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Tonight, after three (3) months of practice, I was able to finally beat the game! Below is a screenshot of the final/end game board showing defeat of the enemy robots.

 

rtc_mines_vcs_12_11450.jpg

 

I have several more pics showing progression thru the game including going from 9950 to 10040, and beyond.

 

Sorry Todd... ;)

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Tonight, after three (3) months of practice, I was able to finally beat the game!  Below is a screenshot of the final/end game board showing defeat of the enemy robots.

Ouch.. you've spoiled the end for me!! :D ;) :D

 

Congratulations Ron on another great achievement.. how long was the game?

 

Regards,

Rasty.-

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To complete the game, it took me about 40 minutes. After level 2 flooded, it got a bit hairy. I actually ended up spending most of my time between level 3 and 4 collecting robot parts. I'm not sure how much higher the score can go as you really don't have a great deal of time once the mines start flooding. I'm sure someone (more than likely Todd) will push the score upper-limits higher by figuring out a way to maximize level 5 of the mines. I didn't even mess with level 5, other than to go directly after the objective. I probably could've squeezed a few more points out of it. :)

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Hi there!

 

Congratulations! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

(Did my tape already safely arrive in the states? :ponder: *BitesFingernails* :wink: )

 

Greetings,

Manuel

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Hi there!

 

Congratulations!  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

(Did my tape already safely arrive in the states? :ponder: *BitesFingernails* :wink: )

 

Greetings,

Manuel

 

Manuel:

 

Thanks and yes, it arrived yesterday. I'll review it this week when I get some time. :)

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(Did my tape already safely arrive in the states? :ponder: *BitesFingernails* :wink: )

Hey now I'm curious! Which record have you broken? tell, tell! ;)

 

Regards,

Rasty.-

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Hi there!

 

(Did my tape already safely arrive in the states? :ponder: *BitesFingernails* :wink: )

Hey now I'm curious! Which record have you broken? tell, tell! ;)

 

Oh, not that prominent a game. I scored 112 hits on Air Raiders! :)

 

Greetings,

Manuel

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Hi there!

 

Congrats on your new WR!!!

 

Yeeeeeha!!!!

 

Look mom, I'm on top of the world! :D :) :D :) :D :)

 

Well played!

 

Thanks! Wow. A one year mission is over now :)

 

(BTW: Did I do anything wrong with my ID? The "Score Details" and "Scores for Player" pages seem a little messed up.)

 

Greetings,

Manuel

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(BTW: Did I do anything wrong with my ID? The "Score Details" and "Scores for Player" pages seem a little messed up.)

 

If you're referring to the section:

 

SCORE PERCENTILE: 1e-09%

 

Yes, this is a mistake. I'll take a look at the dBase and your account to see why this is happening. Typically this happens when the account creation process gets corrupted... At least it shows your name and your score. ;)

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Hi there!

 

If you're referring to the section:

 

SCORE PERCENTILE:  1e-09%

 

That and that it says "Scores for ( , , )" when clicking on my name.

 

Yes, this is a mistake.  I'll take a look at the dBase and your account to see why this is happening.  Typically this happens when the account creation process gets corrupted...  At least it shows your name and your score.   ;)

 

Uihja. I'm doomed. Nothing in the Internet ever works for me on the first try... Thanks in advance for trying to solve that!

 

BTW: How does TG treat equal scores? Will the older one stay on top? Or is the #1 spot shared then? Alphabetical? Or does the *better* verification method count?

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The current architecture of the dBase is alpha sorted by player name when equal scores exist. I would like to see it age based to give "a higher degree of credit" to the person that achieved the score first. However, since a good many records were lost in the fire in the late 80's, we do not have accurate dates on alot of scores. Hence, the alpha sort. Not perfect, but better than guessing... :)

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Yeah, it sorts on your first name, so I get in with a "d" instead of a "y". This is one of the first times in my life I don't have to be last!! Anyway, I like this alpha sort. It eliminates arguments over when the score was achieved versus when it was verified, etc. :) I could see myself being in the thick of quite a few of those type arguments. :ponder: :wink:

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Hey Ron!

 

Congrats on the great score. I've never played this game, but I still very much enjoy reading your announcements of new high scores by all players! Thanks for taking the extra time to post these things. :)

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David (and others):

 

Please give this title a try. I'd love to see the upper bound of score that can be achieved. I don't think my 11,450 is as high as it can possibly go. Todd has already stated he will give it another try to see if 15k is possible... Come on folks, let's push this one up there. :D

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I do not have the cart. I think it will play on my modded Supercharger. I will get the manual from AA and play a game tonight since I just finished with Freeway(4). No promises on any high scores, but you did talk me into playing it! :D

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I picked up my copy at CGE this year for $40USD. Prior to that I used PCAEWin or the SC and a real VCS. :)

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Hi there!

 

Yeah, it sorts on your first name, so I get in with a "d" instead of a "y".  This is one of the first times in my life I don't have to be last!!  Anyway, I like this alpha sort.  It eliminates arguments over when the score was achieved versus when it was verified, etc. :)   I could see myself being in the thick of quite a few of those type arguments. :ponder:  :wink:

 

Ah, first name. Cool. So I can claim the #1 spot with submitting 999.999 points in Crackpots. If it was sorted by the last name, I'd lose it on the 3rd digit :D

 

Greetings,

Manuel

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I really need to practice.. I'm about halfway there.

 

On which game John? MoM or Crackpots? :)

 

MoM .. latest unverified score I got was around 6000

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Gentlemen,

 

Are these record scores done with both difficulty switches on "B" or what variation thereof?

 

This is a challenging game! I like it, but my score is not yet worth mentioning! :roll:

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David:

 

We are playing Game 1, Diff BB as per the TG Rules.

 

Factory Default. Both Difficulty switches MUST be set to the "B" (Novice) position.

 

And yes, it is VERY challenging. :)

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