RCorcoran Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Tonight, after three (3) months of practice, I was able to finally beat the game! Below is a screenshot of the final/end game board showing defeat of the enemy robots. I have several more pics showing progression thru the game including going from 9950 to 10040, and beyond. Sorry Todd... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasty Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Tonight, after three (3) months of practice, I was able to finally beat the game! Below is a screenshot of the final/end game board showing defeat of the enemy robots. Ouch.. you've spoiled the end for me!! Congratulations Ron on another great achievement.. how long was the game? Regards, Rasty.- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted October 19, 2003 Author Share Posted October 19, 2003 To complete the game, it took me about 40 minutes. After level 2 flooded, it got a bit hairy. I actually ended up spending most of my time between level 3 and 4 collecting robot parts. I'm not sure how much higher the score can go as you really don't have a great deal of time once the mines start flooding. I'm sure someone (more than likely Todd) will push the score upper-limits higher by figuring out a way to maximize level 5 of the mines. I didn't even mess with level 5, other than to go directly after the objective. I probably could've squeezed a few more points out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Hi there! Congratulations! :thumbsup: (Did my tape already safely arrive in the states? *BitesFingernails* :wink: ) Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted October 19, 2003 Author Share Posted October 19, 2003 Hi there! Congratulations! :thumbsup: (Did my tape already safely arrive in the states? *BitesFingernails* :wink: ) Greetings, Manuel Manuel: Thanks and yes, it arrived yesterday. I'll review it this week when I get some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasty Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 (Did my tape already safely arrive in the states? *BitesFingernails* :wink: ) Hey now I'm curious! Which record have you broken? tell, tell! Regards, Rasty.- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Hi there! (Did my tape already safely arrive in the states? *BitesFingernails* :wink: ) Hey now I'm curious! Which record have you broken? tell, tell! Oh, not that prominent a game. I scored 112 hits on Air Raiders! Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted October 19, 2003 Author Share Posted October 19, 2003 Manuel: Congrats on your new WR!!! Your score and been reviewed and posted! http://www.twingalaxies.com/cgi-perl/searc...latformSelect=5 Well played! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Hi there! Congrats on your new WR!!! Yeeeeeha!!!! Look mom, I'm on top of the world! Well played! Thanks! Wow. A one year mission is over now (BTW: Did I do anything wrong with my ID? The "Score Details" and "Scores for Player" pages seem a little messed up.) Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted October 20, 2003 Author Share Posted October 20, 2003 (BTW: Did I do anything wrong with my ID? The "Score Details" and "Scores for Player" pages seem a little messed up.) If you're referring to the section: SCORE PERCENTILE: 1e-09% Yes, this is a mistake. I'll take a look at the dBase and your account to see why this is happening. Typically this happens when the account creation process gets corrupted... At least it shows your name and your score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Hi there! If you're referring to the section: SCORE PERCENTILE: 1e-09% That and that it says "Scores for ( , , )" when clicking on my name. Yes, this is a mistake. I'll take a look at the dBase and your account to see why this is happening. Typically this happens when the account creation process gets corrupted... At least it shows your name and your score. Uihja. I'm doomed. Nothing in the Internet ever works for me on the first try... Thanks in advance for trying to solve that! BTW: How does TG treat equal scores? Will the older one stay on top? Or is the #1 spot shared then? Alphabetical? Or does the *better* verification method count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted October 20, 2003 Author Share Posted October 20, 2003 The current architecture of the dBase is alpha sorted by player name when equal scores exist. I would like to see it age based to give "a higher degree of credit" to the person that achieved the score first. However, since a good many records were lost in the fire in the late 80's, we do not have accurate dates on alot of scores. Hence, the alpha sort. Not perfect, but better than guessing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Yeah, it sorts on your first name, so I get in with a "d" instead of a "y". This is one of the first times in my life I don't have to be last!! Anyway, I like this alpha sort. It eliminates arguments over when the score was achieved versus when it was verified, etc. I could see myself being in the thick of quite a few of those type arguments. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Hey Ron! Congrats on the great score. I've never played this game, but I still very much enjoy reading your announcements of new high scores by all players! Thanks for taking the extra time to post these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted October 21, 2003 Author Share Posted October 21, 2003 David (and others): Please give this title a try. I'd love to see the upper bound of score that can be achieved. I don't think my 11,450 is as high as it can possibly go. Todd has already stated he will give it another try to see if 15k is possible... Come on folks, let's push this one up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 I do not have the cart. I think it will play on my modded Supercharger. I will get the manual from AA and play a game tonight since I just finished with Freeway(4). No promises on any high scores, but you did talk me into playing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted October 21, 2003 Author Share Posted October 21, 2003 I picked up my copy at CGE this year for $40USD. Prior to that I used PCAEWin or the SC and a real VCS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Hi there! Yeah, it sorts on your first name, so I get in with a "d" instead of a "y". This is one of the first times in my life I don't have to be last!! Anyway, I like this alpha sort. It eliminates arguments over when the score was achieved versus when it was verified, etc. I could see myself being in the thick of quite a few of those type arguments. :wink: Ah, first name. Cool. So I can claim the #1 spot with submitting 999.999 points in Crackpots. If it was sorted by the last name, I'd lose it on the 3rd digit Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wntermute Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 I really need to practice.. I'm about halfway there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted October 21, 2003 Author Share Posted October 21, 2003 I really need to practice.. I'm about halfway there. On which game John? MoM or Crackpots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wntermute Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 I really need to practice.. I'm about halfway there. On which game John? MoM or Crackpots? MoM .. latest unverified score I got was around 6000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Gentlemen, Are these record scores done with both difficulty switches on "B" or what variation thereof? This is a challenging game! I like it, but my score is not yet worth mentioning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted October 27, 2003 Author Share Posted October 27, 2003 David: We are playing Game 1, Diff BB as per the TG Rules. Factory Default. Both Difficulty switches MUST be set to the "B" (Novice) position. And yes, it is VERY challenging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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