keilbaca Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Nope, just extremely good at breakout... and kaboom... i got over 65k on kaboom... got a pic of it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc74 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 3379. And that's about as much of this horrible, horrible game as I can force myself to endure. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Nope, just extremely good at breakout... and kaboom... i got over 65k on kaboom... got a pic of it too I still say we check the Balco records for your name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Only played it a couple times, best I managed to do was 3,264. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Don't have a Supercharger yet. (...or Fireball) I'm too much of a purist to venture into emulation-land so I'll see you folks next week. Yeah especially with paddle games. Although I do like emulators (for the convenience) and coolness of it, among other things. I could make a pretty good list of the advantages of emulators. There are three things I do not like (especially with atari 2600 emulators). 1. No original controllers (unless you have the stella adapter of course). Atari sticks are right handed, pads are left handed. Paddle games do NOT translate to mouse movement very well at all. 2. Playing on a projection tv, believe it or not is harder than playing on a smaller tv. Don't ask me why, it just is. I can't remember the third, lol. Kinda tired right now. Anyways just for kicks I like the challenge of playing with the pad anyways because I know I'll never come close to the top players here. But now that I got a Cuttle Cart two I may be more inclined to use the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuteycat2 Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Holy moly keilbaca. Knocked me off 1st..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saldo Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 11568. Damn keilbaca...I struggled to get this score thinking I'd be happy breaking 10K by the end of the week....you've really set the bar!! - Sal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddRogers Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 I love this game, it kind of reminds me of Arkinoid or the Rev of Doh.This weeks submission till i do better is 74,227. Todd Mr Activision Rogers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saldo Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Hah! I was waiting for Todd to post! The bar is way beyond my means! - Sal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 My score is 3001 I will post a picture if I get any decent scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 I'd rather play with paddles rather than mouse but I hadn't the choice... Anyway, 6,310 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Hah! I was waiting for Todd to post! The bar is way beyond my means! - Sal Hehe, looks like I found my challege Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Finally got around to playing this one. 2,596 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuteycat2 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I just got my score up too 40057! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuteycat2 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Though it took me another 4 hours.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 This game is weird, one game it hates you and you only get 5k and sometimes it LOVES you, getting me this score, 42,544 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuteycat2 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 God, you are gonna make me not sleep just to get to first place. 41003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 LOL obviously you don't know todd rogers, just be glad he didn't max it, not yet at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 well i didnt get to play much this wek..but here is my best so far... 6750 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuteycat2 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Nah I ment both of you.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Is it really just the same screen over and over again? Not that that makes it any easier. 3,164 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted August 22, 2004 Author Share Posted August 22, 2004 Wow, I managed to coast all the way to the third level without losing a life, and then proceeded to lose 3 or 4 in a row trying to get those last couple blocks, since all 6 balls would fall at once In the end, I was one block away from beating the fourth level... If that's not being taunted by the game, I don't know what is. Oh well, I beat my high score quite nicely: 7640. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffy Arensmeyer Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 My success came from keeping the balls in pairs. You have a few seconds before a ball you're holding is automatically released. By holding a single ball as long as possible, you can increase your chances of pairing it with another single ball. Once you have "paired up", slam to either the left or right side and release both balls. If one ricochets, grab it and wait for another "rogue ball" to come along, then do the same thing. On every board (which all seem identical in difficulty), you can reach a point where you're throwing balls, from the sides, in pairs without hitting anything. Then you can take one pair and throw them from the middle of the screen while targeting single blocks. It's a great way to slow the momentum of the game and take control of a chaotic situation. And if you lose a ball with only a few blocks on the screen, you're almost positively screwed once all six balls approach the bottom of the screen unhindered. ò¿ó Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 93965 it took me awhile before i woke up from fainting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 So close! (to the top 10 that is) 5,087 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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