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Title: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: Mr_Numbers on June 01, 2015, 09:48:59 am
High Score Competition Rules and Scoreboard (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,143138.0)

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Game Name :   Aliens
ROM Name  =   aliensu
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Settings:
 default :  2 lives
 difficulty: medium

Controls:

    Joystick: 8-way
    Buttons: 2 [Fire and Crouching Fire]

(http://s16.postimg.org/p2as89p1h/118124162971.png)

(http://s14.postimg.org/81p39g4yp/118124162972.png)

(http://s1.postimg.org/6m7fwzz3z/118124162974.png)

AvP Wiki (can't find it on normal wiki): http://avp.wikia.com/wiki/Aliens_%281990_video_game%29 (http://avp.wikia.com/wiki/Aliens_%281990_video_game%29)

KLOV: http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6859 (http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6859)

Description from KLOV: This game is based upon the movie "Aliens". You and your partner go and shoot as many aliens as possible in this side-scroller.

Last Day: Sunday, June 14 midnight PST

Scoreboard
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1.) WakiMiko           520,000
2.) lettuce               491,000
3.) jasonbar            118,000
4.) popsicle             113,900
5.) Mr_Numbers      100,000
6.) tomstewdevine  35,900
7.) pbj                     34,700
 


Quest for the bronze joystick!

(http://s16.postimg.org/awdew07ph/1_JPG_thumb.png)

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)

Happy Gaming!  :cheers:

Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: yamatetsu on June 01, 2015, 02:37:19 pm
I refuse to play this.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: Mr_Numbers on June 01, 2015, 03:19:19 pm
I refuse to play this.

Why is that if I may ask?  ???
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: yamatetsu on June 01, 2015, 03:33:03 pm
This is one game I insta-hated when I tested my romset, now that I have played it again for 10 minutes or so, I found that, yep, I still hate it. So I won't waste my time with it.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: WakiMiko on June 01, 2015, 03:40:49 pm
Are you sure you can afford sitting out on this Yam?  >:D
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: yamatetsu on June 01, 2015, 03:44:51 pm
I don't care whether I can afford it or not. I won't play this game. Just like I didn't play that godawful submarine game.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: lettuce on June 01, 2015, 04:42:00 pm
Whats happened to this game in the last few releases of MAME, getting graphical glitches where the player 2 character (Hicks) appears on screen for a split second....this never used to happen!!?
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: popsicle on June 01, 2015, 05:39:37 pm
I don't care whether I can afford it or not. I won't play this game. Just like I didn't play that godawful submarine game.

Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: Mr_Numbers on June 01, 2015, 06:24:28 pm
Ok so let's have a vote as my other pick was Sunset Riders.  The only reason I didn't pick that if you add more than 1 credit before starting (or while still playing) the lives are added directly to you current total.  I know this is a fun competition but I decided to opt out of that one to thwart any cheaters. 

I doubt anyone is going to cheat really (I mean come on, this is a friendly game competition anyways) so let's vote between the two.

I'll give it to 6/2/15 12:00pm EST.  Say the game you want to play between Aliens or Sunset Riders.  Whichever has the most votes wins.

Or if nobody likes this idea let me know and we'll just keep with Aliens, groups choice.   :cheers:
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: yamatetsu on June 01, 2015, 06:52:23 pm
No need for that. If I don't like the game, that's my problem, no one else's. There will be 25 (?) games to play, the chances of everybody linking every single one of them are slim. I'll sit this one out, and that's it. No big deal.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: WakiMiko on June 01, 2015, 07:02:06 pm
110,900

(https://a.pomf.se/yeeruj.png)

Edit: I think that we should keep this game. Like Yam said, you can't make everyone happy.

Also I looked up the version differences and supposedly the only difference between the US (aliensu) and and the World release (aliens) is the "Winners don't use drugs" screen. So if a certain someone only has the World version in his Coinops, it should be the same gameplay wise. If possible, use the US version just to be sure. The Japanese version (aliensj) is quite different. (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/games/aliens-arcade/)
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: Mr_Numbers on June 01, 2015, 07:46:38 pm
Sounds good guys  :cheers:

US or World versions should be fine, I just went with US as it loaded and looked stable for the 5 minutes I tinkered.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: popsicle on June 01, 2015, 10:44:27 pm
No need for that. If I don't like the game, that's my problem, no one else's. There will be 25 (?) games to play, the chances of everybody linking every single one of them are slim. I'll sit this one out, and that's it. No big deal.

Just f***ing around, Yam  :cheers:
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: tomstewdevine on June 02, 2015, 10:08:04 am
This game is dope, only tried one quarter, and I sucked hard but I still went through 3 different game play changes.  And am I the only one relieved Yam's not playing this week?  >:D    Now I just need Waki to to sprain his wrist on his Joystick hand and Popsicle to Jam his shooting finger, then I might have a chance at 3rd.

25,300

(http://s15.postimg.org/dahuzzt4n/IMG_6584_1.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/dahuzzt4n/)
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: jasonbar on June 02, 2015, 10:44:38 am
Game is a bit clunky, but loads of variety. A fair trade-off. Played a few games last night. Still figuring it out. Didn't break 100k, but got something in the high 5-digits.

2nd button doesn't seem to be jump. It's usually "low fire," or "bomb," or "vehicle fire" in 1 stage. Cool.

-Jason
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: lettuce on June 02, 2015, 12:46:44 pm
So no one else has noticed any graphically glitches then?
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: Mr_Numbers on June 02, 2015, 01:44:26 pm
So no one else has noticed any graphically glitches then?

I have not but I've only played a handful of games due to work.  If you can take a screenshot do so as I'm interested to see what you're talking about, maybe I missed it altogether.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: lettuce on June 02, 2015, 02:12:25 pm
So no one else has noticed any graphically glitches then?

I have not but I've only played a handful of games due to work.  If you can take a screenshot do so as I'm interested to see what you're talking about, maybe I missed it altogether.

Screen shot will be difficult as its only for split seconds at a time, i try take a video of it (or though will have to be in 60fps to catch the glitch)
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: WakiMiko on June 02, 2015, 02:20:39 pm
No glitches here so far. Using MAME 0.162 with opengl and glsl shaders.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: lettuce on June 02, 2015, 03:00:34 pm
146,900

This game seems to have adaptive difficulty as well. It seems if you have a lot of health it wont give out any health pick ups, stage 2 is a good example if you have low health then you get 2 health pick ups in the vent shafts at the start but if you have over half health they don't appear
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: WakiMiko on June 02, 2015, 04:21:54 pm
151,800

(https://a.pomf.se/wzlwrj.png)
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: lettuce on June 02, 2015, 05:37:55 pm
170,600
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: WakiMiko on June 02, 2015, 05:48:03 pm
185,500

(https://a.pomf.se/vnrxxs.png)
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: lettuce on June 02, 2015, 06:21:29 pm
196,600
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: WakiMiko on June 02, 2015, 07:32:36 pm
The bad thing about this game is that there are a lot of spots you can milk, such as facehugger vents and barrels. You can also not advance and after a while 3 aliens will appear behind you. Then you can just inch forward and repeat :C.

219,600 No milking.

Died at alien queen boss but was too slow to screenshot  :-[
(https://a.pomf.se/fhvjcl.png)
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: DietCoke on June 02, 2015, 07:51:32 pm
I refuse to play this.

No, you WILL play this.  And you'll like it one way or the other. 
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: pbj on June 02, 2015, 08:07:07 pm
Lord, I remember standing in line for this game.  Was always disappointed it never came out on genesis. 

Not that that translates into any skill:

(http://i.imgur.com/8zmBZlzl.jpg)

34,700

1990 me also thought it was a weird, old movie to base a game off of.  And you look nothing like Ripley.

Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: yamatetsu on June 03, 2015, 02:15:22 am
I refuse to play this.

No, you WILL play this.  And you'll like it one way or the other.

Shhhh ! I'm playing it like crazy, I'll just post my monster score at the last possible moment. Right now, I'm at about 350k. And, just for the record, I still hate it.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: lettuce on June 03, 2015, 12:58:31 pm
Sounds good guys  :cheers:

US or World versions should be fine, I just went with US as it loaded and looked stable for the 5 minutes I tinkered.

You might want to rethink that, was playing the World version on the Wii earlier on and that version gives out extra lives where the US version doesn't appear to, so we should make a choice World or US?

Just for clarification the scores ive posted have been using the US version
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: lettuce on June 03, 2015, 01:53:22 pm
289,700

Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: WakiMiko on June 03, 2015, 02:17:00 pm
Goddamnit, I might actually lose this one :hissy:

276,600

Are you sure about the world version? I just did a quick test (with cheats) but didn't get any extra lives. All my scores are US btw.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: lettuce on June 03, 2015, 02:20:57 pm
Yeah after you take out the armadillo alien sub boss on level 2, if you walk at the top of the screen to where the zombie is on the chain gun a 1 up canister will drop from the sky. Im guessing theres other area in the levels that have the same effect!
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: WakiMiko on June 03, 2015, 02:42:12 pm
Yeah, I just tried it and you are right. I just walked past that container when I first tested it lol. US version it is, then?


Btw, even in the US version you can get a life back by collecting food while you are at (almost-)full health. Doesn't really help though because food only appears when you are missing at least 3 bars or so.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: popsicle on June 03, 2015, 08:58:31 pm
111,800

I had trouble with the stupid elevator board, until I realized that the flamethrower made it really easy.  Looks like I'm using the 'world' set.  Are we officially using US set only for this?
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: Mr_Numbers on June 03, 2015, 09:37:14 pm
Let's just stick with the US version from this point forward if there are any differences.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: Mr_Numbers on June 03, 2015, 10:56:26 pm
100,000 exactly.

Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: WakiMiko on June 05, 2015, 08:33:49 pm
Beat it!

520,000

(http://i.imgur.com/y7CmhUG.png)

You get 200k for beating the final boss.

(http://i.imgur.com/nOvnz1n.png) (http://i.imgur.com/loHVBpl.png) (http://i.imgur.com/HC2fHU2.png)

The game loops:

(http://i.imgur.com/xfVYAoR.png) (http://i.imgur.com/0JELjeq.png)

And gets much, much harder. Lost my first life to the first boss, whose bullet pattern is different from the first loop. Then got owned while driving.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: Mr_Numbers on June 05, 2015, 09:30:02 pm
Awseome, scores updated!   :applaud:
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: jasonbar on June 06, 2015, 01:41:38 pm
66,500. Not last place.

Using aliensu.

No graphics glitches.

-J
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: popsicle on June 06, 2015, 09:07:19 pm
113,900 now using the US set
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: lettuce on June 09, 2015, 01:50:42 pm
https://youtu.be/XMl2O4L80ms

Guess we cant embed YouTube videos on this forum anymore?
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: yamatetsu on June 09, 2015, 04:29:18 pm
http://youtu.be/XMl2O4L80ms (http://youtu.be/XMl2O4L80ms)

Change 'https' to 'http' to make the link work : http://youtu.be/... (http://youtu.be/...)
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: lettuce on June 09, 2015, 06:27:26 pm
Ah nice, thanks for the info
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: WakiMiko on June 10, 2015, 07:34:29 am
Very interesting to see how you tackle some of the bosses. I also get the missiles for the last fly boss (stole that from another youtube video).

What was your score at the end?
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: lettuce on June 10, 2015, 02:20:30 pm
Think it was around 514,000 odd, died on the first boss though as only had 2 health.

The Alien Queen just takes the piss, i lose too much health to her. I cant see an easy way to do it in the power loader so that why i left using that till the end
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: tomstewdevine on June 11, 2015, 10:53:51 am
I'm playing on world set still but because I'm not even close I'm not going to change roms to the us one.
35900
(http://i58.tinypic.com/elb4lw.png)
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: WakiMiko on June 11, 2015, 11:39:35 am
Think it was around 514,000 odd, died on the first boss though as only had 2 health.

The Alien Queen just takes the piss, i lose too much health to her. I cant see an easy way to do it in the power loader so that why i left using that till the end

I just try to circle around her. Swipe a few times (with A, never B!) and sidestep up or down when she charges. Turn around and repeat.
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: jasonbar on June 13, 2015, 04:38:38 pm
Got to some weird tentacly boss or something. Pwned me.

118,000

Thanks,
-Jason
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: Mr_Numbers on June 13, 2015, 09:43:15 pm
Scores updated
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: jasonbar on June 15, 2015, 11:15:52 am
No last-minute action. Looks as if I somehow got 3rd (and 6th!) place.

I've got about 4 games in mind. Permit me to choose the best, & I'll post the new thread today or tomorrow. After all, who knows if I'll get 3rd place again this year--got to make this a good selection...

Thanks,
-Jason
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: yamatetsu on June 15, 2015, 12:28:44 pm
Unofficial scoreboard.

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330225)
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: jasonbar on June 15, 2015, 03:31:08 pm
Wow
Title: Re: High Score Competition #167: Aliens
Post by: yamatetsu on June 15, 2015, 03:52:47 pm
Wow

... is going to be the next game  ;D