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[Goochman]

HSC Season 2	Contest Ends:	Noon 8/26/05 EDT
Spelunker	Score
devwebcl	259725
emkay	214690
vdub_bobby	185745
_Fandal_	171130
goochman	78495
LarcenTyler	33465
krupkaj	0
Xebecs Demise	0
Jetset	0
Bunsen	0
Wizard	0
doctorclu	0
madbutscher	0
rj	0
advfan	0
Shawn Jefferson	0

[Goochman]

24855

Never understood exactly what to do in this one - I get dynamite and everything but not sure where to use?

Also,
When the Ghost shows up it always appears to be instant death - anyway to get him off your back?

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[emkay]

Goochman, on Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:47 PM, said:

24855

Never understood exactly what to do in this one - I get dynamite and everything but not sure where to use?

Also,
When the Ghost shows up it always appears to be instant death - anyway to get him off your back?

Space -> Kill ghost
D-> Detonator/Bomb
F-> fire

Edited by emkay, Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:21 AM.

[emkay]

There was a time, the way through the elevator was "easier"



Spelunker could be the most fun J&R for the A8 if not this bug was there. Sometimes "jump" doesn't work.
When I played it in "ancient" times, I thought my Joystick had a problem.
Now playing it in the emulation, the same "bug" happens.

[vdub_bobby]

42750

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[vdub_bobby]

Did a little better: 71535

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[Goochman]

66540 - Got the ghost down good

Shot the bird for the first time!

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[vdub_bobby]

Much better. 159210

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Edited by vdub_bobby, Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:29 PM.

[emkay]

A short death before the treasure

[vdub_bobby]

Small improvement: 185745

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[_Fandal_]

emkay, on Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:34 AM, said:

Goochman, on Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:47 PM, said:

24855

Never understood exactly what to do in this one - I get dynamite and everything but not sure where to use?

Also,
When the Ghost shows up it always appears to be instant death - anyway to get him off your back?

Space -> Kill ghost
D-> Detonator/Bomb
F-> fire

It's very interesting game when one knows how to play it.

My score: 111.345

F.

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[_Fandal_]

Oh, my goodness, I've entered "The Ropes"!

F.

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[devwebcl]

I agree with Fandal that it's an interesting game when you know what keys to press

score: 259,725.

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Edited by devwebcl, Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:53 AM.

[Goochman]

Was away for a few days and wow - almost 260K - got to play this a few more times this week

[Goochman]

78495 - Getting a little bit better.

How many keys are required for the Elevator level - 2?

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[devwebcl]

Goochman, on Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:04 PM, said:

How many keys are required for the Elevator level - 2?

I don't remember, what I do is to enter every cave I find and pick all the items (including all the keys, yeah I know brute force algorithm, but I get more score in this way ).

--devwebcl

[Goochman]

devwebcl, on Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:43 PM, said:

Goochman, on Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:04 PM, said:

How many keys are required for the Elevator level - 2?

I don't remember, what I do is to enter every cave I find and pick all the items (including all the keys, yeah I know brute force algorithm, but I get more score in this way ).

--devwebcl

I have the same theory, however I havent made it to the bottom yet

[LarcenTyler]

First time in A8B HSC, bear with me.


emkay, the fire key works, but the detonator/bomb key don't work!

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Edited by LarcenTyler, Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:30 PM.

[Goochman]

Welcome Larcen!

[Goochman]

Folks,

I think Im starting to lose it - this contest closes tomorrow 8/26 at noon edt - not 9/2

So get your scores in!

[emkay]

LarcenTyler, on Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:20 PM, said:

First time in A8B HSC, bear with me.


emkay, the fire key works, but the detonator/bomb key don't work!

"D" doesn't work if you are too close to the object.

[Goochman]

This contest closed! Fun game! Hard Hat Mack is up next!

[Rybags]

Finished the game countless times. The highest score possible is around 650,000 from memory.

Scores can vary because some items award extra life or points.

The trickiest part of the game is timing once you reach "The Shaft" level.

And, like too many 8-bit games, the ending is an enormous dissapointment.

[GeekGod]

Actually the high score was well over 650,000. I routinely scored higher than that, and my highest score was over 900,000!

I remember once at an Atari club meeting someone saw my high score and accused me of hacking the score. His high score was around 275,000 and he thought he was good at the game. He just couldn't believe anyone could score that much higher than he could. So I sat down at his computer and played the game on his disk and got a score of something like 725,000, and SAVED the score to his disk! [heh] He was pretty pissed, but that's what he gets for accusing me of cheeting.

Man, I wish I had been here when this contest was running. I played this game to death way back when. Oh well... I'm an old fart now, so I probably couldn't score anywhere near what I could in my younger days.

If anyone's interested I can dig out my 8-bit and boot the disk to see exactly what my highest score was...

Aloha.

Edited by GeekGod, Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:46 PM.