Gorfy Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 51,696 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Yes, there's an invisible latch , which can flip the screen back, its located on the tip of the bonus cage going into it, it wont kill you to run into the first brick of that cage. I keep dying trying to find this invisible latch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 voodoo_chilly has clearly made a pact with the Devil in exchange for Reactor skills. I think that has to be considered cheating of some kind. I mean, Holy Toledo dude. Nice find on the initials, I had no idea that was there. Anyway, I thought I had something with my big score, but it's a drop in the bucket. Well done, vc. Enjoy it while it lasts, NCG game will saunter in tomorrow and will have rolled it twice while he was asleep. Game of my life, doubled my previous best: 148,122 Once I got to the invisible walls/vortex level (the difficulty cap), things got much easier because when times get dire, you just ride the swirl clockwise until the particles all clear. That's probably the key to rollage, but it seems like it will take a long time. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_chilly Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 voodoo_chilly has clearly made a pact with the Devil in exchange for Reactor skills. I think that has to be considered cheating of some kind. I mean, Holy Toledo dude. Nice find on the initials, I had no idea that was there. Anyway, I thought I had something with my big score, but it's a drop in the bucket. Well done, vc. Enjoy it while it lasts, NCG game will saunter in tomorrow and will have rolled it twice while he was asleep. Game of my life, doubled my previous best: 148,122 Once I got to the invisible walls/vortex level (the difficulty cap), things got much easier because when times get dire, you just ride the swirl clockwise until the particles all clear. That's probably the key to rollage, but it seems like it will take a long time. Yes, it would take a long time to roll it. For reference, it took me 5 hrs and 5 minutes to get 602K. That's a long time to look a the swirl and it's hallucinating effect! Also, no break spots I can find makes it a true iron-man marathon to roll it. On digital press site, it says there may be 2 different roms - one where the game stops at 999,999 and one that allows to play after score stops at 999,999. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoomUnit Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) The HTML manual is a bit confusing. It uses the word "level" everywhere. Here's my take on the game progression.The game has 4 stages:A) Shielded core, Visible walls B) Unshielded core, Visible walls C) Shielded core, Invisible walls D) Unshielded core, Invisible walls[stage D repeats indefinitely.]Within each stage, there are 8 waves: 1) Green* particles, 12 to kill 2) Blue particles, 16 to kill 3) Yellow* particles, 20 to kill 4) Chartreuse* particles, 24 to kill 5) Purple particles, 32 to kill 6) Pink particles, 36 to kill 7) Red particles, 36 to kill 8} Orange particles, 40 to kill * colors on waves 1, 3, and 4 are all very similar and somewhat greenish/yellow. Observations: i) There is NO RUSH to push the control rods and shrink the core. I initially thought you were in a race to prevent the core from going red/vortex. Pushing both sets of control rods only gets you an extra decoy. Shrinking the core makes it easier to navigate, but doesn't prevent a meltdown. ii) Bumping particles into the little side chambers racks up bonus points (15 per wall hit) that are awarded at the end of each life. Ever see your score roll up a bit after you die? That's the bonus points being awarded. [side question: After a while, the sound that the particles make when they hit the bonus chamber wall changes. Any significance there?]iii) I don't think there's an invisible switch to re-shield the core. You just have to play through all 8 waves of the stage (B). Edited May 9, 2015 by MoomUnit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_chilly Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) The HTML manual is a bit confusing. It uses the word "level" everywhere. Here's my take on the game progression. The game has 4 stages: A) Shielded core, Visible walls B) Unshielded core, Visible walls C) Shielded core, Invisible walls D) Unshielded core, Invisible walls [Do the stages cycle? I've never gotten past stage D.] Within each stage, there are 8 waves: 1) Green* particles, 12 to kill 2) Blue particles, 16 to kill 3) Yellow* particles, 20 to kill 4) Chartreuse* particles, 24 to kill 5) Purple particles, 32 to kill 6) Pink particles, 36 to kill 7) Red particles, 36 to kill 8} Orange particles, 40 to kill Stage D just repeats over and over. The 8 waves repeat as well within Stage D. Edited May 6, 2015 by voodoo_chilly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GornThrifting Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 42369 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 23,458 606K !! you called it, Jacob nice one, voodoo! i'm setting my goal at 100K for now 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoomUnit Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Reactor: 107,700 I see how you can ride the vortex indefinitely. That seems like a big oversight/loophole in the programming. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 overall standings updated, flawlessly I hope 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoomUnit Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 overall standings updated, flawlessly I hope I didn't get my 23 points for Yars' Revenge. I should have 146 points and be in 21st place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 lol, FIXED! thanx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 (edited) Finally had a chance to get a game in. 32,531 Edited May 7, 2015 by KaeruYojimbo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoomUnit Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Here's a clip of the original 1982 arcade version of this game. The sound effects, musical intro, and voice emulation are all pretty impressive for that era. https://youtu.be/5QKuINAQyQI 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 46,621 . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoomUnit Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Reactor: 169,915 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoomUnit Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 (edited) Save a horse, ride a vortex Bonus: What's the bonus? Edited May 8, 2015 by MoomUnit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 small improvement this morning.....57,077 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 FUN GAME ! every time I try i do a tiny bit better... til today I had about 48k & I said "all right I can do this, one more game" ...and bam! ===> 86,986 this is definitely an example of a game i thought was crap until i played it here. being Parker Bros i should have known... BTW, in case you've noticed we're having a rather Parker-heavy season, we decided to play a bunch of 'em because there were NONE last year (one more to go) ... ... cool video clip, MoomUnit. I've been suspecting this was an arcade game but hadn't gotten around to looking into it. yeah it looks impressive! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Up to 45,800. Probably it for me, I'm going to go out and enjoy the sunshine. I was going to post something about all the Parker Bros. games since I see that Tutankham is next, but you beat me to it. It's definitely not a bad thing, most of them are good games. And my cat's named Parker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoomUnit Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 A further musing about the arcade version of this game.I think that this game could have become a classic, but it lacked one key ingredient: a memorable character(s).If only they had personified the particles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Love Mark's review of this game on Classic Game Room: Sums it up pretty well. And also refers to MoomUnits suggestion to personify the game a bit more towards the end of the rewiew... "Reacty the Reactor" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Reactor 291,183 B/B. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 27,953 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TwentySixHundred Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Reactor Game: 1BB Score: 44,320 Haven't much time whatsoever to play 2600 but had to fire up Reactor for a round, this game is just brilliant. Will try and squeeze some gameplay in tonight and improve my score. Missed out on Yars aswell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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