JacobZu7zu7 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) 12,600 Edited September 8, 2014 by JacobZu7zu7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 14,770 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) 5110 This one's a controller-thrower. THere wouldve been a lot more noise & things flying if i didnt have to be quiet & not disturb my sleeping family. Edited September 8, 2014 by RJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Atari Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 5110 This one's a controller-thrower. THere wouldve been a lot more noise & things flying if i didnt have to be quiet & not disturb my sleeping family. Agree 8,140 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 5,890 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Once I lose a life or 2, my game usually all falls apart & I just purposely lose the rest just to start over. Bet that's why Imagic implemented the fire button start on this, they envisioned millions of prince lives being lost so we didnt have to keep getting up to reset the console. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Getting there. Dragonfire - 64,450 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Slight improvement: 8,330. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Cap, I've got a figure-eight pattern I use that seems to be pretty successful at minimizing the fireballs and keeps the dragon changing direction. Depending on treasure placement, I can usually clear screen in two passes. Where I get into trouble is near the bottom. Is that what you are up to? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Cap, I've got a figure-eight pattern I use that seems to be pretty successful at minimizing the fireballs and keeps the dragon changing direction. Depending on treasure placement, I can usually clear screen in two passes. Where I get into trouble is near the bottom. Is that what you are up to?Sort of. The bottom treasures are hard to get, but usualy I die from doubling back on a earlier thrown fireball (I need to either change direction earlier, or much later). Also working on a pattern to get across the bridge with only jumping once. I think I have the timing down so I make few if any mistakes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 on the board.....9,880 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Sort of. The bottom treasures are hard to get, but usualy I die from doubling back on a earlier thrown fireball (I need to either change direction earlier, or much later). Also working on a pattern to get across the bridge with only jumping once. I think I have the timing down so I make few if any mistakes. I rarely have to jump more than once, and then only if the lower fireball comes first. I run out at the midpoint and duck. The upper fireball usually comes first with the lower trailing closely below. Either raise up and jump or jump from the crouched position and then make for the door. Unless the lower comes first, or extremely late behind the upper, I rarely have to wait for the second round of fireballs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 10,820 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GornThrifting Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 3490 This game gets crazy fast very quickly. Don't know how you guys get such high scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 (edited) Well, I am back to my old self. Dragonfire - 199,320 I think I can roll this (of course, I thought I could roll Phoenix, but that didn't happen). I think the best thing is to wait for a high fireball followed by a slightly delayed low fireball on the bridge. If you wait for this, you only need to jump once (less chance for errors, and you only get 7 of those), then wait at about 3/4 of the bridge to duck the next high fireball. You should have enough time before another low fireball comes to kill you. Remember, you can always outrun a low fireball if you have a couple of fireball lengths on it (if you have to duck a high fireball while running back behind the towers to dodge). I think it is best to immediately exit the hideout when you get into the treasure room. It helps with not having to time exiting when the dragon moves to the opposite direction. Here is a little video showing some of the techniques. (unfortunately, Dragonfire uses a 2600 technique of not drawing the human sprite every frame, so it looks like the prince blinks away to no existent. Anyone know of a good emulator setting for PCAE that will fix that?) Edited September 10, 2014 by CapitanClassic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Dragonfire - 990 I suck at all versions of this game!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 nice job on the keyboard, Capitan! well I'm hitting a wall here these last couple days. guess i'll keep krakkin' at it... the most annoying thing is the double-death when I die moving to the left & immediately come a little bit out of the hut & get hit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacey Invader Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 9,530 All motivation to keep playing Robot Tank is gone... Way ahead of you on that one! Dragonfire is one of my all-time favorites, but it seems like I have trouble cracking 10k. I must have at one point convinced myself i was awesome at this one just 'cause I'd been in and out of so many castles, I suppose. Never had score to compare to, and in fact it took lots of heartache and yelling at the screen just to break 9. Go fig.Thanks to Captain Classic for the hint about going in the opposite direction of the dragon -- that was a huge game changer (so to speak) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 4080 Mediocrity of the highest order. When it's not your game, it's not your game. Move along. Nothing to see here. . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 9,450 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 New score 4,950 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 27380 finally, some headway! this morning I felt like I was getting better, but still no results. tonight I bit it a couple times & almost quit for the eve., then decided to have another go & broke 20k. one more try got me to 27k. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Move along. Nothing to see here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 37970 Minor improvement, but I broke a silk stik, so I doubt I'll be able to do much better with the half-broken Gemstik I have left. It's hard to find a good controller these days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Are NCG and OyamaFamily going to sneak in at the last minute with a high score? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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