ballyalley Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I will vote for anything but the arcade conversations personally. [...] in this day [of] MAME can play a much closer approximation to the original than a port, I find the ports boring. I tend to stay away from home ports too, except for the sake of curiosity. Sometimes, you'll get lucky and find a home version that is better than the arcade version. Food Fight is an overwhelming example of a game that is not better than the arcade original. Now we know. It's still neat to check into these games though, don't you think? Or do you feel it's just completely wasted time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickled_Pink Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 For me, one of the irritations is the randomness of the levels. Some can be much easier than others. When you start a level with four or five chefs right in front of you, you know you're in trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Round 4 POLL OPEN Latest tables 1st McKong (p) 132,600 12pts 2nd Deteacher (n) 108,200 11pts * # 3rd snakeboy (n) 100,600 10pts 4th powersoft (p) 80,800 9pts 5th 8Bit 1337 (n) 75,500 9pts 6th firestorm (n) 55,600 8pts 7th therealbountybob (p) 49,400 8pts 8th Tickled_Pink (p) 39,500 7pts 9th akator (n) 39,300 7pts 10th krupkaj (p) 34,400 6pts 11th SHiNjide (p) 30,000 6pts 12th atariron82 (n) 29,800 5pts 13th Bunsen (p) 21,600 5pts 14th NIKON (p) 20,400 4pts 15th playermissile (n) 15,800 4pts 16th roadrunner (n) 10,400 3pts 17th adam242 (n) 9,800 2pts 18th jblenkle (n) 6,300 1pts--------------------------------------------- Bonus points for this round (1pt each) # Expert Bonus Challenge * Top NTSC score $ Highest level reached (ONLY if one person reaches it!) will be added to the current standings at the end of the round. Bonus Challenge Highest Level reached on Intermediate (top 3 shown) 1st Snakeboy (n) 15 1st Deteacher (n) 15 3rd McKong (p) 11 Bonus Challenge High Score on Expert 1st Deteacher (n) 73,000 2nd McKong (p) 69,300 3rd therealbountybob (p) 33,200 Round 4 POLL OPEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk40001 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Food Fight 16.300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickled_Pink Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I've just had a look at the NTSC version in Altirra. It's definitely slower. Not sure if this applies on original hardware. The reason the PAL version is faster may be because Altirra widens the playfield in PAL mode. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 In case I don't get to post again, my highest score thus far is: 43,900 (Level 9, Intermediate) - NTSC, Atari 130XE Sorry, I just can't snap a picture fast enough. It seems that most people can't. This game is pretty hard (and maybe not fair?). This score of mine is by far the highest I've gotten (I usually hover around 12-15K on level 4). Luck had a lot to do with this high-score game of mine. The chefs clobbered each other at the right time and there were a lot of near collisions by me that I was able to avoid my what looks like a couple of pixels. I'd like to feel like I earned the score, but I just don't. That's what this game is missing: a feeling of accomplishment. Too much has to do with the layout at the start of a level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Practicing does pay off. I learned a neat new way to move around-- well, it's not "new." It's just a better strategy (for me), that all. Instead of going straight for the ice cream cone, I weave around the screen, basically loring the chefs away for anything that they can throw (which isn't easy). It really helped me out. When all, or most chefs are empty-handed, then I go for the cone! I was able to impress myself (my heart was going: THUD! THUD! THUD) when I reached: 81,000 points (Level 13, Intermediate) - NTSC, Atari 130XE I never thought I'd see that level, nor anything above 50K. My next goal is a cool million... Nah. Unless I get some time to play tomorrow, that's probably it for me. I meant to try expert mode, but I only remembered about it now. Oh, yeah! Here's a neat trick (that can't help you get a score that counts for the contest): you can choose any level to start on (1-16, anyway). You know how you have to press down to return to level 1? Well, you can just press up and go up to 16. I didn't really use this, as playing higher levels is quite frustrating (and not fun), but it's built into the game. It's probably also in the manual, which I never was able to find for the Atari 8-Bit. (I see that Blue Max and Alley Cat are tied right now. Isometric shooters are quite hard for me-- especially Blue Max. I hope that the feline manages to scatche its way to the top of the poll this round-- else it's gone for this season, right?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 Still time to VOTE in the Round 4 POLL EVERYONE This Round closes tomorrow - Sunday 10am UK time - poll shortly afterwards Sorry, I just can't snap a picture fast enough. It seems that most people can't. Some programmers need a kick up the butt - you might just want to see your hi-score eh?! (I see that Blue Max and Alley Cat are tied right now. Isometric shooters are quite hard for me-- especially Blue Max. I hope that the feline manages to scatche its way to the top of the poll this round-- else it's gone for this season, right?) Runner up games through to the next poll (usually) this time it will roll forward one... most losing games will re-surface at some point in the season Still time to VOTE in the Round 4 POLL EVERYONE This Round closes tomorrow - Sunday 10am UK time - poll shortly afterwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skosh Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 73600 (N) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariron82 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 This gets a bit more fun when you figure out some strategy. All the planets lined up and I had a pretty nice run Final score: 95,100 (intermediate, level 16) (Pic snapped before last man fell) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecat Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 16,200 :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 15, 2015 Author Share Posted March 15, 2015 (edited) Congratulations to the nearly awesome McKong, two wins in a row Deteacher took runners up spot and Expert bonus point with SnakeBoy in 3rd; good to see some new challengers. Food Fight (Intermediate) was very tough but on the plus side other players have a chance of finishing higher in the table. I think the game could be more polished re the difficulty but it did still have that one more go feel about it. Apologies to anyone with an 800 as I didn't know the file version of the game was XL/XE only - if you missed out please let me know. I've just had a look at the NTSC version in Altirra. It's definitely slower. Not sure if this applies on original hardware. The reason the PAL version is faster may be because Altirra widens the playfield in PAL mode. Interesting perhaps the game is more playable on NTSC (on intermediate) Final tables (Revised) 1st McKong (p) 132,600 12pts 2nd Deteacher (n) 108,200 11pts * # 3rd snakeboy (n) 100,600 10pts 4th atariron82 (n) 95,100 9pts 5th ballyalley (n) 81,000 9pts 6th powersoft (p) 80,800 9pts 7th 8Bit 1337 (n) 75,500 8pts 8th skosh (n) 73,600 8pts 9th firestorm (n) 55,600 8pts 10th therealbountybob (p) 49,400 7pts 11th Tickled_Pink (p) 39,500 7pts 12th akator (n) 39,300 7pts 13th krupkaj (p) 34,400 6pts 14th SHiNjide (p) 30,000 6pts 15th Bunsen (p) 21,600 6pts 16th NIKON (p) 20,400 5pts 17th Sleepy (p) 18,500 5pts 18th airsoftmodels (p) 17,500 4pts 19th JK40001 (p) 16,300 4pts 20th bluecat (p) 16,200 3pts 21st playermissile (n) 15,800 3pts 22nd roadrunner (n) 10,400 2pts 23rd adam242 (n) 9,800 2pts 24th jblenkle (n) 6,300 1pts--------------------------------------------- Bonus points for this round (1pt each) # Expert Bonus Challenge * Top NTSC score $ Highest level reached (ONLY if one person reaches it!) will be added to the current standings at the end of the round. Bonus Challenge Highest Level reached on Intermediate (top 3 shown) 1st Snakeboy (n) 15 1st Deteacher (n) 15 3rd McKong (p) 11 let me know anyone beat level 15 to claim the bonus point? Bonus Challenge High Score on Expert 1st Deteacher (n) 73,000 2nd McKong (p) 69,300 3rd therealbountybob (p) 33,200 If you missed this round you can still post a late score I'll update the current standings in the week. Up next Round 4 Edited March 20, 2015 by therealbountybob Revised with late scores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 1st McKong (p) 132,600 12pts [...] 10th ballyalley (n) 43,900 7pts <--- Not my final posted score. Oops. It looks like you missed my final sore posting of 81,000 points (even). I posted this Saturday evening: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/235746-hsc12-round-3-food-fight/page-3?do=findComment&comment=3197303 This might (I think) move me from 10'th place to 5'th place; it won't make much differnce in final points. One last tip that worked for me. Never go in a straight line if you can avoid it. Weave... like a basket. Move in diagnals up and down or left and right. This seems to help avoid the thrown food. Everyone else probably learned this trick right away-- not me, I see an ice cream cone and I run for it. Just like in real life! Adam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I'll get this started. First attempt: 61,000! food fight 61,000.png I need to find my Stelladaptor. This is much harder to play with a keyboard. EDIT: Score for Expert: 73,000! food fight expert 73,000.png LOL! Did better on Expert than I did on Intermediate. Welcome back, it's very good to see you. I hope we both can have more time to play some games, I just realized I lost this round... Let's see what round 4 brings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airsoftmodels Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 17,500 better late than never. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 18.500 This is definitely not one of my favorite games and now I remenber why I only tested the cart and put it into the drawer... Sleepy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 I'll update the "final" food fight table at the end of the week when I do the current standings - if anyone is reading this we are onto Round 4 Alley Cat but you can still post late scores for any of the first three rounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Food Fight Tables Updated above Season 12 Current Standings - Updated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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