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  4. Posted

    Unfortunately, there is some element of luck involved in getting a really good time in this game.

     

    That is completely true. I'm pretty guilty of slapping the reset button if conditions aren't favorable for a quick time.

     

    As I stated earlier, I totally loved this game as a kid and I played it constantly. I think the city layout is just permanently burned into my brain.

     

    Didn't get a chance to play last night, but I'm still shooting for the elusive 58.

     

    Edit: just rechecked the twin galaxies high score, 56 not 58. Don't know if I can hit that mark or not, but I'm gonna try!

     

    -S

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    By the way, for any hardcore paddle fans out there, there's something else worth noting here... Inside a paddle is a variable resistor, and by turning the dial, you're adjusting the resistance between approximately 0 ohms and 1,000,000 ohms (500,000 ohms in a Commodore paddle). Since both the Atari and Commodore paddles have the same swing radius (approximately 290 degrees)... this means that although you lose extreme range with the Commodore paddles, you gain a great deal of fine control. In fact, you'll have about twice as much precision with the Commodore paddle! Not only do you gain precision, but since the paddle has to move farther to have an effect on-screen, you'll have less jitter problems with Commodore paddles (the jitter will still be there, but it's affected by the same laws as your hand, so your on-screen character will only be moved half as far by jitter as they were with Atari paddles).

     

    This is very interesting stuff. Since the Atari paddles use a 1 meg ohm pot (which I knew), and the Commodore paddles use 500 k ohm, pots a logical conclusion would be a pair of shaky Atari paddles could be rebuilt using new 500 k pots and you'd have some nice precise Atari paddles (although they wouldn't work in a few games). In the near future I plan to build myself a paddle controller. I may experiment with different pots to see what kind of control I get. Thanks for posting this info.

     

    -S

  10. Posted

    Holy shit, Stingray! Did you really get 0:59 without the X-Ray cheat?

     

    Don't get the idea that I'm scoring this way every time. I'll play ten games that take two minutes or more before I play one that's right at a minute. I'm not using the x-ray cheat, I had never even heard of it before this thread. I did try to see if I could get it to work, but it doesn't seem to work with my cart. I am however using the delay tactic. If you tiem it just right you can delay, get over to the bridge screen, turn around and be just about to the phone booth before the explosion giving you 1 second on the clock as you turn into Superman. If this is determined to be cheating I'll withdraw my score and try again.

     

    -S

  11. Posted

    Well this thread made me think I might be overlooking a gold mine so having nothing better to do at lunch today I decided to check out the nearby thrifts that I've seen.

     

    Stop 1: Totally disorganized garage sale reject shop. Found a Genesis console only. On the other end of the shop, found what I guess is a Genesis CD ROM drive. Didn't want either so I left 'em where I found 'em. The only other gaming related item I found was a decent looking PC game stick. Didn't need that either. They did have a lot of groovy retro TVs that would look sharp with a heavy sixer. Might go back for one of those later as they were super cheap.

     

    Stop 2: Damnation Army Thrift Store. Nothing remotely interesting here, but I took a look at their prices. They must be insane. The stuff they had was so high you could almost buy a new one, or in some cases you could buy a new one for the same amount. One example was a 19 inch TV for $100, last time I was in Walmart they had 21 inch TVs for something like $85. Nuts.

     

    Stop 3: Not a thrift, actually a pawn shop, but it was on the way back. Decent selection of PS2/ X-box/ Gamecube titles & accessories. One NES cart and a handful of SNES carts. Nothing I was interested in. Again in many cases the prices were so high I question whether or not they ever actually sell anything. A used PS2 for $130? Gimme a break.

     

    To sum up, Thrifts seem to be a dead end for vintage gaming stuff in my area.

     

    If anyone wants that Genesis CD ROM drive, I'll be happy to go back and get it for you. I think it was marked as $9. I have no way of testing it.

     

    -S

  12. Posted

    Unless all the bad guys are within a screen's distance to the jail, I can't see myself getting under a minute.

     

    Well, that's what happens for me. Once they were all actually in the jail screen. By the time I had nabbed most of them, two had moved off to another screen, but they both went the same direction. If the bad guys aren't still all in a cluster when you first see them as Superman, you'll never make it in under a minute.

     

    -S

  13. Posted

    I imagine some hacks are possible .. rig a real paddle to plug into this thing.

     

    That should be no problem, assuming this thing uses a 1 meg pot like a real paddle. Even if it turns out to be something different you could still buy the appropraiate pot at radio shack and install that in a real paddle, then do the hack.

     

    -S

  14. Posted

    People won't pay for originality. Beyond Good and Evil is a very good example of how a good, original game can be fucked by the very same people who whine about the lack of originality in games.

     

    Beyond Good and Evil is an absolutely amazing game. It's a real shame it hasn't done well.

     

    -S

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