pimpmaul69 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 this is exactly why I use a 4-way joystick, it really helps I also just go for presents after I go through once i need to get an ultimarc 4-way 8-way switchable from the top arcade stick and put it in my icade (Not the full mini upright arcade version of icade) if there is room and wire it up so i can use that for this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Actually i know how to get a perfect in every round. I even had perfect in both twisted toylands on this game as well. I never watched videos to study them. My problems mostly are when i try to go say up i may go left right or down. Also my thumb gets very cramped playing this. I strongly recommend to not try perfects, at least for levels you're not 90% secure about. At least for me, that's the biggest obstacle to achieve higher scores. That's how I classify levels regarding perfects*. Haunted Hollow Don't try a perfect score! Frosted Maze It is possible but the risks don't pay off and I decided to not try perfects. Candy Cove Is it necessary to comment this level? Read carefully the name of the level! Icicle Lane Perfects every time. Snowflake Garden I always aim for perfects here! Freezer Burn Usually the ghost decides for me. If all goes well, it's natural to finish it perfectly. When troubles occur, run! Krystal keep I don't try perfects. Twisted Toyland Perfects every time. * Actually I try to get perfects in every level in Novice and in the first occurence of each level in Helper. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 I strongly recommend to not try perfects, at least for levels you're not 90% secure about. At least for me, that's the biggest obstacle to achieve higher scores. That's how I classify levels regarding perfects*. Haunted Hollow Don't try a perfect score! Frosted Maze It is possible but the risks don't pay off and I decided to not try perfects. Candy Cove Is it necessary to comment this level? Read carefully the name of the level! Icicle Lane Perfects every time. Snowflake Garden I always aim for perfects here! Freezer Burn Usually the ghost decides for me. If all goes well, it's natural to finish it perfectly. When troubles occur, run! Krystal keep I don't try perfects. Twisted Toyland Perfects every time. * Actually I try to get perfects in every level in Novice and in the first occurence of each level in Helper. Here's my list: Haunted Hollow I usually try for perfects, not too bad, except on higher ranks. Frosted Maze Always perfect, no matter what. Candy Cove I... must... resist... the urge... For some reason I can't resist the siren calls, but I really should! Icicle Lane Perfects every time. Snowflake Garden I aim for perfects, and with Liduario's trick for getting the Snowman out of the pen, it's not too bad. Freezer Burn Perfects every time! Except when I screw up at higher ranks, and eat a snowflake at the moment the Snowman comes out. At that point, there is absolutely no friggin' way to survive. Krystal keep I try, but most of the time I chicken out and pickup the last present leaving some candy. The Ghost is relentless in this one. Twisted Toyland Perfect all the time. As you can see, if it weren't for Candy Cove, I'd be kicking Liduario's ass every time. But I tend to lose most of my lives there. I truly don't understand the issues you guys have with Frosted Maze. I find it to be one of the easiest levels! It is so easy to keep the Snowman away on a different level, and the Ghost can be avoided simply by picking up presents whenever he stops, or you eat a snowflake. The trick is to eat the piece of candy in the middle platform at the beginning. After that, you just pick up everything else by "nibbling" on the edges: come in from the side, pick up an item, and head back out--always staying close to the tunnel. Even when the Ghost hits me on this one, I always manage to recover; it's not too hard. Sometimes it takes me a long time to complete, but I always get perfects. -dZ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 So, I thought to use my Cuttle Cart 3 to play. I always keep a copy of the latest version for testing in my CC3 to play when the mood hits me. I plugged the CC3 in and... IMG_1439.JPG <- click to enlarge It's Liduario's special edition from CvW 2013!!! Well, it's my birthday and I am determined, so with apologies to Liduario, I fired it up. A couple of tries... IMG_1430.JPG <- click to enlarge A few Perfect Levels... IMG_1433.JPG <- click to enlarge And... what's this...? I don't recognize this level! IMG_1436.JPG <- click to enlarge Finally, I got a respectable score. Yay! IMG_1438.JPG All in all, it was a good afternoon. Yesterday, I plugged the Scary-Ghost Edition and, with apologies to Dz-Jay, I'm posting a higher score to celebrate I'm in holidays with plenty of free time to play. Thank you very much, Dz-Jay! Perfect Game, Perfect Christmas Gift. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) Check out this video for examples of "Perfect" Frosted Maze solutions. Also notice at around the 2:15 mark is an demonstration of getting hit by the Ghost multiple times in the level (it's embarrassing!) and still recover and get "Perfect!" http://www.carolvsghost.com/videos/Frosted%20Maze%20-%20Solution.mov Edited December 20, 2014 by DZ-Jay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Yesterday, I plugged the Scary-Ghost Edition and, with apologies to Dz-Jay, I'm posting a higher score to celebrate I'm in holidays with plenty of free time to play. 2014-12-19_22-59-27_590.jpg Thank you very much, Dz-Jay! Perfect Game, Perfect Christmas Gift. My God! Is there no stopping you? Even with a brand new and more challenging enemy, you still manage to get level 70! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) I strongly recommend to not try perfects, at least for levels you're not 90% secure about. At least for me, that's the biggest obstacle to achieve higher scores. That's how I classify levels regarding perfects*. Haunted Hollow Don't try a perfect score! Frosted Maze It is possible but the risks don't pay off and I decided to not try perfects. Candy Cove Is it necessary to comment this level? Read carefully the name of the level! Icicle Lane Perfects every time. Snowflake Garden I always aim for perfects here! Freezer Burn Usually the ghost decides for me. If all goes well, it's natural to finish it perfectly. When troubles occur, run! Krystal keep I don't try perfects. Twisted Toyland Perfects every time. * Actually I try to get perfects in every level in Novice and in the first occurence of each level in Helper. this is exactly what I do too, besides the first occurence of each level in Helper Edited December 20, 2014 by grips03 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I strongly recommend to not try perfects, at least for levels you're not 90% secure about. At least for me, that's the biggest obstacle to achieve higher scores. That's how I classify levels regarding perfects*. Haunted Hollow Don't try a perfect score! Frosted Maze It is possible but the risks don't pay off and I decided to not try perfects. Candy Cove Is it necessary to comment this level? Read carefully the name of the level! Icicle Lane Perfects every time. Snowflake Garden I always aim for perfects here! Freezer Burn Usually the ghost decides for me. If all goes well, it's natural to finish it perfectly. When troubles occur, run! Krystal keep I don't try perfects. Twisted Toyland Perfects every time. * Actually I try to get perfects in every level in Novice and in the first occurence of each level in Helper. i actually found a pattern for every level. It really is only the controller going wrong directions that screws me up. Some of that could also be because the controller cramps my hand really bad. I even found a pattern for the no good piece of crap candy cove. The only prob with candy cove is losing all your presents and having to get them back from the top 2 rooms without the snowman catching you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 i actually found a pattern for every level. It really is only the controller going wrong directions that screws me up. Some of that could also be because the controller cramps my hand really bad. I even found a pattern for the no good piece of crap candy cove. The only prob with candy cove is losing all your presents and having to get them back from the top 2 rooms without the snowman catching you Wait, are you saying that the game decodes your movements wrong? Does this happen on the Intellivision Master Component controllers, or on some franken-troller that you put together? I've heard from a couple of people that they have trouble controlling the game, but all of them have been on non-original hardware controllers. -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) i actually found a pattern for every level. It really is only the controller going wrong directions that screws me up. Some of that could also be because the controller cramps my hand really bad. I even found a pattern for the no good piece of crap candy cove. The only prob with candy cove is losing all your presents and having to get them back from the top 2 rooms without the snowman catching you I understand, then you really should find a better controller for you (keyboard, d-pads...). But I insist. I don't doubt you can achieve a Perfect Christmas, actually I believe you're very close to that. Now, imagine when you forget these perfects. Anyone who achieves a Perfect Christmas should be a Ranger Elf. Maybe, thinking of the Ranger Elf Title as if it was a candy... Edited December 20, 2014 by LidLikesIntellivision 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefPepper Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Today I got ghost busted trying to get perfect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fushek Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I strongly recommend to not try perfects, at least for levels you're not 90% secure about. At least for me, that's the biggest obstacle to achieve higher scores. That's how I classify levels regarding perfects*. Haunted Hollow Don't try a perfect score! Frosted Maze It is possible but the risks don't pay off and I decided to not try perfects. Candy Cove Is it necessary to comment this level? Read carefully the name of the level! Icicle Lane Perfects every time. Snowflake Garden I always aim for perfects here! Freezer Burn Usually the ghost decides for me. If all goes well, it's natural to finish it perfectly. When troubles occur, run! Krystal keep I don't try perfects. Twisted Toyland Perfects every time. * Actually I try to get perfects in every level in Novice and in the first occurence of each level in Helper. Yep ... same here. Not worth the extra 10 points to try on levels one and two. Candy Cove is total survival (avoid the ghost at all costs) level. Krystal Keep is too chaotic (if my pattern breaks). The others are perfects unless, as Lid mentioned, the ghost decides to venture outside the middle. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar G. Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 this is exactly why I use a 4-way joystick, it really helps I also just go for presents after I go through once I have a similar strategy. I forget about the candy after the first Xmas is saved. I simply switch my mind and try to ignore those hypnotising red dots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar G. Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Today I got ghost busted trying to get perfect. shot0000.gif The two times I have got a perfect Xmas occurred when I just simply got over the obsession of going for a perfect Xmas. When a perfect happens it happens but we should not aim for that. Aiming for perfects damages gameplay and may be a recipe for disaster. Cheers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar G. Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I strongly recommend to not try perfects, at least for levels you're not 90% secure about. At least for me, that's the biggest obstacle to achieve higher scores. That's how I classify levels regarding perfects*. Haunted Hollow Don't try a perfect score! Frosted Maze It is possible but the risks don't pay off and I decided to not try perfects. Candy Cove Is it necessary to comment this level? Read carefully the name of the level! Icicle Lane Perfects every time. Snowflake Garden I always aim for perfects here! Freezer Burn Usually the ghost decides for me. If all goes well, it's natural to finish it perfectly. When troubles occur, run! Krystal keep I don't try perfects. Twisted Toyland Perfects every time. * Actually I try to get perfects in every level in Novice and in the first occurence of each level in Helper. I completely agree. Insightful. Cheers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar G. Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) My score for the day. Finally, managed to break the 5K barrier. Oscar G. 5,078 Edited December 20, 2014 by Oscar G. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpel Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 My score for today 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I can almost never get perfects on Frosted Maze and Twisted Toyland. Definitely not the second map of Twisted Toyland. I also struggle with Haunted Hollow on anything above Novice. I'm usually all perfects with Freezer Burn and Icicle Lane, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I am gonna blow my controller up!!! I finally beat christmas. Still have direction problems. Still cant get 2000. I think i am cursed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 My very bad score for the day! - 1 ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Or this one - 3475 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) Oops Edited December 20, 2014 by pimpmaul69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I strongly recommend to not try perfects, at least for levels you're not 90% secure about. At least for me, that's the biggest obstacle to achieve higher scores. That's how I classify levels regarding perfects*. Haunted Hollow Don't try a perfect score! Frosted Maze It is possible but the risks don't pay off and I decided to not try perfects. Candy Cove Is it necessary to comment this level? Read carefully the name of the level! Icicle Lane Perfects every time. Snowflake Garden I always aim for perfects here! Freezer Burn Usually the ghost decides for me. If all goes well, it's natural to finish it perfectly. When troubles occur, run! Krystal keep I don't try perfects. Twisted Toyland Perfects every time. * Actually I try to get perfects in every level in Novice and in the first occurence of each level in Helper. as far as haunted hallow goes i found a way to get a perfect everytime on any difficulty without the snowman or ghost ever once chasing you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) Wait, are you saying that the game decodes your movements wrong? Does this happen on the Intellivision Master Component controllers, or on some franken-troller that you put together? I've heard from a couple of people that they have trouble controlling the game, but all of them have been on non-original hardware controllers. -dZ. my problems with any "controller". A lot of it probably has to do with my thumb cramping. But i found a "non-original" controller that works great with no hand cramping. (Well not from my gaming hand) i used an nes advantage "non-original controller" and first fame, BOOM!!! I smash my old high score. The way i modded all my controllers for my wii i can use them as "atari joysticks" on my ultimate flashback. :) Edited December 21, 2014 by pimpmaul69 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Second game not as good. I effed the hell up out of level 17. I couldnt get anything to work right and lost 3 lives there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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