Games Compo 2005 - round 1 - Salamander

Thunderer · Last edited by Thunderer on Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:23 am; edited 2 times in total

ROUND 1 - 2005!

Round 1 of the Lemon Games Competition 2005 begins, and the vote this month has thrust into the limelight the fast, exciting and thrilling:
SALAMANDER

RULES:

games compo starts now and will end the 30th of January (although still pending for Shteev's approval of this date)

the aim of the game is to score as much points as possible.

post screenshots with your highest score in this thread.

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

DOWNLOAD

Dowload the game here.

It's the Nostalgia version. Please report any bugs or inconsistancies in this version

EXTRAS:

if ya have the balls, check out The Scorelord pages!

SOME INSTRUCTIONS:

The controls are your typical shmup controls.

REVIEW & COMMENTS

Hey how come this classic hasn't been reviewed yet.

Read the comments here: http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=2208

QUESTIONS:

please check the Lemon Games Compo FAQ.

STANDINGS:

here you go! to be revised soon!

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SCOREBOARD

Here is the current scoreboard updated by SHOCKTROOPER

Firefox · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:28 am Post subject:

coooool..... all I need now is some experience with this shooter, time is affordable Wink

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Sandman · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:22 am Post subject:

Sweet, finally a decent shooter...indeed the game's afoot, shmup groupies Very Happy

Shocktrooper · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:58 am Post subject:

I'm in! I've loved Salamander since that always-crashing-random-buggy-never-loading beta I had.. Never finished it as a result, so there might be a few surprises left for me Smile

runstop · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:36 pm Post subject:

Speaking of crashing... Level 3 completed, no lives lost and still had my shield. What happens...? This...

...Bugger!

Bailsofdoom · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:43 pm Post subject:

Hmm, Salamander eh? Intriguing!

I was sort of hoping for IO in a way, since its slightly more hefty difficulty curve I thought would level the playing field somewhat. Smile

I've only played Salamander a little on my c64, but from what I've seen, its pleasant to play in the beginning - I couldn't believe all the powerups I had for awhile. The air of invincibility is gradually worn away however by some interesting level design - I haven't been able to pass the area where you have to 'make your own escape tunnel' through this odd thick wall of fleshy substance. Very Happy

I got a pitiful 35, 920 on my first shot...now I have to work out how to send the screenshots. hehe. I'll practice some more first I think before doing so...

Looking forward to at least trying to compete Wink

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Kusarigama · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:20 pm Post subject:

First score of the year: 61'830
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merman · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:21 pm Post subject:

102795

Suffered a severe does of arachnophobia, killed by that big spider...
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qazi · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:09 pm Post subject:

(edited - later score on page 2)
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Sandman · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:37 pm Post subject:

merman wrote:

Suffered a severe does of arachnophobia, killed by that big spider...

Yup....same here, twice! What a pain in the arse...

113,135

jt-3d · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:22 am Post subject:

Alrighty, this one seems pretty cool. I'll just put up the lowest score incase I drop dead before the month is over. 22840

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shteev · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:53 pm Post subject:

Hi all... I'm having some family troubles right now which required me last week to get on a train and travel along the length of England, and things are still ongoing. I might not be able to be around on this forum for a month or so.

Thanks to Thunderer for handling the threads this month.. and all y'all score some points while y'can cos I'll be back to compete b4 you know it Smile

<edit> just to confirm, end date of the competition is 30th Jan </edit>
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Lasse · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:55 pm Post subject:

Hmm, interesting game, as long as you have your weapons it's dead easy to wipe out all enemies, but if you die (especially in last level)...

202,325

runstop · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject:

And again... Crashes as soon as level 4 loads!!!

Crap!

Lasse · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 8:00 pm Post subject:

What emu? I use CCS64 v2.0 and it seems to load level 4 fine...

runstop · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 8:02 pm Post subject:

CCS64 V3.0 BETA 1.3

runstop · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 8:37 pm Post subject:

That's better. End of level 4...

Richard of TND · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:34 pm Post subject:

Bet you had trainer in the game, if it was Nostalgia version :p (*joke*)

Here's my high score:

Man, I'm glad that I am quite good at this game - especially after giving that big boss brain a good blasting, and destrying him Smile

I always found level 2 to be a real challenge. Got pretty far, but lost after all this screen flashing business, which sort of put me off. Addictive game Salamander Smile

[b]Update: I have a new hi-score of 82840, playing the original tape version of the game. Although a better score than my previous attempt. It is still not good enough. I'll try to do even better Smile

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qazi · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:11 pm Post subject:

106'435.

Slight improvement on the last effort, got twatted on the vertical bit again, found the controls to be a bit nervous when you collect loads of speed-ups, but on the plus side you manouver like a ninja. Seriously.
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runstop · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:04 pm Post subject:

I only ever pick up one speed em up, any more and it's just uncontrollable!!

Firefox · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:32 am Post subject:

a good game, had a little go yesterday with about 107'000 points, I'll post my score this evening and try to improve.....

The game appears like a mixture of Delta and Lightforce to me.
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Thunderer · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:29 am Post subject:

Well, the first stage seems to be easy enough although I still haven't reached the end boss.

42,415

I won't bother posting a screenshot because I'll surely be improving my score.

Shteev, no worries mate, I'll take care of it this month. I hope everything turns out OK and you'll be back next month so I can curse you properly Wink

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Jakuchu · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:42 am Post subject:

So, do I have to use CCS 2.0 instead of VICE 1.15, that I could play level 4..? Nostalgia version freezed when I completed level 3 and loaded level 4. Or should I play U.S. version of this game, or even the original tape version? When my game freezed, I had 171,100 points Mad

Luckily I took a pic from it, if I cant improve my score no more Laughing

Thunderer · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:24 am Post subject:

Actually I don't care which version you use as long as the gameplay, level design, scoring system and difficulty level has not been tempered with. So as long as the US version is EXACTLY the same as the European version I don'mind you using it.

I tried out the Wizax version on Dohi's site but that seems to be buggy too.

There's also this http://www.c64unlimited.net/ga...riginal%20(d64).zip which is supposed to be the original disk version.
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Jakuchu · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:32 am Post subject:

Well, the US version is 10 Hz faster.. Laughing

But it is exactly the same as Nostalgia version.