lemon games compo #11 - DROPZONE

Thunderer · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 7:57 am Post subject:

Welcome Hannibal. I think all of us get mocked for our love of C64 and retro games, so you can talk about it to your heart's content. We are a happy band of men stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.... oh wait wrong Forum Wink

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In any case I hope you enjoy it here, the games compo is not a nice place. We take it very serious as our injuries can attest. Wink

shteev · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 2:59 pm Post subject:

Hi Hannibal, come on in, the water's lovely.
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hannibal · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 8:22 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the welcome guys. Shteev, that gamepad of yours, are you able to program other buttons than just the firebutton? Playing dropzone with a button for shield and one for the smartbomb would help a lot I think (I'm looking for an explanation for your insane highscore) :O)

Antares · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 10:21 pm Post subject:

Man, why am I so crap at shmups? Confused

Anyway, here goes my second "serious attempt".

28,100

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Squonk · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 7:14 am Post subject:

Pffff a lot of practice but still quite low score compared to shteeve :oops:

Anyway, here is my last good score.... don't know if I can improve this one...

409'130 points

Anyway, I had a lot of fun playing this one I didn't know at all and I have to say that the programmation of this game is great, when green enemies shoot at you the trajectory is always wery well calculated to annoy you or to kill you.... and I have tried different strategies and that for me is the mark of a great game when different strategies can led you to good scores.

Good luck the others !!!
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shteev · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 3:25 pm Post subject:

hannibal wrote:

Thanks for the welcome guys. Shteev, that gamepad of yours, are you able to program other buttons than just the firebutton? Playing dropzone with a button for shield and one for the smartbomb would help a lot I think (I'm looking for an explanation for your insane highscore) :O)

Yes indeed, one of the nice features of CCS64 is the ability to assign C64 keyboard functions to extra buttons on a joystick/pad. It's in Options/Input/Define Joystick Special

If you can't do that, the old trick for playing Dropzone on the original C64 was to plug a joystick into port 1, put it on the floor, and trigger smart bombs by pressing the fire button with your foot.
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hannibal · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 5:23 pm Post subject:

I'm using CCS64 as well, but I've plugged my old Arcade joystick in the PC. For most games I wouldn't trade it for anything, but it's obviously not as good when you have to use more than button.

Squonk · Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 10:58 am Post subject:

Hehe... nice morning for me.. Twisted Evil

Squonk : 679'300 points

This time I don't feel so far away from shteeve, so, no more frustration.

Have a nice day
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Thunderer · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 7:49 am Post subject:

My latest serious attempt 50,000 look out I am on fire :oops:

hannibal · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 10:38 pm Post subject:

Matt, I found a way to post the screenshots, so plz ignore my mail.

This was done the hard way(or the stupid way): Joystick without autofire, space for smartbombs, enter for shield.

Squonk · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 5:33 am Post subject:

Welcome Hannibal !

I'm doing the "stupid" way as well Wink

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Matt · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 1:23 pm Post subject:

hannibal wrote:

Matt, I found a way to post the screenshots, so plz ignore my mail.

okay then, no probs

keep on gaming ya'll! Cool

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Matt · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 2:03 pm Post subject:

check it out, the general standings are finally updated Cool

it was about time was it?

come on then!
only 5 days left till deadline. not much of contributors for this classic game! Crying or Very sad

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Thunderer · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 2:18 pm Post subject:

Matt for MOD.

Hey that's got a nice ring to it. Matt for MOD.

Five more days I'll be on third place. Shteev is there a way we can stop your rampant rampage or are do you find pleasure in quishing us mere mortal gamers. Twisted Evil

SLF · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 3:24 pm Post subject:

Yeah, Matt for MOD. Keep up the good work, matey Smile

Welcome to Hannibal.

I'm playing as usual with keyboard only.

Here's another slight improvement from me, but I'm not even half pleased with my performances yet.

337,910 (planet marshall)

http://spazioinwind.libero.it/cabi/dropboc.bmp

copy bla bla bla.

Hell, I'm enjoying this superb game, but keeping concentration is hard.
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shteev · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 3:47 pm Post subject:

Thunderer wrote:

Matt for MOD.

Hey that's got a nice ring to it. Matt for MOD.

Five more days I'll be on third place. Shteev is there a way we can stop your rampant rampage or are do you find pleasure in quishing us mere mortal gamers. Twisted Evil

Yeah, don't pick a shoot'em'up in the next round Smile

Here's what I expect is my final score:

1,169,380
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Sandman · Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:10 pm Post subject:

Posting my score next to shteev's makes it look shameful...and only a few days left to try and improve it, but on the other hand I think shteev's just put me off!! Shocked

Nice score dude.

286,860

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Thunderer · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 8:40 am Post subject:

shteev wrote:

Yeah, don't pick a shoot'em'up in the next round Smile

Here's what I expect is my final score:

Oh well that's ONLY about 1,100,000 better then mine Wink

Firefox · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 9:33 am Post subject:

Thunderer wrote:

shteev wrote:

Yeah, don't pick a shoot'em'up in the next round Smile

Here's what I expect is my final score:

Oh well that's ONLY about 1,100,000 better then mine Wink

@Shteev: You make looking us all very old in this compo... Wink

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Thunderer · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 9:57 am Post subject:

Ban him Firefox, ban him now before it's too late. You have the power. Twisted Evil

Firefox · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 10:42 am Post subject:

Thunderer wrote:

Ban him Firefox, ban him now before it's too late. You have the power. Twisted Evil

That's THE idea.... Twisted Evil

mwhaaahaaahaaahhaahaaa Wink

No, we can't ban our Dropzone-God!
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shteev · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 11:02 am Post subject:

Matt wrote:

check it out, the general standings are finally updated Cool

it was about time was it?

come on then!
only 5 days left till deadline. not much of contributors for this classic game! Crying or Very sad

Dammit! Doesn't look like I can make the top three with only 1 round left Sad

BTW, I joined the Lleague over at Llamasoft now. The pace is a bit more frantic! (1 game/week)
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SLF · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 11:48 am Post subject:

shteev wrote:

Dammit! Doesn't look like I can make the top three with only 1 round left Sad

BTW, I joined the Lleague over at Llamasoft now. The pace is a bit more frantic! (1 game/week)

And thus you'll play in that lleague and not in this anymore Sad

I play in this one 'cause:
-I'm c64 only. This league too.
-I have just little time to play (about 2-3 hours per week) and this three-week based compo suits my needings much more.
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Thunderer · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:33 pm Post subject:

shteev wrote:

Matt wrote:

check it out, the general standings are finally updated Cool

it was about time was it?

come on then!
only 5 days left till deadline. not much of contributors for this classic game! Crying or Very sad

Dammit! Doesn't look like I can make the top three with only 1 round left Sad

You're gonna push me off third place with me only getting the min. 5 points, so you need not worry. We'll fight for third spot in the final round Shteev, I'm gonna scratch and I'm gonna bight before I give up the third spot Cool

hannibal · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 5:15 pm Post subject:

I was wondering if people use emulator's save option. Or is that considered cheating? Personally I play from scratch each time. I think this should be clarified in the rules posted at the beginning of the tourney. My opinion is no saves unless the game chosen is an adventure/RGP (and I dont see that coming any time soon).