ToddRogers Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Im Back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 I'm having a hard time playing this game (espiaclly on the emulator)I'm using setting b/b what is evrybody else using. Also I'm using the keys and not conrtoller.(I'll try with controller see if I'm better) I tried with controller,I found out I do better with keys. I still didn't get a good enough score for the club. hopefully I'll get better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamemaster_ca_2003 Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 first score for the week 4420 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsukasa Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 104,230 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Im Back Congratulations for surviving a turd of a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the 5th ghost Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Im Back Congratulations for surviving a turd of a game. LOL When this game was in the arcades (well, actually the arcade was the front of Zayer's ) I was obsessed with it; it was one of my all-time favorites to play. I seem to remember that in the arcade version, when you hit the ENERGY bar, you could fly your ship through the walls and eat away at them. Was it like that? I had to have been around 8 years old then so my memory is shakey... I forgot how bad the 2600 version was but I will try and tough it out to keep up with good ole' Todd Honestly though, the 2600 version isn't all that bad when you think about it, just that the difficulty never increases past he second wave which can make it a little boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsukasa Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Yeah, that's right. Fire it up in mame! The bricks were destroyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gospeedde Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 46,550 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Alright here is my first high score 41,400 Luckily I just got this game a few weeks ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gospeedde Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 55,870 I'm not sure I can do much better, we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crsdawg Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 here's my first effort this week. 88,310 i could only get in a few games tonight. we'll see how the next session works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Well this was all I could muster so far before going into a coma. 55,400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 132,070... woo! It seems that every time I try this game, I have to have one fairly bad play, and then one play that beats my old record. Oh well, I'm not complaining if the second play breaks my record each time I don't understand why people don't like this game, I think it's great! It's certainly less repetitive than most 2600 shooters, and any 2600 game that pulls off horizontal scrolling gets an extra point in my book! The only parts of the game that I found disappointing were the fact that the difficulty doesn't really go up all that much (luckily the game only gives out two extra lives at most, otherwise I would have rolled it by now), and the final level with Gond is rather lame... everything else is great though. Here's some more tips: On the "striped zone", the left and right sides will be the same for each iteration, so if you find one side easier, then stick with that one and forget about the other side. I'm not sure at the moment which will get you the most points though. If you're feeling brave, you might want to pass up the invulnerability... you'll be able to shoot down ships easier with your guns than by running into them while invulnerable, so as long as you can avoid getting killed, you'll likely get more points if you don't get the invulnerability! For the horizontal scrolling levels, you're better off staying near the far left of the screen. This gives you more time to react to missiles that are fired at you. Enemies on these waves only move to the left, so you never have to worry about getting hit from behind or anything like that. Resist the urge to move forward to shoot a stalled enemy, even if he's the last one left... once he's gone there may be another wave of enemies that'll show up immediately after he dies, and you'll be in a bad position to deal with them. There are only two "worlds" in this game (I'm referring to the map they show you after you beat Gond), and they keep repeating the same levels in the same order... it might help to keep in mind which level you'll be going into so that you can prepare yourself for where the enemies will be coming from. For the Kremlus wave (the snakes that you can dock with), you might want to only dock with them twice, and then start shooting them. This leaves you a small margin of error in case you hit one by accident later on. However, docking with them is worth a good chunk of points, so try to make sure you get in that 3rd docking before the Romeda's come after you! --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InanimateCarbonRod Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 76,270 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the 5th ghost Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 My first submission: 342,590 I feel tainted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crsdawg Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 some improvement 118,470 hopefully i'll have some more time to work on my score this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Latest score 98,870... The question is, can I take any more of this?? You are right though zero. It is a pretty decent attempt at an arcade conversion... considering what it was done on. Still it just seems to lack.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 8th Passenger Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Pretty weak - 15,840 BTW, I noticed my points in the standings for my Yars Revenge score have disappeared again. I should have 17 total, not 5. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepesc Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 46,540 Dammit!!! I used to own this game. Where have my mad skillz gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted June 11, 2004 Author Share Posted June 11, 2004 Damn, I had a really good run going... I was sure to break 200k, but somehow I got killed twice in a row on that stupid striped zone Oh well, 186,100. I'm determined to break into the top 3 on this game. By the way, I noticed this as a tip on AtariAge's page for Vanguard: "Collect the small "E-boxes" and gain extra invincibility time by running into an opponent. The invincibility music will restart each time an opponent is touched, allowing for a longer duration" This is completely wrong... the music does NOT restart after you hit an enemy! Or am I not understanding this properly? --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 You're right....it's wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 I'm not very good at this game. Here is my score for now 38,380 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 BTW the energy bar does restore your fuel bar, so it is a good idea to hit it if your enerby bar is running low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saldo Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Well that damn continue option screwed me up! I was over 83,000 (& not realizing I was on my last man) I hit the fire button when I died, not being able to get a screen shot or the exact score!!! I'll settle for 83,000 even, but I'll leave final judgment up to Zero. - Sal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 The second striped zone is definetly a tuffy one time I came in to the second striped zone without one man killed and was able to kill all my men in this zone here's my new high score 53320 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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