High Score Competition #134 Osman

[edekoning]

Previous winners:

#001 thru #099 - For list of winners for those competitions  please refer to this link
#100: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Winner - Gray_Area, Second - Tafoid
#101: Marvin's Maze: Winner - Kixfan, Second - Hammerfist
#102: Rally-X:  Winner - Tafoid, Second  djm858
#103: Lock 'N Chase:  Winner - Kixfan, Second - Jasonbar
#104: Space Fury: Winner - Gray_Area, Second - kixfan
#105: Pig Out: Winner - Kixfan, Second - Gray_Area
#106: Carnival: Winner - rick6668, Second - Kixfan
#107: Rastan: Winner - popsicle, Second - rick6668
#108: Peguin-Kun Wars Winner-dancawar, Second - Popsicle
#109: Blood Bros.* Winner - harveybirdman, Second - Jasonbar *scores reflect use of game features considered cheats
#110: Rabbit Punch: Winner - jasonbar, Second - mimic
#111: Alien Syndrome: Winner - mimic, Second Comtek
#112: Block Hole: Winner - Comtek, Second - idsane
#113: Pepper II: Winner - Comtek, Second - Kixfan
#114: Break Thru: Winner - jasonbar, Second - mimic
#115: Ninja Baseball Bat Man: Winner - mimic, Second - Tafoid
#116: Shao-lin's Road: Winner - mimic, Second - Kixfan
#117: Scramble: Winner - Kixfan, Second - jasonbar
#118: Lost Tomb: Winner: Jasonbar, Second: mimic
#119: Green Beret: Winner: LeapinLew, Second: popsicle
#120: Lady Killer: Winner: Comtek Second: Mimic
#121: Qix: Winner: Comtek Second: sorhp
#122: Halley's Comet: Winner: Jasonbar Second: Mimic
#123: Cyber-Lip: Winner: Jasonbar Second: epetti
#124: Lode Runner: Winner: JDFan Second: kixfan
#125: Snow Bros. - Nick & Tom: Winner: Comtek Second: JDFan
#126: Bosconian: Winner: Cynicaster Second: kixfan
#127: Eggs: Winner: Cynicaster Second: kixfan
#128: Eyes: Winner: kixfan Second: Comtek
#129: Galaga '88: Winner: jasonbar, Second: opt2not
#130: Final Fight: Winner: opt2not, Second: Comtek
#131: Hammerin' Harry: Winner: lettuce, Second: kixfan
#132: Battle Circuit: Winner: lettuce, Second: jasonbar
#133: Giga Wing: Winner: edekoning, Second: spoot

Competition #134: Osman

The unofficial Strider sequal!






Name: Osman (World)
Rom: osman
Settings: see screenshot


Last day: thursday February 20, 2014, midnight Pacific Time.


Description: Bare fisted Strider 

General Rules:
- One Credit, No Continues.
- 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.

- Quest for the Bronze Joystick! The most successful competitor of each calendar year will possess & display the BYOAC Bronze Joystick Trophy. See this thread for details: The BYOAC Bronze Joystick.

Happy Gaming!


Scores (2013/02/21)
5901480 MARP 1 credit clear score
2559980 edekoning
1720280 lettuce
1653980 Mr_Numbers
0611080 jasonbar
0549860 epetti
0488500 Comtek
0076800 pbj
0015500 kixfan

[edekoning]

Forgot that I had to create a new competition thread. Hope its its okay.

Anyway I played a few games and reached stage 2. So here is my opening score: 226700

You really need to make good use of your shadow clones. Positioning them so they can attack while you keep a safe distance. You get an extra clone [up to 4] for each red power up you pick up. And if you get hit you loose one.

[epetti]

Fun game. Also got to Stage 2 just a little behind you. 214300.

[Connorsdad]

Is it just me or does this game not really suit a high score competition ?

[Mr_Numbers]

Kage bunshin no jutsu!

[jasonbar]

Beautiful game!

Hard game!

Creative game!

Confusing game!

214,800 after a few games. Tight competition!

-Jason

[epetti]

262,200. Can't quite manage to avoid the stupid truck on Stage 2. But somehow managed to get 240,000 at the end of the first stage. Not quite sure how, maybe time bonus?

[epetti]

Is it just me or does this game not really suit a high score competition ?

Curious why? Doesn't seem that far different from other beatem up platformers that've been picked.

[Mr_Numbers]

Cool game, I'll throw a score up. 

271,200

[Mr_Numbers]

New score 1,653,980

[jasonbar]

I got past the disco Davinci Vitruvian Man. That made my score skyrocket.

So, why is it that, out of all the monsters & machines & creatures & guns & lasers & stuff, 2 tiny little tigers are the most difficult & dangerous enemies?!?!

475,900

-Jason

[epetti]

So true! I ended up nuking those stupid tigers.

[Mr_Numbers]

I got past the disco Davinci Vitruvian Man. That made my score skyrocket.

So, why is it that, out of all the monsters & machines & creatures & guns & lasers & stuff, 2 tiny little tigers are the most difficult & dangerous enemies?!?!

475,900

-Jason

I use the dash throw on the first tiger and just jump up to the ramp, those things are crazy.

[epetti]

Decided to play one last game tonight, turned out to be my best. 514700. Anyone get past Sandora yet and have any tips?

[lettuce]

1,053,380

[edekoning]

590680

Killed the serpent thing in the desert, then was blown into a futuristic city with rotating lasers and bouncing barrels. LOL this game makes no sense.

Looking at the scores it seems that killing all the enemies in a level is peanuts compared to the end of level bonuses.

[kixfan]

I remember playing Strider back in the day and this seems rather lacking in graphics and sound.   I played a few games and my high scores was 4600?    Must get a lot of points for finishing a round.   

[Haze]

I remember playing Strider back in the day and this seems rather lacking in graphics and sound.   I played a few games and my high scores was 4600?    Must get a lot of points for finishing a round.

This is basically the 'real' sequel to Strider, same main developer even if it was published by Mitchell not Capcom, that's why it's so similar.

[edekoning]

1057680 

I'll also add a table to the start post, to keep track of everybody's scores. Looking at the scores it seems Mr_Numbers made it to stage 5, whereas Lettuce and I are still stuck on stage 4.

[pbj]

Supposedly this is in the latest version of Vision/Visionary for the original Xbox.  I've just installed it so I'll have to dig deeper into the lists and see if it's actually there.

All the Mitchell games are really weird, IMO.  I don't know if it's issues with the emulation but I always feel like the controls and animations are slightly off.  Having never encountered a single one of their titles in the wild this could be how the real deal plays for all I know.

Anyway, I'll try to claim my rightful 5th place this evening.   

[lettuce]

1,720,280

[Mr_Numbers]

1,720,280

Nice, someone else made it to the high seas!  Guess I need to try and trump you 

[el mucho]

This game looks pretty cool, but I don't have it on my arcade.  Is there a console that has it available?

[edekoning]

This game looks pretty cool, but I don't have it on my arcade.  Is there a console that has it available?

Nope, better try to track down the rom or buy the pcb, which unfortunately is quite rare and thus expensive.


Does anybody know if this game was ever released in a dedicated cabinet? I've tried to find images of the cab, marquee, cpo, side art, whatever, but can't find anything. I really like the Strider cab, so I am curious to how the Osman/Cannon Dancer looks.

[edekoning]

1654180

Man this game gets freaking impossible! After the forest level with all those f***ing jetpack enemies, you get to a boss, where you can pick the stage to fight him. After finally beating him I thought the level would have been completed. But that is not the case!!! You need to continue on to a part where there are enemies that shoot a continuous never ending stream of bullets directly at you. Oh and you approach these from below 

Anyway, I found out that you can actually choose the order of the three bosses you face after the dessert part. Here is how: after defeating that scorpion/snake thing in the desert, you get to a point where you are blown up and to the right. At this spot there are actually three parallel paths you can be on. Depending on which one you choose here, and which one you choose after the barrel/laser section, you fight one of three possible bosses. I'll try and find out all possible combinations later this week.

[Mr_Numbers]

1654180

Man this game gets freaking impossible! After the forest level with all those f***ing jetpack enemies, you get to a boss, where you can pick the stage to fight him. After finally beating him I thought the level would have been completed. But that is not the case!!! You need to continue on to a part where there are enemies that shoot a continuous never ending stream of bullets directly at you. Oh and you approach these from below 

Anyway, I found out that you can actually choose the order of the three bosses you face after the dessert part. Here is how: after defeating that scorpion/snake thing in the desert, you get to a point where you are blown up and to the right. At this spot there are actually three parallel paths you can be on. Depending on which one you choose here, and which one you choose after the barrel/laser section, you fight one of three possible bosses. I'll try and find out all possible combinations later this week.

I recommend fighting the bottom boss first, he seems easiest imo.

[Comtek]

488,500

[edekoning]

488,500

That score puts you just above jasonbar, and just below epetti 

Anyway, I'll try to claim my rightful 5th place this evening.   

Where is your score? You need to beat Comtek to take 5th place 

[pbj]

I am TERRIBLE at this game.  I tried again last night.   

[spoot]

I am TERRIBLE at this game.  I tried again last night.   

You are probably beating me........tried a few games then got distracted repairing a pin.  Then I ran out of bridge rectifiers last night.....so, will probably try some more this weekend.   

[edekoning]

I am TERRIBLE at this game.  I tried again last night.   

You are probably beating me........tried a few games then got distracted repairing a pin.  Then I ran out of bridge rectifiers last night.....so, will probably try some more this weekend.   

Even if you are terrible, just post them scores!


I finally beat the mech boss on stage 5, but then died immediately on stage 6: 2301780. Afterwards I was so curious about stage 6 that I replayed using multiple credits (that's why this is my 2nd best score). Its insane, you will have to face all previous bosses, multiple at once, possibly on a steep slope!

My current strategy is to finish the first two stages and the desert serpent without using any bombs or lives. Then I choose the bottom path twice, so the boss order becomes:
1- the woman that keeps trying to throw you (anti gravity stage, 2 power ups)
2- the teleportation guy with the mech (sky stage which has 2 power ups and 2 health items!)
3- the dude with the claws (choose the blue sphere for the sky stage!)

It took along time before I could get past the forest stage (before boss 3). On the forest stage I found a path where I only have to touch the ground at the very end. The key to this are the gravity stones (the ones that you can orbit). There are two of these stones in this level and both have a regular jump stone to the upper right. So jump toward the gravity stone to orbit it, then at about 1 o'clock jump to escape the gravity pull, and use the jump stone. If possible you should continuously be using jump stones and keep on kicking, never stop or you will get shot.
After the wolverine wannabe boss, I just bombed my through to the end of stage boss. This gigantic mech takes 3 bombs to take down, that is if you have that many I only had 2.

[Haze]

MARP has a 1 credit clear for this done on Mame 0.99 if you're looking for play techniques...

obviously you need a build from around then to play it tho, because the input format has changed significantly since, and any timing changes will cause playback sync errors too.

[edekoning]

MARP has a 1 credit clear for this done on Mame 0.99 if you're looking for play techniques...

Thanks for the tip!

Do you happen to know if this game was ever released in a dedicated cabinet? I've tried to find images of the cab, marquee, cpo, side art, whatever, but can't find anything. I really like the Strider cab, so I am curious to how the Osman/Cannon Dancer one looks.

[pbj]

15,700

 

[edekoning]

Thanks for posting!

In case you did not know yet:
Down + Jump = slide
Slide -> Down + jump = throw enemy
Jump -> Down + jump = dunk enemy

[Mr_Numbers]

Thanks for posting!

In case you did not know yet:
Down + Jump = slide
Slide -> Down + jump = throw enemy
Jump -> Down + jump = dunk enemy

Also throwing enemies into other groups of enemies is a great way to destroy multiple targets with little risk.  Just to throw out some strategy. 

[pbj]

Ah ha.. your secrets are out.   



76,800

[epetti]

Minor increase but not enough to make a difference. Got past the sand monster just to get knocked off by the little sand worms right after him. 549860.

[jasonbar]

Squeezed in 1 more quick game today. Got to some sort of robot while spinning around in some sort of giant cosmic washing machine. Good golly, this game is rich & confusing!

611,080

-Jason

PS--forget those 2 dumb tigers early on--just slide past & climb the wall...

PPS--why no jokes about Android OS Man vs. iOS Man? Maybe because that's not a very funny joke premise...?

[kixfan]

Thought I'd try one more time...

And I still SUCK!   15,500

[edekoning]

Squeezed in 1 more quick game today. Got to some sort of robot while spinning around in some sort of giant cosmic washing machine. Good golly, this game is rich & confusing!
611,080
-Jason

Nice, you just overtook epetti and Comtek If you are already sliding past them tigers, might as well throw one towards the other one
Oh and you really should not pick the high path, as you do not want to face that robot in that anti gravity zone (you do know you can jump to break free of the 'washing machine's pull).

Thought I'd try one more time...
And I still SUCK!   15,500

Look on the bright side, you just trippled your previous score Remember that you have 3 bombs for every life, so 6 in total -> use them!

[edekoning]

Managed to slightly increase my score to: 2559980
On the final stage I made it past the start, defeated the stage 2 boss (the burning 'hero') and then for some inexplicable reason died on the stage 1 boss (the circle saw, flame thrower machine man thing). I mean its the easiest boss around, pfff. Anyway this is my final score.

[edekoning]

Competition ended and the final scores are in the starting post. Thanks for playing!

Since I won the last two competitions and Lettuce the two before that, I guess that Mr_Numbers gets to pick the next game. Any objections?

[jasonbar]

Lettuce gets next pick. You picked this game and won, so you don't get to pick two in a row.

What are we playing, lettuce?

Thanks,
Jason

PS--yay, I had the best of the bad scores!

[JDFan]

Man the time flew by this competition and I never posted a score (not that the scores were anything to post ! ) will have to be sure to check in for the next choice. 

[lettuce]

Lettuce gets next pick. You picked this game and won, so you don't get to pick two in a row.

What are we playing, lettuce?

Thanks,
Jason

PS--yay, I had the best of the bad scores!

Ill have a think and post a thread tomorrow

[Comtek]

wish I knew what to play tonight?