VectorGamer Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 River Patrol MAME ROMset: RPatrolBDip Switches: Lives: 3 Week ends 3.2.15 @ noon EST Season Standings 232 bigbee99 218 Fallout_002 211 kane 197 DonPedro 126 roadrunner 97 DaveD 76 LarcenTyler 62 darthkur 61 Darrin9999 58 M.A.M.E Offender 50 jblenkle 32 Cynicaster 19 Mangia-Boy 18 GimmeClassics 18 Mister-VCS 13 S.BAZ 9 Dauber 8 patbb 3 DrVenkman Leaderboard 57,890 Fallout_00227,250 bigbee9924,930 DonPedro 23,320 kane 18,500 roadrunner 14,780 Mangia-Boy 6,070 jblenkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I'm surprised I've never played this before. 23,320 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveD Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I've never played this one either. Anyone know the trick to saving the people? I seem to kill more than I save. I thought perhaps I had to approach them slowly but that doesn't always work. And I might be wrong but I think the "water gage" is the amount of water your boat can take on before it sinks. At least that's what is implied by a write up I found online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Although I played River Patrol for the first time, it took more than 7 minutes to be eliminated. I think, ORCA didn't make a lot of money with this arcade game. By the way, my score is 14,780. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 River Patrol - 1,380 I remember playing this a long time ago...and I still suck at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) Anyone know the trick to saving the people? I seem to kill more than I save. Come at them from the side, going straight at them, even slowly, seems to kill them. Strangely, going backwards into them engine-first is fine Edited February 25, 2015 by kane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I've never played this one before either. Why are we using the bootleg ROM? Is there much of a difference in the two ROM sets? I can't get my bootleg ROM to work B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 I've never played this one before either. Why are we using the bootleg ROM? Is there much of a difference in the two ROM sets? I can't get my bootleg ROM to work B That's what Twin Galaxies has listed so I figured it was a standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 18,500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 River Patrol - 6,070 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 This game's a nightmare! I gave it 3 goes 27250 B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallout_002 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Not familiar with Orca Corp and don't recall seeing any of their machines here in North America. In any case, this was another interesting, albeit obscure, piece of gaming history. 57,890 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonPedro Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Not familiar with Orca Corp and don't recall seeing any of their machines here in North America. In any case, this was another interesting, albeit obscure, piece of gaming history. Orca is mostly just a footnote in another company's history. After they (quickly) went bankrupt, their development team formed Toaplan. 24,930 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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