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[Mister VCS]

The original space alien vertical shooter. Move your tank back and forth along the bottom of the screen and shoot endless waves of aliens marching towards earth. Shoot the flying saucer for extra points.

Game Information

Game Name: Space Invaders
Released by: Opcode, 2003 (Homebrew-Game)
Original arcade game by: Taito/Midway, 1978
TwinGalaxies High Score: 5,910 (USA I) / 5,140 (Japan I) both by Tom Duncan
Settings: Choose between USA or Japan Part I (Default) - 1 Player
Start with 3 bases and a bonus at 1,500 points
This game was chosen by: Poll (7 votes)


Contest ends on

Saturday, 08-14-2010 at 1:00 AM eastern.


Quick-Start-Bonus Info and HSC rules


Current High Scores

1. ColecoDan 7,140 [+10]
2. duncantoml 6,430 [+9]
3. ed1475 4,280 [+8] [+1]
4. roadrunner 3,910 [+6]
5. ten-four 3,500 [+4]
6. RangerG 2,990 [+2]
7. Yurkie 2,980 [+1]
8. atariron82 2,490 [+1]
9. Ms. Do 2,470 [+1]
10. patbb 1,360 [+1]


Leaderboard

1. duncantoml [33 points] (3) 2 1
2. ColecoDan [28] (3) 1
3. ed1475 [13] (3) 1
4. atariron82 [12] (2)
4. patbb [12] (3)
5. Yurkie [11] (2)
6. RangerG [6] (3)
7. Mister VCS [5] (2)
8. roadrunner [4] (3)
9. purenergy [3] (2)
10. JEFF31 [1] (1)
10. LaserHawk [1] (1)

Edited by Mister VCS, Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:31 AM.

[duncantoml]

Damn Invaders....

4810

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[roadrunner]

3,910

[Yurkie]

2350

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[RangerG]

2050

[NE146]

I'd probably score in the 10-20k range for this game.. but I'll best leave u all to compete amongst yourselves ;P

[ed1475]

4280

[patbb]

What button do I have to press to add coins?
Ans start the game?

thanks

[ColecoDan]

I think you have to hit the pound or star to get to the screen to add coins and then you push the 1 for 1 player and the 2 for 2 player.

I was playing this a little just to see why everyone had such low scores and this sucker is a little difficult. It is going to take some time to get used to it.

Dan

[Ms. Do]

2470

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[Yurkie]

2980

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[patbb]

ColecoDan, on Tue Aug 3, 2010 8:50 AM, said:

I think you have to hit the pound or star to get to the screen to add coins and then you push the 1 for 1 player and the 2 for 2 player.

I was playing this a little just to see why everyone had such low scores and this sucker is a little difficult. It is going to take some time to get used to it.

Dan

Thanks

1360

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[atariron82]

This is a tough one The fighter ship seems a bit wide, making it an easy target for the advancing invaders. When they get close you're toast!

2,230

[ColecoDan]

4180

Just so you know atariron82 your guys are too colorful which means I think you are in Japan mode. It defaults to Japan so you have to switch it to USA in options.
Not that USA is any easier.

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[Yurkie]

ColecoDan, on Sun Aug 8, 2010 11:54 AM, said:

4180

Just so you know atariron82 your guys are too colorful which means I think you are in Japan mode. It defaults to Japan so you have to switch it to USA in options.
Not that USA is any easier.

Dan how do you switch modes?

[ColecoDan]

Well I have the cart so hopefully you do as well but I assume the emulator would be the same. If you don't do anything when you turn on the game 3 choices will show up on the bottom. Use joystick to move down to 3rd choice which is called options. Hit fire button. You will see you are in japan mode move joystick to right to go to USA mode and then hit fire button. It should default back up to first choice again and then hit fire button again.

[Yurkie]

ColecoDan, on Sun Aug 8, 2010 4:31 PM, said:

Well I have the cart so hopefully you do as well but I assume the emulator would be the same. If you don't do anything when you turn on the game 3 choices will show up on the bottom. Use joystick to move down to 3rd choice which is called options. Hit fire button. You will see you are in japan mode move joystick to right to go to USA mode and then hit fire button. It should default back up to first choice again and then hit fire button again.

Thank You, I might have been playing the japan mode, I never changed that.

[King_Salamon]

As this game has long since sold out, is the rom freely available for multi-cart/emulator usage? I see an emulator screen grab but wasn't aware that the rom was being distributed... and with my SD flash cart coming in the mail I may ba able to compete in this round.

[King_Salamon]

Back on topic here... isn't it funny... 4-5 thousand points is considered a high score... ahh the good ol' days!

[ColecoDan]

king_salamon if you go into the Topic Season 4 Homebrew Poll someone I believe put a link to the rom for space invaders.

[NE146]

King_Salamon, on Sun Aug 8, 2010 5:16 PM, said:

Back on topic here... isn't it funny... 4-5 thousand points is considered a high score... ahh the good ol' days!

No.. it isn't. I'm slapping my head seeing some of the scores and comments here as it's obvious no one knows how to play Space Invaders anymore.(and yes I mean this in a friendly way)

It's not really a reflex game.. its actually a lot more deliberate strategy and if you want... point hoarding. But anyway, I'd play but my problem is I have the cart, but my Colecovision is packed up hardcore somewhere. And I USED to have the ROM (as I helped Eduardo a little in his testing) but I have no clue where it is to play it via emu. So oh well.

[King_Salamon]

ColecoDan, on Sun Aug 8, 2010 7:18 PM, said:

king_salamon if you go into the Topic Season 4 Homebrew Poll someone I believe put a link to the rom for space invaders.

Got it... thanks!

[King_Salamon]

NE146, on Sun Aug 8, 2010 8:12 PM, said:

King_Salamon, on Sun Aug 8, 2010 5:16 PM, said:

Back on topic here... isn't it funny... 4-5 thousand points is considered a high score... ahh the good ol' days!

No.. it isn't. I'm slapping my head seeing some of the scores and comments here as it's obvious no one knows how to play Space Invaders anymore.(and yes I mean this in a friendly way)

It's not really a reflex game.. its actually a lot more deliberate strategy and if you want... point hoarding. But anyway, I'd play but my problem is I have the cart, but my Colecovision is packed up hardcore somewhere. And I USED to have the ROM (as I helped Eduardo a little in his testing) but I have no clue where it is to play it via emu. So oh well.

Well then you'll have to get the Twin Galaxies record... it's only in the 5-6k range.

I hope to get in at least one game before the deadline... just so I can get some points in the rankings.

[NE146]

King_Salamon, on Sun Aug 8, 2010 9:53 PM, said:

Well then you'll have to get the Twin Galaxies record... it's only in the 5-6k range.

I just took a look and the Twin Galaxy high score for the arcade game (which Opcode's Colecovision port is, more or less) is 55k, and 425k(!) for SI Deluxe. Strange how the score for part 1 is such a far cry from the 2nd one..

My high score I think back when I was 11 years old in the late 70's was probably in the 20k range. But you figure you flip the score when you hit 10k, and that was the usual goal of everyone who played, then they just quit.

Edited by NE146, Mon Aug 9, 2010 6:52 AM.

[ten-four]

Hi.

I play most Part II in Japan mode.

But in Part I in US mode do i get this score: 3.500

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