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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: kixfan on January 13, 2015, 01:35:53 am
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High Score Competition Rules and Scoreboard (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,143138.0.html)
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Game Name: Space Zap
ROM Name= spacezap
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Settings:
None Relevant
Controls:
5 buttons (Up, Down, Right, Left, Fire)
Can easily be played with joystick as well.
(http://www.arcade-museum.com/images/118/1181242171192.jpg)
(http://www.arcade-museum.com/images/118/1181242171190.jpg)
(http://www.arcade-museum.com/images/128/1287903543.jpg)
(http://www.arcade-museum.com/images/118/1181242171193.png)
(http://www.arcade-museum.com/images/118/1181242171195.png)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HohmJVb7wm0&feature=player_embedded)
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Zap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Zap)
KLOV: http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9692 (http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9692)
From KLOV:
Description
A space-themed reflex game where you command a laser base and destroy a variety of attackers including space mines, alien ships, and attack satellites.
Last day: Sunday, Jan. 25 2015 midnight Pacific
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(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=137522.0;attach=303868;image)
- Quest for the Bronze Joystick! The most successful competitor of each calendar year will possess & display the BYOAC Bronze Joystick Trophy. See this thread for details:The BYOAC Bronze Joystick (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,137522.0.html).
Happy Gaming!
Scoring Updates:
Popsicle: 189,750
Jasonbar: 176,500
Markc74: 168,000
Borgdog: 143,500
Harveybirdman: 143,250
JDFan: 135,250
Kixfan: 131,000
epetti: 127,250
wp34: 114,750
Louis Tully: 112,500
pbj: 98,250
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Cool, love this game, actually set up my CP with this in mind. Not that I'm any good though, but it's fun. I'll have to test out using both buttons and joystick and see which yields higher scores.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=142115.0;attach=320621;image)
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Space Zap?
You mean Bachelor in a Dangerous Space Time.
http://youtu.be/F6OuFtLV0rk (http://youtu.be/F6OuFtLV0rk)
Can you imagine how much that control panel got beat?
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Space Zap sounds better than "Kill the Dick ships with your turtle"
Maybe I will score better than the 68 I got in Barrier.... :banghead:
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Space Zap sounds better than "Kill the Dick ships with your turtle"
Maybe I will score better than the 68 I got in Barrier.... :banghead:
I would have been damn proud to get 68 in Barrier. That was a freaking hard game.
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It gets pretty tough around 100K - didn't lose a base until then and barely made 117,500 tried again a bit later and got 118,250
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Love the new cleaner format of these threads now. 90,500. Fun game. I must be missing an overlay or something. How do you get it in color? (And I was does my iPhone always post upside down?)
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How do you get it in color?
In the MAME "Video Options" menu select "Color Overlay". ;D
Scott
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Love the new cleaner format of these threads now. 90,500. Fun game. I must be missing an overlay or something. How do you get it in color? (And I was does my iPhone always post upside down?)
In Video options I'm using Upright Artwork (screenshots do not include the art) :
As for the upside down photo -- easy fix would be to take the pic with the phone held upside down !! :laugh2:
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121,250
This is fun, wish I had a leaf spring 4way for it though, although is it cheating playing with a joystick?
Also this was unplayable in 150, I had to boot up 146u5... did something change with this Rom recently?
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seeing that i doubt anyone really has there CP setup for this game, are we using joysticks for this competition?
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You may use any control panel setup that you wish. I will be using a joystick. The only rule that would stand out would be that you cannot use auto-fire.
@Popsicle - Can you add that requirement to the rules and scoreboard thread? Somehow it seemed to have gotten dropped.
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It does indeed already say no autofire in the general rules. ;)
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Autofire is strictly forbidden.
Playing with a child on your lap is OK. In fact, it can be beneficial. It works well for me: 132,500 after a few games.
-Jason
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I thought you couldn't have another person assisting you in a way that changes your score.
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Fun game for a quick blast but wow this does get hard when you hit 100k...
Made it to 134,500
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I thought you couldn't have another person assisting you in a way that changes your score.
If by "assisting", you mean "holding down the fire button & preventing me from firing, requiring me to swat away his hand & then start hammering on the button myself," then yes, I did have assistance. :]
-J
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So glad to see so many people submitting! :applaud:
139,250
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I like how Markc74 is reminding us just how awesome Blip and it's dynamic marquee are with his score submission....
just for that I'm gunning for your 134,500 tonight
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I like how Markc74 is reminding us just how awesome Blip and it's dynamic marquee are with his score submission....
just for that I'm gunning for your 134,500 tonight
Yeah, I saw that and thought "---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, someone has a dedicated cab" then I realized it was just Blip. That thing is ---smurfing--- awesome.
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Yeah bitches! Getting the hang of it a little
*enjoys himself until comtek and jasonbarr blow this score away*
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139,000 using the correct controls :cheers:
Just for fun since I hadn't done it before I remapped my controls to use the joystick instead. Damn that was awkward, I think mostly because I was used to direction with right hand and fire with left while the joystick was opposite. got up to 119,000 after a few games but it still just felt wrong. I do see where you could almost just swirl the joystick around in a circle firing the whole time and get pretty far.
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141,000. I thought this was a minor improvement. Well, it is, score-wise, but it rockets me way up the current rankings. I guess this one's a tight race!
Thanks,
-Jason
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I was having trouble configuring my U360 to work with it and just got that figured out tonight. Believe it or not I Broke 100k tonight on my first try. But the snapshot didn't save and Space Zap doesn't appear to save high scores. So no pics and it didn't happen I guess. Fun game though.
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You can use f7/shift-f7 (save state/load state) to save/load the game, provided of course that you have a keyboard for your cab. After that, you can tackle the problem of getting a screenshot :)
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So after an hour of getting between 120-140k I finally made it to 150k, got the extra life and promptly died twice in succession.
I don't think I'm ever gonna get higher than this. Either my eyes or wrist will pack in if I keep trying...
168,000 - Sorry Harvey ;)
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Nice score markc74, don't think I've ever gotten that high myself.
Upped mine a bit for the competition though. 143,500
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Was feeling left out at under 100k. Managed to up my game to a higher last place. :-\ 115,750.
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Guess I'm going to have to break out the USB keyboard or fire up the bartop before the end of the week ! -- You guys are making it tough to keep up on my wireless keyboard !! Best I can manage on it is 135,250 due to the speed increase and the lag in the wireless
EDIT : was looking through the tab options and noticed that there is a setting under Game Configuration to change the monitor from B&W to Color so that the center base is in color like the game screenshots posted in the competition info - which looks a bit better (guess it defaults to B&W) As shown in screen attached below.
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You can use f7/shift-f7 (save state/load state) to save/load the game, provided of course that you have a keyboard for your cab. After that, you can tackle the problem of getting a screenshot :)
wut? save/load to get a screenshot later you mean?
Welcome to the *new* BYOAC High Score Competition!
General Rules:
- One credit, no continues/save states/autofire/hacks etc.
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EDIT : was looking through the tab options and noticed that there is a setting under Game Configuration to change the monitor from B&W to Color so that the center base is in color like the game screenshots posted in the competition info - which looks a bit better (guess it defaults to B&W) As shown in screen attached below.
Thanks. I was wondering why mine was B&W. :cheers:
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Sweet! Hope my 3rd place holds so we can play some Fastlane!
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LOL. Be careful snapping those screenshots when you rage quit.
(http://i.imgur.com/beoEA0U.png)
That should read 98,250.
:applaud:
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LOL. Be careful snapping those screenshots when you rage quit.
(https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/PBJSCORE01.png?_subject_uid=140155759&w=AAAzX7K67sFWEPdTLe8OJ_g4aO22SgCsI26I4napDqG5-g)
That should read 98,250.
:applaud:
FTFY
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Now you're just rubbing it in, Popsicle.
189,750
p.s. Thanks Jason!! It's cool :)
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Much better game in color. Too bad the lead is getting further away.
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Scores updated. Too busy at work to post my score of 128k.
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Now you're just rubbing it in, Popsicle.
189,750
p.s. Thanks Jason!! It's cool :)
and I thought I couldn't feel any worse... :cry:
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Ok. Moved up a place. 127,250.
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Now you're just rubbing it in, Popsicle.
189,750
p.s. Thanks Jason!! It's cool :)
Woah - Good score! I think the WR is only 230k or something isn't it?
I tried again last night and can get to 150k every 4 or 5 goes but from then I die almost immediately. My normal tactic is to fire constantly in random directions but then focus when something catches my eye but after 130k its basically luck that I hit most of the missiles. Might give it a go later again - I guess this is one of those games where a very tight throw joystick helps.
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176,500.
I'm sore.
Ouch.
-Jason
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Updated scores again. You only got a few hours left!
I really like this game and remember previously that I got into 150k range but wasn't able to during comp. I bettered my previous score tonight with a 131,000.
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Congratulations to:
1st - Popsicle
2nd - Jasonbar
3rd - Markc74
Markc74, it's your pick for next game.
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Updated scores again. You only got a few hours left!
I really like this game and remember previously that I got into 150k range but wasn't able to during comp. I bettered my previous score tonight with a 131,000.
Looks like you missed my post (#28) with my high of 136,250 ( not that it makes much difference but does move me up 2 spots !) - Meant to mention it earlier since it was before the last update but forgot !
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Updated scores again. You only got a few hours left!
I really like this game and remember previously that I got into 150k range but wasn't able to during comp. I bettered my previous score tonight with a 131,000.
Looks like you missed my post (#28) with my high of 136,250 ( not that it makes much difference but does move me up 2 spots !) - Meant to mention it earlier since it was before the last update but forgot !
Sorry JDFan! I missed that one!
That post has 135,250, I assumed that is what you meant. ;)
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Sorry JDFan! I missed that one!
That post has 135,250, I assumed that is what you meant. ;)
No problem -- It's easy to miss one now and then Esp. when it is in with other comments. and yeah 135,250 is correct.
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Hi guys - I'll post a new game later - I've narrowed a list down to about 20 but I guess the main point is to pick something new / hi-score based / slightly obscure?
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Can't be a repeat. But nothing says it needs to be obscure. Just most of the well known ones have already been picked at this point. Generally nice to also pick one that uses joystick to maximize how many people can play it.