Games Competition 2006 - Round 3 - SWIV

Jakuchu · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:48 am Post subject:

Ok, first couple of tries... Not so good actually.

18,300

shteev · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:07 pm Post subject:

Ok. This afternoon I will mostly be attempting to upgrade my PC.

I have no idea how it will go but I figure I've got 10 hours and that should be enough time to at least figure out how to put it back the way it was.

If you don't see me for a while you'll know something catastrophic has happened Wink

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Lasse · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject:

Made it to level 2..

75,500

Roger Frames · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:54 pm Post subject:

That's intense man. My hand *bleep* hurts.

28.600
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shteev · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject:

Level 2 is a lot easier than level 1. Theres far less stuff that fires at high speed the instant it scrolls onscreen, for a start!

I seemed to get a lot more points at the end of level 1 than I usually do. Do you get a bonus based on lives, or time, or something?
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Jakuchu · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:51 pm Post subject:

Minor improvement today:

32,050

BTW, will there be a screen which informs when you reach level 2? Guess I haven't got that far yet.

Lasse · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject:

You'll notice the different (bigger) boss, as well as a loading break Very Happy

Btw. how long are we allowed to whore at the level 1 end boss? The first time I managed to destroy it, I spent a pretty long time gathering courage while shooting the tanks & missiles (I seriously thought you had to dart in between the main cannon's shots, until I realized it was easier)

EDIT: On to level 3... 103,650

shteev · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:38 am Post subject:

Lasse wrote:

Btw. how long are we allowed to whore at the level 1 end boss?

Dammit, you can whore the end of level bosses? I confess I hadn't even noticed... thats very unlike me!
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Jakuchu · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:54 am Post subject:

Finally reached level 2, but I had only two lives left after level 1, so I couldn't make it too far.

58,000

Zub · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:08 pm Post subject:

48950

Don´t you pick up always the B (bonus) power-up? It makes big difference
for scoring, and picking up the others will not help much as you lose
them when you die...

shteev · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject:

shteev wrote:

Lasse wrote:

Btw. how long are we allowed to whore at the level 1 end boss?

Dammit, you can whore the end of level bosses? I confess I hadn't even noticed... thats very unlike me!

Ok, quick fix time then:

No score whoring on the end of level bosses.

Note that after you've killed the two shoulder guns, if you position yourself just right, you can shoot the laser withought being shot yourself even if you only have the basic weapon.
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shteev · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject:

Zub wrote:

Don´t you pick up always the B (bonus) power-up? It makes big difference for scoring, and picking up the others will not help much as you lose them when you die...

Naah, me, I always pick up the V if I haven't got it, you can't put a price on the extra security that a wider angle of fire gives you...

Onwards to level 3! (How many levels are there?)

97,950

I might even prefer this to the amiga version, you know, it's... more concentrated. There seems to be more moving stuff you can't shoot; I don't remember those circling bullets on level 1 on the Amiga version, for example.

The toughest part of the game I've found so far is the section between the two giant Goose Copters on level 1. It's not the sort of place you can wing your way through, I've taken the trouble of learning a specific route through it and it's helped me out a lot.
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Shocktrooper · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:48 pm Post subject:

I was winging my way through the section between the two giant Goose Copters on level 1 and I died Laughing

28150

Haplo · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:37 pm Post subject:

shteev wrote:

I might even prefer this to the amiga version, you know, it's... more concentrated. There seems to be more moving stuff you can't shoot; I don't remember those circling bullets on level 1 on the Amiga version, for example.

The Amiga version is probably one of the best games ever released on Amiga. The C64 comes pretty close, the action is more furious in the C64 vesion. But the Amiga version has tons of character and atmosphere.

And you are right, those circling mines (or whatever they are) don't shoot bullets in the Amiga version, and they are destructible.
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