roadrunner Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 (edited) This month we play Shanghai Settings - map Butterfly (start a new game every time) Deadline to post scores is July 1st 2021 at 12PM EST Lynx high score club record - none yet! Final best times - jeremiahjt 4:46 tiles 144 +11 points +3 points for winning round Rick Dangerous 4:58 tiles 144 +10 points doctor_shred 5:31 tiles 144 +9 points jblenkle 6:41 tiles 144 +8 points jgkspsx 7:24 tiles 144 +7 points sage 8:54 tiles 144 +6 points nightmonkeyii 13:59 tiles 144 +5 points roadrunner 18:15 tiles 144 +4 points tripled79 18:18 tiles 118 +3 points Current season point standings - doctor_shred 48 points Rick Dangerous 44 points ilmapo81 28 points unoclay 30 points Peyo 24 points roadrunner 28 points jblenkle 24 points jeremiahjt 23 points agradeneu 14 points jgkspsx 13 points nightmonkeyii 7 points oyamafamily 7 points masematte 6 points tripled79 3 points Link to manual scan - https://atariage.com/manual_thumbs.php?SoftwareLabelID=1883 Any corrections please post Edited July 3, 2021 by roadrunner 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unoclay Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Ah, tempting! I never played much of this game (on AppleII, as a kid, but not since then), and usually i try to get a physical copy of things for these competitions. But i dont know if Shanghai will have staying power for me....maybe will load onto my flashcart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Haha, I’ve been on a Shanghai kick with Shanghai II on the Game Gear lately. I find the pieces pretty hard to see on the Lynx with its minimal vertical resolution, but let’s see if I’ve gotten better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_shred Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Completed - 144 tiles in 7:24. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 This game is literally my favorite game to play in the HSC, it rocks! So addicting... Starting to rethink my strategy on these wider maps, feel like edge pieces are more important than breaking down the tower up top first. @doctor_shred thoughts? @unoclay it's well worth the $10 and yes you will play it outside of the HSC! SHANGHAI Atari Lynx NEW Cartridge and Manual ONLY NO BOX | eBay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 10:24 so far: It’s so frustrating to get down to the last ten and then lose. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 For sure! I am pretty good at clearing Dragon map, but Hawk and Butterfly have been a real challenge to even clear once. I think i need to rethink my strategy rather than just trying to clear the board as fast as i can. Basically you get stuck if pieces are blocked, so the strategy should be to remove the pieces first that will unlock other tiles, rather than just try to clear whatever you can as soon as you see a match. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I know the technique, but knowing it and actually doing it are two different things. I assumed we should be starting new games every time? Since it uses the same tile layouts when you select “play this game again”, eventually you could just make a map of the whole layout… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) 144, 8:04 I freaking love this game...Now i need to spend the rest of the month trying to beat doctor_shred's time. Edited June 3, 2021 by Rick Dangerous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unoclay Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 @Rick Dangerous thanks for the encouragement, maybe i will, though my credit card bill this month is hideous and about to get worse. hmmmm. Noted you're from VT. I'm actually heading up there (East Burke, and thereabouts) for a few days to visit friends in the rural nearby areas. Fun state. Very different than my philly environs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 All 144 in 7:24. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 On 6/3/2021 at 1:54 PM, jgkspsx said: I know the technique, but knowing it and actually doing it are two different things. I assumed we should be starting new games every time? Since it uses the same tile layouts when you select “play this game again”, eventually you could just make a map of the whole layout… Good info, not sure if this came up before. It didn't last time it was played. Yes, start new game every time. I'll add that to the first post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmonkeyii Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Got my copy today, yet to clear it. 32 blocks out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 need to improve still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 Times / tiles updated Current season point standings updated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Shanghai (Butterfly) - 108 / 9:23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmonkeyii Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Got there! 144 tiles in 13:59. update on last entry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_shred Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 144 tiles in 6:00. Starting a brand new game each time as per rules. This is one addictive game! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_shred Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 @Rick Dangerous The strategy needed seems to be a balance between clearing the stacked center tiles and picking off the edges. The trick is to make sure that every pair cleared unlocks at least one previously unavailable tile. Easier said than done! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 5 hours ago, doctor_shred said: @Rick Dangerous The strategy needed seems to be a balance between clearing the stacked center tiles and picking off the edges. The trick is to make sure that every pair cleared unlocks at least one previously unavailable tile. Easier said than done! This is more or less the strategy i settled on, after a week or two of trial and error. The key part is to "unlock one previously unavailable tile" each time, with at least one of the two tiles from the pair you are clearing if not both. I also try to clear wider base sections first because they become harder to clear later on when you have a limited tile selection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 New time of 5:37. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 9:04: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 6:09 How the heck am I ever going to get below 6 minutes DOC Shred!!!! ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Shanghai (Butterfly) - 144 / 10:28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 18:15 144 tiles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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