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[Deteacher]

A humanoid advances through many mazes by shooting as many robots as he can while being pursued by Evil Otto. Various phrases and sound effects can be heard throughout the game.

Basically, Berzerk and Frenzy are the same game, but Frenzy has more to do. You not only go through many mazes with varying amounts of robots and firepower, but you go through actual rooms, each different. Plus, you can shoot through the segmented walls to create an exit, bounce shells (so can the robots) off of the solid walls, and shoot Evil Otto for points and make him dissappear, but beware because each time he comes back he moves faster than before, to the point you can't out run him. If you stay in one of the rooms too long, another Evil Otto comes at you from a different direction along with the original one! Also, the robots are much smarter than in Berzerk.

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Game Information:
Game Name: Frenzy
Released By: Stern, 1982
Game Mode: Default settings
MAME ROMset: Frenzy
Chosen By: SpiceWare
ROM Location:  http://www.rom-world...le.php?id=23660

Post your scores in this thread and I will update the leaderboard throughout the week. The deadline for posting scores will be Saturday, March 21st, 2009 @ 12:00 Noon (EST)

BEST TIPS

None Yet!

CURRENT HIGH SCORES

1.  20,118 (darthkur) [+11]
2.  14,761 (SpiceWare) [+10]
3.  10,586 (Shannon) [+9]
4.  7,846 (Blackjack) [+8]
5.  4,235 (aftermac) [+7]
6.  3,970 (LarcenTyler) [+6]
7.  2,966 (Osbo) [+5]


CURRENT POINT TOTALS

1.  SpiceWare [85]
2.  Osbo [64]
3.  aftermac [61]
4.  maximebeauvais [54]
5.  LarcenTyler [48]
6.  JellE [46]
7.  Max_Mad [37]
8.  Shannon [35]
9.  Dr Galaga [27]
10.  theking21803 [26]
11.  darthkur [20]
12.  NE146 [19]
13.  maibock [16]
14.  Blackjack [15]
15.  rxd [15]
16.  Artlover [12]
17.  cougar302b [11]
18.  Vectorman0 [10]
19.  joeypsp [9]
20. LaserHawk [6]
21. Mister VCS [6]
22. MrAtari2600 [5]
23. Kurt_Woloch [4]

Edited by Deteacher, Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:09 PM.

[SpiceWare]

4711

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•  0000.png   2.04K   2 downloads

[LarcenTyler]

3,970

[SpiceWare]

8597

[SpiceWare]

8597

Attached Files

•  0001.png   1.77K   2 downloads

Edited by SpiceWare, Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:13 PM.

[Blackjack]

Is the default setting extra life at 3,000?

[Deteacher]

I can't seem to get Frenzy to run at the moment.  I've got the ROM in the same folder as all the other roms (which are working) but it's not picking up Frenzy.  I need to update my MAME version anyway, so I'll keep working on it.

To answer your question, Blackjack, IIRC, 3K is the default setting for the bonus life.

[darthkur]

10,062

 frenzy.png   1.37K   3 downloads

[SpiceWare]

13,807

My tips - it's easier to shoot Evil Otto if you're taking only up/down exits.  If you're shooting him left/right then immediately after shooting towards him, move upward - this will move him into the line of fire.

Attached Files

•  0003.png   2.26K   2 downloads

Edited by SpiceWare, Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:51 AM.

[Osbo]

Is just me or this game doesn't have the sound working?

Attached Files

•  fren0000.png   766bytes   2 downloads

Edited by Osbo, Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:22 PM.

[Shannon]

10,586

Attached Files

•  Frenzy_Arcade__10_586.png   1.35K   2 downloads

[Blackjack]

Osbo, on Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:13 PM, said:

Is just me or this game doesn't have the sound working?

My sound works, but I'm using an old version of Mame32.

[Deteacher]

Blackjack, on Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:27 PM, said:

Osbo, on Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:13 PM, said:

Is just me or this game doesn't have the sound working?

My sound works, but I'm using an old version of Mame32.

I updated my version of MAME32 (Actually, it's now MAMEUI) and the sound works on that.

Looks like you get an extra life every 3K.

[aftermac]

3,794

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[maximebeauvais]

Not sure if I ever played that game before. I know that the title ring a bell but I just can't see where I saw this FRENZY ??

I will give it a try something this week

[Blackjack]

Best I can get for now...

7,846

This is a LOT tougher than berzerk!

[darthkur]

maximebeauvais, on Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:49 AM, said:

Not sure if I ever played that game before. I know that the title ring a bell but I just can't see where I saw this FRENZY ??

I will give it a try something this week

ColecoVision had a port of it so perhaps that's it.

[darthkur]

12,476

 fren0001.png   894bytes   2 downloads




Edit: Had one last go for the night.

20,118

 fren0002.png   1.25K   2 downloads

Edited by darthkur, Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:12 PM.

[aftermac]

4,235

 Picture_155.png   82.11K   3 downloads

[Deteacher]

Scores updated as of this post.  

[SpiceWare]

14,761

Attached Files

•  0004.png   1.67K   2 downloads

[Deteacher]

That's the end of this week's competition.  Hope you enjoyed playing Frenzy.  Look for the new game of the week to be posted shortly.