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[Ze_ro]

Important Note: This weeks competition is over and no further scores will be accepted.

Meet LEFTY, SCAR FACE, MUGSY and SHIFTY and the most sinister of them all - "NITRO ED". They're out to challenge you on their own turf - "GANGSTER ALLEY". You are equipped with bullet proof vests and a gun sight. Get your man and collect the reward! But watch out these guys have a few tricks up their sleeves especially NITRO ED. So grab your "JOYSTICK" and WATCH OUT!

Game Information

Game Name: Gangster Alley Released By: Spectravision, 1982 Left Difficulty: B / Novice - For Veteran Agents Right Difficulty: N/A Game Mode: Game 1 - 1 Player Chosen By: godzillajoe Post your scores right here in this thread, and I will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone elses. The deadline for posting scores is Wednesday February 24th at 1:00 AM (CST).

Current High Scores 99,990 (oyamafamily) [+11] 99,990 (Cebus Capucinis) [+11] 99,990 (JacobZu7zu7) [+11] 99,990 (toymailman) [+11] 32,710 (Impaler_26) [+10] 31,880 (katana) [+9] 24,890 (darthkur) [+8] 18,710 (roadrunner) [+7] 13,390 (zylon) [+6] 11,800 (LarcenTyler) [+5] 9080 (Zoyx) [+4] 8250 (Pioneer4x4) [+3] Best Tips JacobZu7zu7 [+2] Challenges None yet TwinGalaxies Top 3 (Game 1, Difficulty B) 99,999 (Robert T Mruczek, Todd Rogers, David B Yancey, Steve Germershausen, Frankie Cardulla, Tom Duncan) 27,220 (Robert Macauley) (Emulator) 8500 (Greg Troutman)

Current Standings toymailman [259] Zoyx [191] darthkur [141] shadow460 [133] roadrunner [102] oyamafamily [96] Cebus Capucinis [86] Atardi [84] Deteacher [81] JacobZu7zu7 [72] vjames [71] aftermac [70] LarcenTyler [67] Captain Beard [61] godzillajoe [56] keilbaca [42] Mister VCS [38] brandondwright [30] Vectorman0 [29] Carey85 [29] 4Ks [29] homerwannabee [26] Hornpipe2 [25] SpiceWare [24] Wickeycolumbus [22] pis [19] zylon [18] devwebcl [13] Nathan Strum [11] LoneWolfSeth [10] LaserHawk [10] joeypsp [9] Tr3vor [9] kote [8] Impaler_26 [8] Animan [6] HatNJ [6] chuckwalla [5] Chris Leach [5] MIKE5200 [4] Skaarg [4] JayWI [3] Shannon [2] jeremysart [2] vintagegamecrazy [2] sloth713 [2] jjd [2] SpaceInvaders [2] ChrisKoopa [1] SeaGtGruff [1] Nati [1] disjuakifa [1] Pioneer4x4 [1]

Scoring Points in Gangster Alley

Mugsy - $20 Scar Face - $30 Lefty - $40 Shifty - $50 Nitro Ed - $100 Rewards increase by $10 each phase (Maxing out at phase 6) Unused bullets during reload - $10 per bullet Shoot a Woman or Child - $1000 penalty Every $5000 will get you an additional bullet proof vest (maximum four at once)

Hints and Tips

The Manual

As always, you really should read the manual. In case you don't have the manual, AtariAge has a typed copy available online. Unfortunately, it doesn't provide any specific hints.

LarcenTyler

-During the night missions, you can shoot Nitro Ed to light up the building without wasting ammunition.

-Take note of the hostages, where the women have no mouth whatsoever, and the children are always smiling. Remember, it ain't worth the $1000 penalty!

JacobZu7zu7

Don't shoot any PINK people! They are the good guys, (a woman and child)... there's only two and they have Pink colored heads, so knowing that it makes it easier to avoid them all together. There "IS" a pinkish red gangster Scar Face, he you do shoot. He appears more red then the woman/child. Shoot him, but don't shoot the good people or it will cause you 1,000 points each!


Try not to waste bullets "aim carefully", try to shoot each gangster only (once) if you run out of bullets...there's no way to get more, you will either be bombed by Nitro Ed (ending you're whole game) or shot down by one of the gang members, thus losing a life, possibly two in a row. Not good. So, try your best to shoot ONLY ONE bullet per gangster.


Watch Nitro Ed. If he loses his smile and has a bomb in his hand, shoot him down "ASAP", he sometimes doesn't wait to use his bombs on you... so he must be stopped right away. Once he bombs you your game ends regardless how many lives you have left. Only shoot him when he's holding a bomb... you can score points by shooting him, but it's better to save your bullets for the gangsters (like written above)


Each 5,000 points is a bonus bullet proof vest, no need to worry about losing a life or two, as you get a free life, eventually. Just be sure you keep Nitro Ed away from his bombs!!!

--Zero

[Pioneer4x4]

Whoo Hoo! I checked the scrolling stats, and I am in 53rd place out of, let me see, 53 members!

[Zoyx]

2160 - still trying to figure out the game.

[oyamafamily]

A Special Note for Gangster Alley: The score DOES NOT roll at $100,000. Instead, the game automatically ends!

[roadrunner]

6,190

[oyamafamily]

I MAXED OUT THE SCORE!! 99,990

Before reaching the maximum score:


After reaching the maximum score:


I used DEFAULT settings (Game 1 / Difficulty B).

Edited by oyamafamily, Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:36 PM.

[Cebus Capucinis]

24,450 will do better $99,990 Roll over Beethoven...

[zylon]

Haven't quite mastered it yet...

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[LarcenTyler]

$11,800

That gives me the rank of Marksman. Not bad.

Some things to remember:

-During the night missions, you can shoot Nitro Ed to light up the building without wasting ammunition.

-Take note of the hostages, where the women have no mouth whatsoever, and the children are always smiling. Remember, it ain't worth the $1000 penalty!

-And no, despite my picture (and the fact I was a gangster in Eternal Champions) you won't get any inside tips regarding crime syndicates from me!

[JacobZu7zu7]

2nd attempt, this game is quite easy...
49,180

3rd attempt... rolled the ...? solved it! 99,990
This was too easy and it's B difficulty is the hardest setting.

Nitro Ed is certainly no Mad Bomber... he laughed at my perfect score, dunno why because I smoked him and his gang. What a wussy.

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Edited by JacobZu7zu7, Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:37 PM.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Tips to win,


Don't shoot any PINK people! They are the good guys, (a woman and child)... there's only two and they
have Pink colored heads, so knowing that it makes it easier to avoid them all together. There "IS" a
pinkish red gangster Scar Face, he you do shoot. He appears more red then the woman/child.
Shoot him, but don't shoot the good people or it will cause you 1,000 points each!


Try not to waste bullets "aim carefully", try to shoot each gangster only (once)
if you run out of bullets...there's no way to get more, you will either be bombed by Nitro Ed (ending you're whole game) or shot down by one of the gang members, thus losing a life, possibly two in a row. Not good. So, try your best to shoot ONLY ONE bullet per gangster.


Watch Nitro Ed. If he loses his smile and has a bomb in his hand, shoot him down "ASAP",
he sometimes doesn't wait to use his bombs on you... so he must be stopped right away. Once he bombs you your game ends regardless how many lives you have left. Only shoot him when he's holding a bomb...
you can score points by shooting him, but it's better to save your bullets for the gangsters (like written above)


Each 5,000 points is a bonus bullet proof vest, no need to worry about losing a life or two,
as you get a free life, eventually. Just be sure you keep Nitro Ed away from his bombs!!!

[zylon]

Some improvement, but no signs of life yet...

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[Zoyx]

9080 - not getting into this game

[roadrunner]

My new high score is 18,710

[toymailman]

I think this game will take about an hour to get to 99,900. I only had a half hour to spare at the time so...

50,000

[oyamafamily]

Ze_ro and guys,
Please, note that this game starts again at Phase 1 after completing Phase 6 with score intact. So, the rewards maxes out at Phase 6 (Nitro Ed = $150, Mugsy = $70, Scar Face = $80, Lefty = $90 and Shifty = $100).

Edited by oyamafamily, Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:08 AM.

[toymailman]

Finished it, a little faster than my earlier estimate. It was a little over 40 minutes.

99,990

[JacobZu7zu7]

Hey just a few quick notices for Zero. Haven't been awared my (2) patch points in the Enduro game.
You also missed "Impailed" he also gets (2) for the patch. Anything beyond day 4 is a patch.
You can see the car Icon in the game turn to a trophy

Also, in Gangster Alley I am 2nd to roll the score, after "oyamafamily".

[toymailman]

JacobZu7zu7, on Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:47 PM, said:

Hey just a few quick notices for Zero. Haven't been awared my (2) patch points in the Enduro game.
You also missed "Impailed" he also gets (2) for the patch. Anything beyond day 4 is a patch.
You can see the car Icon in the game turn to a trophy

Also, in Gangster Alley I am 2nd to roll the score, after "oyamafamily".

Also, it looks like zylon was not awarded the 2-points for best tip in Enduro.

[Pioneer4x4]

8,250 I might try the track ball...

[Impaler_26]

32,710

[darthkur]

24,890

[katana]

mine is 14,010
18,800

highest31,880

Edited by katana, Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:50 PM.