1- Rick Dangerous 2 ! (I'm waiting for a compo in order to finish it... will I get it?).
2- Flimbo's Quest
3- Cabal
4- Zolyx
5- SWIV


And it's important to decide how to play RD2 "BEFORE" starting the compo (if it's the game choosed)

The game have 5 stages. You can play the first four levels in "no-determinated order" (f.ex 4-2-1-3). And then, with the 4 levels completed, you can reach level 5. So the score, the traps, etc will be differente between players, so I suppose we'd need to play it in a determinated order for the compo (1-2-3-4).

Of course, you can practise 2, 3 or 4, but without getting "valid scores" if you start in those levels.

Er... RD2 wasn't choose yet, so AVOID Nebulus for a compo, please
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AFAICC, the relevant scores are now:

25 Wonderboy
25 Nebulus
22 Rick D II

Since we have a tie, somebody plz vote Rick D II to settle it

@Aliens: I can't see why people shouldn't be able to choose level themselves, just like we could choose random levels in Space Taxi.

1. Rick Dangerous II
2. Kick Start
3. Zolyx
4. Lazy Jones
5. Crazy Caveman
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I. Can't. Stand. Rick. Dangerous.

The trial! And the error! The trial and error! The "oh, it's just an innocent looking SHIT I've just been skewered by some spikes that I triggered with a switch I didn't even know was there." I can't stand it. Really.

(mind you, I've played RD1 a lot more than RD2 so I've forgotten how annoying RD2 is comparatively.)
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I always liked RD2 even though it is just about learning by trial and error. But hey, we played many games like that (may i mention Armalyte? that is also just learning the attack patterns by heart). Anyway, part one of RD is really infuriating.while part 2 is a fair game. I always enjoyed it and i will enjoy trying to complete it this time as well.

So, Rick Dangerous II it is then!

BTW, I'm usually AFK Saturday-Monday. This means that I'm rarely around at midnight Sunday evening to declare voting or competition rounds officially open or closed. Please don't panic and all send me a bunch of instant messages... I'm here Tuesdays and everything will be sorted then.
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And here are the official vote results:

1 Rick Dangerous II 27
2 Wonderboy 25
3 Nebulus 24
4 Beamrider 19
5 Intensity 15
6 Zolyx 14
7 Le Mans 10
8 Rick Dangerous 10
9 Operation Wolf 8
10 Spy Hunter 8
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Fine, so it is Rick Dangerous 2 time then!
Hm, Wonderboy i also liked. Never finished though. Which means it is too easy for competition of course We'll see next year probably.

Re: Nebulus:

White Demon wrote:

shteev wrote: Modifying the game, if it was something that our resident hacker tnt would be prepared to do, would be a big job. It was hardly a big job when he edited it a couple months back. No extra lives, just the three you start with (vastly minimising point whoring) and even with a special screen so you tell it was the compo edition:

But this version isn't at all suited to competition play. I managed it after 2 hours of gameplay, so I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that 90% of us will finish the game inside of 3 weeks. Nebulus does not loop; all these players will reach the end of the game and have approximately the same score. Not good for a competition.

So now, we're asking tnt to make the game loop.

But even that doesn't solve the problem. All mistakes made above the bottom couple of levels on a tower are non-fatal, since you are just knocked a little way down the tower and allowed to try again. Only a tiny fraction of the game must be mastered, therefore, to allow a player to get all the way to the end of the game on a regular basis.

So, what, we ask tnt to make all collisions fatal as well? We're getting into a pretty big job here. And debugging needs to be taken into account, too; last month we ended up playing a modified version with a dodgy control system.

White Demon wrote:

shteev wrote: But can't we just play something that's actually SUITED to competition play? What could be more suited? Nebulus is a fast paced, fun game, and with the compo version, is no lonbger infinite.

As you should know from earlier discussion of the game, it isn't infinite.
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Hey, you. Dumbass. Yeah, you in the tank. Cosy in there?

My internet connection seems to be playing up at the moment - see two posts down
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White Demon, I think you missed the point that shteev was trying to make, so I shall make it a bit simpler: Nebulus won't work as a compo game.

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In light of all this though, we could make use a one life version of the game as was mentioned before. That makes it really tough.

Whilst I did suggest this, I still think it's a stupid idea. The game is too easy to complete, and with only one life when people complete it (and they will in the first week), everyone will get the same score.

Still, tell you what, let's get the bastard game out of the way, and when it happens and the compo sucks (like so many other games where we've given warning before), then I shall be using many many quotes.
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I wouldn't want to play a Nebulus version with just one life at all. I have played the game a bit and reached tower 4 or 5. While it is easy for you it isnt easy for me. Having to figure out how to solve puzzles on later towers with just one life will be very frustrating.

While I applaud the effort undertaken to make the Competition Edition of H.E.R.O., I feel that future games competitions should be on the original, unaltered games. And Nebulus does not seem suitable for the competition, for all the reasons that have been stated here.
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