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High Score Competition #126 Bosconian
Cynicaster:
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And very last thing, that I just need to know. Now that everyone gave a fair shot to Bosconian, could Comtek start a poll and find out which is better, Galaga or Bosconian? Both are from 1981, both from Namco, yet Bosconian never caught up in "states" for whatever reason (it was pretty popular in my country)
I was never attracted to Galaga and I really don't understand the love-affair with it, to me it was just an upgrade over space invaders.
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YES! I initially said something similar in my last post but ended up going back and deleting the comment because I didn't want to derail the thread.
It took me just 2 or 3 credits on Bosconian before I found myself asking "holy crap, why oh why is Galaga remembered as one of the most legendary classic arcade games of all time, while pretty much nobody has even heard of Bosconian?" It's made all the more perplexing by the fact that the games have so much in common (time of release, both Namco, similar kind of audiovisual style, etc.) To me, the primary difference between the two games is that Bosconian is far more interesting and fun. Maybe it was marketed poorly?
Cynicaster:
Wait... since I got the top score on this game does that mean I get to pick the next one?
JDFan:
--- Quote from: Cynicaster on October 24, 2013, 09:30:58 am ---Wait... since I got the top score on this game does that mean I get to pick the next one?
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Yep -- your pick for next round !! :notworthy: :notworthy:
Congrats all for the scores :applaud: -- best I could get was just over 110,000 (forced to use keyboard as bartop has 0.139 installed and didn't have time to move 0.149 over this week) -- Will definitely be giving it another try once I get the bartop updated as the movement is pretty tough to get used to with the keyboard arrows.
jdbailey1206:
--- Quote from: JDFan on October 24, 2013, 10:00:46 am ---
--- Quote from: Cynicaster on October 24, 2013, 09:30:58 am ---Wait... since I got the top score on this game does that mean I get to pick the next one?
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..Will definitely be giving it another try once I get the bartop updated as the movement is pretty tough to get used to with the keyboard arrows.
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I like that excuse. Must have been why I sucked it so hard only scoring 20,000 points in the end. :D
JDFan:
--- Quote from: jdbailey1206 on October 24, 2013, 10:57:14 am ---I like that excuse. Must have been why I sucked it so hard only scoring 20,000 points in the end. :D
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It isn't an excuse :hissy: and it definitely couldn't be the operator causing the problem - so must be the controls :laugh2: :laugh2: