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Game Competition #18: Juno First
ahofle:
The competition so far:
#1 - Shinobi - Winner: Destructor
#2 - Jungle Hunt - Winner: CrazyKongFan
#3 - Zoo Keeper - Winner: DeLuSioNal29
#4 - Q*Bert - Winner: quarterstringer
#5 - Robotron 2084 - Winner: (+_+)
#6 - Joust - Winner: Shoegazer
#7 - Elevator Action - Winner: FrontyDev
#8 - Mr Do - Winner: DeLuSioNal29
#9 - Hyper Sports - Winner: drawfull
#10 - Wonder Boy - Winner: DrFrag
#11 - Bubble Bobble - Winner: mrclean
#12 - Gun.Smoke - Winner: isucamper
#13 - Ghouls 'n Ghosts - Winner: Ginsu Victim
#14 - Ms Pac-Man (with speedup hac) - Winner: CrazyKongFan
#15 - Frogger - Winner: CrazyKong Fan, Second: Jasonbar
#16 - Grobda - Winner: Mimic, Second: Cornchip
#17 - Bank Panic - Winner: ahofle, Second: jasonbar
I'm going to go jasonbar-style and pick a relative unknown for this round again. The game for round #18 is Juno First (junofrst.zip). This is IMO one of the best unknown games of all time. It's a pure skill game, a bit of a hybrid between an old school vertical shooter like Galaga/Galaxian and a true modern shootem' up (shmup) such as Raiden/DonPachi. I love the sound effects in this game.
Rules:
- You can only use junofrst.zip, default settings (3 man settings, difficulty=1) - Single Credit only.
- Use any mame version or variant you wish.
- Last day is Monday, May 18th (11:59:59pm Eastern Daylight Time), 2009.
- High score wins (if tied, a tie-breaker game will be chosen at random).
- No savestates, savestate practices, etc during the round.
- MAME INP recordings are optional, but encouraged!
- A screenshot is required to enter a score (press F12 to save screenshot showing your final score) or take a photo of the screen if playing on a real machine (if I'm not mistaken, RayB actually owns one of these gems).
- If you're a MARP competitor on this title, keep in mind this is just a friendly competition amongst forum members, so maybe you shouldn't enter. However, if you're a forum member and this is a game you're good at and nobody knows about it, this is your time to shine!
Oh, and I'm offering up an autographed (LOL just kidding) shrink-wrapped copy of Arcade Ambience 1986 as produced by www.gooddealgames.com for the winner of this one:
http://vgmdb.net/album/8334
GOOD LUCK!
ahofle:
I'll be the first to add a gameplay tip:
Especially for the first few rounds, try to leave as many enemy ships as possible at the start of the round (don't kill many if possible). At around 79 seconds on the timer, a small meteor looking object appears...shoot it and capture the spaceman that comes out. Then go on a killing spree for mega points.
Don't forget you can go backwards, and don't forget about the hyperspace button! Also, your thrust can destroy enemies.
Ginsu Victim:
Oooooo, nice pick. I know a guy locally with an original cab. (Though I'll have to play this in MAME)
jasonbar:
Nice pick, champ! I used to play this tons on the Atari 8-bit computers. The arcade game's even better.
Another underrated vertical shooter in this genre is Exerion--if you like Juno First, you might like Exerion too.
-Jason
CrazyKongFan:
I don't think I ever saw this game back in the day, but they wheeled one out during the tournament last year at Funspot., so I played it a couple of times there.
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