the 5th ghost Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 New high score for me 3,365 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 (edited) Attn : Spiceware - the 5th ghost Wooahow, The 3,000 barrier is broken... Congrats guys !!!! Just curious : How many hours are you playing a day to reach scores above 3k Edited August 8, 2005 by khryssun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Thanx! I spend less than 30 minutes a day on the HSC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 1040 - Screenshot didnt come out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the 5th ghost Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Attn : Spiceware - the 5th ghost Wooahow, The 3,000 barrier is broken... Congrats guys !!!! Just curious : How many hours are you playing a day to reach scores above 3k 906598[/snapback] As for this week, I've only played a couple hours total since I didn't get back from vacation till Saturday. I try to get in a few games when I get some spare time. For Space Invaders game 16, I usually hit the reset switch many times till I get through the 1st wave without losing a life and hitting at least 1 Saucer . I hope I don't wear the switch out! My pattern on the 1st wave is to immediatley clear the bottom row, left to right, leaving only the far left Alien on the bottom row. Then, I clear the entire vertical row on the far right before the Aliens turn back. After that, I head back to the left, taking out each AT-AT alien on the way, then I take out the entire vertical row on the right side. By this point the Saucer arrives. If the Saucer comes in on the left side, it's an easy kill. If it comes in on the right side, it's a bit more challenging, but if you wait till the last moment to hit it at the far left side of the screen, as long as the far left vertical row is cleared, I will be able to hit the Saucer cleanly. As for the 2nd wave, I immediately duck under the first Shield to avoid the flurry of shots coming in, then I carefully clear the bottom row just like in the first wave. Only this time, I don't try to clear the far right vertical row. I take out as much as I can of this row, but not all of it. Instead, I head back left and concentrate on the left side of the formation. Basically, I try to whittle down the formation on the sides and bottom, making the box smaller and smaller. You don't want the Aliens spaced out, otherwise it gets very difficult to hit the last 2 or 3. Keep them together, keep them high! As for the 4th wave and on (no shields), it's luck to not get shot immediately. I try to clear them out vertically the 2nd row in from the left, then hope I can take out the bottom row in time. If I can do this, it's only a matter of avoiding those nasty zig-zag missiles to get to the next wave. But, like I said, getting a chance to even get off a first shot on these waves is a matter of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 1645 - I cant get screenshots to work from z26 today for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 1200 for me. I took a pic but don't have it with me to upload; I'll try to get it later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 One last tip - don't kill off the invaders too quickly. If you take your time, extra Command Ships will appear on each round, and that could be worth a lot. As an example of how much that helps, I've not yet made it to the no-shields round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellow Atari Man Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I've always thought invisible invaders were fun, 903521[/snapback] Nice to hear someone say that; I've seen reviews stating that "no one liked invisible invaders", but I always did ZERO, ADD ME TO THE CLUB THIS TIME AROUND! Anyway, hardly had any time this week at all for this game; going to be playing some of it tonight. This is the best I've done so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellow Atari Man Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Well, after a whopping 20 minutes or so, I think I've had enough already And I think we found a game that's faster than Dragster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 3625 Maybe I should be drunk and play the HSC more often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Big whopping 290 for me. Why can't you use a playable variation like the reset-on-powerup one? That one I can actually do okay at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Big whopping 290 for me. Why can't you use a playable variation like the reset-on-powerup one? That one I can actually do okay at. 907247[/snapback] Because everyone and his mother can roll that version lol, and we'd have like 20 1st place people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Scientist Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted August 9, 2005 Author Share Posted August 9, 2005 And that's the end of another week of the High Score Club! Congratulations to everyone on their excellent scores, and I hope you all had fun with Space Invaders! Join us on the next edition of the High Score Club when the game will be Vault Assault! --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128bytes Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Oh man - just missed the deadline. Played a lot last night and got an 800 -- got all the invaders except the last one, and one purple ship... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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