DrMooCowz Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Back from being out of town. Haven't played either of these games before. Ghost Manor: 92850 - I... don't understand exactly what I was doing here Room of Doom: 13700 - Liked this one a lot better and not bad for a first game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Ghost Manor 246,850. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 (edited) So, I found a video with a 500K+ score on it and I noticed a couple things about it: 1. There are only 7 grains of sand in the hourglass, not 8 like the manual mentions. 2. Each grain of sand is depleted at different times...none of which were 30 seconds, like the manual stated. You can watch the video here, but I'll post the times for each grain of sand, in case you don't want to watch the whole 4:30 video: Grain 1: 35 seconds Grain 2: 43 seonds Grain 3: 42 seconds Grain 4: 42 seconds Grain 5: 42 seconds Grain 6: 46 seconds Grain 7: 18 seconds (Player ended the game.) Total time: 4 minutes, 30 seconds I noticed that at one point, early on, the player should have been killed by the moving wall, but he/she was allowed to continue playing. Interesting... EDIT: Just realized that this is the same video that JIN put up earlier in the thread. D'oh! Check it out for yourself. What do you think? Maybe there are different ROMs out there with different timings. I don't know. Edited November 3, 2018 by Deteacher 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Ok, so I did a little more digging and here's what I found: I tested 4 different ROMs, using Altirra and the stopwatch on my phone. 2 NTSC ROMs and 2 PAL ROMs. The 2 NTSC ROMs behaved the same way, with each grain of sand depleting after 29 seconds of play, for a total game time of 3 minutes, 23 seconds. The 2 PAL ROMs behaved identically, with each grain taking 30 seconds, with the exception of the first grain, which took 35 seconds to deplete, for a total play time of 3 minutes, 35 seconds. Unless there's another ROM of the game out there that's giving you 42-46 seconds of time between grains of sand, I'm not sure what causes that extended time. A whole extra minute sure would make a huge difference in score. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Ghost Manor (B/B) 411,879. Room of Doom (Game 1 B/B) 40,350. I had some 410,850 games for Ghost Manor. For this particular score, i grabbed the coffin on the bottom right side of the stairway on screen four, and touched the moving wall a bit before going up for Dracula. Thus the extra 1,029 points. I can't do much better, possibly one more cross I don't know. Perhaps the Harmony cart has some effect on the Rom? Perhaps by playing long enough and doing something at the right time/spot, it will glitch the Hourglass somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogoober Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 BARELY any time to play:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Innit Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 (edited) An improvement on my previous score 189977 Edited November 7, 2018 by Lord Innit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leto27 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Out of competition this week, my computer is off, the charger is broken and the replecment is on the way in someplace that the guys from FedeEx cannot explain, I hate this company, in my City DHL is way better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 Vocelli: This game turned out better than I thought. Ghost Manor: 234399 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+McCallister Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 16,600 Just could not hit the button again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Ghost Manor 264,850. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Spriggy Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Room of Doom - Game 1 B/B 4,025 Played on: Stella/NTSC Rom/KB. Found 5 seconds on nightshift to play RoD via Stella (on my thumbdrive), for the 1 bonus point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Innit Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Room of Doom 2500 points played via emulation on my PSP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 Vocelli: Room Of Doom: 11975 I like this game! Wish I had this as a kid. I am done with Ghost Manor.... I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Ghost Manor: 188,850 Room of Doom: 15,425 So, I pretty much just figured out Room of Doom, which leaves me with the classic Sunday dilemma ... Football? Atari? Football? Atari? . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobraMJD Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Ghost Manor: 124410 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Room of Doom : 7850 Ghost Manor : 250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 GHOST Manor - 148,850 Room of Doom - 23,275 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leto27 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Witout computer this week, I spare a few minutes at the office to play Room of Doom online 18525 points 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesyy Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Improvement Ghost Manor 371,350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesyy Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Improvement Room of Doom 22,625 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Ghost Manor: 185315 Room of Doom: 12750 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Slightly better participation points... Ghost Manor 180,450 Room o' Doom 17,450 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Room of Doom: 15,950 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogoober Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Redemption! Ghost Manor should be banished from the face of the earth though, sticky walls for character, crappy coffin hit detection, score bug, what a mess. Room of Doom is a hidden gem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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