fakecortex

Slowly creeping up to 2k... 8B: 1624

That's a pretty good score for starting tho! I feel like I really understand it, but I just wanna break 4k. I'm glad this game was picked; I liked it before, but I appreciate it so much more now that I see the patterns.

I forgot to look this one up in my strategy book! It's there, albeit with some errors. Not sure their strategy is accurate, so read this one for historical context only, hahaha. Mess of pics comin' at ya...

I've been drivin' cattle most of my natural life...

An Activision game a don't have...so I just grabbed myself a copy on ebay I'll be emulating till then. I like the bonus- rewards us helping each other, very nice. Of course, sorry to those who don't meet the cut off. Which very well might be me, hahaha.

These boxes might not look like anything special right now, but give it some time and they'll be nostalgic hahaha. Even looking back at my Playstation 1 & 2 boxes, manuals, inserts, ads, etc is a mini blast from the past. They don't seem like too long ago, but with time all those "throw aways" are pretty cool. In this humble hoarder's mind of course. Also... Aren't thrift stores where you go for a cheap find? And donate? Where are you going to cut such a deal? 😂

If that was the case, nice job! Game A has a shorter lasso!

Between TG and SMS, on a bit of a shoot 'em up kick are we? This one's pretty sweet, like the power ups, smooth flying, and story, which is pretty funny. Before I submit a score, I want to make sure I have the rules right- what's considered autofire? I'm playing on OpenEmu and I hold down a button and the bullets start flying, like it's turbo (but I still have to hold down the button, so it's not just automatically shooting 🤔) I don't think there's a way for me to control the turbo slider on the controller. There is a button for 2/6 mode, which I have no clue about. I've never played on a TurboGrafx in person, so when it comes to the controller and all it's crazy turbo-ness, I'm a little lost.

Surprised that this appeared on the Master System but not NES, and then the sequel was on SNES but not Genesis. Hard game, especially once you die and lose the power-ups. Haven't gotten past the first boss yet, but man does it look cool. Now to read the manual and see what I'm missing, hahaha. 25,200 BTW, why doesn't it show the score as you play? Maaaaaaaan.

This version isn't too shabby, but why does the music restart all the time? Grab a heart? Restart the music. Punch a bottle? Restart. Fall? Restart. Brutus jumps? Restart. I might just have to start playing this one on mute too, haha. Shame, I always loved the music and sfx to this game. 17,100

Late to the beamridin' party. Enjoyed this game very much this season on Colecovision. Glad the INTV version doesn't disappoint. Such a good game. 19,150

Improvement on game 1... 1B: 3,701 And on game 8 8B: 1,485

Haven't mastered how to bait the enemies in order to capitalize on multiple kills, but I did manage to break 40k! Phew! 40,100

^ Game doesn't have an ending date. Love Popeye, don't think I've played it on INTV tho.

Gimme dat patch, Activision! 1B: 3,437 Now to break 1k in game 8... 8B: 921 The discussion here has really upped my game!

Yo, I love this game. The strategy shared here had me increase my pb in two games and it's got me googling different types of cattle. I love how the 2600 has a wild library of unique games (for better or worse haha). Gettin' real close to that patch, activision!

Nice! I'm surprised how many red cows are kept on the screen in order to last long.

Hahaha oh yeah, I forgot about that.

Did ya mess with the dials to get those funky colors?

Beat that level one boss! Phew! 17,700

I had one game where the level one boss and I hit each other at the same time at the end of our health. He died, I did not. It was pretty cool. Got to level 2-4 again, and man is that boss insane. I haven't figured out the trick just yet, but was able to beat it with a few practices on level select. Outside of doing that on an actual run, I think the only way I can improve my score is by winning another bonus round. I believe I did 2 of 3. Gotta love games with level select tho. Not only does it cut down on frustration of having to play through to a boss just to die (when you really just need the practice) but it makes up for there not being a game genie on master system. 165,250 Level 2-4

This happened right after hitting my last target. It's like they intentionally put these bugs in so they could say, "Come play this on Colecovision instead!" Who else punishes the player for TOUCHING THE CONTROLLER 🤣 Oh well, good round everyone!

WOW. That's an intense score, cowboy.

I was givin' this one last go and I kept running into a glitch (surprise surprise). Not sure if it's my rom or if anyone else has come across this: I finish the first level and it doesn't advance me. My gun disappears but it still allows me to shoot (without decreasing the bullet count). It won't let me progress, causing me to reset. It happened twice, which is twice too many. May or may not give it another go later. Also, I'm not such a big fan of losing gained points as a game mechanic. The ducks are annoying, but they just affect bullets (which is still bad), but hitting a negative point area is cheap b/c you already earned those points. Wouldn't be so bad if the controls were tighter.