HSC12 Round 5: Robix

[+therealbountybob]

I played Robix with my friend yesterday and we forgot to play some two-player games. We'll have to give it a try after this round is over.

 

I was able to finally got higher scores when I realized that I can just hold the button down to fire. Is this what you expert-players are doing?

 

Great game in 2 player like Shadow World you start off working together then end up fighting - pushing each other off and jumping on their heads etc. (You can turn off the player overlap by typing INTERSECTION on the title screen)

Yes definitely holding the button down to fire. This, in my opinion, makes the game nicer to play than some other shooters.

What is really nice is that you can still pick off the shots too, (more or less, as you fall) to complete the waves. The instructions are worth a read as the game is well programmed and the controls are very good.

 

Finally completed it! The game finishes after the 4th stage.

 

Stage 1 best score 7057

 

Congratulations McKong seriously good effort

 

Did the game end or continue into the Hard mode - have a bash on this bonus challenge if you want more Robix

 

This round and the Round 5 POLL close Sunday morning

Edited April 12, 2015 by therealbountybob

[McKong]

No it finished with the 'You have completed your mission' screen.

 

It occurred to me to try starting from Stage 2 again as you would have to play 2,3,1,2,3,4 to complete the game!

[McKong]

Finally completed it! The game finishes after the 4th stage.

 

Stage 1 best score 7057

Ok so it doesn't work like that. If you start on 2 you play 2, 3, 1 then 4

 

Anyway my score for starting on 2 6210

 

1775 starting on stage 1 on hard mode

 

Think that may be it for me in this round. A really good game I'm glad it got chosen

Edited April 10, 2015 by McKong

[Sikor]

stage 1:

stage 2:

stage 3:

[jk40001]

Some improvement on stage 1 and stage 3:

Stage 1: 896
Stage 2: 1638

Stage 3: 1638 (yes, the same score as at stage 2 )

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Total: 4172

 

Edited April 12, 2015 by jk40001

[jk40001]

Stage 4 playing in two player mode with Fandal at Atariada in Olomouc, Czech Republic!

While I lost my last life, big Fandal kept going and showed the ant who is the RULER here!! :thumbsup:




and the video here:

https://youtu.be/9_ugfUFr2jE

Edited April 12, 2015 by jk40001

[+therealbountybob]

Stage 4 playing in two player mode with Fandal at Atariada in Olomouc, Czech Republic!

 

While I lost my last life, big Fandal kept going and showed the ant who is the RULER here!! :thumbsup:

We are not worthy Nice work guys

 

Congratulations to McKong for the win (this is a recorded message... this is a recorded message!) and to SHiNjide and JK40001 for making the top 3 slots. Robix plays very well and though not as intense as some of the other top A8 shooters, is a very good game with lots of nice touches. Particularly good fun in two player mode too. I also played it on my NTSC 800XL and it was perhaps even better being that little bit faster, so no excuses, check Robix out if you missed this round (and post a late score!)

 

Final Tables

Robix

1st McKong (p) 18,171 12pts *#

2nd SHiNjide (p) 5,881 11pts

3rd JK40001 (p) 4,172 10pts

4th therealbountybob (p) 2,865 9pts

5th krupkaj (p) 2,132 9pts

6th 8BIT 1337 (n) 1,483 8pts $

7th ballyalley (n) 1,318 8pts

8th Mrs McKong (p) 944 7pts

9th Sikor (p) 918 7pts

10th Bunsen (p) 878 6pts

11th adam242 (p) 810 6pts

12th Tickled_Pink (p) 647 5pts

13th Star castler (n) 392 5pts

14th roadrunner (n) 375 4pts

15th akator (n) 175 3pts

16th playermissile (n) 174 2pts

17th jblenkle (n) 102 1pts

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Bonus Points

$ = Top NTSC score

* = Most stages won

# = Completing Stages 1-4 from the start

 

Stage 1: Thoublesome Maybug's Rostrum

1st McKong (p) 7,057

2nd therealbountybob (p) 1,259

3rd JK40001 (p) 896

4th krupkaj (p) 840

5th SHiNjide (p) 675

6th 8BIT 1337 (n) 646

7th ballyalley (n) 509

8th Sikor (p) 467

9th Mrs McKong (p) 426

10th adam242 (p) 377

11th Bunsen (p) 360

12th Tickled_Pink (p) 241

13th akator (n) 175

14th playermissile (n) 174

15th roadrunner (n) 131

16th Star castler (n) 120

17th jblenkle (n) 102

 

Stage 2: Cutworm's Green Spittle

1st McKong (p) 6,210

2nd SHiNjide (p) 3,182

3rd JK40001 (p) 1,638

4th therealbountybob (p) 957

5th krupkaj (p) 856

6th 8BIT 1337 (n) 536

7th ballyalley (n) 325

8th Tickled_Pink (p) 321

9th Mrs McKong (p) 316

10th Bunsen (p) 263

11th adam242 (p) 202

12th Sikor (p) 196

13th roadrunner (n) 104

14th Star castler (n) 95

 

Stage 3: Wasp's Deadly Sting

1st McKong (p) 4,904

2nd SHiNjide (p) 2,024

3rd JK40001 (p) 1,638

4th therealbountybob (p) 649

5th krupkaj (p) 436

6th ballyalley (n) 403

7th 8BIT 1337 (n) 301

8th Bunsen (p) 255

9th Sikor (p) 255

10th adam242 (p) 231

11th Mrs McKong (p) 202

12th Star castler (n) 177

13th roadrunner (n) 140

14th Tickled_Pink (p) 85

 

Bonus Challenges

#1: Expert Swatting

1st McKong(p) 1,775 1pt

2nd therealbountybob (p) 510

#2: Strugglers' Chance

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#3: Two Player Bug Slayer - 1pt each

McKong vs Mrs McKong

BallyAlley vs friend

JK40001 vs Fandal #

 

I'll update the current standings later and add any late/catch-up points from the other rounds

[ballyalley]

#3: Two Player Bug Slayer - 1pt each

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BallyAlley vs friend <--- Oops. See below.

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I'll accept the point if you want to give it to me, but Chris++ and I only ended up playing together at the same time. We were having such a blast trading-off games that we completely forgot to play a game together-- which we are going to remedy this coming week. So, yes, we played in the same county, in the same state, even in the same city and the especially in the same room, but we didn't play a vs. game.

 

I really enjoyed this round; "Robox" is a great game. Playing it and watching McKong's score get higher and higher was great fun and his skills astound me. "Robix" will not have a permanent place on one of my 1MB 8MB carts. I love playing homebrew games that are every bit as good (sometimes better!) than classic games released back in the 80s.

[ballyalley]

"Robix" will not have a permanent place on one of my 1MB 8MB carts.

 

Upon re-reading my previous posting, I see that there is a typo that changes the entire meaning of the above sentence. What I meant to say is that "Robix" will now have a permanent place on one of my 1MB 8MB carts; my typo made it sound like I may never play the game again, which couldn't be further from the thruth. In fact, I plan to play the game with infinate lives to see the whole game from start to finish.