Snowbound1996 Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Played a *bunch* more of Communist Mutants From Space and I managed to beat my high score by a lot, so I thought I'd post it here ^.^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbound1996 Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 (edited) Ummmm, forget about my last post. Just got on a wild run and hit 136,330 points in Communist Mutants. I've found that the rounds get easier once the mutants start dive-bombing you around wave 5 or so. If you use your time warp a couple seconds after the round starts, and then stay mostly to the corner and use your shield, you have a decent chance of surviving the round and building up your lives. Once you get into the late game (wave 30 or so), each round completed gives you a huge boost to your score. I'm just sad I died with one mutant left, would have scored around 140,000 otherwise Also, if you see a mutant go a little ways back up the screen, that means it's going to fly to the opposite corner, so it's your cue to move towards the middle if at all possible. Edited May 28, 2023 by Snowbound1996 Said 180,000 accidentally; I would have actually gotten a little over 140,000 if I survived that wave. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Frogger Starpath (1 B/B): 15620 Communist Mutants (5 YYYN B/B): 49,780 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbound1996 Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Okay, I think I'm obsessed with Communist Mutants from space now. (Never thought I'd say that sentence! xD)Advice for Communist Mutants: *Kill the mutant mother ASAP. Turn on your time warp and focus on shooting it down right away, otherwise the mutants you shoot will just be replaced by her. Afterwards, try to focus on clearing the middle of the mutant horde first. This will make it a bit easier to move your ship around when they attack and having the middle clear will allow you to stay there safely with shields up without a kamikaze mutant destroying you (kamikaze mutants destroy you even with shields up) *Wait as LONG as possible before using your shield. If you camp in the corner, you'll be forced to use the shield right away as the mutants hone in on you, so try to move around towards the middle, weaving past the mutants when they're not firing (easier said than done). The longer you can wait before using your shield, the better your chance of surviving the wave is. *Reset if you lose a life on the 1st or 2nd waves; you want to build up as many lives as possible so you can get into the later waves where the completion bonuses start getting really big. Losing a life or 2 right away will just put you off to a bad start. *Once kamikaze mutants appear around wave 6, focus on dodging after killing the mutant mother. The mutants will get rid of themselves pretty quickly so long as you stay out of their way and just shoot the mutants that are honing in on you. If you've cleared the centre of the horde, that can be a fairly safe place to dodge the mutants. I hope this advice can help out a bit and encourage more people to try their hand at Communist Mutants from Space New high score: After some scripture reading I decided to have another go at Communist Mutants and after a bunch of mediocre runs, I ended up on another really good run. Wound up just *barely* skirting past the 150,000 point mark with this:151,010 (Probably won't try for any more high scores in Communist mutants now; it's a really fun game, but it gets pretty hard and I've played it way too much haha. Now it's time to try again at the other 2 games, but I realllly do suck at them) 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mikey50 Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 scores for each rabbit 10477 Mutants 9150 Frogger 12370 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Frogger: 97690 Communist Mutants: 76580 The first Frogger death at around 4:30 in the video is pretty lame. I completed three full laps on back of the alligator in the top row of the river, and all three times, I was unable to go into the one remaining home because an alligator appeared. In fairness, I probably could have been more aggressive on the first lap and moved left toward the edge of the tail of the alligator to make it, but don't ever recall the Parker Brothers version having the timing set this badly. Thank you to @Snowbound1996 for the excellent tips on Communist Mutants. I'll definitely be coming back to this one later in the week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchSr Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 (edited) 113,020 (rollage?) Edited May 29, 2023 by ZilchSr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 23 minutes ago, ZilchSr said: 113,020 (rollage?) My vote is to make rollage 98k. It would not be right for my score to be rollage since @ZilchSr clearly made it farther into the game. From bottom to top with a single frog, the most you could score is around 1500 points if you pick up the lady frog and eat a fly, so 98k should be sufficient notice to snap the pic. I'm surprised to learn that this game only has 5-digit scoring. While difficulty doesn't necessarily ramp up, the game does continue to periodically vary the speed of everything when you get to this point. The game never felt like a marathon to me since there is only one extra life at 20k and you will inevitably screw up at some point trying to time your way through tight spaces. It would be interesting to see if it gives you another extra life at 120k after rollage. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchSr Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Communist Mutants - 76,960 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchSr Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 (edited) I'm okay with any decision. Edited May 30, 2023 by ZilchSr clarification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchSr Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Rabbit Transit - 51,254 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Frogger 6800 and Communist 12,180 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbound1996 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 9 hours ago, kermit73 said: Frogger: 97690 Communist Mutants: 76580 The first Frogger death at around 4:30 in the video is pretty lame. I completed three full laps on back of the alligator in the top row of the river, and all three times, I was unable to go into the one remaining home because an alligator appeared. In fairness, I probably could have been more aggressive on the first lap and moved left toward the edge of the tail of the alligator to make it, but don't ever recall the Parker Brothers version having the timing set this badly. Thank you to @Snowbound1996 for the excellent tips on Communist Mutants. I'll definitely be coming back to this one later in the week. You're most welcome @kermit73. Friendly competition for the high score is what makes this exciting for me, so I'm eager to see how high everyone else can get their scores. I also find it interesting how people are great at some games, and not so at others. I tried playing more Rabbit Transit and I can only get around 25,000 points and much less on Frogger, but Communist Mutants just seems more suited to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchSr Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Rabbit Transit - 81,170 Communist Mutants - 129,170 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchSr Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Rabbit Transit - 93,269 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Rabbit Transit - 24016 Communist Mutants - 38510 Frogger - 12110 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Frogger: 6,860 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Communist Mutants - 13,630 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonhrb Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Improvements on Communist Mutants and Rabbit Transit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbound1996 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 On 5/30/2023 at 11:50 AM, ZilchSr said: Rabbit Transit - 81,170 Communist Mutants - 129,170 Wow, that's a seriously good score in Communist Mutants! I guess I really can't rest on my laurels can I? Haha That's why I got back into the grind and after a few days, I just got this score tonight: Here's another couple tips I thought I'd share for Communist Mutants. 1) Timing your shots is VERY helpful, practice it! If you're going to stay in the corner, only fire your shots right when a mutant is about to go in front of you; you'll be able to delay using your shield much longer and stay safe if you time your shots so you can hit the aliens as soon as they're in front of you (that'll keep them from firing at you) 2) Play something like the SWIV intro to hype you up and get you in the mood for blasting :33 (Am I aloud to make a Youtube link?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 CapitanClassic 22,383 - Rabbit Transit (Game 1 B/B) 14,180 - Official Frogger (Game 1 B/B) 70,260 - Cosmic Mutants (Various settings) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbound1996 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Welp...ended up doubling my own high score. I'm honestly unsure how to describe the feelings I've felt; what a round! If there wasn't a world record for this game before, this might be it. Honestly, best of luck to you! @ZilchSr Play that SWIV music, it really helps I guess xD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) Frogger Starpath (1 B/B): 36,430 Improvement. Did not realize can wrap around the screen without dying unlike the A8 computer version Edited June 2, 2023 by AtariSphinx Added photo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Communist Mutants (5 YYYN B/B): 61,420 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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