Ze_ro Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 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! You're loose in a candy factory! Quickly move the chomping set of teeth to eat up all the candy bars. Be careful the happy faces might get you! Clear the screen and it's time for some quick hygiene - a tooth brush will clean your teeth to get ready for the next romp through the candy factory, because this week's game is Jawbreaker! Game Information Game Name: Jawbreaker Released By: Tigervision, 1982 Left Difficulty: B / Novice - Normal Speed Right Difficulty: N/A Game Mode: Game 1 - Fast Faces Chosen By: Osbo 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, Oct 18th 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 Numan! Please send me a private message with your choice of game for next week! 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 score for this week's game, and I'll add you to the list! Current High Scores 53,950 (keilbaca) [+11] 34,680 (the 5th ghost) [+10] 31,290 (video game addict) [+9] 29,140 (SpiceWare) [+8] 24,380 (D.Yancey) [+7] 22,060 (mitsubachi) [+6] 21,050 (Mordax) [+5] 21,000 (Keir) [+4] 20,760 (Omegamatrix) [+3] 19,850 (silverpoodleman) [+2] 19,340 (Malc74) [+1] 17,210 (vdub_bobby) [+1] 16,800 (Numan) [+1] 15,580 (mrppv666) [+1] 15,290 (Fellow Atari Man) [+1] 14,290 (supercat) [+1] 10,760 (Goochman) [+1] 9100 (scogey) [+1] 7880 (durden26) [+1] 7130 (LarcenTyler) [+1] Best Tips vdub_bobby [+2] Bounties and Challenges None yet TwinGalaxies Top 3 (Default Settings)121,400 (Todd Rogers) 44,500 (Robert T Mruczek) 42,650 (Giovanni S Flamand) Current Standings SpiceWare [105] keilbaca [95] the 5th ghost [66] shadow460 [56] sku_u [53] khryssun [47] LarcenTyler [39] durden26 [31] Keir [27] vdub_bobby [25] Numan [24] panda_racer [23] Goochman [23] Christophero Sly [22] Robert M [21] supercat [19] Malc74 [18] D.Yancey [18] Mad Scientist [17] silverpoodleman [17] mitsubachi [16] Omegamatrix [15] vgcollector666 [15] Recycled [15] neotokeo2001 [14] xeex [13] scogey [13] brendano [12] bjk7382 [11] Thomas Jentzsch [11] homerwannabee [10] Dones [10] Fellow Atari Man [8] 128bytes [7] arlo [6] gospeedde [5] davepesc [4] video game addict [4] Cybergoth [4] FireTiger [3] Atarifever [3] Gamemaster_ca_2003 [2] Dan Iacovelli [2] Gateway [1] StanJr [1] Luigi301 [1] Member List Numan, vdub_bobby, Dones, Gamemaster_ca_2003, awsomo3000, Voch, Stingray, scogey, Bubbledragon, video game addict, pitfallaimee, Blackjack, racer raul, SpiceWare, Robert M, Lord Helmet, Lord Thag, Mad Scientist, Dan Iacovelli, iguana, Luigi301, Gateway, Damon Plus, gospeedde, Kepone, internetotaku, panda_racer, KaeruYojimbo, cyberneticimplant, bjk7382, davepesc, neotokeo2001, xeex, bmlbytes, Omegamatrix, the 5th ghost, Xebec's Demise, khryssun, vgcollector666, chadtower, moycon, Malc74, shadow460, Atarifever, Keir, supercat, FireTiger, Philflound, Fellow Atari Man, keilbaca, brendano, Cybergoth, durden26, sku_u, mitsubachi, arlo, Recycled, LarcenTyler, silverpoodleman, 128bytes, Goochman, Thomas Jentzsch, Christophero Sly, D.Yancey, mrppv666, Mordax Scoring Points in Jawbreaker You score points by eating candy bars. There are 135 candy bars in the maze, each worth 10 points, for a total of 1350 points. When you finish all 135 candy bars, you receive a bonus of 500 points and you get your teeth brushed. This completes one frame. A vitamin pill will appear at the center of the maze three times during each frame. After eating the vitamin pill, you'll have a few seconds of extra energy when you can munch the smiling faces. Each face is worth 200 points. The faces turn red, then when your energy is running out, they'll blink red and white before returning to their normal color. Each player starts the game with three sets of jaws. The number of jaws left is displayed in the top left border of he maze for player one, and in the bottom left border for player two. After completing every other frame, a player gets an extra set of jaws, up to a maximum of three sets. When a player's last set of jaws gets munched, the game is over. There are eight frames altogether. The number of tbe current frame is displayed in the bottom right border of the maze. The smiling faces move faster and faster in each successive frame, making it harder and harder to escape them. Hints and Tips As always, you really should read the manual. What's that? You don't have the manual? AtariAge has both a typed copy and a scanned copy online. However, the manual itself doesn't provide any specific hints. Tips... The enemies generally won't appear on the same line on the same side of the screen as you. The enemies will change directions to chase/avoid you. When you eat a vitamin pill don't waste too much time trying to run down the smiling faces; especially on the higher levels use that time to gobble candy bars. Learn to use the moving doorways. As far as I can tell, the vitamin pill appears after a certain amount of time, NOT after eating a certain number of candy bars. Aso, "as far as I can tell" as well (plus a tip from myself), either the vitamins don't disappear until you eat them, or they stay on the screen for a LONG time. So you won't always have to rush/risk death in order to get to them. Another tip is that sometimes it's good to try to clear out either the very top or very bottom rows after eating a vitamin pill, since you'll get those out of the way, plus you'll be closer to the next vitamin pill once it re-appears again. If possible, try to avoider going up and down the screen on the sides because you will get blind sided by a smiley face you do not even see b/c it is just enetering the screen from the side. Only use the side if you are going up/down and you can see the SFace already on the field of play. Otherwise, use the trap doors. It takes longer, but it is much safer. I will suggest that you establish some sort of pattern in your head. It helps me sort of maintain my cool during the game as things speed up. I mentally split the screen in half and try to do the right side first then the left side. Alot of that has to do with my poor moving door use though. Secondly, try to use all three of the vitamin pills on every level. In the early levels I pursue the enemy after the pill to try to build points. Those late rounds they don't stay vunerable long enough to really pursue them. But if you can get an incidential enemy take the points. Its easy once you get a pattern down. Don't hang on the sides (as mentioned), use the holes in the floor to get the dots. Don't forget, when you hit about the halfway point, they get confused, sometimes no smiley comes, but most of the time, one will be chasing you from the same direction you are going, so you can safely clear the row. Try this. Say you're running a row, from right to left. A smiley pops up. Duck down to the lower row. Wait for the ghost to pass, double back slightly, go back up to the upper row and finish it off. Also use the power pellets to clear dots, not to get the smileys. You'll hit higher scores in no time. --Ze_ro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Yum Yum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Okay, I'll start us off this week with 15,290. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Argh, I missed Thrust! Oh well, I'll get a few games in this week. Here's a start: 9,410 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc74 Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 (edited) Well, I'm going to get a quick score on the board for this week, simply because I'm moving house on Thursday and probably won't have a lot of time after that. So, 7110 for my first game. Now, off to work... [EDIT - might just help if I remember the screenshot!] Edited October 11, 2005 by Malc74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 10,580 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 13,290 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 16,910 Tips... The enemies generally won't appear on the same line on the same side of the screen as you. The enemies will change directions to chase/avoid you. When you eat a vitamin pill don't waste too much time trying to run down the smiling faces; especially on the higher levels use that time to gobble candy bars. Learn to use the moving doorways. As far as I can tell, the vitamin pill appears after a certain amount of time, NOT after eating a certain number of candy bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 10760 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellow Atari Man Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 As far as I can tell, the vitamin pill appears after a certain amount of time, NOT after eating a certain number of candy bars. 946397[/snapback] Also, "as far as I can tell" as well (plus a tip from myself), either the vitamins don't disappear until you eat them, or they stay on the screen for a LONG time. So you won't always have to rush/risk death in order to get to them. I'll get to playing and posting scores later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 17,620 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 18,620 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 An even 21,000 this time. Damn, those guys get fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 14,750 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 I thought I had this game made... meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 18,520 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Up that score to 20430 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsubachi Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 19550... at last a game I've been practicing! hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellow Atari Man Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Another tip is that sometimes it's good to try to clear out either the very top or very bottom rows after eating a vitamin pill, since you'll get those out of the way, plus you'll be closer to the next vitamin pill once it re-appears again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recycled Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Curses; another one I don't own. I'll see if I can score one before the weeks up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Up mine to 20,760. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverpoodleman Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 (edited) 14,550 I LOVE JAWBREAKER AS THIS WEEKS CHOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is one of our favorite games. I'm really curious to see how good people are at this. Question - I haven't read the manual, but I assume there is something in there about my guy getting slower and their guys getting faster. By the 3rd screen, it starts to feel like I am jogging and they are running - By the 5th screen, it feels like I am walking and they are sprinting! :idea::idea:TIP ALERT TIP ALERT TIP ALERT TIP ALERT TIP ALERT TIP ALERT TIP ALERT TIP ALERT :idea::idea: Another Tip - if possible, try to avoider going up and down the screen on the sides because you will get blind sided by a smiley face you do not even see b/c it is just enetering the screen from the side. Only use the side if you are going up/down and you can see the SFace already on the field of play. Otherwise, use the trap doors. It takes longer, but it is much safer. Edited October 12, 2005 by silverpoodleman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrppv666 Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 I just got this game recently! Um... do I just post a pic to join the club I think? I looked over the rule really quickly but I'm half asleep! Here's my second try - 15,580 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 I just got this game recently! Um... do I just post a pic to join the club I think? I looked over the rule really quickly but I'm half asleep! Here's my second try - You just post a score to join; pics are optional. And welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordax Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 I just found this site yesterday. Great place. Thought I would take a crack at Jawbreaker. 18780 That's the best I could manage so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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