts 2nd McKong 149,210 11pts 3rd therealbountybob 46,110 10pts 4th RedThunder 28,650 9pts 5th carlsson 18,300 8pts 6th jblenkle 7,400 7pts 7th slx 3,050 6ptsArdy the Ardvaak 1st therealbountybob 31,215 6pts 2nd Deteacher 27,675 5pts 3rd carlsson 13,635 4pts 4th RedThunder 6,400 3pts 5th slx 3,540 2pts 5th jblenkle 2,880 1ptJack the Digger 1st RedThunder 5,300 1pt Eggard 1st carlsson 22,949 1pt Diamond Daveplaying soon! Diamond Mine (Blue Ribbon)playing soon! Season 15 Current Standings Updated Edited April 21, 2018 by therealbountybob corrected! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Jack the Digger 1st carlsson 22,949 2pts 2nd RedThunder 5,300 1pt Not correct. I played Eggard, not Jack the Digger. Two different bonus games with different scoring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) Thanks for the likes and encouragement, upped Ardy a bit (find that game a bit more friendly to play). 3050 Oil's Well 11255 7400 3540 Ardy, begin to like that game.... : slx jr. gave it a try, too and scored 6350: Edited April 21, 2018 by slx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 Not correct. I played Eggard, not Jack the Digger. Two different bonus games with different scoring. OOPS! Corrected above Almost ashamed to post these: 3050 Oil's Well 3540 Ardy: Every score counts here Added to tables above 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Hi, I love Oils Well... my actual score: 97.990 First, I played from cart; but it seems that one maze is faulty; there´s one point I can´t collect: Sleepy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) As there seems to be no manual for Ardy: is the only way to get rid of the spiders to reach one of the "treasure boxes" at the bottom of the level? Found pics of a manual in this auction. The only way to kill the spider is to reach the power crystals (apparently the spider would crawl towards the tip of your tongue in the Anteater arcade game. Edited April 21, 2018 by slx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Oils Well: 208,950! Made it to Level 2, 3rd time through. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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