Deteacher Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 (edited) This game is a horizontal and vertical scrolling shooter with four buttons that let you shoot in four different directions. In addition to shooting enemies, you can drive your ship through an "energy" pod that energizes your ship allowing you to crash into enemies without being destroyed. Game Information: Game Name: Vanguard Manufactured By: SNK/Centuri/1981 Dipswitches: 3 lives. Bonus life at 10K (didn't see a dipswitch, so that should be automatic.) ROMset: vanguard.zip or vanguardc.zip Chosen By: mr. toast ROM Location: http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/58281/mame103/Vanguard-SNK.html High Scores: 1. 68,120 Deteacher [+15] 2. 66,910 onmode-ky [+14] 3. 49,780 kane [+13] 4. 47,800 GimmeClassics [+12] 5. 38,200 Fallout_002 [+11] 6. 33,290 Cynicaster [+10] 7. 32,320 M.A.M.E. Offender [+9] 8. 24,170 Darrin9999 [+8] 9. 9,570 darthkur [+7] 10. 7,200 roadrunner [+6] 11. 6,760 DonPedro [+5] 12. 6,000 S.BAZ [+4] 13. 4,390 jblenkle [+3] Points Leaderboard: Coming soon! Edited November 17, 2013 by Deteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Just to start things off... points: 8,050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 7,200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Vanguard - 4,390 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I thought this game blew at first, but I gave it another chance and I am starting to like it. Here is my entry score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 27,350 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Had a really good run...made it to round 2 points: 44,270 initials: DEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallout_002 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 38,200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) 9,570 Edited November 13, 2013 by darthkur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 24,170 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 A nice little game this one, a lot of variety for 1981. 49,780 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Well, it's a little better. 32320 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonPedro Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 6760 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 33,290 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 6000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 68,120! I wasn't going to post a score until I finished the first board. The stick zone is rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 My final submission. Congrats Deteacher > nice score ! points: 47,800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmode-ky Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) 65,400 (see Edit). I first played this a couple of years ago, when it released as a Mini for the PSP/PS3. Before that, I first heard of it only in 2004 or 2005, around when a press release by Jakks Pacific announced that they had licensed the game, and a few others from SNK's early days, for an SNK TV Games plug-n-play system (one that was never released and, to my knowledge, never even got as far as actually being worked on by a developer). While I personally had no experience with the game at that time, a coworker of mine reminisced about how it was one of his favorites back in the day. Fun game, but I wish it didn't jump to the next environment so abruptly. onmode-ky Edit: I played a bit more: 66,910. Still not enough to catch Deteacher, darn it! Edited November 17, 2013 by onmode-ky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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