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653: I honestly don't see myself playing this one very much these next two weeks.

I WILL wrap this game. That's just something I will NOT stop believing!

Look to my Avatar... A Berzerk robot is going to be next.

Um, your last posted score was 30 points higher

Just in case I don't play tomorrow: I received my cart from Ebay on time this week, and my score went up on the first go. I find the joystick is a little looser on horizontal aiming, but gives me greater control of my vertical movement and orientation compared to the keyboard. It looks more natural as well.

Hit my arbitrary 50K goal, and so present the picture promised: Now the question is whether I can get a "good" score to stay in the top 10...

Worked up to 46,935... I'll post a new picture once I crack 50K.

Your efforts are appreciated regardless... and I hope you'll still be able to enjoy the NHL (yes, I live an hour from the Redwings)!

Patch me up, I'm going in for more!

Not racing the clock for a final score tonight: I'm just not good enough! Congrats to all who rocked this one out. Fun, tough game. I'll admit this has been in my collection for awhile without much action, since the dual joystick trouble always intimidated me somewhat. A toe on the floor works fine for smartbombs only, but I prefer being able to access both inviso and bombs with an over-under coupling (with the trade-off that the massive controller body becomes quite painful to grasp for very long, even with large hands). I really enjoyed playing the inertia of the ship, building up some momentum and a trail of baddies, then whipping around to snipe them as while flying backwards... Given how far down the ranks I've fallen today, I'm definitely going to need that corrected score from last week for an extra point !

Hit my personal goal, hope to hang on the a top-ten finish here. -72,500-

Finally cleared 10... didn't realize my humanoids had repopulated the planet until it was too late, dying in valiant defense of what I thought was my last little buddy. Now I see how 100K+ is possible with a new round of potential bonuses. Anyways, I'm definitely in the realm of diminishing returns now, and my double-thick joystick is producing one wicked blister on my palm, so I'm calling it for the night with another marginal improvement:

And I have to say, of the two varieties, I much prefer the title screen on Stargate to Defender II. That ship is sweet!

Took Zylon's suggestion: for a modest bump: Hopefully I will have more time the final two nights to break that 70K / 10th Wave barrier I'm bumping against.

60,900 - a little better each day... looks like at least 70K is needed to be anywhere competitive.

Shouldn't I be in second?

51,050 today. I'll post a pic if I get something good. Somehow I expect a lot of amazing scores before the week is up.

First night out - 39,050 - still having trouble finding a comfortable position for the second joystick. I've been experimenting with both 2600 and 7800 sticks, to no avail. I'm probably spending more time monkeying with the controls than playing the game at this point! What a week for double points : (

Any recommendations for joystick coupling?

Photo Finish! Ooof...

All right: here goes my last minute effort after work to climb back into a top three finish for the first time...

Second player here to crack 20K, but dang, Frostbite... I'm still going to have to concede victory to that there display of skill!

I find a free fall along the right side of the sky screens avoids both clouds and birds, allowing you to descend as quickly as the programming allows. Following down the left side will hit birds on the lower two screens if you're in free fall. Yeah, but I don't like to be near the right side because that's where the birds come out. To avoid getting hit by the birds on the two lower screens, move over about an inch to the right. Hm... I wonder if there's a difference between emulation and hardware on this? It looks like you're using the real deal, and I'm still waiting for ebay to come through.

I find a free fall along the right side of the sky screens avoids both clouds and birds, allowing you to descend as quickly as the programming allows. Following down the left side will hit birds on the lower two screens if you're in free fall.

A small improvement today - 16,836