+therealbountybob Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 10 hours ago, MagicMarc-er said: Whew! Time for a break. I actually had to switch joysticks. Started to get glitchy going up. Burned through a Best Supply rebuilt stick in one day of hard use. Here's what I've completed so far: A1 through P1 A2 through M2 good going (not the stick!) 14 hours ago, Deteacher said: I'll try some of the levels on the higher speeds, but I've found that if you walk away from the game for a day or two, you have to "re-learn" the levels. Ugh... EDIT: Finished A2 and B2. just wing it! 13 hours ago, carlsson said: I managed 98 diamonds on B/1. I also somehow solved C/1 though I thought I would be one diamond short. I also figured out D/1 but too late so I ran out of time, so I can't claim I finished that level yet. Here's a little trick on C1 (I think it was C1!) - get the top of the two diamonds above the firefly in the botton left corner, then go round and grab the earth from the right side of him and move away R, the diamond falls and he is ringed in mid air! You should beat D, then you get the bonus life screen and are away, E is fairly easy, use the grab! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevymad Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Game just makes me mad and frustrated. I'll play once in awhile, but not getting anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 7 hours ago, chevymad said: Game just makes me mad and frustrated. I'll play once in awhile, but not getting anywhere. General tips You've definitely got to be in the right mood for BD, if anyone's not tried the 25th aniv ver then see try it, it might be a bit slicker?, also could try level 2 where the movement is faster. Most deaths are by sudden small movements and something rolls onto you. Try and always run away to safety after each action or end on an up or a horizontal movement into clear space or into fresh earth, or try just going for it and keep moving. Learning to ring the fireflies and butterfiles makes the game much easier or just block them in. Practice the ringing on Cave A, you can ring them on the strip of earth in the boxes they start very easily or in the clear earth on the right of the wall you need to break through. The Round 6 poll is open! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gury Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 A1, E1, F1, G1, H1, I1, J1, K1, L1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 I shoulda played this game before i voted for it. Stuck on the first cave. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle_jedi Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 A1 thru B5. Could not figure out C5 at all. Final score: 45,680. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 A1 completed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 5 hours ago, roadrunner said: I shoulda played this game before i voted for it. Stuck on the first cave. Leave it on screen and watch the demo mode, it shows you how to do A1 - plus there is a description on Post #42 from carlsson 42 is the answer of course 4 hours ago, oracle_jedi said: A1 thru B5. Could not figure out C5 at all. Final score: 45,680. looks like I know what I'm doing later! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Lots of voting already: Round 6 poll Latest Tables BOULDERDASH II Manually doing scoring for this round, will try and keep it fair: I've given people who have had a go but not completed cave a 1pt and spread the other point range (2-12pts) over the others. Overall Screens Completed (score for reference only) 1st oracle_jedi (45,680) 66 12pts 2nd therealbountybob (49,300) 60 11pts 3rd RedThunder 30 10pts 4th MagicMarc-er 29 10pts 5th graywest 14 9pts 6th McKong 13 8pts 7th Gury 9 7pts 8th Starbug 8 6pts 9th Deteacher 6 5pts 10th carlsson 3 4pts 11th slx 2 3pts 11th McKong Bro 2 3pts 11th Fallout_002 2 3pts 14th Sikor 1 2pts 15th roadrunner 0 1pt 15th Marius 0 1pt 15th Mangia-Boy 0 1pt 15th chevymad 0 1pt Level 1 1st oracle_jedi A1-B5 66 2nd therealbountybob A1-L4 60 3rd MagicMarc-er A1-P1 16 4th RedThunder A1-P1 16 5th graywest A1-N1 14 6th Gury A1,E1-L1 9 7th Starbug A1-H1 8 8th Deteacher A1-F1 6 9th McKong A1-F1 6 10th carlsson A1-C1 3 11th Fallout_002 A1-B1 2 12th slx A1-B1 2 13th McKong Bro A1-B1 2 14th Sikor A1 1 Level 2 1st MagicMarc-er A2-M2 13 2nd RedThunder A2-G2 7 3rd McKong A2-B2 2 4th Deteacher A2-B2 2 Level 3 1st RedThunder A3-C3 3 2nd McKong A3-B3 2 Level 4 1st RedThunder A4-C4 3 2nd McKong A4-B4 2 Level 5 1st RedThunder A5 1 2nd McKong A5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 I watched a youtube video of the C64 version I got to the 3rd cave :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMarc-er Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Completed: A1 through P1 A2 through P2 A3 & B3 A4 & B4 A5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Got to G4 last night but was too tired and wasted 6 lives on F4 which is not that hard, really need to switch to a morning and then an afternoon session after a break - might do that tomorrow ! Reminder this round closes Sunday 29th 10am UK time (6am EST) Votes please EVERYONE: Round 6 poll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STARBUG Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 A1 to N1 completed. All bonus levels failed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 A1, B1, C1, D1, E1, F1, G1, H1, I1, J1, K1, L1, M1, N1, O1, P1 A2, B2, C2, D2, E2, F2, G2 A3, B3, C3 A4, B4, C4 A5 99 diamonds on B1 All Bonus Life Rounds (Failed) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Well I've been playing all day with a big break inbetween sessions (and to take the cats out) and it took some doing and a serious adrenalin rush when I was down to 1 life mid level 5 but I COMPLETED BOULDERDASH II !! (A1-P5) It does continue on A5 again so it does not end or have any message but that was a good point to stop. Level 5 later screens that are usually trickier seemed easier than level 4, not sure why they didn't change cave "O" around a bit it was the same on all 5 skill levels. Managed to master most of the bonus screens and some better ways of doing most of the screens, caves like G and L are my favourites. Great fun but it takes some effort! Final Score 65,036 (A1-P5) Cave B1 Diamond Challenge 110 out of 111 possible diamonds! Reminder this round closes Sunday 29th 10am UK time (6am EST) Votes please EVERYONE: Round 6 poll 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Ok, I finished E/1 (no chance at all on the bonus level between D and E) but only managed some 25-26 diamonds on F/1 so didn't finish that one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 The round is OVER! trbb picked up the win with oracle_jedi putting up some stiff competition to take runner-up spot. MagicMarc-er held off RedThunder for 3rd place on the podium. Thanks for playing everyone, I really enjoyed BDII and played for hours on end, even when I died on the silos many times I still wanted to get more diamonds and have another go. For those who don't like the game just give it a few more goes, once you sync with the timing and the right joystick it's a very good game indeed. If you find the movement too slow try playing on skill level 2 or 3. Now let's see what we're doing for round 6 Final Tables BOULDERDASH II Manual scoring for this round: I've given people who have had a go but not completed cave a 1pt and spread the other point range (2-12pts) over the others. Please check your caves counts! Overall Screens Completed (score for reference only) 1st therealbountybob (65,036) 80 12pts 2nd oracle_jedi (45,680) 66 11pts 3rd MagicMarc-er 37 10pts 4th RedThunder 30 9pts 5th graywest 14 8pts 5th Starbug 14 8pts 7th McKong 13 7pts 8th Gury 9 6pts 9th Deteacher 6 5pts 10th carlsson 5 4pts 11th slx 2 3pts 12th McKong Bro 2 3pts 13th Fallout_002 2 3pts 14th roadrunner 2 3pts 15th Sikor 1 2pts 16th Marius 0 1pt 17th Mangia-Boy 0 1pt 18th chevymad 0 1pt Level 1 1st therealbountybob A1-P5 80 2nd oracle_jedi A1-B5 66 3rd MagicMarc-er A1-P1 16 3rd RedThunder A1-P1 16 5th graywest A1-N1 14 5th Starbug A1-N1 14 7th Gury A1,E1-L1 9 8th Deteacher A1-F1 6 8th McKong A1-F1 6 10th carlsson A1-E1 5 11th Fallout_002 A1-B1 2 11th slx A1-B1 2 11th McKong Bro A1-B1 2 11th roadrunner A1-B1 2 15th Sikor A1 1 Level 2 1st MagicMarc-er A2-P2 16 2nd RedThunder A2-G2 7 3rd McKong A2-B2 2 3rd Deteacher A2-B2 2 Level 3 1st RedThunder A3-C3 3 2nd McKong A3-B3 2 2nd MagicMarc-er A3-B3 2 Level 4 1st RedThunder A4-C4 3 2nd McKong A4-B4 2 2nd MagicMarc-er A4-B4 2 Level 5 1st RedThunder A5 1 1st McKong A5 1 1st MagicMarc-er A5 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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