Deteacher Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) You control a crossbowman who fires at squads of descending hot-air balloons. You must protect the king and prevent him from being captured and carried far up into the sky by one of the balloons. What's cool about this game is you can get shot as many times as you want. You only lose a life if the King is taken off the top of the screen. Game Information: Game Name: King & Balloon Manufactured By: Namco/1981 Dipswitches: 3 starting lives. Bonus King at 10K ROMset: kingball.zip Chosen By: darthkur ROM Location: http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/56565/mame103/King-Balloon-US.html Contest ends on Saturday, February 8th, @ 11:59 p.m. High Scores: 1. 36,110 Fallout_002 [+15] 2. 33,390 M.A.M.E. Offender [+14] 3. 26,070 darthkur [+13] 4. 22,520 GimmeClassics [+12] 5. 21,230 DonPedro [+11] 6. 19,970 onmode-ky [+10] 7. 15,410 kane [+9] 8. 13,180 DaveD [+8] 9. 12,370 Cynicaster [+7] 10. 6,270 roadrunner [+6] 11. 4,090 jblenkle [+5] Points Leaderboard: 1. kane [230] 2. M.A.M.E. Offender [224] 3. Fallout_002 [222] 4. GimmeClassics [212] 5. Cynicaster [199] 6. onmode-ky [181] 7. darthkur [173] 8. Deteacher [171] 9. DonPedro [169] 10. Darrin9999 [159] 11. roadrunner [101] 12. jblenkle [85] 13. asponge [74] 14. DaveD [58] 15. S. BAZ [58] 16. bigbee99 [43] 17. andyy119 [33] 18. Classicgamer_27330 [29] 19. Mangia-Boy [23] 20. NE146 [14] 21. Wolfman24 [13] 22. kojr55 [13] 23. Mister VCS [9] 24. Vaughan [6] 25. HyperBoy [6] 26. LarcenTyler [2] Edited February 16, 2014 by Deteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) 26,070 No idea why the screenshot was saved stretched like that. Anyone no how to stop it from doing that? Edited February 3, 2014 by darthkur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I never heard of this one. Pretty good game. Is this on any of the Namco arcade collection disks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) I never heard of this one. Pretty good game. Is this on any of the Namco arcade collection disks? Apparently it's on the Namco Museum Battle Collection for the PSP. There's also a port for the MSX computer as well. I remember playing this at the local bowling alley. Edited February 5, 2014 by darthkur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Apparently it's on the Namco Museum Battle Collection for the PSP. There's also a port for the MSX computer as well. I remember playing this at the local bowling alley. Cool, I don't have a PSP. I'll try out the MSX version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonPedro Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 13,760 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveD Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 13,180 so far. I don't recall ever paying this one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Damn, Fallout is on a tear, folks! Way to get yourself within striking distance of the top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 33,390 I had to warm up to this one. I didn't really like it at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallout_002 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Was aiming for the "100k" mark on this one, but ran out of steam (and interest) long before that point. Maybe if I get another couple hours free tonight I'll work on it some more. 36,110 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Unfortunately, I only have time for 3 credits on this one. My first two games ended up with the same score right down to the point. 12,370 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I hate it I don't have any more spare time to play these games....oh well...here's my submission. points: 22,540 initials: DEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonPedro Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 21,230 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 6,270 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmode-ky Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I'd hoped to break through the 20K mark, but I couldn't even get back near it. 19,970 Marvin's Maze last week was my first time topping the scoreboard. Looks like I'm back to my usual performance level now. onmode-ky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 15,410 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 King & Balloon - 4,090 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) That happens to me on some games too...I just throw it into Photoshop and adjust the width so it's normal looking. According to MAME -- when you open the game up -- the video resolution is 768 x 224...so that's probably why the screen shot saves stretched out like it does. 26,070 0003.png No idea why the screenshot was saved stretched like that. Anyone no how to stop it from doing that? Edited February 9, 2014 by jblenkle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Wow. With Fallout's recent tear, the top sure is crowded! There is also a few other players that are very close and in the hunt!! This season has really been close and exciting!! Loving it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 That's the end of this week's competition. Putting the new game up now. And now...time for something completely different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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