Alicja - Caco's daughter Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 16550 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicja - Caco's daughter Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 17790 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caco Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) 155780 234170 Edited January 25, 2021 by Caco 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Wow, it looks like the Caco Family have found the secret formula! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caco Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, carlsson said: Wow, it looks like the Caco Family have found the secret formula! Practice, practice and practice again 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 6:26 PM, Deteacher said: This game was last played in 2009. TRBB blew away the competition with a whopping 1.8 million points! Once you reach level 38, the game calms down and the speed resets. I'm only up to level 23, so I'm not sure how much further I'll get (especially when I keep losing lives on the earlier rounds.) ? Yeah that guy sure was good Current trbb has parked his creaking Quickshots and convinced an old favourite stick to work so might be some more improvements to come but for now: 569,200 Better get the R2 Poll sorted eh?! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Round 2 POLL OPEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookt Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) Not in the big league but getting slowly better. 136,620 round 16. Anyone else hate how fast it gets but then get really frustrated with how slow level 1 is when you restart? ? Edited January 25, 2021 by spookt 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookt Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) 137,830 - enough for tonight. I’ll be dreaming about dots ? Can’t get past level 16. Edited January 25, 2021 by spookt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) I tried again tonight but couldn't better last night's score. I think I'm maxed out for this round. Level 27 (NTSC) is a killer! By the way... I've seen some discussion of controllers. What is everyone using? My choice might be kind of weird, but I've had good luck with the Atari Flashback 2 controller. I epoxied the threaded bit of the stick to the base so it doesn't come unscrewed during play sessions. It's very responsive, tactile, and I just like the way it feels for some reason. Edited January 26, 2021 by graywest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicja - Caco's daughter Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 25540 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 7 hours ago, graywest said: I tried again tonight but couldn't better last night's score. I think I'm maxed out for this round. Level 27 (NTSC) is a killer! By the way... I've seen some discussion of controllers. What is everyone using? My choice might be kind of weird, but I've had good luck with the Atari Flashback 2 controller. I epoxied the threaded bit of the stick to the base so it doesn't come unscrewed during play sessions. It's very responsive, tactile, and I just like the way it feels for some reason. I'm keeping stumm, I'm hoping it's red! This might be key to Nibbler supremdome (i was sure that is a word but can't find it)! I wish I could remember what stick I used before, got a feeling it's lent to a not so young now Gwobby and is probably in his mum's attic ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 I'm using a Pointmaster, which isn't great but seems to be the best in terms of longer throw. The CX-40 did pretty well for me too, but I need to open all mine up and repair them. I tried the Battlestation II but the shorter throw means you accidentally hit a diagonal occasionally, which Nibbler will 50/50 interpret as the right/wrong direction. I also tried a Slik Stik but had the same problem. It seems like the perfect joystick for this game is one that has a short enough throw that you can easily react, but long enough that you don't accidentally hit a diagonal. A pure 4-way stick would probably be the best bet. I'd imagine a Wico bat with a mid-length throw would be perfect. I bought one last week but, of course, with postal delivery being what it is, who knows when it will show up.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Well, I believe most of you already know my weapon of choice. And no, contrary to popular belief it is not limited to Asteroids. The only type of games it doesn't play well are the ones with pure diagonals (plus that I found that at least LA SWAT crashes randomly using my joystick, whether it is a short or accidental combination of multiple otherwise "impossible" directions at once). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, carlsson said: Well, I believe most of you already know my weapon of choice. And no, contrary to popular belief it is not limited to Asteroids. The only type of games it doesn't play well are the ones with pure diagonals (plus that I found that at least LA SWAT crashes randomly using my joystick, whether it is a short or accidental combination of multiple otherwise "impossible" directions at once). Nice! I've never seen one of those before... what does "Astro Blast" mode do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 It equals auto fire. While many systems have 5V in the joystick port, this one requires a 1.5V battery for the auto fire to work. Or I should say required, because the original electronics have been ripped many years ago so only the PCB remains, with replaced joystick cable soldered to the buttons. From the beginning the fire button was red, but somehow along the way it was replaced by a white button. These controllers are mid-priced, not super common but apparently enough of them on eBay to not having trouble finding one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 59.520 (level 11) Not much progress. I noticed that playing bad somehow artificially increases your in-between scores as you score a lot of points when finishing a level with a new Nibbler and just a few items left to gobble up, meaning lots of Bonus time. Playing without losing Nibblers at the lower levels my scores were much lower at the end of each level than for my previous games. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 3 hours ago, carlsson said: Well, I believe most of you already know my weapon of choice. And no, contrary to popular belief it is not limited to Asteroids. The only type of games it doesn't play well are the ones with pure diagonals (plus that I found that at least LA SWAT crashes randomly using my joystick, whether it is a short or accidental combination of multiple otherwise "impossible" directions at once). I have one of these, it's pretty fun for some games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 13 hours ago, graywest said: I tried again tonight but couldn't better last night's score. I think I'm maxed out for this round. Level 27 (NTSC) is a killer! By the way... I've seen some discussion of controllers. What is everyone using? My choice might be kind of weird, but I've had good luck with the Atari Flashback 2 controller. I epoxied the threaded bit of the stick to the base so it doesn't come unscrewed during play sessions. It's very responsive, tactile, and I just like the way it feels for some reason. I'm using my trusty CX-40...nice and broken in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 47 minutes ago, Deteacher said: I'm using my trusty CX-40...nice and broken in. The old faithful Competition Pro, I've had it since the eighties! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) Wave 14 15 . Edited January 26, 2021 by Sikor higher score 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicja - Caco's daughter Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 26560 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHiNjide Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 32510 First try, just to have an entry. ? Yeah, my Atari is working! ? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Still wave 15: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caco Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 301210 - W24 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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