High Score Competition #223: Space Harrier

[jasonbar]

High Score Competition Rules and Scoreboard

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Game Name : Space Harrier
ROM Name  = sharrier
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Settings:
 Lives: 3
 Bonus Life: 50,000,000
 Trial Time: off

Controls:
 Analog joystick, 1 button (but 8-way joystick works just fine)



3D scaling bitmap party!!!

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Harrier



Last day: Sunday, August 13 2017, midnight Pacific Time
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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!


My first quickie score: 2,705,090 (unofficial, no pic, I'm between phones...)

[acvieluf]

Nice pick, GREAT music!

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[acvieluf]

3,897,120

I like the "Altered beast" scream when you die.

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[lettuce]

8,517,020

[acvieluf]

4,660,060

My arm is sore.

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[lettuce]

Im not 100% sure the analog settings are correct for this game they feel off

[acvieluf]

Im not 100% sure the analog settings are correct for this game they feel off

Yeah, probably made it easier for you, better delete that score, haha.

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[lettuce]

Im not 100% sure the analog settings are correct for this game they feel off

Yeah, probably made it easier for you, better delete that score, haha.

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Haha, i think it makes it harder, seems a bit too 'twitchy'

[acvieluf]

Im not 100% sure the analog settings are correct for this game they feel off

Yeah, probably made it easier for you, better delete that score, haha.

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Haha, i think it makes it harder, seems a bit too 'twitchy'

Yes I agree. Since it was made for analog controls, you're either rocketing towards the center of the screen, or away from it. I'm away all next week, but maybe I'll load it on my laptop and play with an Xbox controller. That may help.

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[jasonbar]

I'm playing with an analog stick on rev 115u2. Definitely twitchy--I don't see a big difference when playing with this stick vs. an 8-way trigger stick...

...but I was never very adept at flight stick games...

Nonetheless, I'm having more fun the more I play it--I forgot what a thrill this game was.

7,002,130

-Jason

PS--maybe playing with a trackball or mouse would offer good control?

[acvieluf]

I'm playing with an analog stick on rev 115u2. Definitely twitchy--I don't see a big difference when playing with this stick vs. an 8-way trigger stick...

...but I was never very adept at flight stick games...

Nonetheless, I'm having more fun the more I play it--I forgot what a thrill this game was.

7,002,130

-Jason

PS--maybe playing with a trackball or mouse would offer good control?

I was playing it last night with a 360 controller. Not a good enough score to post, but much better control, being able to hold your character in one place.

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[Loafmeister]

I gather playing with a trackball is a big nono? 

[jasonbar]

I gather playing with a trackball is a big nono? 

I don't see a problem in using a trackball. I recommended one a couple of posts ago. Am I missing something? If not, trackball away!

-Jason

[popsicle]

Finally had a good run. I always felt like this game offered random deaths, i.e. never saw it comin'.

6,742,400

[lettuce]

I wonder how a Wii mote would control in this game with the Dolphin bar

[yamatetsu]

The scoreboard.


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Looks like it's popsicle's turn to come up with the next game.

[pbj]

Ugh.  Sorry I missed this one.  It crashes about 2/3s of the way through on Xbox, though.

[popsicle]

I'll get something posted by tomorrow night