HSC Season 4 Week 30: Porky's

[Ze_ro]

Important Note: This week's competition is over, and no further scores will be accepted.

 

We follow a bunch of high school kids through a period in their puberty. Their lives mainly consist of watching the girls in the shower and making life a living hell for their teachers and for each other. Humiliated and thrown out of Porky's strip club, they have their minds set on revenge, but that's not easy as the owner's brother is sheriff. Only by forgetting their internal differences can they defeat Porky and his gang.

 

Game Information

• Game Name: Porky's
  
• Released By: 20th Century Fox, 1983
  
• Left Difficulty: B / Novice
  
• Right Difficulty: B / Novice
  
• Game Mode: Game 1
  
• Chosen By: JacobZu7zu7
  

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 is Thursday, November 23rd at 1:30 AM (CST).

 

If you want to suggest a game for future weeks, please send me a private message and let me know! I will add your game to the list. One one game per person will be kept on the list, so you will not be able to suggest a game until your first game is played!

 

Anyone can play! Just post a score and I'll add you to the list! Please read the Rules & Information if you haven't already done so!

 

Current High Scores

1. 8298 (Rom Hunter) [+11]
   
2. 8278 (Deteacher) [+10]
   
3. 7793 (JacobZu7zu7) [+9]
   
4. 7402 (SpiceWare) [+8]
   
5. 3822 (LarcenTyler) [+7]
   
6. 3691 (atari2600land) [+6]
   

Best Tips

• JacobZu7zu7 [+2]
  

Bounties and Challenges

• None yet posted
  

TwinGalaxies Top 3

(Game 1, Difficulty B)

1. 8814 (Todd Rogers)
   
2. 8015 (Jeffrey D. Lowe Jr.)
   

Current Standings

1. Coming Soon

Scoring Points in Porky's

• Scene: The Country Line:
  • Points are accumulated by successfully dodging the obstacles and distractions in the highway bands.
    
  • Motor Boat : 1 point
    
  • The Police : 100 points
    
  • Porky's Girls : 200 points
    
  • Attack Pigs : 400 points
    
  • Porky's Bouncers : 800 points
    
  • Pig Mobil : 1600 points
    
  • Last Band : 3200 points.
    

  [*]Scene: The Swamp:

  • Brick placed : +100 points
    
  • Exiting scene : +100 points
    
  • Each polevault jump : -25 points
    
  • Falling into swamp : -100 points
    
  • Caught by Porky : -random number of points
    

  [*]Scene: The Shower:

  • Pushing object into pit : +100 points
    
  • Loitering in locker room : -10 each 10 seconds
    
  • Falling into the pit : -200 points
    
  • Caught by Balbricker : -200 points
    

  [*]Scene: Porky's Bar:

  • Exiting scaffolding : variable score based on difficulty, +100 - 3200 points
    
  • Caught by Porky : -200 points
    

Hints and Tips

As always, you really should read the manual. In case you don't have the manual, AtariAge has a typed copy available online. Unfortunately, it doesn't provide any direct hints, but you should probably read it anyways so you can figure out what's actually going on in the game.

My tip is to learn how to get across the road on your first attempt. If you succeed, you'll skip the swamp and the shower scene and go right to the scaffolding scene. While there, if you get caught by Porky, you'll go back to the swamp scene, but you won't have to build the stairs. So, you can climb out right away and progress as you normally would through the game.

 

Unfortunately, I don't have a tip for getting across the road on the first try. Just practice. I've found that once you start crossing, you don't have time to stop and think. You can make small left/right adjustments on the way up, but it's pretty much a straight shot up to the top. Keep at it and don't give up. The points are worth the time to learn!

Tip #1 Controls: When climbing the scaffolding, position Pee Wee next to the post and push the joystick up.

The path with the green arrow is the only one path that works.

It must be approached from the bottom.

If you're on the right path, the arrow on the left of the screen will turn green. If you're wrong, the arrow will turn red

and you must return to the bottom level and start again.

--

Tip #2 Controls: With the scaffolding, on difficulty game 1.

(the one we are playing) After you find the green (arrow) all you have to do, is climb straight up! No need to move left or right just climb straight up. Don't have to keep falling. However! On higher difficulty levels, I notice... you do have to move left and right to find the green arrow, this is needed for the 2nd floor of the scaffolding.

Not easy.

 

Tip #3 Controls: With the scaffolding, on difficulty game 1.

(the one we are playing) After you follow the green (arrow) upwards,

if this green arrow is the right path, then...each side you climb

is the EXACT same direction to go! For instance, if you climbed right, continue your approach from the right side. Same thing if you get a green path from the left.

By climbing this way, it will lead you straight up. (now tell me)....

Tips:

Get hit by the Pig Mobil (and the Pig Mobil only!) while your head is in the last band!

 

Don't get caught, don't make any polevault mistakes and don't fall into the shower pit.

 

Be as quick as possible in the shower scene without getting caught to save points.

 

--Ze_ro

[Deteacher]

Allow me to set the first bar...although it's not a very high one. 3,745.

 

Once you figure out how the baddies move, it's not too hard to avoid them. Getting up the ladders can be a pain, though.

Edited November 16, 2006 by Deteacher

[+atari2600land]

I can't figure out what the heck I'm doing. And yes, I've read the manual. But I haven't seen the movie. Regardless, here's my first score.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Hey thanks Zero!

 

Here is my first score 3,179

[+atari2600land]

Will my score count even though I didn't finish?

[Ze_ro]

Will my score count even though I didn't finish?

Sure, a score is a score. Sometimes with games like this where you can lose points, it might be a strategic choice to quit playing while you're ahead rather than risk it.

 

--Zero

[Deteacher]

5,382! I lucked out and got across the road the very first time! 3,200 points and I didn't have to build the staircase in the swamp level.

 

EDIT: 7,402! My tip is to learn how to get across the road on your first attempt. If you succeed, you'll skip the swamp and the shower scene and go right to the scaffolding scene. While there, if you get caught by Porky, you'll go back to the swamp scene, but you won't have to build the stairs. So, you can climb out right away and progress as you normally would through the game.

 

Once you get the hang of all the little nuances, it's actually a fun game!

Edited November 17, 2006 by Deteacher

[+atari2600land]

I finished the game, but the score was lower than the score I put on here! Now THAT is weird.

[JacobZu7zu7]

5,382! I lucked out and got across the road the very first time! 3,200 points and I didn't have to build the staircase in the swamp level.

 

EDIT: 7,402! My tip is to learn how to get across the road on your first attempt. If you succeed, you'll skip the swamp and the shower scene and go right to the scaffolding scene. While there, if you get caught by Porky, you'll go back to the swamp scene, but you won't have to build the stairs. So, you can climb out right away and progress as you normally would through the game.

 

Once you get the hang of all the little nuances, it's actually a fun game!

 

How did you get past the road! I didn't know that was possible. Great work

[JacobZu7zu7]

Tip #1 Controls: When climbing the scaffolding, position Pee Wee next to the post and push the joystick up.

The path with the green arrow is the only one path that works.

It must be approached from the bottom.

If you're on the right path, the arrow on the left of the screen will turn green. If you're wrong, the arrow will turn red

and you must return to the bottom level and start again.

--

Tip #2 Controls: With the scaffolding, on difficulty game 1.

(the one we are playing) After you find the green (arrow) all you have to do, is climb straight up! No need to move left or right just climb straight up. Don't have to keep falling. However! On higher difficulty levels, I notice... you do have to move left and right to find the green arrow, this is needed for the 2nd floor of the scaffolding.

Not easy.

 

Tip #3 Controls: With the scaffolding, on difficulty game 1.

(the one we are playing) After you follow the green (arrow) upwards,

if this green arrow is the right path, then...each side you climb

is the EXACT same direction to go! For instance, if you climbed right, continue your approach from the right side. Same thing if you get a green path from the left.

By climbing this way, it will lead you straight up. (now tell me)....

Edited November 19, 2006 by JacobZu7zu7

[Deteacher]

5,382! I lucked out and got across the road the very first time! 3,200 points and I didn't have to build the staircase in the swamp level.

 

EDIT: 7,402! My tip is to learn how to get across the road on your first attempt. If you succeed, you'll skip the swamp and the shower scene and go right to the scaffolding scene. While there, if you get caught by Porky, you'll go back to the swamp scene, but you won't have to build the stairs. So, you can climb out right away and progress as you normally would through the game.

 

Once you get the hang of all the little nuances, it's actually a fun game!

 

How did you get past the road! I didn't know that was possible. Great work

Unfortunately, I don't have a tip for getting across the road on the first try. Just practice. I've found that once you start crossing, you don't have time to stop and think. You can make small left/right adjustments on the way up, but it's pretty much a straight shot up to the top. Keep at it and don't give up. The points are worth the time to learn!

[Rom Hunter]

 

Now for the 8000...

 

Edited November 18, 2006 by Rom Hunter

[Deteacher]

I've played through several times, getting through the highway and skipping to the scaffolding screen, but I keep getting the same score, 7,402. If I get hit and have to go through all the other screens, my final score is less than that (around 7,300.) I have no idea how you got 7,800+, but kudos to you.

 

~Pete.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Hhmmm, everyone's getting quite good at this game in a hurry, I thought this would

be more hair pulling.. then this heheh...

Here's my new #2 high score,

 

6,382

 

[+SpiceWare]

7,402

[JacobZu7zu7]

Here's my 3rd score... 7,402

 

I don't see how I can get better then this one. I past the street perfectly.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Here's my 3rd score... 7,402

 

I don't see how I can get better then this one. I past the street perfectly.

 

Spoke too soon! 7,771

[JacobZu7zu7]

Here's my 3rd score... 7,402

 

I don't see how I can get better then this one. I past the street perfectly.

 

Spoke too soon! 7,771

 

7,793

Edited November 19, 2006 by JacobZu7zu7

[Rom Hunter]

 

Done.

 

Tips:

Get hit by the Pig Mobil (and the Pig Mobil only!) while your head is in the last band!

 

Don't get caught, don't make any polevault mistakes and don't fall into the shower pit.

 

Be as quick as possible in the shower scene without getting caught to save points.

 

Edited November 21, 2006 by Rom Hunter

[Lauren Tyler]

I've yet to see the movie, but the game just doesn't do it justice.

[Deteacher]

8,278. I don't know if I can improve much more than that, though.

[Rom Hunter]

Best Tip: JacobZu7zu7?

 

Hmmmm...

 

[Deteacher]

8,964. This score comes in after the deadline so it doesn't count. I'll be happy with #2 this week, though.

 

I found that the score rolls over after 8,999, so I played again and made sure to finish before the rollover. Again, it doesn't count, but I wanted to post a screenshot anyway. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Gobble Gobble!

Edited November 23, 2006 by Deteacher

[Rom Hunter]

Excellent!

 

What's the secret?

 

[Deteacher]

Just keep repeating the first 3 scenes over and over. Eventually, you only get 1 point for the highway gauntlet, but you gain about 50 points for clearing the swamp scene (100 minus 50 for two pole vaults.) In the shower scene, you gain points, depending on how fast you clear it (100 points for dropping the item and 100 for clearing the board, minus your loitering points.) It's still an overall net gain.

 

Even if the score was submitted before the deadline, it probably shouldn't count anyway as it could be considered point leeching. I could literally have played those three scenes forever and never finish the game.

Edited November 23, 2006 by Deteacher