Deteacher Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 (edited) This week's game is Nitro Ball! A futuristic shooter that features different themes and settings like football, war, a ghost town, etc. Game Information: Game Name: Nitro Ball Manufacturer: Data East/1992 ROMset: nitrobal.zip Dipswitches: 3 lives, normal difficulty Chosen By: GimmeClassics ROM Location: http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/57066/mame103/Nitro-Ball-US.html BONUS GAME: Game Name: Pinball Action (seperate game from Nitro Ball.) Dipswitch Settings: 3 lives. Extra Balls at 70K and 200K. All other settings on 'easy.' ROMset: PBAction.zip ROM Location: http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/57177/mame103/Pinball-Action-set-1.html Only the top 3 scores will earn bonus points: 1st place: 5 bonus points. 1,088,520 kane 2nd place: 3 bonus points 481,580 onmode-ky 3rd place: 1 bonus point. 382,280 Deteacher Contest ends on Saturday, September 28th at 11:59 p.m. (EST) High Scores: 1. 5,630,120 GimmeClassics [+15] 2. 5,502,360 Darrin9999 [+14] 3. 5,224,920 M.A.M.E. Offender [+13] 4. 4,221,000 DonPedro [+12] 5. 3,789,570 kane [+11] 6. 3,756,350 Fallout_002 [+10] 7. 3,149,410 Classicgamer27330 [+9] 8. 2,851,440 onmode-ky [+8] 9. 2,654,180 Wolfman24 [+7] 10. 2,045,030 Vaughan [+6] 11. 2,114,780 asponge [+5] 12. 1,897,860 Darthkur [+4] 13. 1,788,620 andyy119 [+3] 14. 1,743,500 bigbee99 [+2] 15. 1,649,790 kojr55 [+1] 16. 1,305,470 Cynicaster [+1] 17. 1,256,610 SBAZ [+1] 18. 1,210,670 roadrunner [+1] 19. 178,980 jblenkle [+1] Points Leaderboard: Edited September 29, 2013 by Deteacher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 Game on! Starting things off with an interesting shooter...one I've never heard of before...chosen by a newcomer, GimmeClassics! I was thinking of starting the season off with a huge multi-week contest, but I'll save that for later on down the road. Also, to give an idea on how many weeks this will run, here's a rough idea. According to my sheet, there are 14 people (including our new players) who have games suggested. So, the first 14 weeks will be games selected by the players. Week 15 will be a multi week tournament (will probably run for at least 2 weeks.) Then I will go through all 14 players again and end with another multi-week tournament. So, there will be 30 rounds, with weeks 15 and 30 being multi-week rounds. How does that sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 sounds good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 (edited) This game reminds me of Smash TV Here is an article I found that talks about Nitro Ball http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/nitroball/nitroball.htm Edited September 21, 2013 by NIKON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 What a weird game, the second Boss done me in... 2,802,780 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Game on! Starting things off with an interesting shooter...one I've never heard of before...chosen by a newcomer, GimmeClassics! Wow, that's cool ! I'm excited Nitro Ball has been chosen as game of the week . Thanks ! I really enjoy playing this game. A lot of things happening at once. A kind of weird but fun game to play Here is an article I found that talks about Nitro Ball http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/nitroball/nitroball.htm Thanks for the share NIKON ! It's a really good "Run and Shoot" game as mentioned in the article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 My first submission for Nitro Ball: points: 4,425,260 initials: DEN (short for Dennis ) settings used of post #1 screenshot: @ Serious: can you also win additional points again this season ? For sharing gameplay strategy etc...? Cheers, GimmeClassics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 High scores updated. As for bonus points for helpful hints and strategies, I didn't do that in the last season but I wouldn't be against doing that in future rounds. The main reason I didn't do it last season is because I figured everyone pretty much knows how to search online for tips and tricks on their own, hence not really needing to do that type of bonus. However, there will be other ways to earn bonus points. I'm going to try to be a little on the creative side with bonus points (maybe possibly throwing a mini game in here and there as well.) Oh, what the hell. No better time than the present. Keep your eyes on the top post for a bonus, posted later this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 (edited) @ Serious: I agree earning bonus points for hints and strategies is too easy. You could simply google for tips and copy/paste them here. I however like your idea of mini / bonus games to earn additional points Bonus game: I think you should clarify it a little more in post #1 so everybody fully understands additional points can be won by playing this extra game. Reading post #1 it kind of looks like the bonus game is part of Nitro Ball as this game also has pinball elements It maybe helps to summarize the game settings using the same "layout" as the main game of the week. Something like this: -------------------------------------------- Additional points can be won be playing this week's bonus game........ BONUS GAME: Pinball Action. ROMSet: PBActionDipswitches: 3 lives, Bonus Life at 70K and 200K, other settings on "easy" Only the top 3 will earn Pinball Action bonus points.......etc -------------------------------------------- Not to criticize anything...just throwing my two cents GC Edited September 22, 2013 by GimmeClassics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Ill try to participate this season, Im already playing many hscs so Im not sure Ill have enough time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Nitro Ball1,210,670 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 2,114,780 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyy119 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 1,788,620 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 (edited) My first submission for BONUS game Pinball Action. Nice game btw ! I haven't played it before. points: 188,440 initials: DEN (short for Dennis ) settings used of post #1 screenshot: GC Edited September 23, 2013 by GimmeClassics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 (edited) 1,393,680Bonus: Pinball Action - 120,380 Edited September 23, 2013 by darthkur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 w00t! I checked in at the begining of the new season! This is indeed an interesting game. I got to play some. Seems like there are a lot of points to be found here 1,743,500 B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Bonus Game Pinball Action 310,830 B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Nitro 936,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 Here's my bonus submission: 382,280! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 nitro 1,660,900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfman24 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 2654180 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Near impossible to get a screenshot of your score if you don't score very high... 178,980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonPedro Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 2,838,380 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallout_002 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Nitroball - 3,756,350 Bonus: Pinball Action - 63,810 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Nitro 5,502,360 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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