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High score competition #151 : Navarone
big10p:
Interesting little game, this. My top tip would be to define buttons for left/right instead of the joystick, if (like me) you keep pushing the joystick up/down, when at the sides of the island.
20,100
JDFan:
--- Quote from: big10p on October 16, 2014, 08:31:25 am ---Interesting little game, this. My top tip would be to define buttons for left/right instead of the joystick, if (like me) you keep pushing the joystick up/down, when at the sides of the island.
20,100
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Or redefine the joystick keys so up\down map the same as left\right for this game -- Using a keyboard and arrow keys so will probably remap the up\down arrows for left\right also casue right now I keep moving the wrong directions on the sides and run right into the shot rather than out of the way ! (EDIT : though now that I think about it that would make one side or the other go the wrong direction)
jasonbar:
Relaxing game. Simple. Slow pace. Not a lot of rushing required. Reminds me of an old Apple ][ text-based game, given how all items seem to fit into grid spaces & your ship doesn't move smoothly--it jumps by 1 grid space.
I feel that, if patient, I could play a loooong game.
As I'm not very patient, I played it once (22,930) & then pushed my MAME throttle key & played it on hyper-fast mode. Not unplayable, but not very controllable either. Got about 5k playing that way.
Nice pick.
Hey, mine shows in B&W on 115u2. How are you guys getting color? Is there an overlay whatchamacallit file that I can get to use on my MAME installation?
-J
big10p:
--- Quote from: jasonbar on October 16, 2014, 11:54:51 am ---Hey, mine shows in B&W on 115u2. How are you guys getting color? Is there an overlay whatchamacallit file that I can get to use on my MAME installation?
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The overlay is built-in to MAME. Press TAB and look in video options. It may not be available on 115, though - that's a pretty old version. :)
JDFan:
Played a few more times and improved a bit (getting the middle pirate bonuses helps) - 39,590