Northcoastgamer Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Welcome BatmanVsCatwoman! Have a great weekend everyone, be safe! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuggerVideoGames Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 59,715 pts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Love this game! It gets rough down there, and it's over too quickly, but it makes you keep wanting to play and get through that cave just a little smoother each time. 27,700 level 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 H.E.R.O. - 120,890 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 hour ago, jblenkle said: H.E.R.O. - 120,890 wowza. nice job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuggerVideoGames Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 86,115 pts. The retracting magma walls are always a wild card for me. Sometimes I make it look so easy and other times I get nailed. Had to play a few times to memorize a few more levels. Quick navigation really pays off! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Keep getting closer to finishing this stage, but man it's a killer. I wish that you would lift off faster and stay in one place when not moving. Trying to slowly go down into a screen is tricky. 33,975 level 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 28,645 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 5 hours ago, DuggerVideoGames said: 86,115 pts. The retracting magma walls are always a wild card for me. Sometimes I make it look so easy and other times I get nailed. Had to play a few times to memorize a few more levels. Quick navigation really pays off! Yeah, I hate those moving magma walls. Timing is everything. I can have an incredibly good run getting through them and then suddenly I can't get through them to save my life (literally)!!! I usually hover above them for a bit until I get in rhythm with them opening and closing and then at the right moment just let go of the directional control on the joystick and fall down through them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuggerVideoGames Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 15 minutes ago, jblenkle said: Yeah, I hate those moving magma walls. Timing is everything. I can have an incredibly good run getting through them and then suddenly I can't get through them to save my life (literally)!!! I usually hover above them for a bit until I get in rhythm with them opening and closing and then at the right moment just let go of the directional control on the joystick and fall down through them. Same here, but sometimes the starting of the descent seems too slow for my liking (even when I press/hold down to try to accelerate it). The timing is tricky on figuring out when the hovering stops and the descent begins. Sometimes i look unstoppable and other times I lose 2-3 lives on such levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 H.E.R.O. - 130,080 Closing in on my best score for this (137,355)...too many stupid mistakes!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 29,425 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 H.E.R.O. - 134,600 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 In the 2600 version you stop, then go pretty much right away after you drop down into the moving magma wall screen. With the CV version, it is more of a quick pause, then down. Some nice improvements on scores! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuggerVideoGames Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 86,300 pts. Barely improved upon my previous score, but I actually should have done much better. Had one stupid death, then a magma wall death (the bottom part of it caught my head as I passed); then a bullshit death where the spider killed me as soon as I spawned from the magma death (I wasn't given an opportunity to move in any direction). Missed opportunities for way more points from that! If not for that bullshit spider death on level 13 or 14 (I think it was 14), I would've had another life to rack up more points and possibly beat this level after this magma wall death here instead of a game over. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuggerVideoGames Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 92,325 pts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuggerVideoGames Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 116,120 pts. FINALLY had the timing down pat on the magma walls. Only ONE magma wall death this time. Final death was a dumb one where I mistimed my lift and caught the edge of the red above me while trying to avoid the bat on the upper left side. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuggerVideoGames Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Also: wow, the bats move freakishly fast once you reach level 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I just realized you can blast through the walls ?♂️ 39,085 Level 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 21 hours ago, fakecortex said: I just realized you can blast through the walls ?♂️ 39,085 Level 9 You mean with the laser or the dynamite? Dynamite is quicker, but you get more points for each dynamite left at the end of the level. Laser is slower, but you save your dynamite...but on the down side the laser takes longer and you lose points for time left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 4 hours ago, jblenkle said: You mean with the laser or the dynamite? Dynamite is quicker, but you get more points for each dynamite left at the end of the level. Laser is slower, but you save your dynamite...but on the down side the laser takes longer and you lose points for time left. I meant with the laser. I was only using dynamite before and had a few games where I ran out on level 7 or 8 and thought I had to reset. Dumb dumb. According to the manual, dynamiting a wall gets you 75, but saving it is 50, so the benefit is not wasting a stick by setting it too far away I suppose. There are some sections where running away is tricky or setting it against a magma wall is hard, so laser could be good there. I liked the game a lot, just wish the controls were a little different. I'd like to get it for the 2600 now that I've played this version. A little backwards, yes, but part of the excellent Activision lineup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I don't know what my problem was, but my guy kept getting stuck whenever I set a bomb. Otherwise I could run around without problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 Top Hero honors go to jblenkle. Nicely done Joe! Thanks to everyone that partook in this rescue operation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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