jguff Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Am i the only person whom has ever played Tempest 2000 much and not seen the following bonus round? Never beat the game, but i got to at least level 64 numerous times. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 That video appears to be the whole game. Which bonus round are you talking about? If you're talking about the "bacon" stage in the thumbnail, I have literally no idea how you could have avoided it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Just catch all the power-ups and you'll see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Yeah, you need to do a better job of grabbing as many power-ups as possible if you haven't seen it. They are very common if you are playing well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) I have played this game so many time but never figured out why sometimes the enemies kill you when they reach the outer edge and sometimes they die when they smack into you...... Yeah, I know I should know this....... Help? Edited December 19, 2018 by Machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) I have played this game so many time but never figured out why sometimes the enemies kill you when they reach the outer edge and sometimes they die when they smack into you...... Yeah, I know I should know this....... Help? It depends on the enemy. For some, it depends on when you shoot. For others (like the rainbow colored sparks, not sure what they are called), sometimes you can move through them, sometimes you cannot. Best to play as quickly as you can to get the jump power up, then you don't have to worry about getting caught. Edited December 19, 2018 by Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) The melt-o-vision rings bonus stages are very tough. If you haven't played them, they are mirrors of the bacon bonus stages, without the bacon, and the scoring is 'reversed', so if you go through a ring dead center, you only score 250 points. Edited December 19, 2018 by Nuclear Pacman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckafka99 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 On the rim, if an enemy is exactly on the frame and crossing from one corridor to the next (i.e, in between two corridors), if your timing is exact, you can go by/through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jguff Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 That video appears to be the whole game. Which bonus round are you talking about? If you're talking about the "bacon" stage in the thumbnail, I have literally no idea how you could have avoided it. Minute 29. Thought i had copied the current time link, but didn't. Maybe this link will work better: https://youtu.be/8NVLXA05Lx8?t=1741 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Minute 29. Thought i had copied the current time link, but didn't. Maybe this link will work better: https://youtu.be/8NVLXA05Lx8?t=1741 Ah that's the melt-o-vision ring stage. It just looks wrong because the guy in the video is using a shitty emulator instead of the real deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagosaurus Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 The bonus stages remind me of bacon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UHATEIT Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 That video appears to be the whole game. Which bonus round are you talking about? If you're talking about the "bacon" stage in the thumbnail, I have literally no idea how you could have avoided it. "Bacon" stage? I have never heard of that name for the level. But I have played that level tho. I do agree how could that have ever been missed by the OP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) I've also called it the "Jupiter river" stage, but Bacon stage seems more popular. I guess everyone like bacon! Edited January 8, 2019 by ls650 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Nut Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Minute 29. Thought i had copied the current time link, but didn't. Maybe this link will work better: https://youtu.be/8NVLXA05Lx8?t=1741 Wow, If beaten the game a handful of time and I don't remember ever seeing that bonus round??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Wow, If beaten the game a handful of time and I don't remember ever seeing that bonus round??? I'll bet you have Ah that's the melt-o-vision ring stage. It just looks wrong because the guy in the video is using a shitty emulator instead of the real deal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Nut Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I'll bet you have sarcasm or genuine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 sarcasm or genuine? I genuinely meant that you have seen that bonus stage. As I posted twice (missed both times, apparently), it is the melt-o-vision ring stage being incorrectly displayed by an emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Nut Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I genuinely meant that you have seen that bonus stage. As I posted twice (missed both times, apparently), it is the melt-o-vision ring stage being incorrectly displayed by an emulator. Oh that's what that is? It's just incorrectly displayed by an emulator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jguff Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 Oh that's what that is? It's just incorrectly displayed by an emulator? Can anyone provide a link to a a correctly displayed version of this bonus round? I'm the original poster. It's been ~20 years since i played heavily, but i don't remember any bonus round other than bacon. Maybe a correctly displayed 'melt-o-vision rings bonus round' video would refresh my memory. What were the conditions that caused a player to enter anything other than the bacon bonus round? I wasn't very good at bacon bonus round, probably completing bacon bonus round less than 10 times. If i recall correctly, i always got stuck on level 64, and wasn't good enough at getting to-and-through the bonus rounds to skip past level 64. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Can anyone provide a link to a a correctly displayed version of this bonus round? I'm the original poster. It's been ~20 years since i played heavily, but i don't remember any bonus round other than bacon. Maybe a correctly displayed 'melt-o-vision rings bonus round' video would refresh my memory. What were the conditions that caused a player to enter anything other than the bacon bonus round? I wasn't very good at bacon bonus round, probably completing bacon bonus round less than 10 times. If i recall correctly, i always got stuck on level 64, and wasn't good enough at getting to-and-through the bonus rounds to skip past level 64. Bob The bonus rounds alternate every 16 levels. So, basically, each time there is a music change/level color change, you'll encounter a new set of bonus levels. The first 16 stages will have the rings w/bacon. Stages 17-32 will have a green track bonus level set. Stages 33-48 has the melt-o-vision rings, and as I stated in an earlier post, the scoring and patterns are reversed here. Then, stages 49-64 is another set of green track bonus levels. And so on... From what I can see in the video, it does appear that the melt-o-vision rings aren't as 'melty-melt' as the actual hardware. It looks much easier in that video of emulated gameplay. When you play it on a Jaguar the meltovision is very pronounced and it's pretty easy to get lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Nut Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) Edited January 10, 2019 by Tempest Nut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jguff Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 Definitely have never seen that bonus round. Like i said, i always got stuck on level 64, so i probably wasn't that good at game. I would play from level 1 as well, intentionally not completing warp/bonus round, so i could garner as many extra lives as possible for level 64. Thanks for links, Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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