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High Score Competition #92: Gorf
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--- Quote from: kixfan on May 29, 2012, 10:36:01 pm ---Tip: On the first level, don't move the joystick, take a single shot. When the red Gorf reaches the left side of the screen take another shot and you should get the 250 bonus.
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I generally just shoot it.
--- Quote from: jasonbar on May 28, 2012, 01:41:13 pm ---Thinking back on this game now, this is very strange: take Midway's licensed Space Invaders by Taito & tweak it & rename it, take Midway's licensed Galaxian by Namco & tweak it, make 3 more simple games, throw it in a cool cabinet & make it talk, & you've got a new game. I can't see that working today--back then, with copyrights & with the fledgling video game industry, it was probably easier to get away with appropriation. I wonder what the licensing agreement was like (if there even was one) to be able to take 2 manufacturer's games/graphics/etc & combine them into another game. I read that the Galaxians stage was removed from all home console ports.
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I bet the licensing of Space Invaders gave them some leeway in that. The whole thing reeked to me of 'cheap'. The only sort of draw was the voice synthesis. But I play it on occasion, now.
I remember a guy back then shooting the mother ship on his first shot. I've have done it once or twice in MAME, but that was many years ago.
Half-way through the third round gave me this.
Nephasth:
New personal best, 34600. Stage 24.
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I got a little better. I can handle only a game every day or so, so I could probably do better.
Nephasth:
How many of you are playing with a trigger stick?
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--- Quote from: Nephasth on May 31, 2012, 06:13:01 pm ---How many of you are playing with a trigger stick?
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At least Zaxxon came with alternate fire buttons. Of course, the 'hindered fire' makes up for it, some.