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CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: 1500points on March 08, 2012, 10:50:58 am ---he sold those originally for $175.
they are prized commodity and he doesn't appear to plan on ever doing another run.
when they come up for sale on KLOV they are $300 and gone immediately.

that's a rare bird that isn't readily available.
MAME 0145u2 with a jpac is about what we have available.
the ArcadeSD board at Phoenixarcade will have properly emulated robotron in the near future, but right now it is about 5.5times faster than real robotron due to the old blit issues.

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Fair statements, although I am not as confident that the ArcadeSD board will get to where you think it will (I have been following the progress thread over on KLOV).

I guess my main point is that the jrok board is available (if you look and are willing to pay), not emulated (except sound) and is a completely known quantity.

In any event, keep enjoying!

1500points:
I'm the one that pushed the robotron subject in the KLOV thread after buying a phoenix board. I'm quite confident in Clay's ability to deliver. :)

On subject of hardness of boards- i'm no robotron master, but i've been into the wave 100s on real. (just started playing the game a year ago)
on 19-1, it is beyond my abilities by wave 28.
on phoenix board, it is getting too hard by wave 22ish
on MAME prior to update 2, i couldn't get past wave 52
after the update, I hit wave 71.

Savannan:
A ROBOTRON QUICK QUIZ - Don't Cheat - Just guess
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Whats the maximum points you can get on level 1?

(Any true Robotron fan knows this)  :laugh2:

telengard:
Oooh, cool.  So if I'm reading this right I'll be able to (hopefully) get a better score than usual?  I usually peter out around 300/350k.
So glad they keep improving the emulation!

~telengard

1500points:
at 350k that means you are probably ending close to wave 12, tanks?
you'll do a bit better because the tank bullets on 12 and brain lightning bolt shots on 10 are slower.
but you probably won't do much better until you learn a strategy for those 2 waves.

you might get closer to wave 15, but 17 and 22 are still the next hurdles that are more about general skill than the game being slower....

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