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Season 19 Round 11 - Cobra Triangle


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This is one of my personal favorites.  There is an exploit where you can loop the first level over and over again by dying and recollecting the 1-up.  This is normally used to fully power up the boat before leaving level 1.  Please don't do this.

 

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Score Post Deadline:  Sunday September 26 at 11:59 PM CDT.

 

AtariAge High Score:

831,600 by asponge posted on 2/17/2012

 

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asponge        769,400
Lauren Tyler   127,450
Razzie.P       263,800
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Donkey Kong                                 Donkey Kong Jr.                            Gyruss

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Shinobi

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17 minutes ago, asponge said:

This is one of my personal favorites.  There is an exploit where you can loop the first level over and over again by dying and recollecting the 1-up.  This is normally used to fully power up the boat before leaving level 1.  Please don't do this.

 

 

I think that 1up was put there so that players can fully upgrade at the beginning of the game. It's what I do when playing casually, but I wouldn't do it in a contest.

 

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Another thing, guys. You only need two speed upgrades to beat the game. Any more than that is an unnecessary difficulty increase. I start with one upgrade and get the second much later in the game when I need it for the ramps.

 

I also recommend maxing out missiles and upgrading FIRE until you have the forward spread shot. Homing missiles make it a lot easier to do well in the target stages which gives huge points as well as extra lives.

 

 

 

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Own it, but don't remember it hah. Not bad, takes some getting used to, but fun. I did notice that when I went to the right on the first stage, I ended up with a different stage 4 than when I went to the left (guard people vs race w/rapids). I can see myself coming back to this one. I also like that some of the sound effects are from Kung Fu :)

 

Cobra Triangle - 41,100

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14 minutes ago, fakecortex said:

Own it, but don't remember it hah. Not bad, takes some getting used to, but fun. I did notice that when I went to the right on the first stage, I ended up with a different stage 4 than when I went to the left (guard people vs race w/rapids). I can see myself coming back to this one. I also like that some of the sound effects are from Kung Fu :)

 

Cobra Triangle - 41,100

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Yeah, there are multiple paths that give the stages in different orders. One of the toughest stages near the end can be skipped entirely by taking a different path.

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On 9/21/2021 at 6:41 PM, asponge said:

That's awesome.  Even after all these years I've still never completed this one without cheating.

I do have a strat for the second waterfall. Just activate force right after the first ramp and all the other ramps will line up. I saw someone do it in a speedrun before. Otherwise that's one of the hardest stages in the game. As it is, I think the shark is by far the hardest.

 

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3 minutes ago, mbd39 said:

I do have a strat for the second waterfall. Just activate force right after the first ramp and all the other ramps will line up. I saw someone do it in a speedrun before. Otherwise that's one of the hardest stages in the game. As it is, I think the shark is by far the hardest.

That's a good tip.  Not having to deal with the whirlpools would make that much easier.

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