VectorGamer Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 (edited) Labor Day Tournament: 1980 Competition begins Wednesday, September 1 @ noon EDT and ends Monday, September 13 @ 3AM EDT Games in this Tournament: Pac-Man Defender Berzerk (4) Centipede (3) Cheeky Mouse (3) Crazy Climber (3) Phoenix (3) Space Firebird (3) Star Castle (2 - Final Entry Vote) Nominated: Carnival (2) Magical Spot II (2) Rally X (2) Rip Off (2) Tempest (2) Tournament Final Standings Updated 9.12.10 8:45 AM EDT 1. 146 patbb 2. 139 rmaerz 3. 117 roadrunner 4. 93 LarcenTyler 5. 30 Dr Galaga 6. 18 4Ks Scores in GREEN indicate new AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record Berzerk Humanoid player runs through maze-like rooms, destroying robots while avoiding their fire. The indestructable Evil Otto is the game's timer, forcing the player to move on. One of the first talking games, remember "Get the Humanoid!"? Game Information Game Name: Berzerk [set 1] Released By: Stern, 1980 MAME ROMset: berzerk Dip Switches: Bonus Life: 1st extra at 5K, 2nd at 10K Chosen By: player nominations ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/430 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 4,710 roadrunner Leaderboard 1. 6,170 patbb 2. 4,390 roadrunner 3. 3,680 rmaerz 4. 1,930 LarcenTyler Centipede The player controls a gun that can only move in the bottom fifth of the screen. The object is to shoot a centipede that works its way down to the player area through a field of mushrooms. Other attacking enemies are fleas, spiders, and scorpions. Game Information Game Name: Centipede [Revision 3] Released By: Atari, 1980 MAME ROMset: centiped Dip Switches: Difficulty: Hard; Lives: 3; Bonus: Every 12,000 Chosen By: player nominations ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/752 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: N/A for these settings Leaderboard 1. 57,748 rmaerz 2. 43,221 Dr Galaga 3. 23,634 patbb 4. 22,367 roadrunner 5. 8,359 LarcenTyler Cheeky Mouse Try to hit the mouse with a hammer when it comes out from one of many holes in the wall. The mouse is trying to get from its hole to the cheese on the other side of the house. Game Information Game Name: Cheeky Mouse Released By: Universal, 1980 MAME ROMset: CheekyMs Dip Switches: Lives: 3; Bonus Life: 3000 Chosen By: player nominations ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/792 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: N/A Leaderboard 1. 8,570 patbb 2. 6,750 rmaerz 3. 6,330 LarcenTyler 4. 6,200 roadrunner Crazy Climber Play human fly and scale a building while avoiding a wide variety of falling objects. Get picked up by a chopper at the top and do it all over again. Game Information Game Name: Crazy Climber [uS] Released By: Nihon Bussan Co. Ltd, 1980 MAME ROMset: CClimber Dip Switches: Lives: 3 Chosen By: player nominations ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/941 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 156,900 cougar302b Leaderboard 1. 95,150 patbb 2. 15,000 LarcenTyler 3. 13,400 roadrunner 4. 400 rmaerz Defender Defend the human population from swarms of attacking aliens. Extremely popular even though it was deemed a flop at a 1981 Chicago arcade machine trade show because of its difficulty. The attract mode for the game was programmed in just five hours. Game Information Game Name: Defender (Red label) Released By: Williams, 1980 MAME ROMset: defender Dip Switches: Lives: 3; Bonus: 10,000 Chosen By: Virtue of Big 5 Membership ROM Location: http://www.romnation.net/srv/download/rom/55879/mame103/Defender-Red-label.html AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 17,750 LaserHawk Leaderboard 1. 17,050 roadrunner 2. 9,350 patbb 3. 9,200 4Ks 4. 4,225 rmaerz 5. 1,200 LarcenTyler Pac-Man A yellow, pie-shaped character named Pac-Man runs along inside a maze, eating dots as it avoids four ghosts. Each ghost has its own unique personality and gobbling one of the four super dots makes Pac-Man invincible to the ghosts for a given period of time. Each maze has its own unique bonus fruit or object with bonus points increasing as the game progresses. Game Information Game Name: Pac-Man Released By: Midway, 1980 MAME ROMset: pacman Dip Switches: Bonus Life: 10000; Lives: 3 Chosen By: Virtue of Big 5 Membership ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/rom/mame/6905/pac-man-midway AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 143,230 rsiddall Leaderboard 1. 48,580 patbb 2. 38,890 Dr Galaga 3. 36,710 rmaerz 4. 22,100 roadrunner 5. 20,940 LarcenTyler 6. 16,810 4Ks Phoenix A spaceship which moves left and right horizontally at the bottom of the screen must destroy bird-shaped spaceships, birds, and finally a mothership at the end of each level. The player's ship is equipped with a shield that requires seven seconds to regenerate before it can be used again. Game Information Game Name: Phoenix [Amstar] Released By: Centuri, 1980 MAME ROMset: Phoenix Dip Switches: Bonus Life: 3K 30K; Live: 3 Chosen By: player nominations ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/3365 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 208,240 rmaerz Leaderboard 1. 210,874 rmaerz 2. 109,200 roadrunner 3. 10,170 patbb 4. 2,940 LarcenTyler Space Firebird Shoot the birds as they attack, dodge missiles and if it gets too much press the warp button to get out of trouble. Game Information Game Name: Space Firebird Released By: Nintendo, 1980 MAME ROMset: spacefb Dip Switches: Bonus Life: 5000; Lives: 3 Chosen By: player nominations ROM Location: http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/57813/mame103/Space-Firebird-Nintendo.html AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 5,880 rmaerz Leaderboard 1. 6,390 rmaerz 2. 3,340 roadrunner 3. 2,120 patbb 4. 1,190 LarcenTyler Star Castle You control a ship that fires at a cannon surrounded by three oppositely rotating energy rings of twelve segments each. When a clear line of fire is open, the cannon fires back at your ship with a big "fuzzball". Three sparks start off on the rings, but eventually fly loose and chase the player's ship. Game Information Game Name: Star Castle [version 3] Released By: Cinematronics, 1980 MAME ROMset: StarCas Dip Switches: Lives: 3 Chosen By: player nominations ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/4579 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: N/A Leaderboard 1. 16,380 rmaerz 2. 4,790 patbb 3. 3,540 LarcenTyler 4. 3,170 roadrunner . Edited September 13, 2010 by rmaerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted August 8, 2010 Author Share Posted August 8, 2010 Here are my noms: Star Castle Rip Off Carnival Pac-Man Speedup Radar Scope Space Duel Space Firebird Tempest Wizard of Wor Speak & Resue (aka Stratovox) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 My choices: Cheeky Mouse Berzerk Crazy Climber Heli Fire Phoenix Rally-X Space Invaders II Super Moon Cresta Centipede Astro Fighter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Is there going to be a tournament of games from 1986 - 1995? The last tournament left off at 1985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 (edited) Is there going to be a tournament of games from 1986 - 1995? The last tournament left off at 1985 <<<groan>>> I'm a classic gaming bigot but this isn't about "just me" so we can assign that date range to one of the holidays that are currently listed as "TBD." Edited August 9, 2010 by rmaerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Is there going to be a tournament of games from 1986 - 1995? The last tournament left off at 1985 <<<groan>>> I'm a classic gaming bigot but this isn't about "just me" so we can assign that date range to one of the holidays that are currently listed as "TBD." I'm cool with whatever we play. I like playing some of these little known games like Cheeky Mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 My list Polaris Space Firebird Crazy Balloon Rip Off Moon Cresta Carnival Astro Invader Magical Spot II Cheeky Mouse Berzerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted August 15, 2010 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 How about some more nominations, folks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicGMR Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Crazy Climber Berzerk Missile Command(What... no other Missile Command love?) Rally X Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 Hey folks: Only one week until the tourney begins so make sure you get your noms posted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingTurtle Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Tempest Warlords Star Castle Berzerk Centipede Cheeky Mouse Crazy Climber Magical Spot II Phoenix Space Firebird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Galaga Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Balloon Bomber Centipede Space Invaders Deluxe Space Laser Super Earth Invasion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted August 28, 2010 Author Share Posted August 28, 2010 Nominations are now closed. Please vote for the final tournament entry at the beginning of this thread. The last game entry will be voted on from the following pool of games: Carnival Magical Spot II Rally X Rip Off Star Castle Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 Nominations are now closed. Please vote for the final tournament entry at the beginning of this thread. The last game entry will be voted on from the following pool of games: Carnival Magical Spot II Rally X Rip Off Star Castle Tempest Only 3 votes cast so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 And Star Castle makes the final entry in the 9 game tournament. Looks like another fantastic lineup and good luck to everyone! Competition is now under way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 Some scores to kick things off... Phoenix: 210,874 Star Castle: 12,400 Pac-Man: 36,710 Berzerk: 2,390 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 Centipede: 29,774 Cheeky Mouse: 6,750 Defender: 4,225 Crazy Climber: 400 I'm just trying to get participation points in Defender and Climber - I just don't have the controls to play these games... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 How do i reset my high scores on Berzerk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 How do i reset my high scores on Berzerk? Delete the entries in the hiscore.dat file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 How do i reset my high scores on Berzerk? Delete the entries in the hiscore.dat file What folder is that in? memcard? I have a MEMCARD.000 If i delete it will the emulator make a new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 Castle: 12,920 I love this game. Great sound effects and game play. Too bad it looks like crap in MAME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 How do i reset my high scores on Berzerk? Delete the entries in the hiscore.dat file What folder is that in? memcard? I have a MEMCARD.000 If i delete it will the emulator make a new one? I thought mine was in the root of MAME. When in doubt, open the file with Notepad and you'll see the data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 How do i reset my high scores on Berzerk? Delete the entries in the hiscore.dat file What folder is that in? memcard? I have a MEMCARD.000 If i delete it will the emulator make a new one? I thought mine was in the root of MAME. When in doubt, open the file with Notepad and you'll see the data. I don't see a folder named Notepad. I have a folder named hi. But it just a has a text document in it. I guess i'm better off leaving it the way it is. I don't want to delete something i shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Berzerk 4,390 I just played this game, the other scores in my screenie are old scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 (edited) Phoenix There's a clip on YouTube of someone who shows how to get the 200,000 bonus points. Looks easy doesn't it? lol link to clip Edited September 2, 2010 by roadrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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