High Score Club 9.01 - Millipede - 2600 High Score Club

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

RID YOUR GARDEN OF THOSE BOTHERSOME BUGS!

An army of menacing millipedes - cousins to the famed Centipede - have invaded your garden patch, and you must shoot arrows at them to rid your plot of these pesky pests. But wait! The millipedes aren't the only insidious insects you have to destroy. Jumping spiders, buzzing bees, bouncing beetles, mosquitoes, dragonflies, inchworms, and earwigs all have unique and deadly powers of their own!

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Game Information

Game Name: Millipede
Released By: Atari, 1984
Left Difficulty: B / Novice
Right Difficulty: B / Novice
Game Mode: Default (Start at 0 points)

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 March 9th at 1:00 AM (Central Time, UTC-6).

Challenges

Garden Guardian - Score 250,000 points or higher, and you get 3 bonus points.
Progress - For those of you who posted a score before the weekend, you must improve your score to the following goals. Achieving the first goal will get you a 1 point bonus, while achieving the second goal will get you a 3 point bonus:
- SeaGtGruff - First Goal: 327,000. Second Goal: 816,000 [+1]
- Scrabbler15 - First Goal: 286,000. Second Goal: 713,000
- classicgamer_27330 - First Goal: 269,000. Second Goal: 673,000
- Vocelli - First Goal: 258,000. Second Goal: 645,000 [+1]
- JacobZu7zu7 - First Goal: 231,000. Second Goal: 577,000
- Gorfy - First Goal: 195,000. Second Goal: 486,000 [+1]
- Frostbite76 - First Goal: 194,000. Second Goal: 484,000
- Deteacher - First Goal: 179,000. Second Goal: 447,000
- SpiceWare - First Goal: 173,000. Second Goal: 431,000
- zylon - First Goal: 161,000. Second Goal: 402,000
- Miss 2600 - First Goal: 157,000. Second Goal: 391,000
- toymailman - First Goal: 148,000. Second Goal: 368,000 [+1]
- roadrunner - First Goal: 134,000. Second Goal: 335,000
- Krytol - First Goal: 121,000. Second Goal: 301,000
- rmaerz - First Goal: 103,000. Second Goal: 256,000
- MIKE5200 - First Goal: 44,000. Second Goal: 109,000
- LarcenTyler - First Goal: 42,000. Second Goal: 103,000

Current High Scores

1,000,000 (oyamafamily) [+11][+3]
343,316 (SeaGtGruff) [+10][+3]
337,195 (Vocelli) [+9][+3]
223,541 (JacobZu7zu7) [+8]
215,272 (toymailman) [+7]
204,678 (Gorfy) [+6]
160,678 (SpiceWare) [+5]
142,590 (Scrabber15) [+4]
141,240 (classicgamer_27330) [+3]
96,676 (Frostbite76) [+2]
89,263 (Deteacher) [+1]
80,274 (zylon) [+1]
80,173 (roadrunner) [+1]
78,148 (Miss 2600) [+1]
67,491 (SpaceDice2010) [+1]
62,054 (Curious Sofa) [+1]
60,162 (Krytol) [+1]
55,254 (Amstari) [+1]
51,177 (rmaerz) [+1]
27,191 (Cream147) [+1]
21,699 (MIKE5200) [+1]
20,592 (LarcenTyler) [+1]
4368 (atariUCLA24) [+1]

Best Tips

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TwinGalaxies Top 3

(Game 1, Difficulty B)

1,114,117 (Frankie Cardulla)
937,180 (Todd Rogers)
377,374 (Alan W Hewston)

Current Standings

None yet!

Scoring Points in Millipede

Mushroom - 1 point
Millipede head - 100 points
Millipede segment - 10 points
Spider - 300, 600, 900, or 1200 points, depending on how close it is
Beetles - 300 points
Mosquito - 400 points
Bees - 200 points
Inchworm - 100 points
DDT Bomb - 800 points
Dragonfly - 500 points
Earwig - 1000 points
Each time you lose a bug blaster, you receive 5 points for every flower and every three mushrooms left on the screen.
When you shoot an inchworm, the movement of all the insects on the screen is slowed down for about four seconds.
Earwigs poison mushrooms on contact, and if a Millipede touches a poisoned mushroom, it'll charge straight down.
Expode the DDT at the right time, and the vapor will wipe out any bug it touches! For each bug that's destroyed by DDT, you'll earn triple the points you'd normally get for it.
You begin the game with three lives. For every 15,000 points you earn, you're awarded another life.

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 and a scanned copy available online. Here are the hints it provides:

Make sure you keep your eye on the Millipede while you're getting rid of the other pests. The Millipede can sneak up on you if you're not careful, so keep it under control.
If a Millipede touches a poisonous mushroom - poinsonous mushrooms are colored differently from most - watch out! The Millipede will charge directly at you!
When the insects swarm, you're in for big trouble if you're not alert. Only a spider can enter the garden while the mosquitoes, bees, or dragonflies are swarming. You get 100 extra points (above the normal point value) for the second swarming bug you destroy, 200 for the third, and so forth - up to 1000 extra points per bug. But beware! Swarming bugs fly fast and furious!
Each insect has its own unique sound, so keep your ears open and you can anticipate what will be coming next.

We played this game once before in the High Score Club, you might want to check out that thread for more hints.

oyamafamily

Watch the movements of all enemies, specially spiders, beetles, mosquitoes, bees, millipedes, and dragonflies. Earwig and inchworm never touch your bug blaster.
At 100,000+ points, the spiders jump lower. Shoot them quickly or avoid touching them. Speaking about spiders: they eliminate the mushrooms at the bottom of the screen; so, use this to take your advantage.
Try to position your blaster at the center of screen. This action minimizes the risk of getting trapped by the bugs, specially on the corners.
Try to reserve at least 2 DDTs, specially for the flying bug waves (bees, dragonflies, mosquitoes, and the combination of 3 different bugs). Once you reach these waves, try to shoot DDTs at the beginning of specific stages.
- On bees waves, you MUST shoot twice to destroy this enemy. Bees will be more furious if you shoot accidentally with a single missile. Also, be careful when you reach 3-bug waves (bees, dragonflies and mosquitoes combination).
- On dragonflies waves, shoot these enemies as many as possible to get more points.
- On mosquitoes waves, the mushrooms move up each time you shoot this enemy. For this wave, try to clean the screen fully. This action will become easier to eliminate the millipedes (heads and segment) quickly on the subsequent wave.
The maximum number of blasters in reserve displayed at the bottom of the screen is 7, but you can continue accumulating more bonus lives via scoring next multiples of 15,000 points.
Once the inchworm appears, try to shoot this to decrease the movements of all the insects on the screen. This action helps to eliminate remaining millipede heads and segment on the current wave. The inchworm is very helpful when you are closer to reach flying bug waves.

--Zero