High Score Competition #216: In The Hunt

[jasonbar]

High Score Competition Rules and Scoreboard

A furious two-player submarine-based shoot-em-up with varying levels and the typical end-of-level bosses. Various power-ups can be collected throughout the game.

rom : inthunt

8 way joystick, 2 buttons: torpedo, missile/depth charge.

KLOV page.

Competition ends Sunday 2017/05/07 at midnight, Pacific Time.


Default settings:
Lives: 3
Difficulty: normal
Unknown: off (just in case it does something)

Thanks,
-Jason

[jasonbar]

Unimpressive first submission: 108,400.

-Jason

[yamatetsu]

147,500. That 1st level boss is the lamest boss ever.



177,300.

[acvieluf]

Holy crap, I'm having trouble just getting on the board. Haven't cracked the top ten yet. Yikes. Really cool game though!

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[yamatetsu]

193,300.

[wp34]

Holy crap, I'm having trouble just getting on the board. Haven't cracked the top ten yet. Yikes. Really cool game though!

Sent from my Atari 2600

Same.  This is one of my favorites and I thought I was pretty good at it.  Not so much.

[yamatetsu]

243,500. Still no luck getting past the second boss.

[wp34]

243,500. Still no luck getting past the second boss.

Show off.

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[yamatetsu]

Heh. I don't play shmups. I may be able to get through the easy levels, but that's it. If someone like WakiMiko would play this, he would probably beat the game or come close.

[jasonbar]

129,800.

For reference, the top score was attained by continuing ad nauseum until finishing.

I wonder what the number in the 3rd column is...?

-Jason

[yamatetsu]

I wonder what the number in the 3rd column is...?

That's the amount of star-in-a-bubble items you have collected (the big ones are worth 5, the small ones are worth 1). No idea what they are for, though. Maybe you get an extra super duper special ending if you have collected them all ? Or just a pat on the back.

[GrizzlyThunder]

Quick question from the new guy. I'm pretty new to the hobby and love that y'all are having a game competition. For the game play is there a recommend dip switch setting to be used?


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[Titchgamer]

Quick question from the new guy. I'm pretty new to the hobby and love that y'all are having a game competition. For the game play is there a recommend dip switch setting to be used?


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Depends which dips you are referring to.

The difficulty, lives etc are always stated in the first post.

[GrizzlyThunder]

Ok, gotchya. I must have read too fast and overlooked it.

[Kidpanda]

I find this game not fun at all. Second boss just murdered me.
Kidpanda - 162,100 - Stage 2 Boss

[yamatetsu]

300,200. Boss #2 is history.



Idiot-proof way to beat boss #1. Collect the red powerup for the torpedoes, move as far to the left as you can go, move up to the middle of the screen, start mashing fire. The boss can't hit you.

[wp34]

300,200. Boss #2 is history.



Idiot-proof way to beat boss #1. Collect the red powerup for the torpedoes, move as far to the left as you can go, move up to the middle of the screen, start mashing fire. The boss can't hit you.

 

[GrizzlyThunder]

I know the score isn't anyway close to you guys. Cool game, I'm always dying from running out of time.

[yamatetsu]

300,200. Boss #2 is history.



Idiot-proof way to beat boss #1. Collect the red powerup for the torpedoes, move as far to the left as you can go, move up to the middle of the screen, start mashing fire. The boss can't hit you.

 

333,300.

[yamatetsu]

Cool game, I'm always dying from running out of time.

Collect the guided missiles, they make short work of the enemies above water. If you run out of time at the ice cannons, stick to the ground, don't bother destroying them, just blast through the ice and keep going. For blasting the ice, use both fire buttons so that you hit the ice simultaneously in front and above you.

As stated above, collect the red powerup for the torpedoes to kill the boss, the green powerups take too long.

[GrizzlyThunder]

Cool game, I'm always dying from running out of time.

Collect the guided missiles, they make short work of the enemies above water. If you run out of time at the ice cannons, stick to the ground, don't bother destroying them, just blast through the ice and keep going. For blasting the ice, use both fire buttons so that you hit the ice simultaneously in front and above you.

As stated above, collect the red powerup for the torpedoes to kill the boss, the green powerups take too long.

Thank you, I'll give that a shot next go.

[jasonbar]

187,900. I can do better. Avoidable deaths. Boss 2 didn't seem bad--I lasted a while, then I got painted into the corner while greedily going for a power-up. D'oh.

-Jason

PS--green explodey torpedoes all the way--I find them wicked destructive!

[acvieluf]

It's a Christmas miracle


108,900

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[jasonbar]

Last entry. Been trying to play a couple of games per day. My scores are grouped really tightly in the 170ks. Very consistent.

Got to the 2nd boss, dispatched 1, then remaining 1 changed his tactic & chased me down--I think I was close to dispatching him. Dang.

232,500

-Jason

[yamatetsu]

Last entry.

Since the deadline was yesterday, you are probably right 

The scoreboard.



Kidpanda, since you made the 3rd place, it's your turn to choose the next game.

[jasonbar]

Last entry.

Since the deadline was yesterday, you are probably right 

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I posted at about 10-11PM, last night, 5/7/2017 Pacific Time. In before midnight. I'm not sure what time zone the forum is using--perhaps it's Eastern Time, as it shows my post to be "Today 01:21:04 am".


Scores:
yamatetsu: 333,300
jasonbar: 232,500
kidpanda: 162,100
acvieluf: 108,900
GrizzlyThunder: 37,900

Thanks,
-Jason

[yamatetsu]

I posted at about 10-11PM, last night, 5/7/2017 Pacific Time. In before midnight. I'm not sure what time zone the forum is using--perhaps it's Eastern Time, as it shows my post to be "Today 01:21:04 am".

Ah. I thought we were going by the forum time. My mistake, then.

[Kidpanda]

Hmmm, let's see, want something everyone can play. Let me go through my mame wheel in the morning with coffee and I'll have one for sure!

[Kidpanda]

Going with Legend of Kage, will make a thread in a bit!