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[Thomas Jentzsch]

bjk7382 said:

I die a lot in the video, and I know the part where I am trying to shoot the reactor and shoot the ball 3 times looks pretty stupid, but, oh well...

Haha, tomorrow I will finally be able to watch the video.

BTW: You can disable the reactor multiple times (e.g. shot him 10 times and it will go off for ~10 seconds, after another shot it will go off for ~11 seconds, ...)

[bjk7382]

Thomas Jentzsch said:

BTW: You can disable the reactor multiple times (e.g. shot him 10 times and it will go off for ~10 seconds, after another shot it will go off for ~11 seconds, ...)

I know about the reactor, but on the video when I am coming out of level 5 I really screw it up and shoot the ball 3 times or more (I don't remember, but I know it looks bad )

[Happy_Dude]

Is anyone else even trying to beat this?
Why don't you make the thread sticky? It doesn't look like an active contest to people
casually browsing the forum.

I'm getting better. I'm actually using a 7800 pad with the thumbstick. Amazingly I just filed
down the corners on the underside of the Dpad (nothing severe just a light sanding )
and it works perfectly. Still not past planet 6 reverse...... but close

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[Thomas Jentzsch]

You deserve a little challenge, so I'll try to beat that score when I am back home in about two weeks.

I agree, this thread should stay sticky.

[Happy_Dude]

Trying to beat the game isn't enough challenge

My best game 3 score is 78950
but this is my highest so far (for game 1)

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[Thomas Jentzsch]

Happy_Dude said:

Trying to beat the game isn't enough  challenge  

Sure, but some competition always helps the motivation, doesn't it?

[bjk7382]

Happy_Dude said:

Is anyone else even trying to beat this?
Why don't you make the thread sticky? It doesn't look like an active contest to people
casually browsing the forum.

Okay, I re-stickied the thread and there was a couple people in the beginning of this thread that said they were up for the challenge. I hope others are trying also.

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Still not past planet 6 reverse...... but close

Your scores are getting better, and once you get good at the reverse gravity the only other thing you need to master is reverse gravtiy and "deadly something" together. I personally think that the regular gravity "deadly something" levels are pretty easy.

And even thought Thomas isn't in the competition I still want to see some of his scores. It isn't very often you get to play a game along with the programmer of it (although he still needs to make the 3rd mini-game to go with cave and splatform )

[Happy_Dude]

Time to bump the high score up a bit
That video was a great help in getting past planet 6 reverse

And I'v found a minor bug in the game (don't panic Thomas )
If you start the game with the pause button "on" the game will play like normal
exept with the switch reversed .... thats not the bug .... the bug is when you reach
reverse gravity the switch will be read like it's meant to be, pausing the game.
This freaked me out the first time it happened, I though my atari had frozen.

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[bjk7382]

What is that high score? If it rolled over once it would be 149,250

And the "pause bug" is known, and maybe even fixed by now in the new cartriges

[Happy_Dude]

Really? What about the sound bug? (hold fire when Planet destroyed tune plays and the last note doesn't turn off .... until the next stage starts )

Yeah the score is 145,250, got a little ahead of myself there

[bjk7382]

Happy_Dude said:

Really?  

The second to the last number counts the rollovers. It will add a 10 to that last number for one rollover and 20 for two rollovers.
so your score of 49260 = 149250

I am sure thomas can explain this better, I even screwed it up when I first rolled it over.

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What about the sound bug? (hold fire when Planet destroyed tune plays and the last note doesn't turn off .... until the next stage starts )

I noticed that, but didn't find it bad enough to say anything. If you tap the button a lot it won't even get thru the whole tune

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Happy_Dude said:

And I'v found a minor bug in the game (don't panic Thomas )
If you start the game with the pause button "on" the game will play like normal exept with the switch reversed .... thats not the bug .... the bug is when you reach reverse gravity the switch will be read like it's meant to be, pausing the game.

Yup, that's a bug (Brad already told me ). Together with some other minor bugs we found, I will fix it and post the new binary to Al for a (silent!) update.

[Happy_Dude]

Chiping away at the score

I'm playing game 1 and 3 alternating so I can figure out how to navigate the harder levels
and get better at game 3's damn guns at the same time

The dedly somthing is .... well .... deadly


p.s - The end of the score is 60 but it's read as 50 correct?

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[Thomas Jentzsch]

Happy_Dude said:

p.s - The end of the score is 60 but it's read as 50 correct?

Yup, the displayed score is 185150. The last but one digit modulo 5 gives the 100000 digit.

So e.g. 85170 would be 285150, 10030 -> 310000, 12340 -> 412300...

[bjk7382]

Looks like we have a one man show going here. I hope others will confirm they are attempting this contest.

And yes, game 3's guns are extra evil.

[Happy_Dude]

I haven't got a clue what this score is.
I'm guessing it's 2320000 ???

Whatever it is it's a new high.
I think it's time to watch that video again. I lost 6 lives on level 23 before cheating.

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[bjk7382]

Happy_Dude said:

I haven't got a clue what this score is.

I think that is 203,200

Great score I only wish that there was some competition here for you But I have no problem with only one person participating in my contest.

[Happy_Dude]

bjk7382 said:

Great score I only wish that there was some competition here for you  But I have no problem with only one person participating in my contest.  

How about you just give me the prize now j/k

I just came very close to beating planet 7. I got the pod all the way up to the reactor.
That little dip in the middle threw me off and the pod started swinging too much.
I also reached mission 17 in game 3 and destroyed planet 6 just to see if it could be done

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[bjk7382]

Happy_Dude said:

How about you just give me the prize now   j/k

Nope you will still have to beat either all 48 missions on game 1, or all 24 missions on game 3.

Score is just a way to judge progress. And trust me, once you get to the end and see the final screen, it will all be worth it.

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I just came very close to beating planet 7. I got the pod all the way up to the reactor.
That little dip in the middle threw me off and the pod started swinging too much.

If you are talking about mission 5, game 2, yes it is very tough to get the pod past that part where the first two guns in the level are.

[Happy_Dude]

bjk7382 said:

If you are talking about mission 5, game 2, yes it is very tough to get the pod past that part where the first two guns in the level are.

I'm not that far yet. The dip in the middle of the horizontal corridor where you can't get
through in a vertical manner (like the rest of the level) you have to get the pod much more
horizontal and that leads to a lot of swinging and I end up hitting the reactor.

bjk7382 said:

I have never even beat mission 6. How did you do that? I know the bullets go thru the walls in certain instances.

I didn't "beat" it, that "is" impossible.
There is a small gap that you can hit at the correct angle and destroy the reactor.
But there is no logical reason to do this exept to cheat

[bjk7382]

Happy_Dude said:

bjk7382 said:

If you are talking about mission 5, game 2, yes it is very tough to get the pod past that part where the first two guns in the level are.

I'm not that far yet. The dip in the middle of the horizontal corridor where you can't get
through in a vertical manner (like the rest of the level) you have to get the pod much more
horizontal and that leads to a lot of swinging and I end up hitting the reactor.

Oh, I know what your talking about now. That part you have to power it to the right (toward the skinny horizontal part) and the pod will swing upward, you have to power it just right so it doesn't go flying into the ceiling. Then once you get thru the small part (basically out of control by then) you have to turn back and power it straight away from the reactor to stop it from swinging. (And the pod can go thru the reactor, only your ship will blow up if it hits it)

[Happy_Dude]

I just beat planet 7. The part at the begining isn't as hard as it looks, you have just enough
space to take it slow. And I got it first try
Planet 8 is pure evil. That door has to be the hardest peice of piloting in the whole game.
Flying through a space not much larger than your ship at high speed is no picnic.
Although I did get through it (total fluke) getting the pod out will be worse than hard.

[bjk7382]

Happy_Dude said:

Although I did get through it (total fluke) getting the pod out will be worse than hard.

I have only beat level 6, game 2 twice now.. There is a nice little surprise once you get to level 7, game 2.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Looks like another person is getting ready to master the game.

And yes, planet 8 is pure

When I designed it, I thought about some new, extra nasty challenges as a "reward" for those who took the time and patience to get that far.

[bjk7382]

Thomas Jentzsch said:

When I designed it, I thought about some new, extra nasty challenges as a "reward" for those who took the time and patience to get that far.

Since this game is about 3-4 years old and I just recently beat Planet 8 for the first time not too long ago says a lot for the difficulty of it. (And I am sure someone would have said something about the "surprise" if they did beat planet 8 )