Golden era Game of the Week 9/4/04: Slither
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Golden era Game of the Week 9/4/04: Slither
Golden Era Game of the Week
See introduction here
The Game: Slither
romname: slither
Screenshot:
(click to see current MARP scores)
Reward: $25 (usd)
Deadline for submission to MARP: September 10, 2004 2359 hours GMT
Further Bounties:an additional $25 usd if the high score for the week exceeds my own submission, a further additional $50 usd if I cannot beat back such a score by December 1, 2004 (give me something to shoot for for a change )
The beauty of MAME.
I saw advertisements for this game when it was new, and being an avid Centipede player, I looked for it, but never found one. Never having had a Colecovision, I never would have played this game if not for MAME. I was a little disappointed at first, but it was different and, after a little practice I began to like it.
I had wanted to do a racing game this week, but the first two I tried to play, I was extremely unhappy with the controls. I settled on a third one, but I want another week to get familiar with it. (I had played it a little in the arcade, but the controls I have at home make it feel a lot different.)
Use WolfMAME .83 or .86
See introduction here
The Game: Slither
romname: slither
Screenshot:
(click to see current MARP scores)
Reward: $25 (usd)
Deadline for submission to MARP: September 10, 2004 2359 hours GMT
Further Bounties:an additional $25 usd if the high score for the week exceeds my own submission, a further additional $50 usd if I cannot beat back such a score by December 1, 2004 (give me something to shoot for for a change )
The beauty of MAME.
I saw advertisements for this game when it was new, and being an avid Centipede player, I looked for it, but never found one. Never having had a Colecovision, I never would have played this game if not for MAME. I was a little disappointed at first, but it was different and, after a little practice I began to like it.
I had wanted to do a racing game this week, but the first two I tried to play, I was extremely unhappy with the controls. I settled on a third one, but I want another week to get familiar with it. (I had played it a little in the arcade, but the controls I have at home make it feel a lot different.)
Use WolfMAME .83 or .86
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It was made a while back. I hadn't started using WolfMAME at that time.destructor wrote:Weehawk, I see that you score is made with alphamame70. Why?
I tried a couple of times to beat that score with Wolf83, but didn't.
Also: when you get to the CMOS error screen after startup, press "2" to continue.
John Cunningham (JTC)
The inp I submitted would not be eligible for this week's bounty because it did not use WolfMAME .83 or .86, as required.Chad wrote:hmm interesting, so does that mean "wrx2" ringer inps can be used for gegotw as long as you ONLY submit the recording in the time period? i.e. you recorded it a long time ago but haven't uploaded to marp?
By requiring the most current version, long-term stored recordings would not be useful. Unfortunately, problems starting with MAME .84 have left me still wanting to allow .83, and of course on games affected by the .63 bug I have been allowing AlphaMAME .62 which does raise the possibility of old inps being used.
Bottom line: there is no time requirement on recordings used for GEGOTW, as long as the correct version of MAME is used and they are submitted to MARP during the week in question.
John Cunningham (JTC)
Results:
1st: Ian Sutton
2nd: diabolik
3rd: SJK
Interesting....
A couple of late submissions change everything.
I had felt pretty confident that in three months I could beat 168k, wouldn't even necessarily take much improvement, just a great game. To get 248, on the other hand, I'm afraid I'm going to have to raise my level of play a notch or two. Also I note from watching Ian that he pretty much stays in the center, whereas I have always tried to keep the left open as well. Hmmmm...
Also I see SJK sniped Don Hayes out of third place, thus protecting his lead in the cumulative totals:
http://www.gegotw.net/totals.html
And, while I'm on that subject, I'll go ahead and divulge that the reward for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the totals will be $500, $250, and $125 usd, respectively. The last week for this year will be the week ending Friday December 17. I thought about having some sort of playoff for the top several players, maybe next year if I decide to do something along these lines again in 2005. I may have bigger fish to fry.
I'm trying to see what kind of one-man Millipede score I can come up with for the Advanced Deca. I feel like 99% of my deaths there are bogus. Don't guess you're hearing any footsteps yet. It was reported that in your TGTS record game you did 196k on your first life!
1st: Ian Sutton
2nd: diabolik
3rd: SJK
Interesting....
A couple of late submissions change everything.
I had felt pretty confident that in three months I could beat 168k, wouldn't even necessarily take much improvement, just a great game. To get 248, on the other hand, I'm afraid I'm going to have to raise my level of play a notch or two. Also I note from watching Ian that he pretty much stays in the center, whereas I have always tried to keep the left open as well. Hmmmm...
Also I see SJK sniped Don Hayes out of third place, thus protecting his lead in the cumulative totals:
http://www.gegotw.net/totals.html
And, while I'm on that subject, I'll go ahead and divulge that the reward for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the totals will be $500, $250, and $125 usd, respectively. The last week for this year will be the week ending Friday December 17. I thought about having some sort of playoff for the top several players, maybe next year if I decide to do something along these lines again in 2005. I may have bigger fish to fry.
Don't they all?in his upload description Don Hayes wrote:I swear this game cheats.
I'm trying to see what kind of one-man Millipede score I can come up with for the Advanced Deca. I feel like 99% of my deaths there are bogus. Don't guess you're hearing any footsteps yet. It was reported that in your TGTS record game you did 196k on your first life!
John Cunningham (JTC)
Well....yes But this one seems worse than most. I can't count how many times I thought I shot something and then it killed me. I guess I'm too used to Centipede/Millipede where I can get extremely close to things before shooting them (and when I shoot them, they die!!)Don't they all?
I also noticed Ian staying towards the center (and keeping it quite clean, too). Excellent work!
I'd be curious to hear what you get. You didn't submit scores during the first month so you aren't listed in the standings, and as I understand it, you are now ineligible so anything you submit will probably not be listed either.I'm trying to see what kind of one-man Millipede score I can come up with for the Advanced Deca. I feel like 99% of my deaths there are bogus.
Never can tell, but I am very curious to see what other people will end up with for scores. I have a private prediction of what I think the highest score will be among the other ADeca competitors.Don't guess you're hearing any footsteps yet.
Correct (on an actual arcade machine with a real trackball!)It was reported that in your TGTS record game you did 196k on your first life!
So I wouldn't qualify for the chamionship, but still thought they might list me for the individual game.RMRUZCEK wrote:Gamers must submit for both titles each month for five (5) months in order to qualify for the championship title and ranking.
Some of us just don't have any interest in playing Balcube or whatever.
I did 67k the other day. Figured with a month to try the most I could possibly do would be 100-120k. Not sure if I should bother now.
I gotta try to beat 248k on Slither.
John Cunningham (JTC)
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Will there be playoff at December or not?
...If so, how many will qualify?
Something wrong with my reading comprehension...I thought about having some sort of playoff for the top several players, maybe next year if I decide to do something along these lines again in 2005. I may have bigger fish to fry.
Will there be playoff at December or not?
...If so, how many will qualify?
Not this year, no.The TJT wrote:Something wrong with my reading comprehension...
Will there be playoff at December or not?
The TJT wrote:I didn't even know there was bounty for totals. How many points you get from 1st -3rd place? I guess it's too late to fight for totals win now....
Weehawk wrote:I may also choose to keep cumulative scores (probably a 10-7-5 point system for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd) and offer a grand prize for the highest point total at the end of the year. I'll post more info when I decide for sure.
And of course, the "Totals" page has been on gegotw.net since the first or second week.Weehawk wrote:Reminder: I am keeping point totals, awarding 10-7-5 for the top three entries each week. There will be some sort of prize, probably for the top three, I just don't want to commit myself to specific amounts just yet. I'll try to make it interesting though.
I count 14 weeks left. That's a maximum of 140 points for someone. The leader currently has 81. Even people that have not previosly submitted a single entry have not been mathematically eliminated from contention yet.
John Cunningham (JTC)
I'm not sure if they will list individual games scores for those who are no longer qualified. On the summary thread, it could be confusing to see scores that don't affect the final outcome.So I wouldn't qualify for the chamionship, but still thought they might list me for the individual game.
I already told Robert via email that I hope I never have to play Balcube again For me, it's right up there with Ghosts and Goblins and Motorace USA.Some of us just don't have any interest in playing Balcube or whatever.
I hope you will make some more attempts. I think you can break 100K.I did 67k the other day. Figured with a month to try the most I could possibly do would be 100-120k. Not sure if I should bother now.
Go for it!I gotta try to beat 248k on Slither.
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