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Game Competition #16: Grobda
Ginsu Victim:
Holy crap, I just tried it. I remember this one. INSANELY difficult! I won't be participating.
CrazyKongFan:
Yeah, this one is tough...Here's my token entry, after 2 games, 8900. I think the key is to make sure to shoot the ones in your line of path very quickly, then duck for cover. Also there's a shield button, but usually if they shoot at you, it's too late (unless you can react lightning quick ;D ) Also, you don't have to beat one of the scores to submit a score at TG...you could submit a 1000 point score if you wanted to. You just have to have an account there and use WolfMAME 106 to record your games. I haven't submitted it yet, but I plan on sending my Ms Pac turbo from 2 competitions ago (last time I tried to submit, it wasn't working right and I haven't tried again since)
jasonbar:
Yah, this one seemed insanely difficult at first, but then I found out a few tricks.
1 - Use your shield A LOT. Just hold it down for the first several seconds of each level while you drive around & pick off all the easy tanks. Then retreat & wait for your shield to recharge.
2 - No time limit on the rounds & no bonus for remaining shield power, so use the shield liberally. The only thing that might encourage you to hurry up is that the orange tanks go into hyperactive mode & shoot nonstop & cruise around if you stall too long.
3 - Don't wait for tanks to shoot at you before you hit the shield--by then, it's too late & you're dead. Have the shield on already if you're in danger of being shot.
4 - Take out the shielded tanks first, while you've got lots of shield. Hold down your shield & go head-to-head with them--you'll kill them before they kill you.
5 - The big points come from killing combos of tanks with their own explosions, Missile Command style. Though I must admit that I never intentionally let tanks live long enough to start clumping up...
Oh, on your screen shots, please do a grab from the Top 5 scores screen--it also shows what level you got to. That's interesting info--it shows if you were getting combos or not. In fact, I'm going to change the original post to say that a score tie breaker will be determined by whoever got the higher level (true, one might argue that it takes more skill to get combos & therefore a lower level is more impressive, but... ???).
-Jason
Ginsu Victim:
So can you have your shield on while firing? I haven't tried it
jasonbar:
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Yup! And/or moving! A must!