Cynicaster Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Welcome to the mid-season redemption round. PLEASE read this post before participating. I know everybody hates reading the details, but work with me here. For the next two weeks feel free to work on improving your scores on up to (6) already-played games. If you wish to submit fewer than (6) that is fine. If you're happy with your scores to date, feel free to enjoy a short break. You need not "commit" to game selections up front, but to make record-keeping more manageable, please avoid posting scores for more than (6) different games in this thread. Additionally, it would be appreciated if all submissions were "saved up" and best/final scores submitted in a single post rather than submitting a series of gradual improvements. Please ensure DIPs are set according to those listed in the original thread for the games you're playing. If you're using the same MAME/ROMs/computer as before, this should already be set correctly unless you've changed it. I'd suggest we just use this thread for ongoing conversation on what we're playing and then sometime before the deadline everybody can post an official submission with all of their best/final redemption entries summarized (with screenshots). This will make things much more manageable for your humble moderator. CALLING ALL NEW PLAYERS! If you're seeing this thread and haven't participated in this competition yet, I will allow you to submit scores for all games for the duration of this round, so you can catch up and then proceed with the pack for the remainder of the competition. As a reminder there will be an additional redemption round - with similar rules - following round 9. Redemption Round ends: Sunday 9/27, 11:59pm PST Previous Round Results: Rush'N Attack Razzie.P 246,060 100.0% Cynicaster 210,770 85.7% MAME Offender 193,820 78.8% youxia 70,200 28.5% AtariWarlord 52,650 21.4% Floyd Turbo 51,550 21.0% jblenkle 18,100 7.4% roadrunner 11,350 4.6% hero2millions 8,950 3.6% S.BAZ 0.0% Tumble Pop Razzie.P 201,300 100.0% Floyd Turbo 170,100 84.5% AtariWarlord 157,600 78.3% Cynicaster 151,400 75.2% hero2millions 108,400 53.8% MAME Offender 105,000 52.2% jblenkle 103,600 51.5% youxia 96,300 47.8% roadrunner 35,600 17.7% S.BAZ 0.0% Star Castle Cynicaster 8,070 100.0% Floyd Turbo 7,470 92.6% Razzie.P 7,290 90.3% MAME Offender 5,990 74.2% AtariWarlord 5,140 63.7% jblenkle 4,830 59.9% youxia 4,330 53.7% roadrunner 3,970 49.2% hero2millions 1,850 22.9% S.BAZ 0.0% Eyes MAME Offender 452,000 100.0% Cynicaster 253,040 56.0% AtariWarlord 248,570 55.0% roadrunner 198,860 44.0% Razzie.P 194,070 42.9% Floyd Turbo 89,180 19.7% jblenkle 75,000 16.6% youxia 56,700 12.5% hero2millions 46,120 10.2% S.BAZ 37,910 8.4% Standings to Date: 1 Razzie.P 75.92% 2 MAME Offender 54.43% 3 Cynicaster 51.16% 4 youxia 34.46% 5 AtariWarlord 32.07% 6 Floyd Turbo 29.09% 7 hero2millions 24.76% 8 roadrunner 17.20% 9 jblenkle 16.24% 10 S.BAZ 8.49% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 Just for everybody's reference, here are the entries so far. The top one is the raw scores, and the bottom one shows the corresponding percentages. In particular, the percentages table should help players select games that have the best chance of improving their position in the standings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Ok. The pursuit to catch up to Ramses is about to begin. My first score to beef up is Russian Attack. 222,830 I still havent cleared the 1st loop yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Up next for MO is Rainbow Islands. I know I can increase that one . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Rainbow Islands 335,400. Finally beat my RI score, albeit not by much. I still find beating the boss spider more a matter of luck than anything. Good news is I can pretty much do the first four levels in my sleep now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Tumble Pop 184,400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) The Speed Rumbler - 34,300 51,900 As promised. Lots of fun this one is.... 651,100 Edited September 27, 2020 by M.A.M.E Offender Increased Speed Rumbler score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Razzie.P Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 While I should be focusing on the ones I kinda stunk at, I've been trying to push to the end on Tumble Pop and Devil World. I do plan on improving that Twin Cobra score, though. I know I can do much better than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 4 hours ago, Razzie.P said: While I should be focusing on the ones I kinda stunk at, I've been trying to push to the end on Tumble Pop and Devil World. I do plan on improving that Twin Cobra score, though. I know I can do much better than that. I'm doing the same thing. I really don't think I'm going to get any better at Captain America or Renegade anyway, so I'd rather improve my score in games I actually enjoy and show promise at). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Imma try and get back into some MAME guys! I've got 1 week to catch up I guess! Here goes nothing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 7 hours ago, bigbee99 said: Imma try and get back into some MAME guys! I've got 1 week to catch up I guess! Here goes nothing! Hey Bigbee99, I'm glad you can join the fun! I hope you can catch up on all scores. See you around. MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 14 hours ago, bigbee99 said: Imma try and get back into some MAME guys! I've got 1 week to catch up I guess! Here goes nothing! Welcome back, Bee... long time no game. Get those scores in by next Sunday and please be sure to indicate which ones they are. There will be another redemption round after round 9. If you have game selections you want to enter into the pool (up to 5), post them in the suggestions thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 I'm having trouble getting AvP and CapAmer running. I have the ROMs provided. Am I missing something? Like Rush n Attack needs a parent ROM? B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 2 hours ago, bigbee99 said: I'm having trouble getting AvP and CapAmer running. I have the ROMs provided. Am I missing something? Like Rush n Attack needs a parent ROM? B MAME ROMs sometimes change over time, which means you may experience incompatibility between the ROMs provided in this competition and the specific version of MAME you're running. All ROMs I'm adding to the threads for the various rounds are verified to run properly on MAME v0.139, so the surest way to ensure the ROMs will work is to just grab this MAME version. It can be found here: http://www.progettosnaps.net/mameui/ That link has a whole history of past versions, just scroll down and grab 0.139 and you should be all set to use the ROMs provided for this competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youxia Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I guess it's time to stop foolin' myself and admit that I really just don't have time to play in a HSC anymore. I was looking forward to some more Defender and RI, at the least, but the deadline is looming and I haven't fired up MAME even once. *sadface* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Tumblepop 198,500. The Speed Rumbler 36,400. Figured I should post these now as I may not have a chance tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero2millions Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 No scores to report, i can't wait for new games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Razzie.P Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Tumble Pop -- 888,800 Spent the whole time with this one, but I made it! I leave a lot of points behind by going for a "reach the end" playstyle, but I wanted to finished on a single credit, so that worked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Turbo Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 7 hours ago, Razzie.P said: Spent the whole time with this one, but I made it! I leave a lot of points behind by going for a "reach the end" playstyle, but I wanted to finished on a single credit, so that worked out. Congrats Razzie on the single coin completion. Very impressive. Tumblepop is now one of my new fav games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Turbo Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) Tumblepop - 232,700 Alien Vs. Preditor - 379,000 Devil World - 184,700 Still can't stand Rainbow Island. Edited September 28, 2020 by Floyd Turbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Razzie.P Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Rush N Attack -- 314,400 Got a few rounds in this weekend. Not a huge improvement, but those jump-kicking guys start coming fast n' hard during the second loop. In hindsight, probably should have spent that time on improving my Twin Cobra score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Oh I'm not done with you Tumblepop. Now it's personal (which is to say that it's no longer within the boundaries of this competition and therefore no one will care). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) Darn it, Rizzle P travelling to new heights. Edited September 28, 2020 by M.A.M.E Offender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 14 hours ago, Floyd Turbo said: Tumblepop - 232,700 Alien Vs. Preditor - 379,000 Devil World - 184,700 Still can't stand Rainbow Island. Wow. Some solid scores there, FT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Razzie.P Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 16 hours ago, Floyd Turbo said: Tumblepop is now one of my new fav games. Same here. I hadn't heard of it prior to this HSC (to the best of my recollection), but it's easily been my most played game over the past few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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