Ze_ro Posted August 10, 2004 Author Share Posted August 10, 2004 Oh, and here's some tips of my own: If you miss the ball somehow, and it ends up bouncing into the gutter lane, lift the paddle on the side the ball is on, and occaisionally, it might end up bouncing back up onto the paddle on the opposite side. This has only ever worked for me when I already had the center post up, but it's saved me a couple of balls that I was sure I'd lost. [*]If you knock down some drop targets, but still haven't hit the one with the arrow... and then hit either the spinner or the two side ramps, you might end up leaving the arrow pointing at a drop target that is already down. When this happens, you can't actually get the center post and side knockers until you get the arrow pointing at an existing drop target, so hit the spinner as soon as possible in this case. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Few things i wanted to point out. One, the most annoying thing in the world in this game is when the ball goes down one of the chutes next to your flippers, bounches up above your flipper and right into the hole, beyond the centerpost. Two, I kinda noticed that all the games lately have been not having Todd Rogers in 1st. Like that's gonna stop him from maxing out the score I dunno what you have been smoking. Todd has gotten 1st in like the last 3 or 4 HSC's.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Few things i wanted to point out. One, the most annoying thing in the world in this game is when the ball goes down one of the chutes next to your flippers, bounches up above your flipper and right into the hole, beyond the centerpost. Two, I kinda noticed that all the games lately have been not having Todd Rogers in 1st. Like that's gonna stop him from maxing out the score I dunno what you have been smoking. Todd has gotten 1st in like the last 3 or 4 HSC's.. I meant in the twin galaxies list next to the high score list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 This game is annoying me a bit. I find myself cursing David Crane. The physics are way off. The ball moves too fast when bouncing off the center target sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoDieScreaming Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Ever since I was a young boy, I played the Silver Ball. From Soho down to Brighton, I must've played them all. But I ain't seen nothing like him, In any amusement hall, That deaf, dumb, and blind kid... ...SURE PLAYS A MEAN PINBALL!!!!! New Score: 220,315 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dykesr Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 52960 yayay i am going to beat this one hahaha RD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Holding a camera and trying to roll the score is hard... i ended up sinking the last ball trying to do this, my score is 998,015. Stupid camera... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 my best so far.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellow Atari Man Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 9,125. And I shan't play this silly game any further, so that's a final score. I hope you mean that as far as this competition goes...being on difficulty B, it can be a lot more fun, here it can be insanely frustrating. (Now, if we were playing the original VCS pinball, I'd be topping a million. ) Big whup, so would probably 50 of us, myself included Well, as the points were racking up, I was hoping to break 700,000, but that was not meant to be tonight, but it's still about a 150,000 point improvement from my first entry on here. A couple more tips: As was mentioned earlier, a lot of the time the ball will bounce around and won't even hit any targets that are worth any points, and as was also previously mentioned, if you don't hit the ball right when it's going towards a flipper, you're usually going to lose it. So, try banking the ball a lot if you don't have a sure shot for the top of the playfield (in order to try to get an extra ball) or to hit another drop target (for the bonus multiplier), causing it to bounce off of something and head for the direction of one of the drop targets or one of the corner loops. Also, sometimes a "soft" hit can work, particularly with the top flippers: a lot of the time you can hit one of the targets that are above and diagionally behind the flipper, which will cause the ball to bounce right back down to the flipper, giving you the opportunity for another shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Bwhaha, I got me webcam working so i can capture on my tv a little movie for when i do roll the score, so i actually can roll it instead of trying to play looking through a camera... yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddRogers Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Greetings All, Well i thought i would get as much gaming in as i could concidering we here in Florida have two concerns reguarding Tropical Storms Bonnie and Charley to possiably be upgraded to hurricanes in a few days. Here is this weeks submission from me of 999,995 on Midnight Magic and yes it does ROLL at a Million Pts. Todd Mr Activision Rogers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 That's why the camera is set up so i can finally beat you Congrats again Todd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 659,215 I thought I was going to wrap the score this time, but it was late and I started losing my concentration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128bytes Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 I got 136,450 last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc74 Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 What a bloody morning... First game, I roll the score - only to notice afterwards I've been playing on game B. Since then I've had about ten games where I've gotten 200,000 or more with my first ball, only to see the rest disappear one after the other. Anyway, finally managed to improve my score (marginally) to 402330. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabeen557 Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 28730 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc74 Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 I'll roll this bloody game if it kills me. 682545. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc74 Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 999,995! Woohoo! Rolled it! I've attached 2 pics - one prior to rolling and one with the screen flashing when you reach 1,000,000. My final score (for anyone interested) was 1,065,395. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Making a comeback... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted August 12, 2004 Author Share Posted August 12, 2004 Argh! I haven't even been able to get half of my previous score... haven't had a lot of luck lately. The ball seems to have a bad habit of bouncing funny when it comes down through the side lanes, and then bouncing over my flipper when I try to hit it. I guess the trick to try to watch it's bounces and hit the flipper when the ball is at it's lowest, otherwise you might "whiff" and the ball will just bounce past it and into the gutter. This sort of prevents the standard pinball strategy of shooting the ball off the edge of the flipper unfortunately. I still think this game has impressive ball physics. It's no Time Shock or even a Pinball Fantasies... but hell, we're talking about a 2600 game here! --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuteycat2 Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 My high score 881991 damn so close to getting that trophy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 999,995 I tried attaching a movie of the rollover, but Quicktime files are not allowed. It's probably for the best though, since it just would have given all of you seizures and then you would have sued me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedijeff Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 My high so far is 717,225. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 As Yogi Berra (and Lenny Kravitz) once said, "It ain't over 'till it's over!" And it sure ain't over for me yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 And now, what you've all been waiting for: poorly shot footage of the epileptic fit inducing million point celebration! rollover.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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