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Savannan:
When I was younger, I really never played Robotron....My game of choice was Bubble Bobble. My best friend and I RULED at that game.  On one quarter my friend could get to level 78 on the 1st guy and myself level 75 also on the 1st guy(playing every single level, not skipping any)....mind you that the machine that we played on never gave us a free guy while spelling EXTEND.  Him and I could easly be on the Twin Galaxies for that game..

Since then, my friend is getting a divorce so hes been crashing at my place.  Now we play ROBOTRON exculsively.  What a great game!  We currently have it setup for 5 men, no extra life, hardest level.  My best is 180k and his is 230k.  My only complaint about this game is I wish it kept track on how fast you clear a wave.  That would be the cats meow!

Nonetheless its a GREAT GAME!



JODY:

--- Quote from: Paul Olson on January 14, 2011, 07:09:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: Smeghead on January 14, 2011, 06:00:10 pm ---Thanks I know I should be ashamed for not knowing that about this classic

It will remember next time if I set the inputs for this one game right?

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Yes, it will save the changes. don't feel bad, I never played robotron until last year..just never looked fun. Now that I have tried it, it is a blast to play. I am going to pick one up if one ever turns up locally.

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Better yet get a JROK board which is a Multi-Williams JAMMA board.  You probably don't know what that is.  Read about it on klov.com's boards.  JROK is the guy's userid to PM and get on the list.  Took months to get one but plays perfect so great for a dedicated Robotron (can disable selection menu to boot directly to Robotron) or leave the selection menu intact to enable selection of the other available games (e.g. Joust, Defender, etc.).

opt2not:

--- Quote from: Savannan on January 14, 2011, 07:26:51 pm ---Since then, my friend is getting a divorce so hes been crashing at my place.  Now we play ROBOTRON exculsively.  What a great game!  We currently have it setup for 5 men, no extra life, hardest level.  My best is 180k and his is 230k.  My only complaint about this game is I wish it kept track on how fast you clear a wave.  That would be the cats meow!

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Tournament settings, nice!  I've been able to break 300k at those settings, and am getting better at stretching each life, but every-time I play I think to myself "I really need to get onto restoring my cabinet". THEN i can really train for the world record! :)

I too would love to see more stats on each wave. Point and time tracking would be great, as well as tracking near misses, or "fancy footwork" dodging.  An acquaintance of mine were going to make an indie remake of Robotron, he was going to do the coding, I was going to do the artwork. But he ended bailing on me, so it never happened :(

In any case, Robotron is one of the greatest games ever made. It really relies on the control scheme to be as close to the original as possible to really appreciate it. Leaf-switch Wico's w/ 4 inch shafts or bust!

Savannan:
WOW! 300k..nice!

For the people who are reading this thread and dont play this game... YOU MUST... its such a great game! its one of the best hand/eye coordination games to date!  hands down. 

My stratagies for tourny settings..

level 1 : easy. max score 4800
level 2 : kill circle once you start
level 3 & 4 : just avoid everything but family, stay alive, try to kill circles 1st. avoid snowflakes
level 5 : right away head towards the most congested area of brainiacs. kill.  shoot all projectiles coming at you. save 1 enforcer.
level 6 : just avoid everthing but family, stay alive
level 7 : this is really a hit or miss level.  you can die instantly....or not...i tend to go out then back in the center.
level 8 : just avoid everything but family, stay alive, avoid snowflakes
level 9 : immediately once you start..get out of the middle!!! blast a path to the outside and circle around.
level 10 : like level 5 but with more obstacles

from there its mostly a repeat. the key with all these levels is... #1 DONT BE GREEDY!!!  #2 once you start..blast your way to the outside..dont hug wall and run around in a circlular pattern..  #3 dont stop moving or shooting, dont stand in place or you will die. #4 - if you are GREEDY...chances are you will have to perform some fancy footwork to stay alive....good luck!

any other tips for tourny settings? 



D_Harris:

--- Quote from: opt2not on January 14, 2011, 08:49:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: Savannan on January 14, 2011, 07:26:51 pm ---Since then, my friend is getting a divorce so hes been crashing at my place.  Now we play ROBOTRON exculsively.  What a great game!  We currently have it setup for 5 men, no extra life, hardest level.  My best is 180k and his is 230k.  My only complaint about this game is I wish it kept track on how fast you clear a wave.  That would be the cats meow!

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Tournament settings, nice!  I've been able to break 300k at those settings, and am getting better at stretching each life, but every-time I play I think to myself "I really need to get onto restoring my cabinet". THEN i can really train for the world record! :)

I too would love to see more stats on each wave. Point and time tracking would be great, as well as tracking near misses, or "fancy footwork" dodging.  An acquaintance of mine were going to make an indie remake of Robotron, he was going to do the coding, I was going to do the artwork. But he ended bailing on me, so it never happened :(

In any case, Robotron is one of the greatest games ever made. It really relies on the control scheme to be as close to the original as possible to really appreciate it. Leaf-switch Wico's w/ 4 inch shafts or bust!


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I know that 4" sticks are a must have, but does it really matter whether or not they are leaf switchers as opposed to Micro switches?

One of the best players in the world is a friend of mine and it doesn't matter to him if the sticks have micro switches.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

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