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Title: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: vodkatonic on March 09, 2020, 01:10:06 pm: Competition #58 (287) Saturn

(https://www.arcade-museum.com/images/118/118124215893.png)

(https://www.arcade-museum.com/images/118/118124215896.png)

https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9438

ROM Name: saturnzi

Description: Defend Saturn by shooting aliens.

Settings: Default

Game Play:
8-Way + 1 Button

Competition ends Sunday March 22 at midnight pacific

ALL NEW BYOAC High Score Competition! Games played so far (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,156317.0.html)
Title: Re: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: vodkatonic on March 10, 2020, 05:27:04 pm: 4250

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Title: Re: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: NuclearWarren on March 11, 2020, 12:53:45 pm: Hey Everyone

Couple things. I'm sure everyone has figured out the rom name is saturn.zip. The other thing is that there is a second button, it launches something like a double bomb.

Good Luck all!

nuclearWarren
Title: Re: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: FrizzleFried on March 12, 2020, 01:27:35 am: Holy hell that has to be in the top 10 most annoying attract mode sound... it's friggin' horrible.

Luckily the gameplay seems much better. Hell, the sounds in game aren't bad... but that attract... damn.

Anyway,

My first attempt...

10,070
Title: Re: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: mimic on March 13, 2020, 01:02:11 pm: This game's color palette is not working for me (is it broken? Or this is how it originally looked?). I feel like it's going to give me eye nystagmus!
Title: Re: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: FrizzleFried on March 14, 2020, 12:06:51 pm: That looks pretty accurate. Maybe a bit bright... but yeah.
Title: Re: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: pbj on March 15, 2020, 11:11:22 pm: 19,290 I think.

One and done with this turd.
Title: Re: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: pbj on March 15, 2020, 11:16:09 pm: "I think" because score doesn't match from the table vs what's at the top of the screen. This might be an arcade first.
Title: Re: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: yamatetsu on March 20, 2020, 11:24:04 am: 20,330. In 3 games I found out that I last much longer when playing it just 2-way. 8-way is getting me killed in an instant.

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=381831)
Title: Re: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: pbj on March 20, 2020, 11:47:28 am: I did the usual BS I do on all these games. Move continuously in an infinity loop and shoot. Seems to mess with the AI on this one particularly well.
Title: Re: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: nexusmtz on March 20, 2020, 02:47:26 pm: Quote from: pbj on March 15, 2020, 11:16:09 pm
"I think" because score doesn't match from the table vs what's at the top of the screen. This might be an arcade first.
Whether she's 18 or 19, she's legal to me, but the 9 in 290 has no bottom, so I'd call it an 8 instead of a bug.
Title: Re: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: NuclearWarren on March 22, 2020, 01:13:16 am: Ok this may be the only game with a 'detract' mode, but I got into it. The first stage was just ok, but I liked the astro smash stage, and then the gameplay really changes with the third stage more like Time Pilot. I didn't make it past the 4th stage which was more like the first one, but I'd like to see if there is something else. Is there a base like Phoenix? I also noted that the game has some very random elements. For one thing, the background Saturn is never the same colors.

So here is my score of 35,360. I'd say I "spent" about $5 in quarters in total plays.

Nuke
Title: Re: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: wp34 on March 22, 2020, 08:46:06 am: 3,350
Title: Re: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: yamatetsu on March 23, 2020, 05:47:34 am: Wow! For this one we actually have something akin to a high score table.

NuclearWarren 35,360

yamatetsu 20,330

pbj 19,290

FrizzleFried 10,070

vodkatonic 4,250

wp34 3,350

pbj, your turn.
Title: Re: All New BYOAC High Score Competition! Game #58 (287): Saturn
Post by: pbj on March 24, 2020, 01:37:24 pm: https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10874 (https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10874)