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Hi Score Competition #26: Funny Mouse
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Epyx:
I think the scoring stops at 99,900 and after that its just level repeats (1-4) but I could be wrong.

Either way, now that the game is growing on you I have my work cut out for me lol.
CrazyKongFan:
Nice work guys! Couple comments. It definitely goes over 100K. I just did a save state with my 99,900 game, just before I died and scored a few more points, pushing it over 100K. Also, they're definitely cats and snakes (most likely cobras). Notice on the bonus level, it's a snake with it's neck puffed out. The stuff on the bonus level is everything from the regular game, except the flag. The flag is actually left over from the previous game in the series, Macho Mouse (which I also have the record on ;D ), which has the same cast of characters. On Macho Mouse, you have to connect flags to fill in squares, similar to Amidar. It has the same music, the same bombs, and the same slot bonus levels. It doesn't have the water traps, but if you complete a segment with a cat or snake on it, they die, and there's also shortcuts thru the middle that the snakes take, and if you complete the whole square while a snake is inside that shortcut, it kills all the cats (similar to drowning the snake on Funny Mouse). If you look at this screenshot (don't mind the weird colors...they had the wrong color PROM on Wolfmame 106), the mouse heads are completed squares, there's a snake on one of the shortcuts, and Macho is completing a line segment (the ones with the dots) that'll kill the cat right next to him. Also, here's a link to a flyer for Macho Mouse that shows a snake on the control panel and marquee: http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=3166&image=1
Epyx:
Thanks for the clarification CrazyKongFan...

And in that case...I think you realize...we are gunning for your score... ;)

This really is one of those games that is very deceptive at first glance.  At first you curse the movement (well I still do) and the difficulty but slowly game after game you peel away layer upon layer of strategy.  Baiting the cats and snakes is a huge part of the game and the AI between the two is so different.

The cats will charge you and make for easy baiting...the snakes on the other hand really have to home in on you so the approach in baiting them is a little different.  It's the role reversal where the mouse is the hunter that I really like in this game.
CrazyKongFan:
I know I'm not competing, but I'm still playing anyway :) I finally broke 100K in a regular game, but only beat my top score by 600 (ended up with 100,500)...panicked at the end and blew myself up with one of my bombs on level 4 :( But at least I know I can do 100K now. Had over 50K on my first guy and ended up losing 3 lives on level 3.
Epyx:
Grats :)

Ah the good ole panic death hehe...succumbed to it many times.  Gonna devote a lot of time on it this weekend and try to break 100k myself.
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