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[Ikrananka]

Squish'Em Sam





As Sam, your goal is to make it to the top of each building and grab the bag of money awaiting you. Sam climbs upward on the girders and must avoid both the enemies that crawl and the various object being thrown down at him. Sam can move left and right on each girder platform and can either jump over an enemy or squish them.

Game Information

Game Name: Squish'Em Sam
Released by: Interphase, 1984
Original arcade game by: N/A
CV HSC High Score: None
TwinGalaxies High Score: 129,590 by Tom (Nov 2004)
Settings: Level 2
This game was suggested by: chuckwalla, rmaerz and Yurkie


Contest Ends

Saturday, 14 January 2012 at 1:00AM EST


Quick-Start-Bonus-Info and HSC Rules


Final High Scores

1. ChuckH 181,640 [+10]
2. jblenkle 169,720 [+9]
3. Mangia-Boy 109,600 [+8]
4. rmaerz 108,320 [+6]
5. skosh 73,870 [+4]
6. Ikrananka 63,920 [+2]
7. chuckwalla 60,280 [+1]
8. patbb 41,810 [+1]
9. ed1475 32,710 [+1]
10. roadrunner 19,810 [+1]
11. 1982VideoGames 17,470 [+1]
12. JacobZu7zu7 8,280 [+1]


Leaderboard

1. Mangia-Boy [77] (12)
2. jblenkle [73] (12) 2
3. patbb [59] (11) 1
4. ed1475 [53] (12) 2 1
5. skosh [51] (6) 2
6. chuckwalla [35] (6) 1
7. atariron82 [30] (5) 1
8. Ikrananka [27] (12)
9. JacobZu7zu7 [26] (10)
10. ChuckH [24] (3) 1
11. Ms. Do [13] (1) 1
12. purenergy [10] (2)
13. retroillucid [10] (1) 1
14. roadrunner [8] (8)
15. Akito01 [8] (1)
16. Yurkie [6] (3)
17. ColecoDan [6] (1)
18. rmaerz [5] (3)
19. AtariBrian [4] (1)
20. SegaShooters [2] (1)
21. cmart604 [1] (1)
21. NIAD [1] (1)
21. 1982VideoGames [1] (1)
21. centiqueen81 [1] (1)

[ ] = Points
( ) = Rounds Played
BLUE = Rounds Won
GOLD = Seasons Won

Edited by Ikrananka, Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:52 PM.

[rmaerz]

Oh my!!!!

And almost a full month to play it!

Edited by rmaerz, Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:37 PM.

[jblenkle]

Squish 'Em - 35,490

[rmaerz]

62,710

[skosh]

42,440

[jblenkle]

Squish 'Em - 50,410

[chuckwalla]

60,280

Grew up playing this on the C64 - the ColecoVision version has brighter colors and sharper graphics.

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[Mangia-Boy]

71.740

[patbb]

Never played that one before.
Also, I'm using an emulator

41,810

Edited by patbb, Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:25 PM.

[jblenkle]

Squish 'Em - 74,460



Haven't played this game (before the contest) in quite awhile, but am finding differences in playing between the emulator and on a real ColecoVision. It's easier to run up the score on the emulator, but nearly impossible to jump over some of the larger enemies. Just the opposite on the CV...can jump over almost everything, but can't get as high of a score.

Edited by jblenkle, Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:19 PM.

[ChuckH]

86,400

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[skosh]

73,870

[roadrunner]

19,810

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[1982VideoGames]

17,470

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[ChuckH]

Found a trick for this game.

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[skosh]

Keep jumping over the creatures?

[ChuckH]

"Keep jumping over the creature?"

Just about. If I try to just jump over the unsquished creatures I end up stubbing my toe(ouch) eventually.
Jumping over the squished creatures is the secret. You must squish a creature in between two of the squares and then quickly jump back and forth over it. On lower levels, I can do this about five times and then move up the ladder. You get 200 points each time you jump over the squished creature. In this case, another 1,000 points per creature. Make your way up doing this to each creature and you can get 40,000 to 50,000 points this way on just the first pass through! It takes just a little practice to jump back and forth a few times. On later levels you can only jump back and forth three times and then two before the creature comes back to life but you can really rack up points this way.

[jblenkle]

Squish 'Em - 87,810

[ed1475]

32,710

[jblenkle]

Squish 'Em - 101,230

[Ikrananka]

63,920

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[jblenkle]

Squish 'Em - 117,810

[Mangia-Boy]

109,600 points. Happy new year!

[JacobZu7zu7]

8,280

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[jblenkle]

Squish 'Em - 146,450