Author Topic: High score competition #158 Jump Bug (Read 3859 times)

markc74 · « **on:** January 27, 2015, 07:05:12 pm »

High Score Competition Rules and Scoreboard

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Game Name: Jump Bug
ROM Name= jumpbug
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Settings:
Upright / Hard / 3 Lives

Controls:
8 way joystick, 'Jump' button

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_Bug
KLOV: http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8250

Description from KLOV: The player controls a VW Beetle that jumps through eight scenarios collecting money and jewels. Shoot or avoid the enemies.

Last day: Sunday, Feb. 8 2015 midnight Pacific
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- 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!

wp34 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2015, 12:39:27 am »

Let's get this started. I love it when the you choose is already on my menu.

WakiMiko · « **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2015, 08:35:00 am »

Rage inducing game

Is there an option in MAME to correct screenshots of games with weird pixel aspect ratios?

popsicle · « **Reply #3 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:44:47 pm »

What a quirky little game. Strange controls, weird environments, random enemies, and bizarre scoring system.

I like it!

26,690

bfauska · « **Reply #4 on:** January 30, 2015, 12:57:24 am »

I recently put my MAME cabinet in the office at work and one way we've been exposing ourselves to new games is by trying out whatever is featured as the competition. I've been crappy at this one but two other guys in the office are doing pretty well at 40 something thousand right now. If I manage to catch up to them I'll certainly post a screenshot.

kixfan · « **Reply #5 on:** February 01, 2015, 05:56:32 pm »

Quote from: bfauska on January 30, 2015, 12:57:24 am

I recently put my MAME cabinet in the office at work and one way we've been exposing ourselves to new games is by trying out whatever is featured as the competition. I've been crappy at this one but two other guys in the office are doing pretty well at 40 something thousand right now. If I manage to catch up to them I'll certainly post a screenshot.

Wish my boss would go for a Mame cab at work (even better a Vpin cab)! Of course I wouldn't get much work done.

Currently stuck at 30k. Can't get past the sea level.

liquid134 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 01, 2015, 10:17:12 pm »

Quote from: kixfan on February 01, 2015, 05:56:32 pm

Quote from: bfauska on January 30, 2015, 12:57:24 am
I recently put my MAME cabinet in the office at work and one way we've been exposing ourselves to new games is by trying out whatever is featured as the competition. I've been crappy at this one but two other guys in the office are doing pretty well at 40 something thousand right now. If I manage to catch up to them I'll certainly post a screenshot.

Wish my boss would go for a Mame cab at work (even better a Vpin cab)! Of course I wouldn't get much work done.

Currently stuck at 30k. Can't get past the sea level.

yea, my high the first day i tried this game out, was like 25k, the sea level is really screwing me up too.

markc74 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 03, 2015, 09:59:07 am »

I apologise - this game sucks. I'd only given it a couple of goes before posting it and thought it might be one of those games that might have some mileage (ho ho). Turned out it's just a bit crap.

Anyway - gave it as many goes as I could bear and got to 20550

Current standings are:

WakiMiko: 53,790
Popsicle: 26,690
Markc74: 20,550
wp34: 0,000

Liquid134 (25k-ish), Kixfan (30k-ish) - I guess we need screenies?

JDFan · « **Reply #8 on:** February 03, 2015, 10:27:27 am »

Gave it a couple goes and it is a bit of an odd game but not too bad - so far managed 14,840

pbj · « **Reply #9 on:** February 03, 2015, 10:47:19 am »

Bringing up last place again. I kinda like this game.

jasonbar · « **Reply #10 on:** February 03, 2015, 01:25:18 pm »

What has worse controls, Mystic Marathon or Jump Bug? Wow.

31,350

wp34 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 03, 2015, 02:22:25 pm »

Quote from: markc74 on February 03, 2015, 09:59:07 am

I apologise - this game sucks. I'd only given it a couple of goes before posting it and thought it might be one of those games that might have some mileage (ho ho). Turned out it's just a bit crap.

Anyway - gave it as many goes as I could bear and got to 20550

Current standings are:

WakiMiko: 53,790
Popsicle: 26,690
Markc74: 20,550
wp34: 0,000

yamatetsu · « **Reply #12 on:** February 03, 2015, 03:05:43 pm »

63,970

WakiMiko · « **Reply #13 on:** February 03, 2015, 09:43:36 pm »

Quote from: yamatetsu on February 03, 2015, 03:05:43 pm

63,970

Damnit! Did you milk the pyramid/non-auto-scrolling level?

popsicle · « **Reply #14 on:** February 03, 2015, 10:44:16 pm »

Mildly better. Sea level giving me grief too.

41,740

kixfan · « **Reply #15 on:** February 04, 2015, 12:10:46 am »

No Jasonbar, Mystic is worse!

Here is my "screenie"

Non leachy "legal" score of 32,500 and then a bit leachy "non-legal" score of 42,280 (on last car I just hung out in the volcano).

Technically I would say it's probably not leaching cause it does finally start to speed up but you can gather a lot of points. On the other hand if it's not fun then whats the point.

Couple things I've noticed, You can't land on the Joker building in stage 1, watch entering stage 2, if you haven't killed the crazy skull car he has a tendency to carry over into level 2. You can ride the water shoot out of the volcano level if you time it properly but not worth it as there is no bonus. In the sea level, if you are to close to surface, bird will drop second bomb, which usually you can't avoid.

Who all has made it past the sea level? Are the last 2 levels even harder?

yamatetsu · « **Reply #16 on:** February 04, 2015, 02:16:24 am »

Quote from: WakiMiko on February 03, 2015, 09:43:36 pm

Damnit! Did you milk the pyramid/non-auto-scrolling level?

Yep.

yamatetsu · « **Reply #17 on:** February 05, 2015, 02:52:54 pm »

80,780

Will try now playing without farming. Curious how far I can get.

kixfan · « **Reply #18 on:** February 05, 2015, 07:04:27 pm »

Finally got past the sea level. You will get to a red bridge. It will raise you up into the air. 36k. Getting past the shooting fish, lay back till they appear, then shoot one and move forward immediately.

yamatetsu · « **Reply #19 on:** February 07, 2015, 03:45:39 pm »

47,830 without farming. Got past the sea level too. Now on to the final stage !

popsicle · « **Reply #20 on:** February 07, 2015, 04:19:08 pm »

Finally made it through all the stages (it wraps around, and doesn't seem to get much harder, if at all?). The sea level is by far the most frustrating. The last one which is mostly in the sky with platforms and missiles coming from below was easy by comparison.

I tried to spend most of the sea level toward the bottom of the ocean, occasionally taking a big jump to the top and coasting over a lot of the crap.

93,090

markc74 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 09, 2015, 05:32:26 pm »

Hi guys - the final roundup is a little delayed due to *real life* so my apologies!

Unless I'm doing my sums wrong (it's been a long day) then these are the final scores for Jump Bug

popsicle - 93,090 (3 points)
yamatetsu - 80,780 (2 points)
WakiMiko - 53790 (1 point)
kixfan - 42,280
jasonbar - 31350
markc74 - 20550
JDFan - 14840
pbj - 8730
wp34 - 0 or 10000 (couldn't work it out!)

WakiMiko - looks like it's your turn to pick the next one...

Generic Eric · « **Reply #22 on:** February 09, 2015, 05:36:16 pm »

All day yesterday I was thinking there was something special about that Sunday the 8th. Maybe this was it.

WakiMiko · « **Reply #23 on:** February 10, 2015, 10:14:11 am »

Quote from: markc74 on February 09, 2015, 05:32:26 pm

WakiMiko - looks like it's your turn to pick the next one...

Oh, cool. So I just create a new topic with the new game and info, right?

JDFan · « **Reply #24 on:** February 10, 2015, 12:15:38 pm »

Quote from: WakiMiko on February 10, 2015, 10:14:11 am

Quote from: markc74 on February 09, 2015, 05:32:26 pm
WakiMiko - looks like it's your turn to pick the next one...

Oh, cool. So I just create a new topic with the new game and info, right?

Yep - just be sure to check the 2 threads of previous competitions to ensure you do not pick one that has already been used.

WakiMiko · « **Reply #25 on:** February 10, 2015, 01:23:54 pm »

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,143857.0.html

I hope this is alright


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