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[Nuclear Pacman]

I've played this game since release pretty regularly over the years, but only recently noticed this bug on the 'green track' bonus stage, and it really annoys me now. You don't get rewarded 20,000 bonus points for successfully finishing it. I googled this bug and came up blank, but I can't possibly be the first person to notice this. It says you get 20,000, but doesn't actually register it in the score. If you think it's not true you need to watch very carefully.

[Jag_Slave]

I will be checking this out!

[Nuclear Pacman]

The reason it took me so long to notice is because you have to concentrate so much on the gameplay if you want to finish it, that you hardly pay any attention to the score. But I've really been watching the past 5 or so games recently and you'll score about 28,000 points on average for playing through the bonus stage, then when you should get that 20,000 bonus (when the screen flashes and you warp to a new stage), you don't get it.

Edited by Gunstarhero, Tue Aug 2, 2011 3:07 PM.

[save2600]

How many bonus screens is the green track? Pretty high up there? Was never particularly good at those, but that sucks if you don't get you score!

[Nuclear Pacman]

save2600, on Tue Aug 2, 2011 3:08 PM, said:

How many bonus screens is the green track? Pretty high up there? Was never particularly good at those, but that sucks if you don't get you score!

Well, you get the Green Track bonus stages starting at level 17 (Red bordered webs).

[Zerosquare]

Tempest 2000 indeed has a few bugs, and I rarely saw them mentioned. I never encountered the one you're talking about, because I suck at playing the green track power levels
But here are two others :

A minor one appears in the first level (at least) : if you never hit any enemy, then get killed, the message you get is "Collect powerups!" instead of the usual "Shot you!" (harmless, and if you can't manage to hit a single enemy in Level 1, you should consider playing a different game anyways )

A more annoying one occurs during the first bonus level. Sometimes, you can't climb above a certain height, and you can't reach one of the circles because it's too high.

[Jag_Slave]

Zerosquare, on Tue Aug 2, 2011 4:59 PM, said:

A more annoying one occurs during the first bonus level. Sometimes, you can't climb above a certain height, and you can't reach one of the circles because it's too high.

Thats the problem I always have... don't miss a single ring until it doesn't allow me to move up higher

[Punisher5.0]

I have noticed several times in this game they show you get some kind of bonus points but none ever show up on your total score.

Zerosquare, on Tue Aug 2, 2011 4:59 PM, said:

A more annoying one occurs during the first bonus level. Sometimes, you can't climb above a certain height, and you can't reach one of the circles because it's too high.

Yeah, I've always wondered why you can't go above or below a certain height at times. I figured it was because you didn't get enough points to proceed on. It doesn't seem like a bug.

[Zerosquare]

I didn't notice any relationship with the number of points you scored before. It's a bit weird : it happens pretty frequently, so I'm suprised it was unnoticed (or at last, deliberately unfixed) before release ; in the other hand, I can't find any logical explanation for it except a bug.

[Nuclear Pacman]

Zerosquare, on Tue Aug 2, 2011 7:33 PM, said:

I didn't notice any relationship with the number of points you scored before. It's a bit weird : it happens pretty frequently, so I'm suprised it was unnoticed (or at last, deliberately unfixed) before release ; in the other hand, I can't find any logical explanation for it except a bug.

I've always assumed there's an invisible ceiling and floor depending on which side of the rainbow bacon you're on, that's what the yellow arrows are for, they thrust you past those barriers either up or down.

[Isgoed]

In the first bonus level, at some point you'll get the "up arrow" ring which launches you far above the playfield.

Right after this you must get the bonus ring that appears next, but you have to go down a little to go through it.
If you go down to much, then you aren't able to move up again for the next ring.

So, accurate steering is required.

Edited by Isgoed, Wed Aug 3, 2011 12:58 AM.

[Mark T]

I think I remember hearing something about this bug in one of my old gamepro mags...