VectorGamer Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 (edited) Halloween Tournament: Bugs This will be a 13 game tournament and 13 days in duration. Nominate a list of 10 games that have insects in them. If it has an insect, it is eligible. For example, although not prominent, Frogger has a fly that when landed on will give you bonus points. Therefore, Frogger is eligible. Note that if Centipede is nominated, we will play the 3 Minute Timed variation. Also note that because of the violent nature of the game, Chiller should not be nominated and will not be played. Because Halloween is an evil holiday, Satan's Hollow and Satan of Saturn will be included in the tournament. Games will be added to the tournament based on the total number of nominations beginning highest to lowest. Nomination tiebreakers: If a game has not been played previously in the history of the AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC, that game will be chosen. Member vote. Games that have multiple nominations that do not make the cut in the Halloween Tournament will be added to the Holiday Season Tournament in December. If a pool of 13 games has not been reached by Sunday, October 17, the forum leader will flesh out the tourney with the usual "left-of-center" titles. Competition begins Tuesday, October 19 @ noon EDT and ends Monday, November 1 @ 3AM EDT Games in this Tournament: Satan's Hollow Satan of Saturn Donkey Kong 3 (5) Anteater (4) Bubbles (4) Black Widow (3) LadyBug (3) Millipede (3) Beezer (2) Spiders (2) War of the Bugs (2) Space Launcher (Player Vote) Barrier (Player Vote) Games Moved to Holiday Season Tourney: Centipede (2) Galaga '88 (2) Bomb Bee Starship 1 Tournament Final Standings Calculated 11.1.10 8:10 AM EDT 1. 212 rmaerz 2. 207 patbb 3. 152 roadrunner 4. 117 FlyingTurtle 5. 35 Dr Galaga 6. 20 homerwannabee Scores in GREEN indicate new AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record Anteater You play an anteater that elongates his sticky tongue through maze-like anthills eating ants, other bugs and insects. Game Information Game Name: Anteater Released By: Tago Electronics, 1982 MAME ROMset: ANTEATER Dip Switches: Lives: 3 Chosen By: Player Nominations (4) ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/188 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 201,650 Leaderboard 1. 36,480 patbb 2. 17,970 rmaerz 3. 6,710 FlyingTurtle 4. 4,500 roadrunner Barrier The player attempts to reach the top of the grid without being hit by the computer enemies. When the top is reached, you scroll 'around' to the bottom and begin again. Game Information Game Name: Barrier Released By: Vectorbeam, 1978 MAME ROMset: Barrier Dip Switches: Lives: 3 Chosen By: Player Vote (Final Two Spots) ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/354 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 784 Leaderboard 1. 217 rmaerz 2. 213 patbb 3. 140 roadrunner 4. 105 FlyingTurtle Beezer Trap the bees. Game Information Game Name: Beezer [set 1] Released By: Tong, 1982 MAME ROMset: Beezer Dip Switches: Lives: 4; Bonus Life: 60000; Difficulty: Easy Chosen By: Player Nominations (2) ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/420 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 14,800 Leaderboard 1. 20,800 rmaerz 2. 9,150 patbb 3. 3,800 roadrunner Black Widow As a spider in the center of the web, you must defend it and yourself from invading bugs. These foes will try to run into you, blow you up if shoot them, or fire rockets at you if you do not kill the other enemies! Game Information Game Name: Black Widow Released By: Atari, 1982 MAME ROMset: BWidow Dip Switches: Lives: 3; Difficulty: Medium; Bonus Life: 20000; Maximum Start: Lev 21 Chosen By: Player Nominations (3) ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/474 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 277,475 Note: You may start on any level up to and including 21. Leaderboard 1. 163,050 roadrunner 2. 139,275 patbb 3. 115,525 rmaerz Bubbles Player controls a soap bubble in the kitchen sink, roaming about and mopping up crumbs, ants, and greasies. Watch out for the razor blades and roaches! Game Information Game Name: Bubbles Released By: Williams, 1982 MAME ROMset: bubbles Dip Switches: Internal Defaults Chosen By: Player Nominations (4) ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/605 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 87,590 patbb Leaderboard 1. 141,890 rmaerz 2. 82,330 patbb 3. 46,990 FlyingTurtle 4. 46,270 roadrunner Donkey Kong 3 Stanley must shoot insect repellent at Kong to drive him to the top of the screen while avoiding/shooting insects. He must protecting five plants at the bottom of the screen from being carried off by the various insects. Game Information Game Name: Donkey Kong 3 [uS] Released By: Nintendo, 1983 MAME ROMset: DKong3 Dip Switches: Difficulty: Medium; Lives: 3; Bonus Life: 30,000; Additional Bonus: 30,000 Chosen By: Player Nominations (5) ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/6358 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 2,781,100 homerwannabee Leaderboard 1. 2,409,800 homerwannabee 2. 204,700 Dr Galaga 3. 191,100 patbb 4. 176,900 rmaerz 5. 142,500 FlyingTurtle 6. 57,800 roadrunner Lady Bug You control a Ladybug that moves around a maze eating dots while avoiding poison and pursuing insects. The maze has revolving doors that can be used to thwart the insects. Collect letters to form the word "EXTRA" and receive an extra life or spell "SPECIAL" to earn free credits. Game Information Game Name: Lady Bug Released By: Universal, 1981 MAME ROMset: LadyBug Dip Switches: Difficulty: Medium; Lives: 3 Chosen By: Player Nominations (3) ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/2374 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 527,400 Leaderboard 1. 55,120 patbb 2. 53,270 rmaerz 3. 12,290 FlyingTurtle 4. 11,560 roadrunner Millipede Blast bugs and mushrooms with your cannon. Game Information Game Name: Millipede Released By: Atari, 1982 MAME ROMset: Milliped Dip Switches: Bonus: 0 1x; Millipede Head: Easy; Beetle: Easy; Lives: 3; Bonus Life: 15000; Spider: Easy; Starting Score Select: Off Chosen By: Player Nominations (3) ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/2898 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 745,123 Leaderboard 1. 70,895 Dr Galaga 2. 56,399 rmaerz 3. 53,091 roadrunner 4. 25,654 patbb 5. 14,038 FlyingTurtle Satan of Saturn The player navigates a starship throughout various planets. Move left or right to dodge missiles launched from various attacking spaceships and other enemies. Game Information Game Name: Satan of Saturn Released By: SNK, 1981 MAME ROMset: SatanSat Dip Switches: Lives: 3; Bonus Life: 5000 Chosen By: Forum Moderator Holiday Selection ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/4140 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 12,460 Leaderboard 1. 19,820 patbb 2. 12,760 rmaerz 3. 5,820 roadrunner 4. 1,300 FlyingTurtle Satan's Hollow Using a trigger joystick you must move your fire-base left and right while shooting bird-like creatures flying at you. Use the segments dropped by the birds to build a bridge across the pit on the right side of the screen to escape and fight Satan. The game features "Flight of the Valkyries" theme music. Game Information Game Name: Satan's Hollow [set 1] Released By: Bally Midway, 1982 MAME ROMset: SHollow Dip Switches: Internal Defaults Chosen By: Forum Moderator Holiday Selection ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/4141 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 3,327,260 Leaderboard 1. 48,110 rmaerz 2. 25,970 FlyingTurtle 3. 20,240 roadrunner 4. 11,455 patbb Space Launcher A space-themed game where the player controls a ship at the bottom of the screen which must fire at attacking enemy ships and destroy them. Game Information Game Name: Space Launcher Released By: Nintendo, 1979 MAME ROMset: SpaceLnc Dip Switches: Lives: 3; Bonus Life: 1000 Chosen By: Player Vote (Final Two Spots) ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/4483 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 73,400 Leaderboard 1. 18,850 patbb 2. 18,550 rmaerz 3. 12,250 roadrunner 4. 3,300 FlyingTurtle Spiders Move your missile base back and forth and shoot at a growing spider web and attacking spiders. Every few rounds a woman's face will appear and she will wink at you. Game Information Game Name: Spiders [set 1] Released By: Sigma, 1981 MAME ROMset: Spiders Dip Switches: Play Mode: B B'; Spiders to Complete Belt: 16; Spare Guns: 3; Score for Bonus Gun: 15K; Giant Spiders: Every Screen Chosen By: Player Nominations (2) ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/4533 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 124,700 Leaderboard 1. 29,720 rmaerz 2. 29,170 patbb 3. 25,430 roadrunner 4. 12,610 FlyingTurtle War of the Bugs This game should be familiar in two ways; it is the basic concept of a classic bug shooting game interleaved with an all-too-familiar starfield scrolling shooter. Game Information Game Name: War of the Bugs Released By: Food and Fun Corp./Armenia Ltd., 1981 MAME ROMset: WarOfBug Dip Switches: Lives: 3; Bonus Life: 500000 Chosen By: Player Nominations (2) ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/5791 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 225,540 Leaderboard 1. 162,230 patbb 2. 120,050 rmaerz 3. 110,020 roadrunner 4. 79,390 FlyingTurtle . Edited November 1, 2010 by rmaerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 Here are my 10 nominees: Spiders Anteater Beezer Bubbles LadyBug Donkey Kong 3 Millipede War of the Bugs Black Widow Galaga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 +1 on Rob's choices below. Anteater Beezer LadyBug Donkey Kong 3 Bubbles Would like to add: Ghouls 'n Ghosts Ghosts 'n Goblins Ms. Pac-Man Plus Qbert : Faster/Harder version Real Ghost Busters The Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 Ms. Pac-Man Plus Are there insects in Pac-Man Plus? The games nominated have to have insects in them so if any of ones you nominated do not you can resubmit. I see where you're going with the ghosts theme but the theme is "insects" - I'm not positive about the other games in your list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Ms. Pac-Man Plus Are there insects in Pac-Man Plus? The games nominated have to have insects in them so if any of ones you nominated do not you can resubmit. I see where you're going with the ghosts theme but the theme is "insects" - I'm not positive about the other games in your list... OK, yes I was thinking ghosts and snakes ... I'll try to find other games then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I'm thinking Bees ... Wonder Boy Crystal Castles Timber I will keep 2 other entries for later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Black Widow Millipede Galaga '88 Donkey Kong 3 Alien VS Predator Crossbow Xenophobe Lost Tomb Bubbles Anteater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingTurtle Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Tron Bubbles DK3 Anteater Galaga 88 Centipede War of the Bugs Black Widow Spiders LadyBug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Galaga Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 DK3 Centipede Millipede Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 28, 2010 Author Share Posted September 28, 2010 DK3 Centipede Millipede How about 7 more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Galaga Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 I don't have 7 more to play that have bugs in them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 30, 2010 Author Share Posted September 30, 2010 Right now we have 13 games nominated for the tourney. I will take noms until October 11 and publish the lineup October 12th so that everyone has a week of practice. I will make that a standard practice of announcing the lineup 7 days prior to the start of tournaments. If the lineup comes down to a vote, the poll will be published on the 12th with voting concluding on the 18th. If you're a player, please submit your nominations because this HSC is about the players! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 Less than one week remaining to post your nominations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 (edited) Nominations are now closed. With War of the Bugs being a Centipede variant and the inclusion of Millipede (which has not yet been played in the HSC) in the tournament I think it would be best to move Centipede to the Holiday Tourney. I'd also like to move Galaga '88 over to the Holiday Tourney because it has been played so frequently. So, to fill the final two spots in the tournament I have four titles in the topic poll for you to select two from. The top two vote getters will be included in the tourney. The two titles that do not make the cut will be added to the Holiday Season Tourney. Voting will conclude Sunday, October 17 at noon EDT. Those games are: Space Launcher A space-themed game where the player controls a ship at the bottom of the screen which must fire at attacking enemy ships and destroy them. http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9673 Starship I You pilot the Starship 1, from a first-person point of view, avoiding planets and shooting enemy space ships for different point values. Achieving 3500 points before time runs out earns you extended play in 'hyperspace'. http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9782 Bomb Bee You control a paddle that must rebound a ball into the colorized bricks and pop-bumpers. http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7179 Barrier The player attempts to reach the top of the grid without being hit by the computer enemies. When the top is reached, you scroll 'around' to the bottom and begin again. http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7018 Lastly, games that did not receive multiple nominations will be added to the respective players's game request queue. Edited October 13, 2010 by rmaerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Don't forget to vote! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 15, 2010 Author Share Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) Don't forget to vote! I got my son to vote - he picked Barrier and Space Launcher... Attached are the sound samples for Barrier which makes the game more exciting! barrier.zip Edited October 15, 2010 by rmaerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Don't forget to vote! I got my son to vote - he picked Barrier and Space Launcher... Attached are the sound samples for Barrier which makes the game more exciting! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 Alright the final two spots go to Space Launcher and Barrier (believe it or not!). Bomb Bee & Starship 1 are moved to the Holiday Season Tournament... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 Even though it's a bit heavy on the "slide n shoots," I think this is shaping up to be yet another great tournament. There's a nice blend of popular and obscure titles to make it fairly competitive. I can tell you that the Bubbles AtariAge record is going down - easily...I think the DK3 record is secure but my son and I will both be bumping up our scores - no problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Even though it's a bit heavy on the "slide n shoots," I think this is shaping up to be yet another great tournament. There's a nice blend of popular and obscure titles to make it fairly competitive. I can tell you that the Bubbles AtariAge record is going down - easily...I think the DK3 record is secure but my son and I will both be bumping up our scores - no problem... Bubbles: The AA record is mine and it will stay that way DK3: "AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 2,781,100 homerwannabee" AYE CARAMBA, My personal best is 104k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 Even though it's a bit heavy on the "slide n shoots," I think this is shaping up to be yet another great tournament. There's a nice blend of popular and obscure titles to make it fairly competitive. I can tell you that the Bubbles AtariAge record is going down - easily...I think the DK3 record is secure but my son and I will both be bumping up our scores - no problem... Bubbles: The AA record is mine and it will stay that way You're gonna have to score higher than what's up there now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 A couple of games before getting to work. Bubbles:42810 Lady Bug:30410 I can do much better on both. Good tourney and good luck everbody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 A couple of games before getting to work. Bubbles:42810 Lady Bug:30410 I can do much better on both. Good tourney and good luck everbody. Consider those as "practice balls" since the tourney does not start until noon EDT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 Hollow: 26,235 Lady Bug: 39,980 Bubbles: 141,890 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 Saturn: 5,900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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