Cynicaster Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) To mark the half-way point in the season, this round we're going to play (4) games. To give everyone a bit more time to work on the games, the duration of this round will be extended an additional week for a total of (3) weeks. Following this round, we'll have the planned mid-season redemption round where players can submit improved scores on already played games. The details will be spelled out in the thread for that round. Game on! CYN This round's game 1 of 4: Rush'N Attack ROM Name: Rush 'N Attack (US) ROM File: rushatck Picked by: Cynicaster DIP settings (changes from default shown in RED ) Lives: 3 Bonus: 50k 100k 100k Difficulty: Normal This round's game 2 of 4: Tumble Pop ROM Name: Tumble Pop (World) ROM File: tumblep Picked by: hero2billions DIP settings (changes from default shown in RED ) Allow Continue: No Difficulty: Normal Lives: 3 This round's game 3 of 4: Star Castle ROM Name: Star Castle (version 3) ROM File: starcas Picked by: S.BAZ DIP settings (changes from default shown in RED ) Lives: 3 This round's game 4 of 4: Eyes ROM Name: Eyes (Digitrex Techstar) ROM File: eyes Picked by: MAME Offender DIP settings (changes from default shown in RED ) Lives: 3 Bonus: 50k 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 September 13, 11:59pm PST Previous Round Results: Devil World youxia 204,000 100.0% Razzie.P 200,100 98.1% MAME Offender 152,000 74.5% Cynicaster 125,600 61.6% AtariWarlord 115,300 56.5% Floyd Turbo 103,300 50.6% hero2billions 74,900 36.7% jblenkle 71,900 35.2% roadrunner 65,100 31.9% S.BAZ 0.0% The Speed Rumbler Razzie.P 119,900 100.0% Cynicaster 42,500 35.4% Floyd Turbo 33,700 28.1% AtariWarlord 27,200 22.7% youxia 23,500 19.6% hero2billions 15,900 13.3% roadrunner 10,200 8.5% jblenkle 7,800 6.5% S.BAZ 0.0% MAME Offender 0.0% Standings to Date: 1 Razzie.P 72.23% 2 MAME Offender 43.50% 3 Cynicaster 37.13% 4 youxia 33.87% 5 hero2billions 25.82% 6 AtariWarlord 20.80% 7 Floyd Turbo 16.41% 8 S.BAZ 11.68% 9 roadrunner 11.36% 10 jblenkle 7.45% eyes.zip rushatck.zip tumblep.zip starcas_samples.zip starcas.zip Edited August 24, 2020 by Cynicaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 A note about Star Castle - you'll notice there are 2 files for it attached to the first post. Starcas.zip is the main rom file you need to play the game, but if you use this ROM by itself, there will be no sounds while you play. In order to get sounds, you need to download the samples file, which I've also attached. Download starcas_samples.zip and place it in your \mame\samples folder. Once it's in there, rename it to also be starcas.zip. I changed the name to starcas_samples.zip prior to uploading so that the two files can be distinguished from one another. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Eyes info here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_(video_game) and here https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7742 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 I've been practicing Eyes in anticipation of this moment. It's ... a strange game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzie.P Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Of the 4, I've only played Rush 'N Attack. So mostly all new for me. I did play them all once, just now, to test them out, and I can really see myself getting in to Tumble Pop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Eyes 139,040. This is not a terribly hard game once you figure out some tricks, so I suspect that many of you will beat me handily. In the meantime I'll bask in my moment of glory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youxia Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Mixed bag, this round, but that's cool I guess. Out of this lot only Star Castle feels a bit iffy, because of the controls. Not sure why, maybe analog buttons on my DS4 do not agree with it. A dreaded maze game is here, finally, but it's actually not so bad. You can shoot! So that's something at least, even though I struggle with controls as always. And I really like the sfx. Tumble is awesome, never played before but it seems really cute, playable and addictive - bit like Rainbow Islands. I've played Green Beret (sorry, I'm from Europe) a lot on microcomputers, without getting far of course. Some of the ports are actually pretty good. It is a classic, no doubt. I never knew it had different name in the US, and it was fun to learn it was chosen because of the Cold War shenaningans. (Rush'N Attack = Russian Attack *eyeroll*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 2 hours ago, youxia said: Tumble is awesome, never played before but it seems really cute, playable and addictive - bit like Rainbow Islands. Snow Bros too. I think it even has some of the same characters. On another note, I've never played Star Castle before. Is it typical that you're not able to see the shots you fire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero2millions Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) Star Castle I'm lost Tumblepop It's been in my favorites folder for a decade, but this will be my first time playing alone and with only 1 credit. My fanbase is dwindling. New computer/accounts/passwords blahblah.Hope the one letter change in the name doesn't matter Edited August 26, 2020 by Hero2millions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzie.P Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Rush 'N Attack -- 246,060 Finally finished the first round (It just loops with increased difficulty) so figured it's a good "starter" score. Every time I died on this run was caused by the same BS error -- I meant to turn around, and accidentally jumped. Thinking about mapping "up" to a button to prevent that. That sort of thing allowed? Or we like to keep it as close to the original control scheme as possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youxia Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I think button remapping should be okay, at least it's something I've done many times in this compo already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Eyes 189,590. Tumblepop 43,200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Never heard of Tumble Pop, cool game Eyes 198,860 Star Castle 3,970 Rush 11,350 Tumble 35,600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 On 8/26/2020 at 12:25 AM, Razzie.P said: Rush 'N Attack -- 246,060 Finally finished the first round (It just loops with increased difficulty) so figured it's a good "starter" score. Every time I died on this run was caused by the same BS error -- I meant to turn around, and accidentally jumped. Thinking about mapping "up" to a button to prevent that. That sort of thing allowed? Or we like to keep it as close to the original control scheme as possible? The only rules related to controls are the ones to ensure the game selections are ones everybody has a fairly equal chance of being able to play with what they have. How you choose to use that controller to play the game is entirely up to you. I'm certainly not going to cry "unfair advantage" to somebody who wants to use a button to climb ladders in Rush'N Attack. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Star Castle 3,460. This game isn't nearly as hard as Rush 'n Attack (which I find damn near impossible) but I still haven't figured out any kind of strategy. Only time I've ever shot the middle ship was completely by accident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Turbo Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) Eyes - 89,180 Star Castle - 7,470 (Controls are totes whack) Tumble Pop - 170,100 Rush 'N Attack - 51,550 Edited September 13, 2020 by Floyd Turbo Updated score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Turbo Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 On 8/26/2020 at 12:25 AM, Razzie.P said: Every time I died on this run was caused by the same BS error -- I meant to turn around, and accidentally jumped. Thinking about mapping "up" to a button to prevent that. That sort of thing allowed? Or we like to keep it as close to the original control scheme as possible? I use my dedicated 4 Way joystick for this game. Nothing more frustrating the trying to turn around and jumping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzie.P Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Eyes -- 194,070 Made it to round 5 with this run. I keep expecting him to simply eat the dots when running over them and forget to shoot. Not sure why I think that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzie.P Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 9 hours ago, Floyd Turbo said: I use my dedicated 4 Way joystick for this game. Nothing more frustrating the trying to turn around and jumping. Ooh... I need to look into getting one of those. Any recommendations, or you have a custom built? Currently, I use a XBox One controller at my main PC, and I have a Hori Fightstick connected to a emulation setup, but they both kind of frustrate a bit when 4 way controls are needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) RushnAttack 4th board. 147,910 I especially love it when you push up to jump and your character climbs up a ladder instead of attacking. My favourite thing about this game... 0 0's Wow, this game has the worst sound effects ever created. 289,120 . Edited August 28, 2020 by M.A.M.E Offender Added RushnAttack score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzie.P Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Star Castle -- 5,840 I stink at shooting the enemy ships -- if that's what they are -- so I just have to fire some shots, run, repeat. Managers to get the castle once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzie.P Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Tumble Pop -- 105,700 Made it to world 3, starting in Russia. Started to get a bit rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) Tumble pops 29,500 Star Castle 5990 One word. Frustrating. Edited August 29, 2020 by M.A.M.E Offender Added last score out of 4 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Star Castle 4,050. In my humble opinion, I think whoever suggested the game (lookin' at you S.BAZ) should give us an idea how to play it. Not looking for tip freebies but it would be nice to know about some of the quirks that make it so hard to play (starting with my earlier question of why you can't see your own lasers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) Lots of video game playing coming up... Great 4 pack!! 105,000 Edited August 29, 2020 by M.A.M.E Offender Higher score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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