Topic: High Score thread: The Return

[The Last Belmont]

Hey Bloodreign where'd the rest of the scores go? List only goes through G.

[Bloodreign]

The forum switch ate them, like it did one of my posts before, don't worry I have them backed up.

Edit: I hath resurrected the scores.

[Bloodreign]

First high score I get in awhile, blowing away an old score of mine.

Arkanoid (MAME)- 166,570 stage 11 Bloodreign

[Raphael Belmont]

where's my godamn record for Final Fight (cps1)??  

i worked hard for that shit!

[Bloodreign]

Got wiped out with the thread, didn't back up the picture, did you (photobucket, or any image hoster)? Also to make things a little easier, if you post a picture, put some text below it with the score format used, this way I can quick copy paste when I have the time, makes things a little easier.

[The Last Belmont]

Got a new one. Centipede Atari 2600 91,973.

[Bloodreign]

Your score is added.

[The Last Belmont]

Just scored 179,380 on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Japan (arcade game) for the NES.

[Bloodreign]

Scoreboard updated again, all of a sudden this dead thread sees new life.

[The Last Belmont]

Just played through Gryzor (contra) arcade with a finishing score of 12,817,800.

[The Last Belmont]

Scoreboard updated again, all of a sudden this dead thread sees new life.

Had free time lately for the first time in awhile. Been sharpening my arcade skills. I just dominated Megaman the power fighters using Protoman with a final score of 418,900. Mastering these old games is good for working on the basics. Helps speed up strategy development, your response time as well as helping increase your button pressing speed.

[Ed Oscuro]

Some MAME goodness within the last month:

Extermination - 185,510 - Stage 3 (boss) - (skipped stage 2)
Gekirindan - 694,160 - Stage 4
Nightmare in the Dark - 5,879,800 - Stage 3-5
P-47 Aces - 604,340 - Stage 3 (boss)
Palamedes - 63,580 - Line 11, Level 7
Robocop - 149,200 - Round  4 - Time 8:01 - 100% shooting practice 1
Sen-Know - 4,409,688 - Level 37 (Mamenchisaurus)
Snow Bros (set 1) - 256,280 - Floor 9
Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair - 93,200 - Round 3 (boss)

A couple other points, Tiger Heli, if it's in the list, ought probably to be split into "normal" and "fast" heli speed, since there is a DIP switch setting altering that.  Changes the game radically, though it still feels slow

[Ed Oscuro]

Updated a score - Wonder Boy III arcade is now at 165,300 points, racing past my previous highscore.

I also tried out Bubble Bobble and had more fun than I remembered it being!  I'm only at 332,170 and Stage 15 though.

Edit:  Also tried out N.Y. Captor, it's quite fun!  Better sense of humor and better looks (heh) than a similar Data East game, which used a joystick instead.  A bit tricky to play with the mouse since shots don't land exactly where the mouse is, but that's balanced out by shots having a large hit area, so you often hit two objects at once (like in the can-tossing minigame with MUSUBIKO).  I got to a stage with a barrel in the middle and the sound of shots eventually started - even with the screen clear.  I lost all my lives there.  Otherwise I should have been able to keep going a long time.  If I play again, there are more bonuses (like the hard-to-activate cat on the rooftop of the first stage) that I would be able to get more points on.  All told, 770,310 points, Spot 22 (meaning 22 screens; I'm not sure how many "loops" or minigame appearances that is, but it's a number).  It was the third minigame before I missed a single target.  Also, it's a good time to play this game, because it's year of the rabbit, and the girl shows up as a bunny girl in the minigame.  Funny.

I was hoping for some great art of MUSUBIKO on one of the flyers, but instead we have Charles Bronson, which is pretty badass too.  Also, one of those buildings is shaped like the Taito logo.

[Bloodreign]

I still had 4 lives with a score of 664,040 in spot 22 as well, if you are using ShmupsMAME Ed, you had the same problem as me, something shooting fast at you that you could not see. Something is  emulated wrong in the game far as I can tell, unless it's an early kill screen.

[Lil Chillbil]

for gradius 3 i got 47,700 points on normal