Games Competition 2006 - Round 3 - SWIV

shteev · Last edited by shteev on Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:31 pm; edited 4 times in total

RULES:

Round 3 starts 13th of March and will end midnight, 2nd of April (GMT)

The aim of the game is score as many points as possible.

Post screenshots in this thread.

Please ensure that you own a legal copy of this game to compete.

Don't cheat! - we know where you live!!! Cool

OFFICIAL COMPETITION VERSION OF THE GAME:

To be announced.

GAME INFO & COMMENTS

SWIV @ Lemon64

QUESTIONS:

please check the Lemon Games Compo FAQ.

ROUND 3 SCORETABLE:

Courtesy of our scorer Shocktrooper

OVERALL STANDINGS:

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EXTRAS:

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Also, check out the Games Competition at Lemon64's sister site, Lemon Amiga!
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Apollyon · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:57 pm Post subject:

13.250

This game is brutally difficult so we are all in for a challenge (maybe even Shteev?).

Magnate · Groupie Joined: 11 Feb 2002 Posts: 266

My very first score to submit in a Lemon competition Smile

19700

I wouldn't call it bloody difficult for now, there are some moments of tense action, but with a little bit of training they are easily passable, I reckon.

EDIT: Score updated.
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qazi · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:00 pm Post subject:

Currently? 16'750.

Damn those swirly thingies. Nice to have a fun game for a change though. Wink

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marukpa · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject:

Must improve!

16.250

K-J N. · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:33 pm Post subject:

49.050
Still a bit rusty. Level 1 is actually one of the harder levels in the game.

Firefox · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:35 am Post subject:

My first score here:

Firefox: 17'200

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Apollyon · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:52 am Post subject:

K-J N. wrote:

Still a bit rusty. Level 1 is actually one of the harder levels in the game.

That occured to me as well after finally reaching level 2.
I am impressed how faithful this conversion is.

49.850

K-J N. · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:24 pm Post subject:

80.250

shteev · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:29 pm Post subject:

Seems OK, this! Much harder than the Amiga version! Some of those bullets move a bit sharpish, there are a few spots you need to learn are coming up otherwise you have no chance.

37,600
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merman · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:33 pm Post subject:

Mmm, just to get on the board for now: 19250

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Apollyon · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:14 pm Post subject:

Is the timer running in the upper left of the screen of any use? I know that it shows the time you survived but that is not of much use, is it?

Jolly_Roger · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:41 pm Post subject:

Level 1 is harder than level 2 (I've completed the latter on my second try).As for the first level:the speed powerup is the key,if you want to survive those pink invincible enemies.
Anyway,here's my first score:

120200

K-J N. · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:54 pm Post subject:

150450

Lasse · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject:

This game flips out quite hard. After not much playing yet:

26.650

Shocktrooper · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:57 am Post subject:

Hmm, this seems a trifle harder than I'd expected Smile

Too bad there's no ingame music..

19600

Super Ninja! · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:48 pm Post subject:

First time I play this.. game.. 19.300! Razz

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Firefox · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:51 am Post subject:

A little improvement:

Firefox: 23'800

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jt-3d · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:58 am Post subject:

Whatever the hell SWIV is, there should be an official version. I've never even heard of this thing.

Today I played Gettysburg for about six hours and the Army of the Potomac(tm) is losing their ass. At any rate, I have yet to play this game.
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merman · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:02 pm Post subject:

jt-3d wrote:

Whatever the hell SWIV is, there should be an official version. I've never even heard of this thing.

Today I played Gettysburg for about six hours and the Army of the Potomac(tm) is losing their ass. At any rate, I have yet to play this game.

Well, you may remember the arcade game Silkworm which was converted to the home computers by The Sales Curve. SWIV is an unofficial follow-up to Silkworm, since it features the helicopter and the jeep...

BTW, any ruling on whether we should play as helicopter or jeep? Seems most people are playing the copter...
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Haplo · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject:

merman wrote:

jt-3d wrote:

Whatever the hell SWIV is, there should be an official version. I've never even heard of this thing.

Today I played Gettysburg for about six hours and the Army of the Potomac(tm) is losing their ass. At any rate, I have yet to play this game.

Well, you may remember the arcade game Silkworm which was converted to the home computers by The Sales Curve. SWIV is an unofficial follow-up to Silkworm, since it features the helicopter and the jeep...

Correct...SWIV actually stands for Silk Worm IV, why IV, I have no idea. Maybe they scrapped the 2nd and the 3rd sequels Very Happy

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Shocktrooper · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:46 pm Post subject:

Haplo wrote:

Correct...SWIV actually stands for Silk Worm IV, why IV, I have no idea. Maybe they scrapped the 2nd and the 3rd sequels Very Happy

From the manual:

S.W.I.V. - SECRET WEAPONS INSTALLATION VERIFICATION
Primary objective: Verify existence of the enemy's secret weapons installations and destroy them.

S.W.I.V. - SPECIAL WEAPONS INTERDICTION VEHICLES
Secondary objective: Interdiction mission: the destruction by military force of all enemy units.

S.W.I.V. - SILKWORM IV
Mission warning: Use extreme caution. Enemy units are armed with deadly weaponry, including the enhanced SILKWORM IV homing missile.

Haplo · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:21 pm Post subject:

I guess the last one kinda makes sense...

89150

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Aliens · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:42 pm Post subject:

Are we playing oficially with Heli or are you using it because it's easiest?

My first attempts are with tank and 13.750 points. I'm not going to post screenshot because I'll try Heli then (I didn't remember where I can choose the vehicle, I played this game a lot of years ago with a friend in 2 player-mode, but generally not alone). I didn't played too much then but I remember the game as a very funny game (in 2 player mode).
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K-J N. · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:22 am Post subject:

There was also an interview in some Amiga magazine where the programmers of Swiv said that because the game was inspired by SilkWorm and it was vertically scrolling they called it SWIV - SilkWorm In Vertical.