Author Topic: Calling all Donkey Kong Masters! (Read 87276 times)

Bender · « **Reply #160 on:** June 30, 2008, 07:34:38 pm »

Quote from: TheShanMan on June 30, 2008, 12:45:28 pm

How long did your game last? I'm tempted to do that, but I spend long enough just playing a normal game these days, so I'm reluctant to "waste" it on a game that doesn't count.

I think it was 2 plus hours
but i think it was worth it it gave me a little confidence knowing that if I could get past level 6 I could also get past level 21 (if I ever make it there in a real game)

freon1200 · « **Reply #161 on:** June 30, 2008, 08:42:06 pm »

i played thru dk once on mame with savestates. i cant figure out how to get the cheats to work. i want to do the invincible and get more practice with the barrels getting crazy. i want to do it with 6 guys on the arcade cab b/c i think i can when i get in the zone. a LOT of times youre kicking butt, and donkey kong throws a wild barrel in your face. so if i get in the zone with 6 guys i may have a chance. tho does it start with 6 and 1 extra? or start with 5 and 1 extra?

heres a shot of my screen after that game. im glad i took it when i did. the monitor got distorted about 3 min after i snapped the pic.

fatfingers · « **Reply #162 on:** June 30, 2008, 08:59:58 pm »

It starts with 6 and you get a free man at the free man settings.

Nice photoshop work on those high scores!

freon1200 · « **Reply #163 on:** June 30, 2008, 09:03:29 pm »

id like to see you do photshop getting the curves of the monitor. i got more photos of other games.

7 guys then?......nice!!!
i think i can do it

fatfingers · « **Reply #164 on:** June 30, 2008, 09:07:14 pm »

Quote from: freon1200 on June 30, 2008, 09:03:29 pm

id like to see you do photshop getting the curves of the monitor.

TheShanMan · « **Reply #165 on:** June 30, 2008, 10:17:21 pm »

Quote from: freon1200 on June 30, 2008, 08:42:06 pm

i cant figure out how to get the cheats to work.

Download cheat.dat and put it in your mame directory. Then enable cheats in mame. Not sure how it's done on the command line, but mameui has a game option for it. Then when you're in the game go to the TAB menu and there will be a cheat menu item.

freon1200 · « **Reply #166 on:** June 30, 2008, 10:41:50 pm »

thx ShanMan
i dl'd the cheat .ini a few days ago. i didnt know how to enable cheats. i found i could do it in the command line buy typing -cheat at the end. but when i hit tab it would give me a bunch of numbers and letters when i went to the cheats option. ill try it in wolfmame or a newer version of mame tommorrow on the laptop =]

Bender · « **Reply #167 on:** July 01, 2008, 12:02:50 am »

533,800

Loafmeister · « **Reply #168 on:** July 01, 2008, 12:19:49 am »

Quote from: freon1200 on June 30, 2008, 08:42:06 pm

i played thru dk once on mame with savestates. i cant figure out how to get the cheats to work. i want to do the invincible and get more practice with the barrels getting crazy. i want to do it with 6 guys on the arcade cab b/c i think i can when i get in the zone. a LOT of times youre kicking butt, and donkey kong throws a wild barrel in your face. so if i get in the zone with 6 guys i may have a chance. tho does it start with 6 and 1 extra? or start with 5 and 1 extra?

heres a shot of my screen after that game. im glad i took it when i did. the monitor got distorted about 3 min after i snapped the pic.

I'm not sure I understand... that 500k+ game was not with the save states/cheats and you just got in the zone? If not, looking at your high scores, you're the fastest learning DK player in history!

djruden · « **Reply #169 on:** July 01, 2008, 01:03:17 am »

You do realize when you turn off the machine you will lose all your high scores unless you've installed a high score save kit ?

I don't have one either and I don't leave my machine on all the time to avoid screen burn so whenever I get a high score it's usually 1 of only a few games I played and if I die or do something stupid early, I just kill off my other few lives to start fresh.

Looks kinda like what happened here.

Lutus · « **Reply #170 on:** July 01, 2008, 08:50:32 am »

I turned the machine on for "just one game" last night when some company came over.

I got a score of 208,400 or something like that. Not bad for as rusty as I was.

Oh, and I lost a man on the THIRD screen.

So I think over this three day weekend, Bender is going down.

massive88 · « **Reply #171 on:** July 01, 2008, 08:57:09 am »

Unless my reading comprehension is off, (it was!)

Lutus · « **Reply #172 on:** July 01, 2008, 09:37:54 am »

That 500,000 game was only to Level 14.

I believe that game was on Mame with 6 starting guys.

freon1200 · « **Reply #173 on:** July 01, 2008, 08:58:53 pm »

no, my high score on mame was only about 250,000. ive been playin on the arcade only pretty much since around christmas, when i got my dk board. ive never set the dips up to 6 guys. never changed the dips on mame either. ive been a diehard fan since a child. and ive been maming dk since about 98 or 99 or so. my avg game is about 250,000 ive hit 300,000 about 3 times. hit 400 something once, and got that 500k game once.

freon1200 · « **Reply #174 on:** July 01, 2008, 09:00:52 pm »

o, and i NEVER grab the bottom hammer except in emergencies. bottom hammers are for people that can already get the killscreen. i dont worry about points thatll get me killed.

Bender · « **Reply #175 on:** July 01, 2008, 09:03:36 pm »

nice work! freon1200

I have the same philosophy about the hammer
after I make it to the kill screen I'll learn how to use the bottom hammer

freon1200 · « **Reply #176 on:** July 01, 2008, 09:30:52 pm »

thx bender.
i need to go to bed soon. but i think ill fire my DK up and try a few games --BINGO! Either that, or I was attempting to say "before" but it was too many letters to type-- i go to bed. or mebbe ill get lucky and have one LONG game. tho you never know when thats going to happen. its like once out of ever 50-100 games. heheh

Ummon · « **Reply #177 on:** July 02, 2008, 05:26:31 pm »

I notice no one is mentioning using the kill screen fix.....

freon1200 · « **Reply #178 on:** July 02, 2008, 06:43:43 pm »

well 2 things. if you use the killscreen fix, you need to be good enough to be able to get to the killscreen in the fist place to take advantage of it. plus if you ARE good enough, then a high score without the killscreen isnt anything to shoot for, since the killscreen makes you play harder to get points, therefore more of a challenge.
at least thats what i think....

Lutus · « **Reply #179 on:** July 03, 2008, 12:49:53 am »

No need to worry about fixing the kill screen unless you have mad skills.

-Reach kill screen
-Grab bottom hammer on every barrel screen

That should keep you very busy before you ever try to fix the kill screen.

CrazyKongFan · « **Reply #180 on:** July 04, 2008, 11:47:04 am »

Here's another interesting challenge. The no-hammer challenge (twin galaxies has a score page for that). I've gotten exactly 125,000 twice. The rest of the game isn't much more difficult (I don't usually get the hammer on the conveyor belt level anyway), but the rivet stage really gets hard at level 4.

freon1200 · « **Reply #181 on:** July 04, 2008, 12:47:05 pm »

ive seen that challenge, but never tried it. i think ill suck at it. i KNOW the rivet stage would be rough, especially after level 4. maybe ill try a few times today.

heres 2 more interesting challenges. they can be done. beat thje mudpies with 61 seconds left (3-2) and beat the rivets without jumping. i was only able to do that once.

Bender · « **Reply #182 on:** July 04, 2008, 01:07:00 pm »

Quote from: freon1200 on July 04, 2008, 12:47:05 pm

beat the mudpies with 61 seconds left (3-2)

I had set that same challenge for myself and did it once while getting the umbrella as well!
I'm assuming you mean 6100 left on the clock

freon1200 · « **Reply #183 on:** July 04, 2008, 01:15:10 pm »

nice Bender. thats what i meant, tho i couldnt get the umbrella. thats awsome.

well i just tried the no hammer 3 times. the first attempt i got under 10,000 and my 3rd guy died, i suicided the last. my second game was goin about 50,000 on level 4 mudpies my last guy, and i acidentilly grabbed the hammer. so i killed him too. third guy was about the same as the first. lol i gotta learn to play a game all the way thru evenm if im doing bad. thats the only advantagew with putting quarters in machines that you ARENT getting back.

freon1200 · « **Reply #184 on:** July 04, 2008, 01:18:42 pm »

heres one more fun challenge, ive never pulled it off. first board or any barrel board. stay on the 3rd level or around there, 2nd or 4th occasionally is acceptable. and stay alive till time runs out.

i basically try this as barrel training.tho i just learned to jump barrels yesterday that were farther apart than i thought was possible to jump. tho you gotta practically be touching the barrel when you jump

Ummon · « **Reply #185 on:** July 04, 2008, 06:41:55 pm »

Sure, most people can't reach the killscreen, but there's a limit on things for those who do, and I'm waiting for those folks to go for it.

hammer challenge: I've thought of that before...a long time ago I think. I usually get the hammers for extra points. Sure they can be helpful/saving, but I'm going to try that out.

ArtsNFartsNCrafts · « **Reply #186 on:** July 05, 2008, 10:11:17 am »

98,000

a new personal best. movin' awn up!

freon1200 · « **Reply #187 on:** July 05, 2008, 10:15:53 am »

ArtsNFartsNCrafts nice!!!!

a few more games and youll be in the 100,000 club

freon1200 · « **Reply #188 on:** July 05, 2008, 01:28:26 pm »

how could this be real?

copied from Twin Galaxies

Kill-Screen on Donkey Kong
Scott Kessler, of North Carolina, started playing Donkey Kong less than a year ago. However, at Funspot X, he reached the "kill-screen" and scored 895,400 points to take over third place on the all-time Donkey Kong leaderboard.

Here's a quote from Scott Kessler: "I'm from Monroe, North Carolina. I had only played Donkey Kong a few times in arcades before I started playing seriously on August 27th of 2007. I reached the kill screen for the first time on November 10th of 2007. At that point, I took a break and worked on other things for a few months. I started playing again on March 10th of 2008 and played pretty regularly right up until Funspot X. During this time, I worked on point pressing techniques and my consistency to ensure that I could put up a 3rd place kill screen score live at the event."

Paul Olson · « **Reply #189 on:** July 05, 2008, 03:03:07 pm »

In reality, any of us who have made it to level 5 or so could make it to the kill screen if we were consistent. There is nothing really different during the rest of the game. Billy Mitchell put up close to 800,000 (I think) when he was a kid, so this should be possible.

I played a new DK/ DK Jr/ Mario combo machine friday night. It is a very uncomfortable machine to play. I had to duck down a bit to be able to see the whole screen; was the original DK cab short like this one? I haven't played a real one in so long, I can't remember. Does anyone know what joystick these machines use? It doesn't feel like the old nintendo stick, but it works very well. It might be a great universal 4-way for a mame cab.

I died twice screwing around getting used to the ridiculously large monitor. 25" vertical makes DK look very wrong. I ended up with 129, 900, which wasn't good enough to get on the high score table. The game gave me the option to continue, but I didn't have time to try it since I was getting late for the movie. I will have to go back there one of these days to test it.

I need to go out and find a dedicated DK here in Reno, I have no idea where one is around here.

freon1200 · « **Reply #190 on:** July 05, 2008, 04:15:28 pm »

yeah pcolson

the nintendo cabs are small. i hate playing standing b/c the light from the marquee bothers my eyes. but i need that running, b/c thats part of the experience. i always sit down now. i dont know if i could (if i could get to the killscreen) stand for a whole game. the thing is, level 5 and up is pretty much the same. tho if you can do it a lot. then your doing something better than we are. billy mitchel almost always get 800,000 on his first guy?!?!
theres more technique to avoiding (or controlling) wild barrels. so if we get a GOOD game, maybe its because the game didnt give us wild junk? or maybe we WERE in the zone. but if you do it ALL the time. it means youve got skillz.
in king of kong weibe's mom says when he was young they thought he was autistic. well autistic kids sometime excell really well in certain areas. like maybe math, or im guessing reflexes, etc. maybe being able to recognize enemy patterns that noone else can recognize.
so maybe the greats are great b/c of they way their minds work??
weibe had the record for dkjr too. mitchel has the dkjr record. and perfect game on pacman. Almost all i play is DK and im decent at it. but some peeps pick this stuff up quick and dont lose any of it.

Paul Olson · « **Reply #191 on:** July 05, 2008, 07:37:46 pm »

I played a lot as a kid, and I never figured out that you could control the barrels. I remember thinking I had some kind of control by my position, but I never bothered to figure it out. I watched steve's video yesterday, and I think he just learned most of the possible barrel positions. He also is way more patient than I am. I think that also comes with experience. I usually know I screwed up before a barrel kills me, but of course it is too late at that point.

My games are usually between 70,000 and 130,000, and I have probably played 40 games since the 80s. If I spent a year practicing, I imagine I would be pretty good when I was finished.

Barrel control is so simple, I almost want to kick myself for not figuring it out on my own. Now I need to try to learn how to use it strategically. Getting the second hammer is a lot easier when you can dump the barrels down before they get there.

I am not suggesting that everyone can reach the kill screen with a years practice, but it seems that at least a few should be able to. There are a lot of people here that never would have thought that they would reach 100,000, now some of you are at or near 300,000.

DK has been my favorite game since I first played it in 81, and this is the first time I have ever talked to other players. As a kid, it seemed like I was the only person that liked the game. This is kinda fun being able to discuss it now.

And yes, my scores suck today. I am spending way more time looking at the barrels above me than the ones that are killing me.

freon1200 · « **Reply #192 on:** July 05, 2008, 07:55:19 pm »

70-130k is actually SUPER good in about 40 games. i probably played over 1000 games before i beat 100,000.

Lutus · « **Reply #193 on:** July 06, 2008, 01:55:59 pm »

I played 2 or 3 games over the holiday weekend, and may play another one today.

Top score for the weekend was 216,000.

I lost both of my last men walking right into a spring. On the first run from the top of the ladder to "safety".

I couldn't believe it, not sure what the deal was.

Ummon · « **Reply #194 on:** July 06, 2008, 09:02:03 pm »

Quote from: freon1200 on July 05, 2008, 01:28:26 pm

how could this be real?

copied from Twin Galaxies

Kill-Screen on Donkey Kong
Scott Kessler, of North Carolina, started playing Donkey Kong less than a year ago. However, at Funspot X, he reached the "kill-screen" and scored 895,400 points to take over third place on the all-time Donkey Kong leaderboard.

Here's a quote from Scott Kessler: "I'm from Monroe, North Carolina. I had only played Donkey Kong a few times in arcades before I started playing seriously on August 27th of 2007. I reached the kill screen for the first time on November 10th of 2007. At that point, I took a break and worked on other things for a few months. I started playing again on March 10th of 2008 and played pretty regularly right up until Funspot X. During this time, I worked on point pressing techniques and my consistency to ensure that I could put up a 3rd place kill screen score live at the event."

There's a reason there are 'pros' in things. Looking back, as in since I've been playing Mame, I remember occasionally seeing a barrel drop when I went a certain way, but never connected it. I never played the game more than a few times a year until this year, and probably played it perhaps twenty times before Mame. Just before I knew of barrel control from this thread, I did notice a tendency of the barrel to drop down the ladder just after Kong, when I was positioned to the right of the top-upper-right ladder and started back left and up it.

freon1200 · « **Reply #195 on:** July 06, 2008, 09:30:55 pm »

i believe it, but it just doesnt seem possible.

Lutus · « **Reply #196 on:** July 06, 2008, 10:02:15 pm »

Just got done playing a game and scored 252,900.

So frustrating, because two of the deaths were simply a lack of concentration. One of them was crossing a rivet with a hammer, then walking back over the hole the rivet was in. I even pressed the jump button, but I had the hammer, so down I went.

To recap, by high score, 282,900. Going for 300,000 and beyond.

freon1200 · « **Reply #197 on:** July 08, 2008, 06:11:56 pm »

i just played a game at 251,400. 1st death was on the elevators level 4. i started climbing up the ladder by accident. pushed left and it wouldnt work. lol. then level5 elevators....i start see the spring comin and say thats gonna kill me, but i push up the ladder anyways!!!! aghhhhh!!!! i hate speed thinking lol. then i lost a guy on the barrels when i lost control of the barrels (I HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS!!) the last guy was on the mudpies with a hammer. ive been dying a lot on those lately. the conveyer moves me too fast and the flames go under my hammer =[
lol

Lutus · « **Reply #198 on:** July 08, 2008, 06:46:04 pm »

Just finished a game.....

358,900

I was on my last man starting at 162,000. Never give up.

Hey bender, told you I was crafty!

Also, I have learned that patience takes you a long ways in this game. You have LOTS of time on the clock on both the pie factory and the rivets stage. I lost ZERO men on either the pie stage or the rivets stage.

I lost 2 men on spring stages and 2 men on barrels (one wild, and one fast fireball coming up ladder).

If you rush it you will die. "That gorilla is cunning"

freon1200 · « **Reply #199 on:** July 08, 2008, 07:56:18 pm »

Quote

I was on my last man starting at 162,000

you got from 162.000 to 358,900 in one guy?!?!?!

that is sooooo friggin sweet!
way to go Lutus


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