Ze_ro Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Important Note: This weeks competition is over and no further scores will be accepted. Krafty Kabobbers are running amok and it's up to you to defeat them all, but beware! The kantankerous Kabobbers are hopping mad and kan hop on and pop, your army of Buvskies in no time at all! You'll find strength in numbers while bobbing and weaving through the Kabobber grid - promote your Baby Buvskies for extra help in Guvsky busting! Reach Princess Buvsky before she devours the Rainbow Energy and viktory is yours! Game Information Game Name: Kabobber Released By: Activision, Unreleased Prototype Left Difficulty: N/A Right Difficulty: N/A Game Mode: Game 3 - Advanced Game, 1 Player Chosen By: rheffera Post your scores right here in this thread, and I will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone elses. The deadline for posting scores is Wednesday, Dec 5th at 1:00 AM (CST). If you want to suggest a game for future weeks, please send me a private message and let me know! I will add your game to the list. One one game per person will be kept on the list, so you will not be able to suggest a game until your first game is played! (Please note that due to time constraints, I very rarely reply to private messages... but I do read them all!) Anyone can play! Just post a score and I'll add you to the list! Please read the Rules & Information if you haven't already done so! Current High Scores 999,999 (toymailman) [+11] 206,500 (rheffera) [+10] 114,140 (Deteacher) [+9] 65,040 (Kurt_Woloch) [+8] 61,960 (keilbaca) [+7] 55,480 (PressureCooker2600) [+6] 50,940 (Impaler_26) [+5] 40,080 (DarthCalvin) [+4] 12,560 (Butterwasp) [+3] 11,820 (theking21083) [+2] 7440 (LarcenTyler) [+1] Best Tips Kurt_Woloch [+2]Bounties and Challenges Join the Activision Kabashers! - Score 50,000 points or more for 2 bonus points!toymailman, rheffera, Deteacher, Kurt_Woloch, keilbaca, PressureCooker2600, Impaler_26 [+2] TwinGalaxies Top 3 (Game 1, Difficulty B)999,999 (David B Yancey) (Only one score!) Current Standings (Note: These scores reflect the standing as of the beginning of this week, and do not include points scored from this game.) Deteacher [113] toymailman [91] keilbaca [80] Pressurecooker2600 [69] theking21083 [67] rheffera [45] Recycled [40] SpiceWare [39] Blackjack [35] Kurt_Woloch [34] DarthCalvin [32] homerwannabee [32] Impaler_26 [32] Captain Beard [31] Nathan Strum [29] Rom Hunter [23] shadow460 [16] LarcenTyler [13] Butterwasp [13] midnight magicman [13] Christophero Sly [13] godzillajoe [11] theKLT [10] Artlover [9] keitaro [7] Nognir [5] ed1475 [4] Goochman [3] phaxda [3] atari2600land [3] Crazy Climber [2] gospeedde [2] Phantom [2] Snider-man [2] doctorclu [1] RJ [1] KaeruYojimbo [1] Scoring Points in Kabobber You score points by hopping on enemies. Enemies in round 1 are worth 20 points, and in each subsequent round, the enemies increase in value by 20 points. Hints and Tips As always, you really should read the manual. In case you don't have the manual, AtariAge has a scanned copy available (Note that since this game was never actually released, this is a fan-made manual). Here are the hints it provides: * It's a 'hop or be hopped' world! When you hop on enemies, you get a free Baby Buvsky in your bottom row. Try to build up a good reserve of Baby Buvskies in the earlier rounds. That way, you'll make sure you have enough Buvskies at your disposal for the later rounds when the going gets rough! * Really pay attention to the movement of the Enemy Kabobbers. The Cholos for example, move slightly faster and more erratic than the Guvskies. You might wish to only attack the Guvskies and avoid the tougher opponents altogether, since the same amount of points are scored for any hopped enemy. * Avoid the Boots at all costs, and stay away from the Strovskies as much as possible. While the Strovskies are able to be hopped, their increased strength and speed makes it a much more difficult maneuver to pull off. - The manual seems to be wrong on a few counts. One of them is that game variation 3 actually starts at grid 8, not grid 3, because you get 160 points for each squashed enemy.- At the end of each round, each baby buvsky you have left awards the same score as a squashed enemy. As far as I know, you don't get bonus points for catching the princess early. - A promoted baby buvsky has to be "fed" with a green Guvsky first before it's able to stomp other enemies than Guvskies. This includes the princess which also can kill you if she stomps on you, and you have to stomp on her with an adult Buvsky, since a baby Buvsky will get killed off if it stomps on anything else than a Guvsky. - The princess has got a wrong name in the manual... she should actually be called Ruvsky because she's red and has the same shape as the green Guvskies and blue Buvskies. - You only get extra baby buvskies for stomping Guvskies with an adult buvsky. Other enemies don't give you baby buvskies, and "feeding" a promoted baby with a Guvsky also doesn't create a new baby. - It's advisable to always promote a baby buvsky as soon as you've got only 1 buvsky on the grid left, because if you lose that one, you'll probably lose some of the baby buvskies before you're able to send one of them onto the grid. - You shouldn't go backwards too often since the time to catch the princess is not too long. An exception to this is if you need extra babies urgently or need to feed promoted babies in order to be able to complete the round (or survive the enemies better). Remember that if you lost your last buvsky by having the princess step on it, and you send a new one to the grid, that one first is a baby and can't stomp the princess immediately, it first has to stomp on a guvsky. A good tip for now is to practice with game 1. Then, once you get a feel for the game, play for real on game 3. My Tips:1. I've found it easier to jump on enemy's vertically rather than horizontally. 2. Control the number of Buvsky's you have on screen at once. I only have 2 On screen at once. THis makes it easier to jump on the enemy's without loosing too many Buvsky's, which means you get alot of Buvsky's built up in reserve, which equates to more bonus points at the end of the round. The waves that used to kill me off were the ones where the enemies can move vertically. However, after playing it enough I found they have only a few patterns. One is two ups then two downs and the other is always up. With this you can simply avoid the enemies and go for the Princess bonus. Pick up the green ones if you need to max out the reserves for the most bonus. After I started avoiding most enemies (they never move too fast to dodge) and just collect the Princess bonus points the game became much easier. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recycled Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 This is a fun quirky game; too bad I must sit out.....I only have it on the PS2 Activision comp. I won't be messing with emulation either. darn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 OK, seems like I'm the first one to actually post a score... and not a bad one at that since the limit of 50,000 points for becoming a "Kabasher" is not so far away. My score is: 39100 Now for some hints: - The manual seems to be wrong on a few counts. One of them is that game variation 3 actually starts at grid 8, not grid 3, because you get 160 points for each squashed enemy. - At the end of each round, each baby buvsky you have left awards the same score as a squashed enemy. As far as I know, you don't get bonus points for catching the princess early. - A promoted baby buvsky has to be "fed" with a green Guvsky first before it's able to stomp other enemies than Guvskies. This includes the princess which also can kill you if she stomps on you, and you have to stomp on her with an adult Buvsky, since a baby Buvsky will get killed off if it stomps on anything else than a Guvsky. - The princess has got a wrong name in the manual... she should actually be called Ruvsky because she's red and has the same shape as the green Guvskies and blue Buvskies. - You only get extra baby buvskies for stomping Guvskies with an adult buvsky. Other enemies don't give you baby buvskies, and "feeding" a promoted baby with a Guvsky also doesn't create a new baby. - It's advisable to always promote a baby buvsky as soon as you've got only 1 buvsky on the grid left, because if you lose that one, you'll probably lose some of the baby buvskies before you're able to send one of them onto the grid. - You shouldn't go backwards too often since the time to catch the princess is not too long. An exception to this is if you need extra babies urgently or need to feed promoted babies in order to be able to complete the round (or survive the enemies better). Remember that if you lost your last buvsky by having the princess step on it, and you send a new one to the grid, that one first is a baby and can't stomp the princess immediately, it first has to stomp on a guvsky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 (edited) 25,240. This is a tough game! I think I'm starting to get the hang of it, though. A good tip for now is to practice with game 1. Then, once you get a feel for the game, play for real on game 3. Edited November 28, 2007 by Deteacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 This is a fun quirky game; too bad I must sit out.....I only have it on the PS2 Activision comp. I won't be messing with emulation either. darn. I was going to say the same thing, until I found out the Krok carts shipped today. \m/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I have it on the Anthology set, too. I'll have to play this on Stella this week. Such a great game......it's crazy that they didn't release such a finished and polished game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 50,940. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 23,540 First score.....damn this game is tricky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rheffera Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 .damn this game is tricky. Thats why i picked it. Preety good for a prototype eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 It's certainly better than your first pick, rheffera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 28,340 Got a little further... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 7,440 Damn I suck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymailman Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 After several tries of never breaking 10k I finally got the hang of it. 118,400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 After several tries of never breaking 10k I finally got the hang of it. 118,400 Wait a minute... there's something wrong here. According to your screenshot, you still had 5 men on the grid, and the princess also hadn't reached the rainbow yet. So in my opinion, the game wasn't over yet, and you could have scored higher. Or am I missing something here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymailman Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Actually, if you wait a minute or two after a game is done it will go into a demo mode. I took several pictures of the TV screen and wasn't happy with a shot until this one. So, during that time it must have gone into the demo mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 (edited) Loaded this up on my new Kroko and set to work on catching up to Toy! Not even close to him, though: 39,620! I'm trying to figure out what the best strategy is. Do you go with a large army or a small one. I try to keep a small group together, but I don't know if that's the best strategy to go with. I'm still figuring it out. It's a lot of fun, though! P.S. this is my 500th post! Whoo hoo! I'm a Dragonstomper now! Edited December 1, 2007 by Deteacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rheffera Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 (edited) EDIT: 78,700 My Tips: I 1. Ive found it easier to jump on enemy's vertically rather than horizontally. 2. Control the number of Buvsky's you have on screen at once. I only have 2 On screen at once. THis makes it easier to jump on the enemy's without loosing too many Buvsky's, which means you get alot of Buvsky's built up in reserve, which equates to more bonus points at the end of the round. Give it a go! Edited December 2, 2007 by rheffera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymailman Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I use a small strike force too. I find it easier to maneauver and don't lose too many Buvsky's when travelling to the Princess. Played several more times, but I haven't got any better scores to post...yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 114,140! So close, Toy...so close. The small group is most definitely the way to go, here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theking21083 Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 My first score a measly 11,820 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rheffera Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) Im catching up.. 87,820 Edited December 3, 2007 by rheffera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rheffera Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Im coming for you Toy 107,040 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rheffera Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) There you go i've beaten the lot of ya. 161,140 Im gonna try and break 200K EDIT: I broke 200 K 206,500 Edited December 3, 2007 by rheffera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterwasp Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 12560 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Damn, rheffera......congrats!! Here ya go!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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