Goochman Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 In the Q*Bert style of games here comes Rainbow Walker - Play on default settings! Contest ends midnight Friday EDT or 5am Sat on this board. Rainbow Walker rainbowwalker.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Hehe... It's been so long since I played this game I pretty much forgot how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Hehe... It's been so long since I played this game I pretty much forgot how it works. Yeah, this is the first time I have ever played this game, but after a while it is easy to figure out that the bird gets you if you stay too far forward, and the enemies chasing you are pretty quick, so you have to double jump to get away from them. This is a pretty tough game though. 11,200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Hehe... It's been so long since I played this game I pretty much forgot how it works. Yeah, this is the first time I have ever played this game, but after a while it is easy to figure out that the bird gets you if you stay too far forward, and the enemies chasing you are pretty quick, so you have to double jump to get away from them. This is a pretty tough game though. 11,200 Yeah. All I remember is that I used to play it all the time. Always has been one of my fav's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Here is my slightly better score. 15,140 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted June 28, 2004 Author Share Posted June 28, 2004 My first attempt - Wouldve been higher but the bird got me with 1 piece left on Rd 3! 11270 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 In november last year we played this game in our ABBUC Bundesliga. To compare your score look here: http://www.atari-portal.net/modules.php?na...content&id=2218 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 I had an early score I was gonna post for kicks, but didn't have time to put it up. It was in the 20 thousand range. It's hard playing those bonus round when your half asleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmutzpuppe Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Here is my first try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted June 29, 2004 Author Share Posted June 29, 2004 Here is my first try Yikes! Welcome Schmutpuppe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Ouch... there goes any hopes of getting first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted June 29, 2004 Author Share Posted June 29, 2004 19955 Folks, I noticed something weird with the scoring - Please submit screenshots of the front page (like mine below) - When I lost my last life my score read 20035 but when the front apge came up it read 19955 - There may be some penalty for losing a man which is only calculated once your done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 I noticed something weird with the scoring - Please submit screenshots of the front page (like mine below) - When I lost my last life my score read 20035 but when the front apge came up it read 19955 - There may be some penalty for losing a man which is only calculated once your done. Also, don't let the demo play for a long time and then take a picture. For some reason after I let it sit there for a while and it went thru the demo a few times the score was bigger I think it counts some of the demo score (not all of it because I watched it again and it didn't go up) So let it go to the final screen, and don't let it go thru the demo before taking a picture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted June 29, 2004 Author Share Posted June 29, 2004 This game can be so cruel.......... 63730 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 This game can be so cruel.......... 63730 Yes... it can. Sometimes it respawns on a position from where you have no chance to escape... so if you have 10 lives... they are all gone in some seconds... This is not my alltime score but a try ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted June 29, 2004 Author Share Posted June 29, 2004 Nice and welcome emkay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 I'm not sure about when you die. But if the bird grabs you, you lose all the points gained on the current rainbow. Bottom line. Avoid the bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 I got stuck on the level that has the outlines of squares that you have to jump around. It seems there is an "island" that doesn't have any accessible way to it. Do you have to get there by one of the white things that picks you up? I 22,247 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 I got stuck on the level that has the outlines of squares that you have to jump around. It seems there is an "island" that doesn't have any accessible way to it. Do you have to get there by one of the white things that picks you up? I 22,247 Wow... I forgot about that. Yeah I think that is what you gotta do. You can get the lightning and white things (bolts?) to drop you by pushing the joystick, so just wait and hope it does not release you mid-air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted June 30, 2004 Author Share Posted June 30, 2004 Are you sure you couldnt do a double diagonal jump to make it? Also, When the snake comes out it can build a bridge between sections Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Are you sure you couldnt do a double diagonal jump to make it? Also, When the snake comes out it can build a bridge between sections I dunno.... could be. It's been a while since I got that far (try 15+ years). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 79,282... I'm sure I can do better but my eyes were fuzzing out on me. Time to go to sleep!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Just to clarify a couple things in case some people didn't know. You can double jump by holding the fire button. You can diagonal jump. You can double diagonal jump (supposedly), have not tried it. Press your button to be released from a tornado or lightning bolt. The tiled tiles (get it?) not only freeze the baddies, but if your quick you can kill them as well (and for points). Stay away from the bird, if he catches you, a life is lost and all points obtained on that level. If you colorize a row it stays permanently colored. Keep that in mind when developing your strategy. Be careful when moving down at the bottom of the screen since you cannot see if there is an empty space below until the rainbow has moved. The thing that bugs me most about this game is that the collision detection is kinda dodgy. In other words you get killed for contact that in a real 3d space would not count as contact. Anyways keep this in mind when playing. It's easy to slip into "3D" thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted June 30, 2004 Author Share Posted June 30, 2004 Shannon - thanks for the pause and kill hint - didnt realize I could get rid of the baddies. I am now retired from this game 205821 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybernoid Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 If you colorize a row it stays permanently colored. Keep that in mind when developing your strategy. Do you mean that a horizontal row stays permanent, or a column (as seen going into the screen) stays permanent? I seem to remember from playing last night that if you complete a column, then you see a colored square flash over the whole column. I also thought that the badies discolored tiles, even if a row was complete... could be wrong. Thanks for the hints, I still only got about 7700... I suck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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