Panama Joe-KC Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Bagman was one of my favorite arcade games as a kid but I could never even beat the first level. I never really got all that close back in the day. I probably never got much more than half the bags in the first screen. That fact has been frustratingly stuck in my craw for decades. I finally decided to buckle down and do it. It never seemed like it should be THAT hard, but the more I dug into it to accomplish this simple goal, two things happened. One, I became much better at it (and I'm relieved to say that I can now do it pretty much every time), but two, I understand better part of why its so difficult. Its basically like you are juggling the whole time and the game is just trying to distract you. And if you drop one ball, you lose. Anyway, I recorded a short video about it, if anyone wants to get some tips on Bagman. Or if anyone wants to add any strategies, I'd love to see them. I'm still trying to improve. I may try Super Bagman next...but...yikes! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Thank you sir. I will take all the advice I can get on this game!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Congratulations! This is probably top of my list for games that I find so insanely difficult that I'll walk away from them for months or years at a time - only to come back, get so badly knocked around by it again, and repeat the cycle Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mik's Arcade Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Bagman is such a great game. I'll have to fire it up and see if I can beat it. If worse comes to worse I'll go into the dip switch settings and make it easier Another great game that sort of reminds me of Bagman is Peter Pack Rat (Atari). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panama Joe-KC Posted April 10, 2021 Author Share Posted April 10, 2021 23 hours ago, Mik's Arcade said: Another great game that sort of reminds me of Bagman is Peter Pack Rat (Atari). I've never played that. Thanks, I will give that one a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mik's Arcade Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 20 minutes ago, Panama Joe-KC said: I've never played that. Thanks, I will give that one a try. Enjoy! It is very fun. I'm pretty sure it was built on the same hardware that Paperboy was built on, because the graphics and sound effects seem familiar. There are so many great coin-ops from the late 70's, the 1980's and early 90's.....most of them of are just timeless. Great gameplay never gets old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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