High Score Competition (January: Skyway)

[jwild]

6458. I wonder who that is in the boat. Maybe that’s Eric.


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[jwild]

7095



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[Opry99er]

My best so far this month.  I think I was on the second to last screen.

[Opry99er]

Little better 

[Opry99er]

17 hours ago, jwild said:

6458. I wonder who that is in the boat. Maybe that’s Eric.


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I'm pretty sure it's Eric and his princess.   

[Opry99er]

Improving slightly.  This graveyard screen is jacking with me.

[jwild]

7520.


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[Firefly]

that is an insane score for that game! you must have left the witch standing on most screens

[jwild]

7875. This might be the best I can do.


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[Firefly]

With full lives left as well?  I must have made this game too easy! Fantastic score

[Opry99er]

Yeah, that's just ridiculous.   

 

i need to step my game up... unfortunately I don't believe I'll have a chance to get anywhere close to that by midnight tonight.

[jwild]

Eric in Monsterland High Scores:

 

1. jwild - 7875

2. Firefly - 5414

3. Opry99er - 5171

4. Chue - 1137

 

Thank you to retrospect for creating the game!    The more I played it the more I liked it.

 

 

[jwild]

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TI-99/4A High Score Challenge

 

Month: December, 2019

 

Game: Knight Lore, converted by @Asmusr

 

I have never played this game before.   It looks interesting.   The controls are going to take some getting used to.

 

Please see this thread for more info and files for playing:

 

 

Good luck everyone.

 

[Opry99er]

Wow, I suck at this game... 

[jwild]

Me too..


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[+OLD CS1]

I do not recall if it is an official "rule," and I am not about to scour through 106 pages because lazy, but I recall part of the contest was to win a TI-related item put up by the previous month's winner.  Is that still a thing?  I have a few items I can toss in for fun, if needed.

[Opry99er]

Originally the intent was for the selector to put up a prize of some sort... didn't have to be anything crazy.  The winner of the month's challenge would get the prize from the previous selector, and then he would then select a game and offer a prize.

 

One of the original adopted customs was that the person putting up the prize couldn't win their own prize, and that their scores wouldn't be counted amongst the entrees.  This was never official, it was just what we did.  This kind of ensured that just one person wasn't winning month after month.  But as the participation slowed somewhat, it didn't make sense to adhere to any 'hard and fast' rules, as this isn't exactly the 2600 High Score of the month club.  Now those who participate are mostly just having fun competing, and there's definitely value in that.

 

I do have to admit though, there have been some AMAZING prizes offered up over the years, and I feel like that did increase involvement pretty substantially.  

[jblenkle]

On 12/2/2019 at 6:20 AM, jwild said:

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TI-99/4A High Score Challenge

 

Month: December, 2019

 

Game: Knight Lore, converted by @Asmusr

 

I have never played this game before.   It looks interesting.   The controls are going to take some getting used to.

 

Please see this thread for more info and files for playing:

 

 

Good luck everyone.

 

Is there a trick to getting this game to work? I'm using the Classic99 emulator. I load the rom, get the TI994A screen that says press any key to begin, but all that comes up is PRESS 1 FOR TI BASIC.

[+arcadeshopper]

Is there a trick to getting this game to work? I'm using the Classic99 emulator. I load the rom, get the TI994A screen that says press any key to begin, but all that comes up is PRESS 1 FOR TI BASIC.

works fine for me.. cart user select knightlore8.bin

 

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[jblenkle]

1 hour ago, arcadeshopper said:

works fine for me.. cart user select knightlore8.bin

 

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That's the name of the rom I'm using. I go to CARTRIDGE > USER > OPEN and then select that rom, but as I said, all that comes up when it returns to the main screen is PRESS 1 FOR TI BASIC.  I had the same problem with Eric in Monsterland.  But I've played other games with no problem.

[+arcadeshopper]

5 minutes ago, jblenkle said:

That's the name of the rom I'm using. I go to CARTRIDGE > USER > OPEN and then select that rom, but as I said, all that comes up when it returns to the main screen is PRESS 1 FOR TI BASIC.  I had the same problem with Eric in Monsterland.  But I've played other games with no problem.

are you running the latest version of classic99?

[jblenkle]

1 hour ago, arcadeshopper said:

are you running the latest version of classic99?

That was the problem!!! I had an older version. I just updated it and now the file shows up when I load it. THANKS!!!

[jwild]

17%, 2 items.

Anyone else playing?


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[+OLD CS1]

I am ridiculously busy and cannot afford my attention on anything beyond snarky comments and minimal draws on my attention.  I have not even ventured into the dev forum in a while.

[Asmusr]

In order to make any progress in the game it is essential to learn how to stand on an item and pick it up while you jump away from it. This makes it possible to jump longer/higher while keeping your items.