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[vdub_bobby]

From a marble in an abstract world to an airplane in a cartoon world? That's right, it's time for Sky Kid!

Post a score and let's get this thing rolling!

Please post any tips you may have - best tip gets 1 bonus point. No continues - only games played from the beginning count!

And if anyone has a link to the manual, please post it.

This week's competition ends next Tuesday (March 18) at approximately noon PST.


This week's scores:

28,690 Atari5200 (+10 pts)
22,280 LarcenTyler (+8 pts +1 pt for best tip)
14,790 vdub_bobby (+6 pts)


Twin Galaxies High Scores

367,500 Christopher Walls


Overall standings:

1. PressureCooker2600 (115 pts)
2. vdub_bobby (110 pts)
3. LarcenTyler (108 pts)
4. gdement (86 pts)
5. Roloking (36 pts)
6. theKLT (34 pts)
7. Blackjack (28 pts)
8. Artlover (24 pts)
9. rjchamp3 (18 pts)
10. atari2600land (15 pts)
11. shadow460 (10 pts)
12. RJ (6 pts)
12. Atari5200 (6 pts)
14. Ryanw (4 pts)
15. potatohead (1 pts)


Game Info

Original coin-op released by Namco in 1985, ported to the NES in 1987.

Other platforms: None.

Sequels/spinoffs: Sky Kid Deluxe (1986 - anyone know how this is different from Sky Kid?)


Tips

LarcenTyler:

Quote

Reminder, if you are hit, you aren't out. Hold up and tap the A and B buttons repeatedly!

Also, remember that the barrel roll function was there to fulfill a meme before it even became one!
OK, seriously, it's not a barrel roll, it's a somersault. And it's there as an evasive tactic. Utilize it! Once you pick up the bomb, though, you can't use the somersault.

Edited by vdub_bobby, Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:27 PM.

[LarcenTyler]

22,280

Reminder, if you are hit, you aren't out. Hold up and tap the A and B buttons repeatedly!

Also, remember that the barrel roll function was there to fulfill a meme before it even became one!
OK, seriously, it's not a barrel roll, it's a somersault. And it's there as an evasive tactic. Utilize it! Once you pick up the bomb, though, you can't use the somersault.

[vdub_bobby]

14,790

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Edited by vdub_bobby, Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:32 AM.

[Atari5200]

28,690 for me. will get picture up, had to take camera phone picture of my pocket pc, so it's not good quality.

Edit: well here it is, take it as you will.

Edited by Atari5200, Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:31 AM.

[vdub_bobby]

Nice pic!

[Atari5200]

yeah yeah, best I could do being on my lunch break. What I can't figure out is why I didn't do the NES HSC sooner, my pocket PC does NES emu perfectly.

[vdub_bobby]

One more day to play! I'm going to try to get another game or two in...

[PressureCooker2600]

Damn....i'm gonna lose my position.

I'm sooo lazy. Been playing too much Star Wars TCG lately.

[vdub_bobby]

Aaaand we're done! I couldn't get another game in...

But - I hope you had fun playing this cutesy, little-known sidescroller.