The competition so far:
#1 - Shinobi - Winner: Destructor#2 - Jungle Hunt - Winner: CrazyKongFan#3 - Zoo Keeper - Winner: DeLuSioNal29#4 - Q*Bert - Winner: quarterstringer#5 - Robotron 2084 - Winner: (+_+)#6 - Joust - Winner: Shoegazer#7 - Elevator Action - Winner: FrontyDev#8 - Mr Do - Winner: DeLuSioNal29#9 - Hyper Sports - Winner: drawfull#10 - Wonder Boy - Winner: DrFrag#11 - Bubble Bobble - Winner: mrclean#12 - Gun.Smoke - Winner: isucamper#13 - Ghouls 'n Ghosts - Winner: Ginsu Victim#14 - Ms Pac-Man (with speedup hac) - Winner: CrazyKongFan#15 - Frogger - Winner: CrazyKong Fan, Second: Jasonbar#16 - Grobda - Winner: Mimic, Second: Cornchip#17 - Bank Panic - Winner: ahofle, Second: jasonbar#18 - Juno First - Winner: RayB, Second: Shoegazer#19 - Rolling Thunder - Winner: DrFrag, Second: isucamperI nearly went with Battle Chopper for this round, which is kind of fun but horribly frustrating. Instead I've chosen the vertical scrolling shoot-em-up
Terra Cresta. I used to play this at my local deli after school where a bunch of us would compete. I don't know if I can be considered good at it, but my score won't count for this competition.
"Terra Cresta is a vertically-scrolling shoot-em-up set over a constantly scrolling landscape of islands and enemy installations. The player is under constant attack from enemy spaceship waves, ground-based guns and turrets, dinosaurs and three different mothercraft ships.
The levels are littered with ground-based silos bearing numbers between 2 and 5. These can be shot to release a player ship component, which then attaches to the player's current ship, increasing both its size and firepower. Power-ups available are 2-Wide shot, 3-Rear Shot, 4-Front cannon and 5-Rear shield.
Using the "Phoenix" button splits the ship parts into a formation for limited time, giving increased fire power. The number of parts acquired determines the formation. For example, if the player has picked up two ship parts then a triangle is formed, with the player's main ship at the rear of the formation, with additional two ship components positioned at the front edge of the triangle.
When all four numbered parts have been collected, the player's ship transforms into a flaming Phoenix, and is indestructable for a limited time."
Competition Rules:
- You can only use terracre.zip, on these settings:
Lives: 3
Bonus Life: 20k then every 60k
Difficulty: Easy
1 credit, no continues
no cheats!- Use any mame version or variant you wish.
- Last day is Monday, June 15th (11:59:59pm Pacific Daylight Time), 2009.
- High score wins (if tied, a tie-breaker game will be chosen at random).
- No savestates, savestate practices, etc during the round.
- MAME INP recordings are optional, but encouraged!
- A screenshot is required to enter a score (press F12 to save screenshot showing your final score) or take a photo of the screen if playing on a real machine.
- If you're a MARP competitor on this title, keep in mind this is just a friendly competition amongst forum members, so maybe you shouldn't enter. However, if you're a forum member and this is a game you're good at and nobody knows about it, this is your time to shine!
Playing tips posted below:
Enemies enter the screen in different patterns based on whether you're on the left, centre or right of the screen. Use this to force them into pattern that are easier to kill.
Don't be afraid to use your phoenix splits, especially as you're about to collect a new power-up.
Once you have all power-ups, you can let yourself get clipped by a bullet to lose 2 or 4 of them. This way, you can collect them again and refresh your three phoenix splits.
If you shoot a dinosaur from the front, you can then shoot its bones with reverse fire. A bonus will fly out of its remains which is worth 1000 points when shot.
GOOD LUCK!