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Post a score and let's get this thing rolling! Play Game A.
Please post any tips you may have - best tip gets 1 bonus point! Only scores for games played from the beginning will count! No continues!
And if anyone has a link to the manual, please post it.
This week's competition ends next Tuesday (September 18) morning at approximately 8:00 am PST.
This week's scores:
112,100 rjchamp3 (+10 pts)
62,510 gdement (+8 pts +1 pt for best tip)
32,160 LarcenTyler (+6 pts)
15,530 vdub_bobby (+4 pts)
Twin Galaxies High Scores
1,485,610 Tom Votava
212,250 Rudy J Ferretti
106,770 Troy Whelan
74,060 Peter Boadry
57,920 Mr. Kelly R Flewin
27,410 Ron Corcoran
Last Season's Overall standings:
1. vdub_bobby (135 pts)
2. LarcenTyler (105 pts)
3. 8th lutz (96 pts)
4. gdement (70 pts)
5. rjchamp3 (54 pts)
6. bust3dstr8 (49 pts)
7. arch_8ngel (34 pts)
8. Cybergoth (28 pts)
9. figgler (28 pts)
10. MetalSlime23 (25 pts)
11. scooby105 (17 pts)
12. Jibbajaba (16 pts)
13. shadow460 (11 pts)
14. duncantoml (10 pts)
15. keilbaca (10 pts)
16. kevincal (9 pts)
17. Slayer (8 pts)
18. Bucket (7 pts)
19. shadow460 (1 pts)
Game Info
Coin-op originally released by Nintendo in 1982; ported to the NES by Nintendo and released in the US in 1986.
Other platforms: Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, Intellivision, Odyssey 2, TI-99/4A
Related games/sequels: Not very many, interestingly. Popeye and the Quest for the Woolly Mammoth (Windows - 1997) and Popeye: Rush for Spinach (GBA - 2005)
Tips
gdement:
Quote
You get more points for collecting hearts on higher platforms, and your scoring doubles when you have spinach. Extra man at 50,000.
There's a bonus gimmick on each stage which will get you bonus points of 500 or 1000. I found that punching the crow on the pirate ship is pretty easy.
There's a bonus gimmick on each stage which will get you bonus points of 500 or 1000. I found that punching the crow on the pirate ship is pretty easy.
Edited by vdub_bobby, Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:34 AM.
