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Hi Score Competition #23: Galaga
DrFrag:
The last 22 competitions:
#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
#18 - Juno First - Winner: RayB, Second: Shoegazer
#19 - Rolling Thunder - Winner: DrFrag, Second: isucamper
#20 - Terra Cresta - Winner: isucamper, Second: Jasonbar
#21 - Gladiator - Winner: Jasonbar, Second: Hewskie
#22 - Alcon (Slap Fight) - Winner: DrFrag, Second: Bender
Not many scores submitted last round, so I thought I'd pick a classic we've all played - Galaga. Perhaps we'll get a few new regulars in our competitions. :)
Competition Rules:
- You can only use the galaga.zip ROM (Galaga Namco rev. B), with default MAME settings which I think are:
Lives: 3
Bonus Life: 20K 70K 70K
Difficulty: Easy
This is what mine is set to, but I'm not sure if I've fiddled with it in the past so please correct me if I have it wrong. Can someone check this in their settings?
- No MAME cheats! There's also an in-game cheat where you can stop the enemies from firing, so that's not allowed either.
- Last day is Wednesday, July 30th (11:59:59pm Pacific Daylight Time), 2009.
- High score wins (if tied, winner will be chosen by which player progressed further in the game).
- 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 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!
- Game tips can be found here. KLOV entry. MAWS entry.
My top score up until now is 205,680.
The current world record is 15,999,990 and took over 12 hours. Hopefully none of us are good enough that an individual game will drag out that long. ;D
If you think you're going to hit 1,000,000, then play as player 2 so it shows the millions digit.
Good luck!
YoGaBaR:
Even on easy this game is hard without the fast shoot hack.
shardian:
I'm with most folks in the 'why even bother' camp. My high game is usually 140-160k. I know I don't stand a chance.
(+_+):
I've been silently trying to compete at some of the other games and man are some of them tough. Grobda almost gave me frustration seizures.
The only one I could have had a chance with was the Mr Pacman one but missed out on that it.
I didn't realize the world record was so low on Galaga. Are you certain it takes only 12 hours to acheive? I though it took a couple of hours to get 1 million.
Also the rule shows 20K 70K 70K for free men. Is that all you get or did you mean a free man every 70K after the first 20K free guy?
Todd H:
I can usually hit 200,000-300,000 on a bad day. In my prime I could easily do 500,000 but my reflexes aren't quite what they used to be back in the 80's. Looks like I'll give this one a try, but something tells me there's going to be someone here that can do 1 million or more.
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