Author Topic: High Score Competion #110: Rabbit Punch. (Read 9211 times)

harveybirdman · « **on:** February 26, 2013, 09:03:12 am »

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9223

Romset : Rabbit Punch (US) [parent rom is the Japanese version Rabio Lepus (rabiolep)]

Difficulty : Normal Course

One Credit, No Continues.

Last day is Saturday March 9th (11:59:59pm Pacific Daylight Time), 2013.[/b]

General Rules:

- Highest score wins.

- No savestates, savestate practices, etc. during the round.

- MAME INP recordings are encouraged but optional.

- A screenshot is required to enter a score (press F12 to save screenshot showing your final score) or take a photo of the game screen.

- If you're a MARP competitor on this title, keep in mind this is just a friendly competition among forum members, so maybe you shouldn't enter. However, if you're a forum member and this is a game you're good at and nobody knows about it, this is your time to shine!

- Even if you don't have a competitive score or if you don't *think* that you have a competitive score, please post it anyway to keep the thread fun & to give everybody a good sense of score ranges.

- Please make sure your scores are from games that take place during the competition period (no posting your best score from last year, etc.).

- Use of autofire or other non-standard hacks within MAME or your PC's OS are not allowed. No program or other person or entity of any sort may manipulate your controls during your game. Coaching & back-seat driving is fine as long as the party doesn't directly influence the game or controls.

- If you can beat any of the high scores from the previous competitions, you can submit your score to the BYOAC High Game Scoreboard.

Good luck!

jasonbar · « **Reply #1 on:** February 26, 2013, 02:51:17 pm »

Played twice last night. Decent little game. Lots of nuances to figure out.

I got 133k or so on the 2nd game.

-Jason

mimic · « **Reply #2 on:** February 26, 2013, 06:53:37 pm »

Quote from: harveybirdman on February 26, 2013, 09:03:12 am

Previous Winners

#109: Blood Bros. Winner - harveybirdman*, Second - Jasonbar**

* Cheated profusely by exploiting loopholes in game
** Started it

ahahaha this finger pointing is funny! But I meant asterisk next to the game name and quick note that the competition in general wasn't exactly squeeky clean!

#109: Blood Bros.* Winner - harveybirdman, Second - Jasonbar

*questionable morals used
*"dirty" winner
*competition tainted
etc

harveybirdman · « **Reply #3 on:** February 26, 2013, 07:15:48 pm »

Agreed I will update when the kids go to bed and I have a chance to hijack my sister in laws Internet

Quote from: mimic on February 26, 2013, 06:53:37 pm

Quote from: harveybirdman on February 26, 2013, 09:03:12 am
Previous Winners

#109: Blood Bros. Winner - harveybirdman*, Second - Jasonbar**

* Cheated profusely by exploiting loopholes in game
** Started it

ahahaha this finger pointing is funny! But I meant asterisk next to the game name and quick note that the competition in general wasn't exactly squeeky clean!

#109: Blood Bros.* Winner - harveybirdman, Second - Jasonbar

*questionable morals used
*"dirty" winner
*competition tainted
etc

PL1 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 26, 2013, 08:10:16 pm »

* Scores reflect use of game features considered cheats

Scott

harveybirdman · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2013, 11:59:52 pm »

Anyone successfuly keeping all lives past stage 2? What's your bomb strategy? Retreat upper left and dodge or shoot it before it blows? Can you even shoot it?

mimic · « **Reply #6 on:** February 28, 2013, 06:01:06 pm »

133,100
138,500

Nephasth · « **Reply #7 on:** February 28, 2013, 06:18:11 pm »

Quote from: harveybirdman on February 26, 2013, 09:03:12 am

- A screenshot is required to enter a score (press F12 to save screenshot showing your final score) or take a photo of the game screen.

Are you guys gettin' lazy?

I need to get back in on these, it's been a while.

harveybirdman · « **Reply #8 on:** February 28, 2013, 10:12:54 pm »

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71971293@N05/8517819410/#

IMG_20130226_233904 by harveybirdman1, on Flickr

148,600 still having trouble with bomb on stage 2

mimic · « **Reply #9 on:** February 28, 2013, 10:38:18 pm »

Quote from: Nephasth on February 28, 2013, 06:18:11 pm

Quote from: harveybirdman on February 26, 2013, 09:03:12 am
- A screenshot is required to enter a score (press F12 to save screenshot showing your final score) or take a photo of the game screen.

Are you guys gettin' lazy?

no...

Quote from: RULES on February 26, 2013, 09:03:12 am

- Even if you don't have a competitive score or if you don't *think* that you have a competitive score, please post it anyway to keep the thread fun & to give everybody a good sense of score ranges.

I'll post picture when I know it makes sense, thank you.

jasonbar · « **Reply #10 on:** March 01, 2013, 06:17:48 pm »

349,300. Getting better!

StriderDSO · « **Reply #11 on:** March 01, 2013, 06:49:19 pm »

Damn 300k... and I thought I was doing great!

danny_galaga · « **Reply #12 on:** March 01, 2013, 11:09:56 pm »

Damn, the usual place I go to find these things doesn't even have it! Is this a rare game? I guess I'll have to look around...

Nephasth · « **Reply #13 on:** March 02, 2013, 10:58:54 am »

Quote from: danny_galaga on March 01, 2013, 11:09:56 pm

Damn, the usual place I go to find these things doesn't even have it! Is this a rare game? I guess I'll have to look around...

I don't have Rabbit Punch either, instead I've got Rabio Lepus.

harveybirdman · « **Reply #14 on:** March 02, 2013, 08:19:13 pm »

harveybirdman · « **Reply #15 on:** March 02, 2013, 08:20:46 pm »

Quote from: Nephasth on March 02, 2013, 10:58:54 am

I don't have Rabbit Punch either, instead I've got Rabio Lepus.

Basically the same though on first play US game seems like more of a quarter muncher.

Gray_Area · « **Reply #16 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:11:52 pm »

Quote from: harveybirdman on March 02, 2013, 08:19:13 pm

Quote from: danny_galaga on March 01, 2013, 11:09:56 pm

Damn, the usual place I go to find these things doesn't even have it! Is this a rare game? I guess I'll have to look around...

I'd tell you where I go to get retro roms like this but that is against the rules.

HAHAHAHAH. I love coded messsages.

I haven't got off ---my bottom--- to get round to getting this. But I guess I wills raight nao!

mimic · « **Reply #17 on:** March 05, 2013, 05:50:59 pm »

179,300
191,800 - finally score "worthy" of the lowest initials input, sheesh!
285,800 - an unpleasant surprise on lv4 in form of a full screen boss!! Yoikes! I wasn't prepared for that! Bullets too bright on bright background = quick demise
329,600 - so close and yet so far (from Jasonbar that is)!! I'm getting there though. 5th level was very tough!

Gray_Area · « **Reply #18 on:** March 08, 2013, 12:28:45 am »

What ---smurfing--- mame versions are you folks playing?! I can't find a goddman set and version to match. Or is there some stupid bios needed?

PL1 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 08, 2013, 01:13:41 am »

You need both the clone Rabbit Punch (rpunch) and the parent Rabio Lepus (rabiolep).

Last update appears to be v 0.130, with prior versions 0.122, 0.91u1, and 0.37b1.

Scott

harveybirdman · « **Reply #20 on:** March 08, 2013, 09:21:13 am »

Thanks Scott I should have putt that in the first post, updated.

mimic · « **Reply #21 on:** March 08, 2013, 09:35:30 pm »

383,400

Picture very blurry, because I got seriously distracted as I was battling the boss on the 5th level, and basically had to give up!!!

I couldn't even put in my initials, so now the highest score has a hole in it!

The word "Surround" that you see on screen is because I had to to turn of tv, and then turn it back on so I could take a super quick picture, and didn't have time to wait until the word would go away on its own.

If anyone is dissatisified with the quality of the picture let me know and I will try to retake it tomorrow with the top 10 list.

Gray_Area · « **Reply #22 on:** March 09, 2013, 12:45:59 am »

Quote from: PL1 on March 08, 2013, 01:13:41 am

You need both the clone Rabbit Punch (rpunch) and the parent Rabio Lepus (rabiolep).

Last update appears to be v 0.130, with prior versions 0.122, 0.91u1, and 0.37b1.

Scott

Ahhh. Thanks. I was in a mood last night for sure...although yes it helps if the set isn't parent to list what is. Got it going, and this was my second game. Kind of slow, and the power-ups....are there power-ups?......but I might play it some more. Constant fire makes for a strange polyrhythm with the reserved game music.

jasonbar · « **Reply #23 on:** March 09, 2013, 12:00:44 pm »

*sigh*, mimic made me go back & play some more. I hit 385,300, squeaking past mimic, but I didn't realize it at the time, so I pressed on. I'm able to hit the mid 300ks pretty consistently now, but I had 1 lucky game where the power-ups were in my favor & hit 437,100.

Thanks,
-Jason

mimic · « **Reply #24 on:** March 09, 2013, 04:01:35 pm »

Oh for crying out loud, I knew you gonna do this to me!
Do I have to call child protective services on you!? Aren't you supposed to be busy with ur boy?
I'm not giving up just yet!
I guess I don't have to post better picture of my old score

jasonbar · « **Reply #25 on:** March 09, 2013, 04:11:37 pm »

All previous attempts were with 18lb of fidgety baby strapped to my chest. Last night's awesomeness was achieved by going solo, unburdened, free & easy.

mimic · « **Reply #26 on:** March 09, 2013, 05:19:51 pm »

Noooooooo!
406,500! On first try today, stupid bomb got me

EDIT: on a side note I have to mention that this game definitely IS NOT something you would call fair. For example power up placement is not the same, which means everyone who puts that hard earn $0.25 will not have the same experience.
On top of that I'd swear game is rigged up in the sense that the better game I'm having the more enemies I see, which shoot more AND faster bullets.
Not fair! Glad I've never come across this game when I was younger.

mimic · « **Reply #27 on:** March 09, 2013, 06:21:42 pm »

464,300!! Oh, yeah!

sweat "baby"!

I'll post picture after I photosho... Oops did I say that out loud? After I get home! It is.

EDIT: got to the final boss of level 5 again and ended up with only 372,500 how's that possible!? I wanna smack the developers of this game!

jasonbar · « **Reply #28 on:** March 09, 2013, 07:55:24 pm »

So much point variance in the bonus items. Hitting the "invincible" power-up is key. Hit that at the right time & you get a huge boost.

I hit it a couple of good times on my 3rd game of today.

5th boss was pretty easy. 6th boss was easy until he bum-rushed me out of the blue. Darn that Shmoo.

560,700

-Jason

harveybirdman · « **Reply #29 on:** March 09, 2013, 08:56:10 pm »

Sabotage JB? You get no points while invincible.

jasonbar · « **Reply #30 on:** March 09, 2013, 09:07:06 pm »

I did not know that! I'm usually too busy surviving to watch the score. I know that you get about 100k for beating the level 4 boss, & I know that killing the George Bush heads are worth 1k each, but that's about it. Weird. On my best 2 games, I had fortuitous placement of invincible red cat power-ups...

Perhaps just hitting them at difficult spots & saving me from a death is what propelled my score?

-Jason

mimic · « **Reply #31 on:** March 09, 2013, 09:19:36 pm »

560K!?!!?!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Why, you!

That's it for me, you won't get any more competition out of me. I don't have access to the machine today anymore, and the compo is over tonight

I still don't get what's the weird thing with point variation is about.

Does anyone knows if there is any special bonus for picking up all carrots? I missed 1!! I got that close to picking up all, just that one time.

jasonbar · « **Reply #32 on:** March 09, 2013, 09:20:57 pm »

I never even got remotely close to picking up all of the carrots after a boss. I figured that it would require a really unlikely clumping to do so.
I usually get 7-12 of them.
-Jason

mimic · « **Reply #33 on:** March 09, 2013, 09:29:55 pm »

Quote from: jasonbar on March 09, 2013, 09:20:57 pm

I never even got remotely close to picking up all of the carrots after a boss. I figured that it would require a really unlikely clumping to do so.
I usually get 7-12 of them.
-Jason

Same here, and as you say it would require some kind of closer clumping, and that one time it did, closer to the center and I missed bloody one! Too bad, I would love to find out if there was some secret bonus that would give me that "edge"

kixfan · « **Reply #34 on:** March 09, 2013, 10:20:00 pm »

Been playing alot this week but couldn't get much more that 170k or so. No picture, I'm being lazy!

jasonbar · « **Reply #35 on:** March 10, 2013, 03:51:08 pm »

Hooray for me! And yippee for mimic!
jasonbar: 560,700
mimic: 406,500 reported, 383,400 proven :]
StriderDSO: 196,100
kixfan: rumored to have hit "170k or so", but this will not hold up in court
harveybirdman: 148,600
Gray_Area: 133,800

I have a running list of possible games that I maintain, so that I don't have to start thinking from square 1 every time I win...oh, but I haven't won for 30 competitions now--that list got a bit stale! :]

Anyway, I reeeeeally wanted to pick Ninja Baseball Batman, but I gave it a good test yesterday to see how it holds up, & it seems really easy & the game lasted quite long & didn't require a ton of skill. But, it's soooooo cool. I'll table that one for now. Maybe we can do that game later with some modified rules: hard difficulty or just use 1 life or something...

Other coulda woulda shouldas that are awesome but not quite fit for the competition, but I'll share them here as some of my recommended favorites:

The Irritating Maze: awesome but doesn't seem to keep score, which is irritating...I supposed we could gauge winners by progress on the mazes, but some mazes have multiple paths, so it's too difficult to be fair about progress after all...
Lost Tomb: awesome but requires 2 8-way sticks & a button very near one of those--everybody might not be set up for this...
Mad Planets: super awesome, but requires a trigger stick & spinner--again, a little too specialized on the controls...
Outfoxies: super duper awesome, but doesn't run at full speed on my PC...
Power Drift: super duper duper awesome, but requires a good PC & a 270 steering wheel...
Radmobile: awesome, but ditto Power Drift
Space Harrier: awesome but really needs an analog stick for precise control
Space Zap: awesomest twitch game ever, but needs 4 buttons set up N, S, E, W. I have this layout inherent in my big 4P panel where 1P & 2P are angled 45 degrees, but most people probably don't...
Spelunker: one of the awesomest games ever on the Atari 8-bit computers, but this arcade port is rather unawesome...
Super Bishi Bashi Champ: awesomely Japanese, benefits from big R G B buttons (could put colored tape on your control panel during this competition as an aid), but graphics glitch in an unacceptably non-awesome manner on round 5...
Vanguard: awesome, but ditto Space Zap button layout

So, those are the games that I'm *not* picking. I'll get the next competition thread posted tonight. Hint: the game starts with the letter "A"!!!!

Thanks,
-Jason


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