Since my mame record is played with 3 buttons + joystick at highjump...I think I can't beat it with 3 buttons only. Unless using joystick for HJ is allowed, that I think is not the case????
I might be making a video later, playing using only buttons, just as at arcade...for show-off purposes, maybe even trying to go for Kelly's arcade record..which is by all means no easy feat at all.
How about using joypad buttons?(which might not be very arcade-like)
About Joust2:
Robert, do you allow Terry hunting or not?
I think you should NOT allow any kind of Pterodactyl "hunting". Or your money is in grave danger when somebody finds a perfect leech spot...I think I found one at later levels, few years ago...but it's hard to get there. Once there, you can play for few million points to get 250 jousters or such...Then just play the game to finish, having 4men/level etc...
After 5 mins of play, I almost found one place as early as at stage 2!!! (pic) . Maybe there's a perfect spot on the other side
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Hunter stayed down, your jouster will appear up after foul.
Bounty 28 – “Trog (revision LA4 3/11/91)” for arcade/MAME ROMset = “TROG” Challenge Rating – 5 (out of 5)
Challenge – complete the game on ONE (1) life, regardless of score, as a single player, on a single credit.
I've seen a couple of people do this in arcades although I'm not sure what difficulty and revison was used. Is there something about this revision of Trog that makes it so hard - it's rated 5?
Tommi, I doubt that they would not allow joypad - most people don't have anything else heheh. Anyway, in the next few weeks (when Dad get's back off holiday) I'll have a replica TnF controller to mess with.
Can't wait to see your vid btw, will you make it available here?
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"Stratovox" bites the dust !! I am dying to see that 100K score INP tonight when I finally get home, courtesy of Sami Virtanen.
From previous conversations with Steve Krogman awhile back, I know that "Trog" on 1-life is at least possible.
The 1M on "Galaxian" is half-"Put Up or Shut Up" because since year 2001, TG has been hearing from a certain gamer about how not just once but four (4) times he cracked the 700K barrier, including once over 1M. However, with Perry Rodgers back in action (already up to 388K, just 1K shy of his previous personal best and former WR), and with Gary Whelan near 400K already, the 500K "Bounty" looks like it may fall at some point this year, and that's just two possible contenders.
I downloaded from the MARP site the INP of "Pipi & Bibis" awhile back and was mightily impressed with the gamer who got past stage 6-4 on one credit. Stages 4-2 and 4-3 are bad enough, and 5-1 is a virtual kill screen unless you know what to do right away, and level 6 is very bad in general, but 6-4 is monstrously hard.
The two "Zookeeper" bounty prizes were designed due to several reports of previous 30M point jumps. I do believe that some are quite genuine, but want to see it myself. Two in one game...that is quite hard to envision, but you never know. People have done two holes-in-one in golf before, so anything is possible.
The "Pole Position" bounty is based on Walter Day's 1st book quote about the champs believing one more car can be passed. I wish I could contact them to let them know that some cash is being offered at this time.
I'm already archiving titles to retain for next year's "Bounty" announcement...not every title I wanted to have included could be part of the 2005 list. Just didn't have the cash to make that happen, but next year promises to have even more MAME action to shoot for.
I've caught up on answering all queries thus far, and Walter informed me that the news story is hitting worldwide across today thru Friday courtesy of his sending the link to almost 30,000 news sites, gaming sites and gamers across the globe. Quite the PR blitz.
Oh yes...I've clarified the "Astro Fighter" bounty...turns out you CAN use the 10K trick more than once per ship, thanks to Mark Spaeth's information provided, so I am allowing that provision towards the challenge.
More later. Happy gaming.
Robert
Robert T Mruczek
Twin Galaxies - Editor and Chief referee
Star Wars classic arcade marathon champion rmruczek@doremus.com (work E-MAIL)
Everyone is eligible for the "Track and Field" addendum bounty that I mentioned earlier in this thread...including current world record holder TJT. Everyone except myself, that is.
Wasn't sure if that was inherrently clear, so I just wanted to set the record straight.
Robert
Robert T Mruczek
Twin Galaxies - Editor and Chief referee
Star Wars classic arcade marathon champion rmruczek@doremus.com (work E-MAIL)
Congrats.
Congrats to you too for Lunar Rescue bounty.
