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Hi Score Comp #28: Satan's Hollow *SPONSORED BY GROOVY GAME GEAR*
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D_Harris:

--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on September 25, 2009, 08:33:30 am ---Thanks Randy for donating to this competition. Tornado Terry did it in the past with his Ms Pacman replica stick and was quite happy with the publicity for it and the increase in sales. Obviously you're not in need of publicity around here, but perhaps this shell is.

Hopefully this will bring some new competitors into the game and maybe sell a few of these, as well.

 :cheers:

--- End quote ---

I would have picked up Satan's Hollow joystick handles earlier this year if I had the joystick/bases to put them on. (I wish someone would repro those).

You mentioned that someone was making replica Ms.Pac-man joysticks. I assume that you are referring to entire joystick assemblies that do not have the original leaf switches, correct?

I actually need copies of the original sticks with everything that goes on the sticks because I already have three original bases.

But getting back to Satan's Hollow. I became a 2,000,000+ point player earlier this year using a hacked Gorf joystick, which as I soon learned felt nothing like the original Satan's Hollow joystick.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=89807.0

So if anyone has a Satan's Hollow joystick, please let me know.

P.S.: I had to re-type this entire post because because the site wouldn't accept my picture at first and when I followed instructions and hit "back" my post was gone. Is this a correctable problem?

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
jasonbar:
Ouch, this game is a bear.  I've hit a 62k ceiling & can't seem to get any farther.

Comments/strategies:

1 - It's great to get the big bonus points from killing the devil on the right side of the castle, so I don't go over there until I've finished round 3.  I shoot as many baddies on round 4 as I can & then run like a coward over to the right before they bust my bridge.  That way, I get a 3k bonus instead of a piddly 0k or 1k bonus if I kill the right devil "too soon".

2 - Occasionally, this strategy bites me because, if the demons knock out 1 bridge segment immediately on a crowded screen before I can scoot to the right, I can't exit to the right, even if I'm already on the right side of the broken bridge!!!  Cheap!

3 - 90% of the time, I can kill the right devil by just sitting in the center of the screen & firing.  His pitchforks rarely come close & they're usually easy to dodge.  When the spiralling fireballs get close, I tap the shield but stay put.

4 - Those boogers who steal your spare ships can't kill you by contact (nor can you kill them w/ your shield), so don't be afraid to get right under/on top of them when they're making off w/ your spare guys.

5 - The part(s) of the game that I just can't handle are the crowded rounds where you have about 3 seconds before dozens of demons descend upon you & pretty much fill up the whole bottom of the screen with their bodies & bullets & bombs.  I rarely survive their blitz maneuvers--what's the secret on those rounds???


Thanks,
-Jason
DrFrag:
I get the bridge built and run away when a hard stage starts.

I don't know how to survive the dark stages though.  This is around 70K for me.  It seems a bit unfair when all you can see of the enemies is a couple of pixels.  :(  Is there a good tactic for this?  Does the game get light again?
jasonbar:
It does get light again...but it's dark too long for my tastes...   :(

-Jason
DrFrag:
Oh, another tactic for some of the hard stages is to start on the far left and shoot like crazy (helps if you have a powerup or two), and when they dive bomb you turn on your shield and go hard-right through the mess.  Keep shooting the whole time, of course.  Hopefully you can get to the other side where they're not attacking, and in the meantime have done enough damage to make the stage safer.

I have tested this a lot but it works for me on one or two of the waves.  Doesn't get a lot of bridge built though.
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