Cynicaster Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 This round's game 1 of 2: Chameleon ROM Name: Chameleon ROM File: chameleo Picked by: Mangia-Boy DIP settings (changes from default shown in RED): Lives: 3 This round's game 2 of 2: Amidar ROM Name: Amidar ROM File: amidar Picked by: patbb DIP settings (changes from default shown in RED): Lives: 3 Bonus life: 30,000 50,000 Rules: Please change your DIPs to the settings listed. If you're unsure how to do this, please ask Screenshots required No continues No save states No cheats Any working version of MAME can be used, but the ROMs provided for this competition will be verified to work on MAME v0.139. The "user interface" version of MAME v0.139 can be downloaded at: http://www.progettosnaps.net/mameui/ Competition ends: Sunday February 2, 11:59pm PST PREVIOUS ROUND RESULTS: Snow Bros. MAME Offender 667,160 100.0% Ramses 363,310 54.5% Cynicaster 323,250 48.5% AtariWarlord 274,620 41.2% Floyd Turbo 235,560 35.3% asponge 152,660 22.9% youxia 79,730 12.0% Mangia-Boy 0.0% patbb 0.0% jblenkle 0.0% S.BAZ 0.0% hero2billions 0.0% zoyous 0.0% roadrunner 0.0% Mister-VCS 0.0% Lasso Ramses 189,420 100.0% MAME Offender 99,060 52.3% Cynicaster 88,320 46.6% Floyd Turbo 87,840 46.4% youxia 83,760 44.2% AtariWarlord 62,940 33.2% asponge 17,100 9.0% hero2billions 14,040 7.4% Mangia-Boy 0.0% patbb 0.0% jblenkle 0.0% S.BAZ 0.0% zoyous 0.0% roadrunner 0.0% Mister-VCS 0.0% OVERALL STANDINGS TO DATE: ** NOTE: standings now reflect the rejection of each player's lowest (3) percentage scores STANDINGS TO DATE 1 Ramses 83.5% 2 Cynicaster 81.7% 3 youxia 69.0% 4 MAME Offender 66.9% 5 Floyd Turbo 54.5% 6 AtariWarlord 51.0% 7 asponge 39.7% 8 zoyous 31.0% 9 patbb 26.1% 10 hero2billions 21.9% 11 Mangia-Boy 15.6% 12 jblenkle 11.9% 13 S.BAZ 11.9% 14 roadrunner 3.6% 15 Mister-VCS 1.6% amidar.zip chameleo.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Turbo Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) Might as well get this party started. Pretty fun games. Amidar - 19,150 21,180 46,890 Chameleon - 49,000 Edited February 2, 2020 by Floyd Turbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Chameleon - 11,400 Amidar - 8,620 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) Amidar 27,720. Not really getting Chameleon -- may have to search online for the game's instruction sheet. Edited January 22, 2020 by AtariWarlord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Amidars 32300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) Amidar 31,780. Chameleon 12,800. Edited January 23, 2020 by AtariWarlord Added Chameleon score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 Chameleon 36,400 Amidar 61,360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramses Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Amidar: 35,860 Chameleon: 57,400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Amidar 46720 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Chameleon 23,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) Amidar 71090 Chameleons 12600 Edited January 25, 2020 by M.A.M.E Offender Added Chameleon score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Amidar 88,470 Jumps are precious in later stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Chameleon: 12,200 Amidar: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 This is a little off topic, but I feel compelled to post it as 200k runs in Donkey Kong are still a thrill to me. Actually, I haven't had a 200k+ game in almost a year!! I accomplished this score this morning. DK --- 212,400 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youxia Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Amidar - nope, not yet another maze game Chameleon - 24,200 - it's super charming but also infuriating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Amidar 15,790 Chameleon 7,200 never heard of this game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) Amidar 44,620. 46,300 Chameleon 25,800. Didn't improve my PB as much as I thought. Chameleon has what I call an "unnecessary extra factor of difficulty" that can make playing it a chore. In this case, it's the baseballs -- it's really hard to keep an eye on them while eating the eggs, battling the chickens and avoiding glowing eggs. For Lasso it was the fact that you could die by running into . . . a sheep. Really? By contrast, Amidar is practically the perfect arcade game for me -- but then again I love maze games. I can't believe I've never played any version except for the very slow 2600 translation before. Edited January 28, 2020 by AtariWarlord Added Amidar score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) On 1/26/2020 at 7:34 AM, M.A.M.E Offender said: This is a little off topic, but I feel compelled to post it as 200k runs in Donkey Kong are still a thrill to me. Actually, I haven't had a 200k+ game in almost a year!! I accomplished this score this morning. DK --- 212,400 Nice! Are you playing Donkey Kong in the Atari 2600 HSC this week? Quite different from the real thing of course but it has its own unique challenges. Edited January 28, 2020 by AtariWarlord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hero2billions Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 amidar 8,270 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 Amidar - 113,660 On 1/27/2020 at 7:24 PM, AtariWarlord said: Chameleon has what I call an "unnecessary extra factor of difficulty" that can make playing it a chore. In this case, it's the baseballs -- it's really hard to keep an eye on them while eating the eggs, battling the chickens and avoiding glowing eggs. Agreed 100%. It's a fun game concept but I feel like there are a LOT of cheap deaths. If I start audibly swearing after only playing a game for 20-30 minutes, that's usually a sign it won't be moving over to my favorites list. I realize that there is a very fine line between "challenging" and "cheap" in arcade games, but IMO, successfully walking this line is what separates the grain from the chaff. The game can be hard as all hell, but when I lose a life, it has to feel like it's my fault. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Turbo Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 How I play Chameleon is to strictly use my time evading the balls. I don't worry about eating the eggs and wait until they hatch. They fly around the screen in a pattern and it's easier to give them a couple of quick licks to kill them, thus finishing the level. Stay mainly in the middle of the board and don't get trapped against the edge. Hope that helps. Happy gaming. I'm having a super hard time with Amidar. Reminds me of the dreaded 'Pepper II'. I'm just not that good at maze games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 On 1/27/2020 at 7:28 PM, AtariWarlord said: Nice! Are you playing Donkey Kong in the Atari 2600 HSC this week? Quite different from the real thing of course but it has its own unique challenges. I probably would, but I dont have the 2600 emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Chameleon 39,600. I suspect I'll do better when I start incorporating Floyd Turbo's advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Amidar: 25,690 Not quite getting the hang of this yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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