High Score Competition #135 Surprise Attack.

[lettuce]

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
#134: Osman: Winner: edekoning, Second: lettuce

Competition #135: Surprise Attack

Shinobi Anyone!?







Name: Surprise Attack (World)
Rom: suratk
Settings: Default

Last day: Saturday March 8, 2014, midnight Pacific Time.

Description: Shinobi in Space

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!

[edekoning]

Never played it, but looks like fun.

[Comtek]

89100 to get things started here

[epetti]

Definitely not good at this game. But I managed to pull off 66,600.

[Comtek]

124110

[edekoning]

107930, not sure yet how to get past the second boss, and god does that quiz thing get old fast

[spoot]

"Shinobi in spaaaaaaaaaAAAAAACE!"    Now scream it like pigs in space on Muppets.   

[pbj]

I like how the background scrolls at an inconsistent rate relative to your character and enemy fire.  Actually, no, I hate that. 

This game is pretty wacky.  Flew right through some levels, and others took me 10-15 credits.  Finally gave up on one of them (hornet's nest or something).

[jasonbar]

Lettuce, would you please be a dear & fix the first post to include all of the links that ought to be embedded in it?

 

Thanks,
-Jason

[Comtek]

Made it to 151000 but forgot to take a screen shot the GF was  bothering me LOL

[spoot]

30kish......emphasis on ish.  And the quizzes are hyper annoying.

[epetti]

151,900. This game is not forgiving. I can't count the number of times I died by stupid cheap shots.

A couple tips for higher scores:
- never pick up the movers and you'll get a 10,000 point fuel bonus at the end of each level
- as annoying as the quiz is, a perfect score with no errors gives a 10,000 point bonus

[jasonbar]

Konami Executive: "Rolling Thunder is great. I wish we'd thought of that. Make something like Rolling Thunder. But in space. And not as good."

Konami Programmer: "Yes sir!"

25,590. Not sure how to do better--why do I have 0 points in the right column, but that IAA guy in 10th place w/ 20,000 got 32 points?

-Jason

[epetti]

The last column is trivia questions which you don't get until after the first boss so those top scores are kind of bogus.

Duck a lot and just memorize the pattern of guys on each level. Lay down constant fire against the green guys so they can't launch their rockets.

[Comtek]

171990
after playing for a bit you get to learn all the right answers in the trivia

[Comtek]

192650
Managed to up my score a little bit
got a video too I will upload once its done coding
would have had a better score if I had done better on the trivia

[Comtek]

202360
am I the only one playing?

[kixfan]

202360
am I the only one playing?

I keep trying but this game is just not happening for me.   I was stuck at 30k for a week.   I made it past 50k ONCE.   I can't stand the fact you can't run and shoot at the same time.   The controls are annoying.   

[Comtek]

Got to memorize where the guys are
I shoot a lot of the time the follow the bullets a little bit and it kills anybody as they come on the screen
another little tip is while your flipping from top to bottom it seems like shots go through you
if your quick enough you can avoid getting killed sometimes
managed to up my score some more
this boss sucks but i'm starting to get his pattern down
217190

[epetti]

I just can't motivate myself to go after that score. I definitely think I can do better, but just not that crazy about this game enough to keep playing it. It's unforgiving and clunky.

[edekoning]

I've been too busy with work/life and such, but I am free tonight to double my score 

[Comtek]

I've been too busy with work/life and such, but I am free tonight to double my score 

if you think of it make a video I would love to compare our strategies

[edekoning]

Well I actually managed to double my score: 224090

if you think of it make a video I would love to compare our strategies

Just read your comment ... do you mean a mame recording or an actual video?

Anyway my current strategy is like this:
-don't use fuel
-screw up each quiz 
-go slow: shoot 3 times, move, shoot 3 times, move/jump, etc
-listen if you hit targets off screen
-1st boss: jump up shoot, shoot (2 hits), jump down/up/down, shoot, shoot (2 hits), jump up, shoot, done
-2nd boss: jump+shoot while he is going down, then jump to ceiling as he will move to the left, keep shooting, while he moves up (usually 2 hits), jump down to the ground, repeat
-I suck at the level before the 3rd boss, so I tend to use fuel near the very end
-3rd boss is a bit more challenging: those blue balls he shoots will travel down as soon as they are above you (or up if you are on the ceiling and they are below you). Afterwards they will always go to the right towards the boss! So if the boss is high, stay on the ground and close to the boss. When he shoots a blue ball, just move to the left but make sure you trigger the ball to go down as close to the boss as possible. This will give you the space needed to jump shoot the boss (get 2 hits in). The boss will now be very low and shoot another blue ball, so you should go to the ceiling. Trigger the ball to go up and just repeat this process.
-no tips yet for after the 3rd boss, as I've only been there once


I just have to say this one more time, but man those quizes(?) are f*%king annoying. I want to play a bloody action game not memorize answers to stupid questions.

[Comtek]

I actually think a mame recording inp or an avi should be required to win a competition
specially now that there is a trophy 
just my thoughts
249690

[Comtek]

259370

[edekoning]

259360, man you just beat me by 10pts, which equals one second

I made a mng recording, but I still need to convert and upload it.

[Comtek]

man that last stage is something else I cant get through it without fuel

[edekoning]

man that last stage is something else I cant get through it without fuel

5-1 is hard but doable, 5-2 is really annoying as you are on the ceiling the entire level

Oh and here is a vid. The quality is really bad and there is no sound. How did you make your recording Comtek?

[pbj]

How do you use fuel??

[Comtek]

I use mameuifx32 and select play and record as avi
but the file is huge I use leawo video converter to convert to internet HD
and yes the ceiling one messes with my brain and I try to duck by pushing down

tried to play your video it says private

[Comtek]

How do you use fuel??

its the rocket pack thing you see them first in the second level
if you make it through the stage without picking it up you get 10000 bonus
its called mover you can see at 57 seconds in my video I leave it behind

[pbj]

Ahh... alright.  I never made the connection between the Fuel bonus and those jet packs.

[Comtek]

288500
that upside down level sucks I cant get through it without the rocket pack but I got through

[Comtek]

Wow only 4 people submitted scores

1st    288500    comtek
2nd   259360    edekoning
3rd    151900    epetti
4th    25590     Jasonbar

I will try and find a game before tonight
suggestions are welcome`
right now i'm leaning toward terra cresta
on second thought I played it a few times and it's too slow for my likes
 suggestions?

[epetti]

Terra Cresta's already been done, although a while ago (#20). My only suggestion would be trying something in one of the lesser used genres -- maze, puzzle, platform, for a change of pace.

[kixfan]

Galaxy Rescue?

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7894

[epetti]

A few suggestions:

Action Hollywood (for some reason can't find it in KLOV)

Anteater:

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6891

Berzerk (can't believe this one hasn't been done yet)

[pbj]

Thank god the surprise attack challenge is over. That game was worse than hammering Harry.

[edekoning]

I use mameuifx32 and select play and record as avi
but the file is huge I use leawo video converter to convert to internet HD

I did a quick test with AVI it and averages at 120MB per second, so its an option for me as I have a small SSD with just 30GB left. I recorded an MNG, which ended up being 1.3 GB, but I am still looking how to properly encode this into something youtube accepts without throwing all the quality out of the door.

tried to play your video it says private

Sorry about that.

288500
that upside down level sucks I cant get through it without the rocket pack but I got through

Well done getting past that stage

Wow only 4 people submitted scores

Your scores scared everybody off