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High Score Competition #44 - '99: The Last War (Son of Phoenix)

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Ginsu Victim:
My concern is mostly the lack of involvement as the competitions have progressed. We seem to have fewer and fewer people playing in these, so I don't see a need to have more than one at a time.

I've at least tried most of the games and usually didn't have a score worth posting. I've only won a single competition, but it's been fun trying the others (except for Krull....you're too hard, stupid game!).

jasonbar:
Yes, it would be nice to have more involvement.  Very good point.

In a few competitions, people have posted a score early on & nobody's come close & the competition was therefore deemed "no fun".  That makes sense, but I personally have no idea what a good score is until several people have posted with their scores & thoughts...



In any case, back to the game at hand, there seems to be a fair bit of depth to it & some bonuses & quirks:

- Don't shoot the smooth spaceship or rescue helicopter that meanders lazily across the top of your screen, a la the Space Invaders mothership.  It drops a power-up that gives you a rapid-fire weapon & refills your shield!

- At the "boss" at the end of level 1, you get 10 points per shot for shooting the invisible spot in the middle of the screen, & you get 10 points per shot for shooting the indestructible inchworm in the 2nd level.

-Jason

Ginsu Victim:
(...thanks for getting this back on topic...)

mh12:

--- Quote from: jasonbar on May 26, 2010, 12:37:51 pm ---there have been many many games where I've tried hard & come nowhere even close to having a score worth posting.

--- End quote ---

so post it anyways. it's probably better than mine. i've been meaning to get into these competitions, if i can manage to play the game at least a couple hours. and then the score should be posted no matter what. so we can see how *everyone* did.

if people start doing that, and this competition starts using polls with games from several eras represented, then there'd really be no need for another thread? (but of course it's not like anyone can stop one from starting anyway)

syph007:
A poll for next game would be excellent!  Everyone can at least participate in voting if not getting high scores.

There are a handful of games i don't completely suck at, but they haven't come up yet, but I keep watching.  I've tried most of the games in the competitions, but some I just found very non fun.  The Tutankham one for example, I would not have put quarters into more than once.  But then again some games I would have never tried like The Speed Rumbler, I end up finding a ton of fun, so I guess it just depends on what game types people enjoy most.

Are spinner games on the table, does everyone have one?

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