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HSC Season 2 Week 6: Demolition Herby


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Important note: This weeks competition is over. If you still wish to discuss this game, then feel free to do so, but no further scores will be accepted. Thanks to everyone for all their contributions! Please join in on the latest High Score Club competition!

 

Squash a squad car, trash a tow truck...shift into overdrive and give them the slip. But watch your fuel, even hot-shot hotrodders run out of gas, because this week's game is Demolition Herby!

 

Game Information
Released By Telesys
Left Difficulty Not used in this game
Right Difficulty Not used in this game
Game Mode Game 3 - Dastardly Derby
Chosen By vdub_bobby

 

Post your scores right here in this thread, and I will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone elses. The deadline for posting scores will be approximately Tuesday, February 28th at 1:30 AM (CST). In case you haven't already done so, please read the High Score Club rules. There is other useful information contained in that previous link, including a list of previous High Score Club games!

 

As before, next week's game will be chosen by the next person in the member list, which happens to be Gamemaster_ca_2003! Please send me a private message with your choice of game for next week!

 

If you don't have this game, you can find a copy of the rom right here.

 

If you are not a member of the High Score Club, but would like to be, then all you have to do is post a reply saying so, and I'll add you to the list!

 

High Scores
[*]silverfuji.gif33,076 (Dones) [+10]
[*]bronzefuji.gif27,115 (StanJr) [+9]
[*]24,593 (Osbo) [+8]
[*]15,749 (Robert M) [+7]
[*]12,973 (Numan) [+6]
[*]10,956 (chubsta) [+5]
[*]10,720 (Fellow Atari Man) [+4]
[*]10,216 (sku_u) [+3]
[*]8203 (Malc74) [+2]
[*]6000 (chrisbid) [+1]
[*]5352 (vdub_bobby) [+1]
[*]4697 (Keir) [+1]
[*]3645 (pitfallaimee) [+1]
[*]3290 (video game addict) [+1]
[*]2773 (Goochman) [+1]
[*]2740 (Philflound) [+1]
[*]2362 (LarcenTyler) [+1]
[*]2162 (gospeedde) [+1]
[*]1346 (Blackjack) [+1]
[*]891 (Gamemaster_ca_2003) [+1]
[*]801 (Dan Iacovelli) [+1]:
(Default Settings)
50,118 (Robert T Mruczek)
[*]15,330 (Chris M Parsley)
[*]2698 (Steven Vallarian)

Best Tips:

Beat the Champ (Get Double Points!)

Bounties and Challenges
None yet
[*]To post a bounty, PM me with the details

 

Current Standings
[*]StanJr [48]
[*]racer raul [29]
[*]sku_u [26]
[*]KaeruYojimbo [26]
[*]Christophero Sly [21]
[*]video game addict [21]
[*]yuppicide [15]
[*]candiru [14]
[*]Cybergoth [14]
[*]Blackjack [13]
[*]LarcenTyler [13]
[*]cvga [13]
[*]Keir [11]
[*]Malc74 [11]
[*]gospeedde [10]
[*]chrisbid [10]
[*]Philflound [9]
[*]the 5th ghost [9]
[*]Osbo [8]
[*]vdub_bobby [6]
[*]adams_ale [6]
[*]pitfallaimee [6]
[*]Goochman [6]
[*]Dan Iacovelli [5]
[*]BydoEmpire [3]
[*]kemsted [3]
[*]mikeftrevino [2]
[*]Numan [2]
[*]Robert M [2]
[*]Gamemaster_ca_2003 [2]
[*]128bytes [1]
[*]Chris++ [1]
[*]madbutscher [1]
[*]Scooterb23 [1]
[*]bjk7382 [1]
[*]Stingray [1]
[*]iguana [1]
[*]khryssun [1]
[*]Gateway [1]
Standings are current as of the beginning of this week, and do NOT include
points from this week's game. If you think there has been a mistake in
any of the scoring, please contact me.

 

Member List
Gamemaster_ca_2003, Stingray, video game addict, pitfallaimee, Blackjack, racer raul, Robert M, Dan Iacovelli, iguana, Gateway, gospeedde, KaeruYojimbo, bjk7382, Christophero Sly, yuppicide, madbutscher, the 5th ghost, Scooterb23, khryssun, Malc74, chubsta, Keir, Philflound, candiru, kemsted, keilbaca, Cybergoth, sku_u, Chris++, cvga, LarcenTyler, 128bytes, Goochman, mikeftrevino, StanJr, Osbo, Numan, vdub_bobby, Dones

 

Scoring Points in Demolition HerbyBlack out a single square - 32 points + fuel
[*]Complete two squares with one line - 145 points + more fuel
[*]Ram a chase car - 117 points
[*]For each 1000 points you score you get an additional car, up to six maximum. - Unknown! Let us know if you can do it!

 

Hints and Tips
As always, you really should read the manual.

What's that? You don't have the manual? Well, then you can always check out this scanned copy of the manual hosted right here at AtariAge.

What's that? You're too lazy to click that link? Well, here's the hints that it provides:
As often as possible, set yourself up to complete two squares with one line.
[*]After you hit a chase car, get away so you don't get hit when he ricochets.
[*]After playing Demolition Herby a while, You'll find yourself developing your own style of play. There is no one best approach, but here are some game strategies you might consider:
[*]The Slippery Shifter--Evade those chase cars at all costs and concentrate on blacking out squares. Try using overdrive right at the beginning to get to the opposite end of the track. (This is especially effective at the first few levels, when your
pursuers are slower and not so smart.)
[*]The Bashing Crasher--Get those chase cars out of your hair--and rack up points--by going after them first. Then use overdrive to black out all the squares you can. (When the chase cars get really fast, this strategy might be a necessity!)
[*]The Trail Blazer--Play around and find a strategy we haven't. (Then drop us a line and let us know how you beat this crazy game!)

 

Good luck everyone!

 

--Ze_ro


(The Manual)
Best tip? hit the chase cars and the tow trucks in the corners (something like when the chase car is going up, you wait and hit it in the intersection) (Osbo)
Alright some tips.

- Hit the cars. Once the threat is gone, then you're free to rack up the points. Just watch the edges near the cars so they don't come in and ram you.

- To hit the cars, make sure that part of the car is in the lane, then gas it to hit him. To get good at this, do this. Start playing, and do nothing but ram cars. Once you get hit, press reset and do the same thing. Once you get used to ramming all 3 cars, you'll end up with a much better score.

- ALWAYS do blocks of 2. If you are running out of gas, do a couple quick 1's then do a 2, that'll get your gas back up to about 3/4 right away.

- Try to stay away from going horizontal as much as you can. If a car hits you and you're on a horizontal, you stay on that horizontal, just for him to juggle you back and forth and take out all of your lives.

- Try to hit the cars on the Horizontal, so they just bounce back and forth, minimum chance of getting hit again, and maximum chance of the car hitting another enemy.

That should be it for now.

(keilbaca)
A few tips:

*Once you find that you can't black in a square (i. e. an off-track car has gotten back on) and you're either at the very top or very bottom of the screen, start working your back towards the opposite end, since if you have to go back up or down to knock a car off, you're going to burn up a lot of fuel going from one end of the screen to the other.

*Once a car gets back onto the track, if your fuel tank is pretty full, be extra careful in knocking it back off the track so you don't lose a life (might as well, since you have plenty of fuel!).

*ALWAYS try to end a level with a full tank of gas (or as close to one as possible, to give you a head start on the next level to knock off as many cars as possible).

*If you find yourself with only one or two squares left in a level to black out, and a car gets back onto the track, it might be worthwhile (if you have enough gas) to go "hunting" for it for some extra points.

(Fellow Atari Man)
A glitch: I found this after getting hit after fraustration and starting a new game quickly. If, you complete two 2-squares in a row, as soon as you complete the 2nd one, hit reset and mash the fire button, the points will still continue to count. Another words, a free 200 points starting out. (keilbaca)

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT SCORES THAT EXPLOIT THIS BUG
One tip I have is to make the double boxes along the up/down lines rather than the left/right lines. I've had an easier time completing double boxes this way and have been racking up points in the early stages using it.

I've found another bug albeit a small one. If you start a new game, then hit reset right away, you will start the new game with 3 points instead of zero points. (sku_u)

UH, DON'T DO THIS ONE EITHER
Another tip: when you go around knocking cars off the track, go with the slowest ones, as they're less dangerous than the one fast one on each track, plus there's a chance one of them will take out the fastest one when they're bouncing around the screen. (Fellow Atari Man)
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Hmm. Not very good at this one either! I especially enjoy the fact that you can lose multiple lives if you hit another car while ricocheting around after one collision. Many, many swearbox contributions from me this week, methinks.

Anyway, after valiantly plugging on I managed to reach the wholly unacceptable score of 1615.

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Alright some tips.

 

- Hit the cars. Once the threat is gone, then you're free to rack up the points. Just watch the edges near the cars so they don't come in and ram you.

 

- To hit the cars, make sure that part of the car is in the lane, then gas it to hit him. To get good at this, do this. Start playing, and do nothing but ram cars. Once you get hit, press reset and do the same thing. Once you get used to ramming all 3 cars, you'll end up with a much better score.

 

- ALWAYS do blocks of 2. If you are running out of gas, do a couple quick 1's then do a 2, that'll get your gas back up to about 3/4 right away.

 

- Try to stay away from going horizontal as much as you can. If a car hits you and you're on a horizontal, you stay on that horizontal, just for him to juggle you back and forth and take out all of your lives.

 

- Try to hit the cars on the Horizontal, so they just bounce back and forth, minimum chance of getting hit again, and maximum chance of the car hitting another enemy.

 

That should be it for now.

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