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Hi,
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I want to submit some scores on Bomb Jack + clones, but am weary about the default settings which are too easy ? It`s relatively easy to score 10m or so, or whatever on these settings. There was a point raised a while ago about this. Has any descision been agreed to ?
I`d prefer the TG settings, which are a lot harder. Ideally , I`d like to see scores using easy settings deleted, but as their within the rules of MARP, i.e ' default' , it`s a bit tricky.

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Any suggestions ?

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Thanks,
ALEX

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alexweir@indigo.ie

Hi Alex.
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Bombjack is a real marathon game to play, and I agree that 10 mil
is not a great highscore om Marp. But I don4t agree that it is
easy to get 10 mil if you are not quite good at the game on the
Default settings. Changing to TG settings doesn4t change soo
much on the gamplay cause there is no difference om the dificulty
settings only Bird speed and special(and extra) coins..
Players like BeeJay would score 40mil+ even with the TG settings
i think!

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But if you change the dificulty to hard (or even easy!) It is like
playing another game! The monsters don4t appear on the same stages
etc.

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Just my opinion of course Alex.

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Regards

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QRS

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ps what is your score on the default settings? I have scored
7mil+ on our local arcade, but have one score on marp (only 2mil..)

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qrs@telia.com

I agree with you QRS, I have scored 12 million in the arcade with
harder settings. The game needs to be put on the very hardest
settings for it to become a different game (round 12 is particularly
hard, that snail always gets me). I'm not sure whether I could
marathon the game at this level or not, I've never really persevered.

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I would however prefer TG settings for Bomb Jack and delete my scores
but it would mean having to enforce Bomb Jack as an exception to the
rules of marp. Marathon games are partly a battle of wills in any
case.

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garyjlee@hotmail.com

Default setiings...@ 5m, and just ended. TG , @ 2M , hardest
settings?...don`t know.
I`ll not submit a score on default and/or easy, and because the
current high scores are set on easy, I won`t bother submitting on
anything harder. I mean, why break my balls playing on very hard,
when in fact all the current highs` are set on easy ? I don`t think
I`d get to 10m on very hard, but I`d be able for unlimited millions
playing on easy...( with a few dozen cups of strong coffee on board ).

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Then again , being ever the hypocrite , I`ll probably submit a score
on 'easy', and then delete. Why?.....why not...

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p.s guess who`s a wee bit drunk....? ( You are Alex, and you`ll
regret it in the morning )

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Sigh....

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alexweir@indigo.ie

I brought this very topic up a few months ago with LordGaz, I believe,
when the first 10mil scores started rolling in for Bombjack. Generally
the top players automatically switch to TG and play until they beat the
top non-TG score. In Bombjack, this seems somewhat unlikely to ever
happen.

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So, if between the group of you who hold high scores (or can post
higher scores), you wish to vote on whether or not to make the game TG-
specific only, I see no reason why not. I'll edit the other scores if
the vote passes, provided the MARP community is OK with this, as soon
as I get my damn cable back.

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Hopefully this will encourage more competition on a good game.

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And btw, I DON'T think that BeeJay is capable of 10-20mil on this game
with TG settings. It was in T1, and the top scores were nowhere near
that. 'Course, I love to be proved wrong.

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Cheers,
Q.T.Quazar

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(writing from a <shudder> Mac)

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qan@home.com

Yes you may bee right Q.T Quasar.
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I have only played on the TG settings on the Mame version
a few times (scored only 1 mil or so) but i didn4t found it
much more difficult...

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One thing to add: The bird speed on Bombjack doesn4t make the
game more difficult (my opinon) the only thing that is harder
is to get more extra lives..

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But when BeeJay scored his 70 mill record (unofficial) he killed
66 spare jacks he was forced to get rid of (he was playing for 24
hours non stop) I think that it was default settings.

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If Beejay had played on the TG settings maybe he only had to kill
about 35-40 jacks at the same spot!

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BUT of course this is no fact! I may bee wrong.

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Glad to hear your opinions!!

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Cheers

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QRS

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qrs@telia.com

Since I've been mentioned here I'd better respond as well.
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Were the MARP Tournaments % points based then I would probably have
invested a little more time into Bomb Jack to try to recoup the
little bits of finesse that were/are still missing from my Bomb Jack
gameplay. For my 24 hour marathon, I suspect the only setting I had
different from TG was the extra life counter as I prefer the enemy
patterns you get on the TG settings to those on the Easy setting.

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Could I ever get to 70 million on TG settings - I would expect the
answer to this is yes as per QRS's comments re number of lives wasted
after 24 hours but I had spend 6 months learning the game prior to my
24 hour fund raising event for Telethon back in '84 (or was it '85).
However, I think in order to get there I would definitely need a
proper arcade Joystick setup so I can use my right hand for flapping
instead of my left hand as I'm much quicker flapping or firing with
my right hand (years of practice with arcade machines setup for left-
hand joystcik right hand buttons I guess).

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Does anyone else remember going to a machine setup the wrong way
around and crossing their hands/arms over to play the game with the
usual joystick and button hands?!

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BeeJay.

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PS: There used to be a recording at MARP that was done on the very
hardest settings and reached around the 5 million mark so I think a
10 million recording on TG settings would definitely be possible....
eventually.

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brianjohnstone@jade.co.nz

Yes BeeJay I have played a lot of games swithing my hands/arms
to play "the right" way.. It is hard to play this way!!

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But one thing that is strange is that I got my Bombjack score
a couple of days agao (7mil+) playing on a coctail machine
with my hands "crossed".. Maybe it is a matter of training.

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I will try to play some Bombjack on the TG settings and see
what happens in the future.

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Cheers

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QRS

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ps BeeJay I would love to see you getting a score on Bombjack!
If you got another 24 hours to spend, do it on a Bombjack recording!!
I am still amazed over your performance BeeJay! Great stuff!!

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qrs@telia.com

QRS,
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I may just look into honing my Bomb Jack skills on TG Settings.....

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but not until after I reclaim some lost percentage points on Tapper
at Deca2000......

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Of course, then I will have to work on the other 9 games to try to
catch that darn Phil guy again - and to think a couple of weeks back
I was only 20 points behind him and now I'm 200 points adrift...

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BeeJay.

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brianjohnstone@jade.co.nz