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game 5A: 19,850 getting better there with more practice & a good run, keeping focused. pretty sure I could "roll" this one too although keeping concentration all the way to 1,000,000 would be a serious feat

yes actually that does help ! thank you, I didn't know about the falling birds prize. i think i may actually understand it now.

game 5A 7530 this is more how I remember Demon Attack. I think I played mostly 1A this seems the same except it starts you out on an advanced screen it will take some serious patience & concentration to improve on 5A I do have one tip for any setting: only the bottom row of demons can shoot. and they can only shoot if both halves are still alive. so... you can prevent the entire wave of demons from being able to shoot at you, by taking out one of the two birds in the middle row, and keeping it that way. if the middle demon is always missing a bird, they will never shoot at you. easier said than done, but once you get that in effect it gets easier. especially i would think for 5A since their shot is so hardcore. but i haven't gotten the technique down very well for 5A yet.

hey, great response patbb !! that will help a LOT ! i couldn't find any info about this game other than "you can shoot things for extra bullets" and "ducks gobble bullets." also stuff like "it's so simple, if you can't play this game after one minute you're an idiot" -??? Thank you

15850 ok I'm getting better but I'm afraid I still don't have a clue what's going on. I know the ducks eat bullets. aside from that I also seem to be loosing packs of bullets for some other reason. I don't know how to get extra bullets. I've watched my bullet count while shooting o, or B, or S is it random? stealing your bullets or giving you bonus? I don't get it

3170 not getting the hang of it yet... don't understand the scoring i read about it but still don't get it maybe after a few more rounds...

surprised myself & also rolled 1st game: 109,875 had 0 lives at 8000pts never played the guided bullets before but they are actually easier to use [ok editing here. my roommate yanked out the cartridge before I could get my pic so I played it again. it's only 99K but I was sick of playing & thumb hurt & had stuff to do, as soon as I saw 98K I was done.]

154,996 (no pic yet) a little breakthrough... 37K 1st pig 95K 2nd pig the last pig let me down, thought i might see 200K but thought too much

awesome voc, now you got me scrambling again 90K with 2 pigs... that's a big head start at raising the scoring per brick! i've been hoping to get 100K on the 1st 2 pigs. (about 70 is my top) i remember on my best run how fast the score was climbing after that. i'm also thinking now that i would have definitely liked Oink growing up

86,376 95,316 135,712 amazing how one can just keep getting better... I keep thinking I'm starting to level off, then I get more skill. now I'm getting better at dodging the wolf's shots i found if you can keep him held off long enough over a big hole, he starts to get kind of confused as to where to attack & it starts getting spread out (the damage). which means 3 or 4 places along the roof for rapid-fire brick-throwing. p.s. I got over 80K with the last pig my best first pig so far was 29K

155,900 Thanks patbb, yes I actually have 5 lives I read that wrong. I'm still questioning though: extra lives every 20K, is this correct? the settings at top of this page say "Bonus life after wave 5"

ok so do I need to adjust dipswitch settings? I have 4 lives but I'm actually getting bonus lives every 20K, just like at the arcade.

thanks craftsmanMike, I'll try that next time. i saw the Twin Galaxies "Oink" page: http://scoreboard.twingalaxies.com/operator.php?gameid=2781&platformid=5&variationid=3824 999,999 Todd Rogers & David Yancey 188,240 Alan Hewston 63,072 James Randall ... it looks like we're rockin' pretty hard ! Vocelli -- I knew I was gonna see a score like that as soon as you mentioned "20K 1st pig." whenever I do that, I think I'm gonna get 100K, but like you said you have to have a good run all 3 pigs i have to also 2nd what aftermac said, there's nothing like HSC to get me crakking out on a game I wouldn't have played otherwise... I actually put Oink in one time, played a little and thought it was a crappy game, never touched it again ! now I've gotten hooked and appreciate the game much better... I'll be scramblin'

5 lives seems right to me, I remember it that way i have only played on one machine that ever started me with 3, it's in town still it seems like bullcrap to have to start with 3 too. 66,650

174,600 usually getting farther so expecting 200K 1st boss: use the disk weapon it hits him twice & kills him fast 2nd boss: use the gun for the first two targets & fist for the 3rd kills it fast! 3rd boss: holy crap this guy smokes my ass

thanks Gorfy & Liduario 83,240 tips i'm using: as soon as the bricks reappear, dump as many as possible quickly to the center of the area with most holes. then I work outward, grabbing toward L or R, dumping toward center of holes. maybe you all know this already, but once I got the hang of grabbing one way & dumping the other (quickly) my score jumped by about 30K. after grabbing a brick, hold the button, turn & release button. you can do it really fast, dumping more bricks toward the center of the holes, while running away from the center. hand durability tip: I use right hand pointer finger to rapid-fire bricks whenever I get a chance to stand in one place under bricks & over holes! it happens often and gives the L thumb a break at the most button-mashingest parts

58,240 i left the game on to wait for the camera, but when I came back the screen had gone black... improvement w/ pic pending...

yikes!! not improving my score the funny menacing tunes do bounce around in my head though. at least that's a plus. only a few hours left... I have found out something though. you can make it to run 20 by going through the double up arrow door in run 18, I was mistaken. I don't know how to do it but I have done it now. I suspect this may be true for Run 19 as well. I wrote a song: " got a ninja on my trail... back from death & into hell... spawn in a pool of zots, crap. bonus lives are sparse, rats. "

29,812 first attack good game for competing simple & addicting i don't think i would have liked it growing up, but i like it now

19460 I'm very sorry to have missed out on Ms Pac-Man!!! but I love this one too, cheers!

wow nice Northcoast! so I guess you must be that guy with the 511K score on the Retrocade scoreboard ? I think you're the only one to ever roll Tunnel Runner so far in the HSC, congratulations I'm just hoping I can break 30K by tomorrow

166,000 i saw my score just before losing my last life, it was just above 166K I have a couple of questions -- 1. when you lose your last life, it immediately goes to the game over screen which does not display the score. I did not see how to get the score to display, other than getting the pic before dying! - ?? 2. this game does not give you a timer, so you can farm soldiers endlessly for an infinite score by going back & forth killing the same enemies repeatedly. I'm sure this is obviously not allowed, but I always relied on some "grinding" for hearts and/or weapons in order to survive a boss or something. but i know it is possible to make it through without any of that. (the Twin Galaxies leader has beat the Joker in 15min.) it would just take more memorizing I checked TG; they don't have any Batman score competition! found nothing elswhere either so far so... is farming allowed for hearts &/or weapons? or... is it no grinding whatsoever ? (to jblenkle --- you can hit select to pause & see your score)

well I was wrong about that marathon idea. once the handicap gets built all the way up, it's just a matter of 1-3 rounds for me before I get a "bad draw" of pills. but I just need more skills... i did have one improvement but forgot to post in time!

21,775 don't have a pic yet found out you get an extra life at 15K also found out the double up arrow doors in Runs 18 & 19 both take you back to the beginning of Run 18! don't know about runs 20 & up, but i can't recommend the double door in run 18 or 19. Also this is the first run where I've noticed zots going through walls. it did give me some practice at Run 18, the key is at the far upper left. don't get trapped at bottom right, avoid teleport unless Zots are far from bottom right

well that sounds exciting Liduario, & welcome shinobiedo !! I'm looking forward to seeing how this goes. you two might make a killing here since you are also competing as brothers! HA HA not that you needed the help Lid, you're already a total badass a little tip for Tunnel Runner !! -- I've found a spot where the cb Cb door often appears from Run 10 onward: ......... ......... . . . .......................... . ... .................... . . . .......................... imagine that the dot map is the upper left corner of the Tunnel Runner map. the underscore is the spot where the bonus door is at in Runs 10 & 11. Other runs has it there too. sometimes the cb Cb door is along the top wall. if you can see the monsters on the map, and you know where the bonus door is at, go to the other side of the map and lure them over that way, then sprint to the door and get that 1000pts. I have never found this door before Run 10