ydcl Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 (edited) My 1st submission on the high scores. Edited May 18, 2012 by ydcl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydcl Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Hopefully by the time the next round starts I'll have a couple more Jaguar games, as of now I only have 9 including 2 copies of Cybermorph. What are the usual high scores favorites? Tempest is so addictive! I can't believe my 1st time playing it was this month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagman Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 not a bad score for a first timer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 Hopefully by the time the next round starts I'll have a couple more Jaguar games, as of now I only have 9 including 2 copies of Cybermorph. What are the usual high scores favorites? Tempest is so addictive! I can't believe my 1st time playing it was this month! Glad to see you are enjoying it! Tempest is easily one of the best games for the Jaguar. It has a very addictive quality to it. As far as HSC favorites, the ones that have popped up regularly are Tempest 2000, Raiden, Pinball Fantasies, Super Burnout, Atari Karts, and Zool 2. If you check the Jaguar High Scores Database list pinned at the top of the Jag HSC sub-forum, you can find a list of all the games that have scoring involved, that may potentially be played. Like this past season, I will be hosting another poll to see what everyone wants to play next season (I have a feeling no one will be picking Dino Dudes, Bubsy or Pitfall this time around). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoquickcapri Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 (I have a feeling no one will be picking Dino Dudes, Bubsy or Pitfall this time around). Hopefully. I don't know about you guys but I'm voting for Checkered Flag and Club Drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 (I have a feeling no one will be picking Dino Dudes, Bubsy or Pitfall this time around). Hopefully. I don't know about you guys but I'm voting for Checkered Flag and Club Drive. If you are looking for pain, then sure, okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagman Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I actually don't hate (all of) Club Drive... but Checkered Flag is another story. Completely worthless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 I actually don't hate (all of) Club Drive... but Checkered Flag is another story. Completely worthless Yeah, Club Drive has its merits. Checkered Flag on the other hand.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoquickcapri Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I really like Club Drive. From driving in San Fran to finding Atari Castle it's all fun. Checkered Flag ok if you can get past some of it poor design choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoquickcapri Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 699,487 Can't seem to get passed lvl 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 Last night to get your scores in! I'll be shooting for mine in the next couple of hours once I finish up some other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagman Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 had a good game earlier, but my cat managed to rub up against the cart and reset the game.. gonna give it one more go right now.. although I don't expect a great game as i've been drinking all afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Well, I managed a game--took me about an hour's worth of time. Aaaand... I got stuck where I usually do (level 64). I had the sound off while playing this one, so the electric guys were especially difficult to predict (normally I go by their sound cues). 913,842 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagman Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 990,514 played two games in a row.. first one was ass... my strategy was to play the bonus rounds for points, but intentionally fail to complete them so I don't warp. the 20,000 point bonus is shit, because you can get that in like 2 levels easy. I was REALLY trying to get 1million points in this game.. so i'm pretty disappointed.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 (edited) played two games in a row.. first one was ass... my strategy was to play the bonus rounds for points, but intentionally fail to complete them so I don't warp. the 20,000 point bonus is shit, because you can get that in like 2 levels easy. Nice one! I am about to give it another shot right now. Not really so much for the HSC (if my score is better I will still submit it), but more so for seeing if I can finally get past the point I normally get stuck at. I recall the later stages aren't as tough as the 60-somethings, so I want to see if I am even capable of doing a longplay of this game (does one even exist yet?). I am going to do what you mentioned as well--play through most of the bonus stages, then purposely fail. Alll riiight.. Let's do this!! *edit: there's a slight possibility I might let this round drag out longer. Seeing as it's the last round, I don't see a problem with it. Let me know if any of you feel otherwise. Edited May 21, 2012 by Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagman Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 good luck! would like to see a longplay from you as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Well, I did what you suggested and purposely failed at each bonus stage. However, the game rocked me again at level 64. Probably had about 20 lives by the time I got there. Wasn't able to progress any farther, although my score is a decent bit higher than before. 1,321,667 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoquickcapri Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 827,056 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 One thing I meant to note, is if you play extremely precise and make a serious effort to get every single power-up that comes, you should be able to get to a bonus stage every three levels. Since the power-ups seem to appear after a set number of enemies and objects are destroyed, what I adopted on this last playthrough is to wait for the enemies to shoot, so I not only destroy the enemy, but their bullets as well (destroying bullets also counts towards making power-ups appear). This makes it much more likely that you will make enough power-ups appear to get the warp icon. Since there are a limited amount of enemies per stage, if you mow down enemies too quickly, there's a better chance that you won't get the warp icon. Even the spikes--I make an effort to destroy them all the way, because again, that counts towards making the power-ups appear (plus they give you points, hehe ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 @Jagman--Wow, my score on the Jaguar Top 50 is over 4 million. I wonder how I accomplished that, haha (did I do beastly mode?). Then again, it's been over a decade since I managed (or even bothered) to try and finish this game. Maybe you get loads of points on those later stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydcl Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 One thing I meant to note, is if you play extremely precise and make a serious effort to get every single power-up that comes, you should be able to get to a bonus stage every three levels. Since the power-ups seem to appear after a set number of enemies and objects are destroyed, what I adopted on this last playthrough is to wait for the enemies to shoot, so I not only destroy the enemy, but their bullets as well (destroying bullets also counts towards making power-ups appear). This makes it much more likely that you will make enough power-ups appear to get the warp icon. Since there are a limited amount of enemies per stage, if you mow down enemies too quickly, there's a better chance that you won't get the warp icon. Even the spikes--I make an effort to destroy them all the way, because again, that counts towards making the power-ups appear (plus they give you points, hehe ). I noticed that if the power ups are coming and I keep shooting they get destroyed. I panic and have a hard time waiting for them when I see more things coming up that I have to shoot. I got to play it some more and try a different strategy and see if I can hit 200,000 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoquickcapri Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 if we're still playing 1,048,356 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagman Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 as long as people are still playing, I don't see why this can't go on longer.. i'll probably give it another go later tonight and maybe tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 as long as people are still playing, I don't see why this can't go on longer.. i'll probably give it another go later tonight and maybe tomorrow. Yeah, I might try again during the week. It's just a matter of getting past level 64 for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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