keilbaca Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Wait for the chase cars in the intersections and ram 'em before they complete the intersection. My last score: Now I gotta play this game again. Curse you! Good score, looks like I got some work cut out for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 All this game does is end up making me mad. This might be my final score, if I can't play a few games without becoming enraged. Its just a game, and yet it really pisses me off when I can play a very careful game but then lose about 5 lives with one crash. Stupid. Plus, there is NO rhyme or reason to whether or not you hit the car or it hits you (at least not in emulation). Sometimes I hit it, sometimes it hits me, sometimes we just miss each other entirely. hate. 4423 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 1395. I thought that was pretty good till I saw everyone's posting. It seems I take a beating with this. I'll try better over the next few days. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellow Atari Man Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 All this game does is end up making me mad. Once the competition's over with, try playing it on game 1. Trust me, it's actually FUN! Another tip: when you go around knocking cars off the track, go with the slowest ones, as they're less dangerous than the one fast one on each track, plus there's a chance one of them will take out the fastest one when they're bouncing around the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osbo Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 All this game does is end up making me mad. Wait for the chase cars in the intersections. As soon as the chase car shows up (about two lines) hit the over drive and hit it out of the game. If you wait to long, the chase car will face you. If you hit the over drive too soon, it will it you. Is all about timing. You can hit a chase car in either vertical or horizontal lines. Works better if you are in an horizontal and the chase car is comming from the bottom of the screen. Also works better if you position yourself in one of the cornes and 'lure' the car to come to you, move away, as soon as couple of lines are in the intersection, hit the overdrive, works every time! Hit the FAST cars first, then go for the slow ones. Complete squares two at the time. That's all i've got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 3,816 This game is definitely more fun on the easier levels. Like Stan, I get very frustrated when I'm having a good game only to get hit and bounce back and forth from car to car losing all my extra cars at once. I've tried several strategies and the only one that works is "The Bashing Crasher". I even have a pattern that I use once I knock off all the chase cars (see below). The hard part is getting the cars without letting them get you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I think I drew that wrong. Just ignore the first row. If you hold down the button and repeat the pattern in rows 2 and 3 you can clear most of the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Gett'in the hang of it: 15749 TIP: Stay away from the corners unless at least 2 cars are out of commision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I haven't improved much over my old score. I was just wondering whether or not some kind of ground rules/parameters should be set up for the inclusion of rare games in the HSC. Since this particular title is an HTF title, many people here probably don't own it and probably haven't played it. Maybe for HTF titles that people are unfamiliar with, it'd be easier to go for default settings. This game can be really frustrating at first. Had I not started on game 1 first, I doubt I would have gotten the hang of this one enough to want to compete on game 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I haven't improved much over my old score. I was just wondering whether or not some kind of ground rules/parameters should be set up for the inclusion of rare games in the HSC. Since this particular title is an HTF title, many people here probably don't own it and probably haven't played it. Maybe for HTF titles that people are unfamiliar with, it'd be easier to go for default settings. This game can be really frustrating at first. Had I not started on game 1 first, I doubt I would have gotten the hang of this one enough to want to compete on game 3. That would probably be a good idea...sorry for picking the harder game. After seeing people maxing or completely dominating games over the last couple of weeks, I figured I had better pick the hard game or a bunch of people would max it out immediately. Guess I was wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I haven't improved much over my old score. I was just wondering whether or not some kind of ground rules/parameters should be set up for the inclusion of rare games in the HSC. Since this particular title is an HTF title, many people here probably don't own it and probably haven't played it. Maybe for HTF titles that people are unfamiliar with, it'd be easier to go for default settings. This game can be really frustrating at first. Had I not started on game 1 first, I doubt I would have gotten the hang of this one enough to want to compete on game 3. That would probably be a good idea...sorry for picking the harder game. After seeing people maxing or completely dominating games over the last couple of weeks, I figured I had better pick the hard game or a bunch of people would max it out immediately. Guess I was wrong I have a 3 day weekend coming up, so don't say you're wrong yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 [quote name="keilbaca"I have a 3 day weekend coming up' date=' so don't say you're wrong yet [/quote] Good point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I haven't improved much over my old score. I was just wondering whether or not some kind of ground rules/parameters should be set up for the inclusion of rare games in the HSC. Since this particular title is an HTF title, many people here probably don't own it and probably haven't played it. Maybe for HTF titles that people are unfamiliar with, it'd be easier to go for default settings. This game can be really frustrating at first. Had I not started on game 1 first, I doubt I would have gotten the hang of this one enough to want to compete on game 3. That would probably be a good idea...sorry for picking the harder game. After seeing people maxing or completely dominating games over the last couple of weeks, I figured I had better pick the hard game or a bunch of people would max it out immediately. Guess I was wrong You definitely weren't wrong as far as I'm concerned. This is the most fun I've had in the HSC since we played Subterranea last season. I think it's great that games like this one are making it into the HSC. It gets boring when you can max out a title in a few tries with little effort. I'm just thinking about people who might not have played this one before and how they might be turned off by a game they never played if it's set to the hardest setting the first time they experience it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbid Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 i had a score around 6000, but my emulator crashed. kindof appropriate for this game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I seem to get one good game and then the rest go to shit. I still say the collision detection is suspect. And yeah, its all about timing in those intersections, but no matter what you are going to lose that battle 60% of the time. Best if I keep ramming them on the straight-aways. Slowly improving, but not that it will make a difference. And no game is harder to get a screenshot of. And I like to bitch A lot. 5412 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Slight improvement. 4,237 This is one of those, "just one more try..." games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted February 25, 2005 Author Share Posted February 25, 2005 I haven't improved much over my old score. I was just wondering whether or not some kind of ground rules/parameters should be set up for the inclusion of rare games in the HSC. Since this particular title is an HTF title, many people here probably don't own it and probably haven't played it. Maybe for HTF titles that people are unfamiliar with, it'd be easier to go for default settings. This game can be really frustrating at first. Had I not started on game 1 first, I doubt I would have gotten the hang of this one enough to want to compete on game 3. That would probably be a good idea...sorry for picking the harder game. After seeing people maxing or completely dominating games over the last couple of weeks, I figured I had better pick the hard game or a bunch of people would max it out immediately. Guess I was wrong You definitely weren't wrong as far as I'm concerned. This is the most fun I've had in the HSC since we played Subterranea last season. I think it's great that games like this one are making it into the HSC. It gets boring when you can max out a title in a few tries with little effort. I'm just thinking about people who might not have played this one before and how they might be turned off by a game they never played if it's set to the hardest setting the first time they experience it. Actually, I really like when people choose weird, obscure games. I mean, everyone has played Space Invaders to death, but how many people have taken the time to actually try their best at Demolition Herby? At least now we can say 17 more people have. I also generally encourage people to choose the harder settings for their games... otherwise, you get too many people who just plow through the game and max the score right away. Judging by the TG scores, it doesn't look like there's much concern about that this week, though. Of course, there's nothing stopping you from trying out the other difficulty settings, even if it means your score can't be posted. Heck, it's generally a good idea in any game to practice on the easier settings so you can get the hang of it when you switch over to the harder levels. The only reason I would consider adding rules about difficulty settings for rare games would be because lots of people don't seem to know how to actually set the switches and such on emulators. Of course, I put a fairly comprehensive description of exactly what to do in Z26, Stella, and PCAE in the Rules thread, but no one ever reads that anyways. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I wouldn't normally post such a meager improvement, but as much as I despise this game, yet am still compelled to play it, this may be the best I am able to do, before I put a fist through the monitor (I should probably seek therapy or something). 5692 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 9982 I've been playing this game to death tonight. My wife stepped in and played and scored over 20K and it's the first time she ever played it. Figures. I WILL beak 10K this week. This is a great game, BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 9982 I've been playing this game to death tonight. My wife stepped in and played and scored over 20K and it's the first time she ever played it. Figures. I WILL beak 10K this week. This is a great game, BTW. 20k on 1st game setting or 3rd? If its on 3rd, she's better than all of us, especially for the first time playing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 9982 I've been playing this game to death tonight. My wife stepped in and played and scored over 20K and it's the first time she ever played it. Figures. I WILL beak 10K this week. This is a great game, BTW. 20k on 1st game setting or 3rd? If its on 3rd, she's better than all of us, especially for the first time playing it. Yes, it was on game 3. One thing you have to understand about my wife is that she's really good at videogames. Just ask anyone who came over my place for our last gaming night. She's actually scored higher than the TG records on several 5200 games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 9982 I've been playing this game to death tonight. My wife stepped in and played and scored over 20K and it's the first time she ever played it. Figures. I WILL beak 10K this week. This is a great game, BTW. 20k on 1st game setting or 3rd? If its on 3rd, she's better than all of us, especially for the first time playing it. Yes, it was on game 3. One thing you have to understand about my wife is that she's really good at videogames. Just ask anyone who came over my place for our last gaming night. She's actually scored higher than the TG records on several 5200 games! Woah! A female todd rogers! Scary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Woah! A female todd rogers! Scary I wouldn't go that far. Sje just has god hand/eye coordination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Just a little something to remember: Once you've filled in a square, you don't have to worry about chase cars erasing your lines for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubsta Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 sorry for picking the harder game. After seeing people maxing or completely dominating games over the last couple of weeks, I figured I had better pick the hard game or a bunch of people would max it out immediately. Guess I was wrong this was a good choice because most of the scores are so low it makes me think i have a chance!! unfortunately i am so crap that i cant get anywhere but at least i wont have to play for ages to find that out like i did with Enduro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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