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Title: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: isucamper on June 16, 2009, 09:29:18 pm: The competition so far:

#1 - Shinobi - Winner: Destructor (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=83244.0)
#2 - Jungle Hunt - Winner: CrazyKongFan (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=83889.0)
#3 - Zoo Keeper - Winner: DeLuSioNal29 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=84546.0)
#4 - Q*Bert - Winner: quarterstringer (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=85225.0)
#5 - Robotron 2084 - Winner: (+_+) (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=85787.0)
#6 - Joust - Winner: Shoegazer (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=86303.0)
#7 - Elevator Action - Winner: FrontyDev (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=86740.0)
#8 - Mr Do - Winner: DeLuSioNal29 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=87233.0)
#9 - Hyper Sports - Winner: drawfull (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=87601.0)
#10 - Wonder Boy - Winner: DrFrag (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88085.0)
#11 - Bubble Bobble - Winner: mrclean (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88621.0)
#12 - Gun.Smoke - Winner: isucamper (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=89193.0)
#13 - Ghouls 'n Ghosts - Winner: Ginsu Victim (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=89684.0)
#14 - Ms Pac-Man (with speedup hac) - Winner: CrazyKongFan (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=90149.0)
#15 - Frogger - Winner: CrazyKong Fan, Second: Jasonbar (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=90774.0)
#16 - Grobda - Winner: Mimic, Second: Cornchip (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=91316.0)
#17 - Bank Panic - Winner: ahofle, Second: jasonbar (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=91747.0)
#18 - Juno First - Winner: RayB, Second: Shoegazer (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=92149.0)
#19 - Rolling Thunder - Winner: DrFrag, Second: isucamper (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=92570.0)
#20 - Terra Cresta - Winner: isucamper, Second: Jasonbar (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=92941.0)

Next up is the side scrolling fencing sim, Gladiator.

(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/isucamper/gladiatr.png)

"Travel with the Great Gurianos as he battles his way through 4 stages against some of the toughest and most feared warriors ever to be found anywhere."

Competition Rules:

- You can only use gladiatr.zip, with default MAME settings which are:

Lives: 3
Bonus Life: Only at 100000
Difficulty: Easy
1 credit, no continues
no cheats!

- Last day is Tuesday, June 30th (11:59:59pm Pacific Daylight Time), 2009.

- High score wins (if tied, winner will be chosen by which player progressed further in the game).

- 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!

I don't know how my high score ranks in the grand scheme of things, but I'm pretty proud of it at 300,700. I won't participate in this competition until someone surpasses that score.

Also, I'm going to put up a small prize for this competition. The winner of this competition will receive, from me, a copy of the official feature film adaptation of this game on their choice of DVD (3 disc extended cut) or Blu-ray disc (which actually won't be released until September so the winner will have to take a rain check... and possibly remind me when September rolls around).

(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/isucamper/gladmov.jpg)

(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/isucamper/glad1.jpg)

(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/isucamper/glad2.jpg)

Good luck!
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Ummon on June 17, 2009, 02:51:59 am: Ehh, I'm out. I don't like how this game controls at all.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: ahofle on June 17, 2009, 10:25:59 am: Quote from: isucamper on June 16, 2009, 09:29:18 pm
Also, I'm going to put up a small prize for this competition. The winner of this competition will receive, from me, a copy of the official feature film adaptation of this game

:laugh2: :laugh2:
Good one!
I used to play this occasionally back in the day, but I always sucked at it. Good pick though!
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: shardian on June 17, 2009, 10:40:01 am: Neat little game, but a keyboard doesn't lend itseld well at all. I'll try it this evening on the Narc MAME.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Ginsu Victim on June 17, 2009, 10:47:06 am: Quote from: shardian on June 17, 2009, 10:40:01 am
Neat little game, but a keyboard doesn't lend itseld well at all.

I can't play arcade games on keyboard at all. I mean, I can, but not in a serious manner. (Definitely not for a competition)
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: RayB on June 17, 2009, 01:52:51 pm: Is there a bonus if we can get a screen cap of the chick topless? (It's hard to do, but if you can knock off all her top armor, she will be topless, and surrenders in shame. Though I think this was only in certain versions of the game. Might have been cleaned up for the US version).
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: isucamper on June 17, 2009, 04:47:24 pm: Quote from: RayB on June 17, 2009, 01:52:51 pm
Is there a bonus if we can get a screen cap of the chick topless?

A bonus? Hmm.

Ok. If you get a screen cap of this, I'll send you a picture of me topless.

PS: I'm a dude.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: DrFrag on June 17, 2009, 08:42:08 pm: 67,500

It's the clone Ohgon no Siro that has the topless graphic. Her torso is used as a test sprite if you start the game in service mode.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: TOK on June 18, 2009, 08:23:57 pm: I've hated this game since I first played it in the arcade, but I don't want to see this slip off the front page. ;D

89,000
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: jasonbar on June 18, 2009, 11:26:56 pm: I sure do like Ridley Scott movies...

-Jason
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: DrFrag on June 18, 2009, 11:46:47 pm: Wow I'm totally out. The best tactic I know is button-mashing.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: isucamper on June 19, 2009, 12:12:32 am: Quote from: jasonbar on June 18, 2009, 11:26:56 pm
I sure do like Ridley Scott movies...

-Jason

Pa zonk! Man, you just tanked this thread. What's everybody going to do for the next two weeks?

Here's a tip. After beating some bosses, if you press down while walking past them, you can pick up their weapons (like the guy with the big mace on level 2).
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Ummon on June 19, 2009, 01:29:31 am: Quote from: Ginsu Victim on June 17, 2009, 10:47:06 am
Quote from: shardian on June 17, 2009, 10:40:01 am
Neat little game, but a keyboard doesn't lend itseld well at all.

I can't play arcade games on keyboard at all. I mean, I can, but not in a serious manner. (Definitely not for a competition)

Actually, I can do Pac pretty decent with keys.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: RayB on June 19, 2009, 01:54:02 pm: ~~I should point out that you're supposed to control using joysticks, however, should you use buttons.... :angel:~~ i dont know nuffin
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: mimic on June 26, 2009, 10:47:34 pm: argh This game deserves to die horrible death of being forgotten forever! I hate you (I'm talking to the game)
btw thx Jason for killing the fun this week ;)

Seriously now full proof way to kill the red fatso spitting fireballs. I hate him even more than the game itself!
When and how do I enable the shield? I just noticed on attract mode of the game! C'mon pointers, let's detrone jason while we still can!
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: DrFrag on June 26, 2009, 11:17:07 pm: Move your shield up and down quickly for a while.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: isucamper on June 26, 2009, 11:39:11 pm: I wish I had more tips to give, but I don't really have any good ones. For the fireball guy, I get right up on him and press one of the 3 buttons as fast as I can. I try to watch where the fireballs go and block them, but it's usually a race between me breaking through his shield before he sneaks enough fireballs by me to kill me.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Ummon on June 27, 2009, 01:43:29 am: It just occured to me, this game is rather backward in graphics scheme and all given it came out in 2000.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: DrFrag on June 27, 2009, 02:14:58 am: 1986 I believe.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Ummon on June 28, 2009, 08:04:53 pm: Quote from: DrFrag on June 27, 2009, 02:14:58 am
1986 I believe.

Hahahahaah, no no no. There is a game with that name that was released in '86. Taint this game, though. This was released with the movie - in thousand, yo.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Bender on June 28, 2009, 08:09:46 pm: no,no,no 1986 is this one
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: TOK on June 28, 2009, 08:15:30 pm: Quote from: Ummon on June 28, 2009, 08:04:53 pm
Quote from: DrFrag on June 27, 2009, 02:14:58 am
1986 I believe.

Hahahahaah, no no no. There is a game with that name that was released in '86. Taint this game, though. This was released with the movie - in thousand, yo.

He's right, you're wrong yo.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: DrFrag on June 28, 2009, 08:48:34 pm: I used to play it at a shop near my primary school in the late 80s. MAME lists it as 1986. The title screen of the game says (C) 1986 Taito America Corp.

My money's on 1986. ;)
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Bender on June 29, 2009, 12:52:58 am: HERE (http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=gladiator&page=detail&id=962)
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: shardian on June 29, 2009, 09:31:58 am: Quote from: DrFrag on June 26, 2009, 11:17:07 pm
Move your shield up and down quickly for a while.

Apparently you also have to have 100% armor.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: ahofle on June 29, 2009, 12:44:46 pm: Quote from: DrFrag on June 26, 2009, 11:17:07 pm
Move your shield up and down quickly for a while.

I think it has to be the special gold shield, not the regular silver one.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: isucamper on June 29, 2009, 12:56:57 pm: I think Ummon is just perpetuating my joke about the game being an adaptation of the movie.

Really though, the game could be from 1986 and the movie adaptation much later in 2000 (in the joke) and that would still make sense.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: TOK on June 29, 2009, 02:19:48 pm: Quote from: isucamper on June 29, 2009, 12:56:57 pm
I think Ummon is just perpetuating my joke about the game being an adaptation of the movie.

Really though, the game could be from 1986 and the movie adaptation much later in 2000 (in the joke) and that would still make sense.

Don't encourage him, or he might try to mate with you.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Bender on June 29, 2009, 11:14:51 pm: I finally tried this game tonight I got up to 156,000

~~but not enough time to go after 280,000+~~

just realized this goes till tuesday, might have a go at it

I wanted that Blu-Ray so bad!
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: mimic on June 29, 2009, 11:48:25 pm: Quote from: Bender on June 29, 2009, 11:14:51 pm
I finally tried this game tonight I got up to 156,000

~~but not enough time to go after 280,000+~~

just realized this goes till tuesday, might have a go at it

I wanted that Blu-Ray so bad!

I'm doing "final push" myself, so far I peeked at around 150,000. I managed to finally get past the guy with the mace just to be struck by the first brick or something, right on the next level :(
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: isucamper on June 30, 2009, 08:20:26 am: Today is the last day. Is anybody going to step up and challenge Jason's score of 283,000?

I actually fired it up last night for the first time in a few months and hit 210,000.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Ummon on June 30, 2009, 08:05:47 pm: OH. ---fudgesicle--- me, I swear I klov'd it and it said 2000. I think I confused it with Gladiator 1984, as I saw it in the list when I went to find the rom for this one. Anyways, we're on the home stretch, baby! My god it's been a long two weeks...unless you count the one before that, too. (Heheheh)
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Bender on July 01, 2009, 01:47:18 am: This is the best I could do I just hope it's good enough to get me a runner up spot
if you switch the second and Third digits I'd tie with Jason, so weird
hey what time is this board set to? I first posted at 10:47 PDT
oh, must be CDT
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Hewskie on July 01, 2009, 02:37:10 am: I know this is my first post so I'll say a little something first:

I built my arcade machine about 2 years ago with much help from all the posts here, there's almost no question i had that wasn't answered somewhere in this cavern of information, so thank you byoac members!

Now, on to the competition, here is my score, (254,200 hope i posted the pic right). I got this just after jasonbar got his winning score, and i was determined to beat him, 10 days later and it seems i have failed. I know the competition is over so I'm only posting this to hopefully bump bender (love your newest creation btw, show more pics!) out of 2nd place!

Anyway, congrats Jason and enjoy the dvd!
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: isucamper on July 01, 2009, 08:31:01 am: Looks like Jason wins (I'll PM you about your prize). Not sure about the ruling on second place. Technically Hewskie's post came after the competition was over. Should we count it?

Jay, can't wait for the next thread. I'm having competition withdrawl.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: CrazyKongFan on July 01, 2009, 09:13:07 am: I was the first person to list the 2nd place winner, but the only reason I did it was because I chose the game and I came 1st, so 2nd place won that one ;D I guess everyone else just decided to list 2nd place after that.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Bender on July 01, 2009, 09:20:04 am: Hewskie made it in with 23 minutes left, so second is his (midnight PDT is 2am on this forum)

This is the BYOAC forum not Minnesota ;D

Congrats to Jason and Hewskie :applaud: :applaud:

PS: I love the second place idea cause it's my only chance to post on here, so it makes the competition more fun IMHO
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Ginsu Victim on July 01, 2009, 10:14:09 am: If Hewskie had posted a first place score, I wouldn't have accepted it (if it were my competition thread). If anyone comes in with a last minute post, wins, and it's their first post here.....I don't think that's cool. Maybe it's just me....
:dunno
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: jasonbar on July 01, 2009, 11:17:45 am: Howdy-

Thanks--I had a good run on my 1st session. I played it a bit more a few days later & could top 240k or so. I think I do better when I'm running on instinct & adrenaline instead of following patterns & getting impatient/lazy/complacent/know-it-all...

I'm *completely* swamped these days but will do my best to get a new competition post up ASAP. Thanks for your patience.

-Jason

PS--that fireball-blowing guy was generally nice to me--I think there's a sweet spot distance you can stand from him & he'll go easy on the fireballs...
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: isucamper on July 01, 2009, 01:15:58 pm: Quote from: CrazyKongFan on July 01, 2009, 09:13:07 am
I was the first person to list the 2nd place winner, but the only reason I did it was because I chose the game and I came 1st, so 2nd place won that one ;D I guess everyone else just decided to list 2nd place after that.

I was considering going back through the other threads so I could list all the second place finishers... but then I didn't.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Bender on July 01, 2009, 03:44:39 pm: Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 01, 2009, 10:14:09 am
If Hewskie had posted a first place score, I wouldn't have accepted it (if it were my competition thread). If anyone comes in with a last minute post, wins, and it's their first post here.....I don't think that's cool. Maybe it's just me....
:dunno

I agree this is a friendly competition and I think we should all push each other to get the best score. If some holds a score till the last minute to win, that is not in the spirit of the competition, to me
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Hewskie on July 01, 2009, 04:48:36 pm: I'd like to say that I had no ill intentions when making my post last night. I shouldn't have waited untill the LAST minute to post my score, and am fully willing to retract it. As Ginsu said, it really isn't cool to swoop in at the last minute and claim victory (well... even 2nd place).

That said, I've really enjoyed following along with these high score comps the past few weeks and this was the first time i was even close at all to competing. I would have posted right away, but i had to create my account first and that took about 3 days for the moderator to approve my avatar, then I got distracted and forgot.

I appologize for any disruption I caused and hope to compete fairly next week!
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Ginsu Victim on July 01, 2009, 04:55:22 pm: No disruption. :D I never claimed you had ill intentions. However, had you won a competition I'd set up, I'd have been reluctant to award the prize to someone I don't know (especially when that person has only one post).

We welcome everyone, it's just that we try to stress this is a friendly competition amongst our members and if we have new members swooping in and winning the contests, it might discourage others from participating.

Take no offense at my singling you out earlier, as none was intended. :cheers:
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Bender on July 01, 2009, 06:53:05 pm: Hewskie,

I was just speaking in general
I have no problem with your post. Mine was only an hour earlier and that was my first score post for this competition as well

we have just never discussed this in the forum before, so I was just thinking out loud about what would be best for our evolving little competition
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Ummon on July 03, 2009, 07:54:29 pm: Jeez, that's ---smurfin--- poor spoils. So what if someone holds a score? So what if it's their first post? WAHN.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: ddonaldson on July 03, 2009, 10:29:23 pm: Man, I completely forgot about this game!
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: jasonbar on July 18, 2009, 02:25:04 pm: isucamper is teh awsomz!

So, I was beginning to wonder..."Did he not have my correct address for sending my prize? Did he forget?" I certainly wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth & bug him about it. ;D But yesterday brought me a custom surpise. See pics.

Thanks for giving me a good laugh today!

-Jason
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: Bender on July 18, 2009, 04:13:54 pm: :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: isucamper on July 18, 2009, 09:22:06 pm: What's so funny? That's the actually box art.

Sorry it took so long! Had to order it and then had some unexpected travel come up. Congrats though, you earned it!
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: jasonbar on September 14, 2009, 01:15:40 pm: Just watched the game-adapted-to-silver-screen Gladiator movie last night when I was laid up w/ some killer allergies.

Great movie--thanks again, isucamper.

I made sure to transfer the box art mod from the shrinkwrap to the box itself. Don't wanna lose that! :]

Thanks,
-Jason
Title: Re: High Score Competition #21 (with prize) - Gladiator
Post by: isucamper on September 14, 2009, 08:30:06 pm: Quote from: jasonbar on September 14, 2009, 01:15:40 pm
Just watched the game-adapted-to-silver-screen Gladiator movie last night when I was laid up w/ some killer allergies.

Great movie--thanks again, isucamper.

I made sure to transfer the box art mod from the shrinkwrap to the box itself. Don't wanna lose that! :]

Thanks,
-Jason

It's an ok movie, but really... it's hard to adapt such a epic game to film. They did an ok job.