Games Competition 2011 - Round 9 - Uridium

Predator · Last edited by Predator on Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:27 am; edited 1 time in total

Round 9 - Uridium (Original Version)

RULES

Round 9 starts Monday 30th August and will end 23:59 GMT, 18th September

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Please ensure that you own a legal copy of this game to compete (oh OK perhaps we'll let you off this time!).

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GAME INFO & COMMENTS

Scanned instructions are available at: TBC

WHICH VERSION SHOULD I USE?
TBC

QUESTIONS

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ROUND 9 SCORETABLE

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OVERALL STANDINGS

Over here http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36678

EXTRAS

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The Scorelord keeps a watchful eye on the top c64 scores on the net here.
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Troy · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:20 pm Post subject:

104,550 Ship 10 - Kallisto

Fine old game. Great use of colour. Too bad I can't remember the maps.

Macc · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:46 pm Post subject:

Gotta get a score up, even if it is a p@*s poor one to start with, burned out on Copper with a measly 18600

SLF · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:37 am Post subject:

Troy wrote:

Great use of colour.

To each their own, I suppose.

Level 5 makes me wish I was colour-blind, and level 7 is even more painful. Razz

And what's with all that pink?

ETA: Here's my first score:

24,745 (level 3)

http://spazioinwind.libero.it/cabi/U0.bmp

As one can see, I'm not very good at this. I never played it much, 'cause I'm not a big fan.

On one hand, I love the speed, your ship, the concept, and some of the maneuvering you need to do; on the other hand, enemies and their shots are too fast for you to react, so you have to loop in advance or hope for the best. Too much looping for my likings, and I HATE that you have to wait for the signal to land (that alone makes U+ a far better game for my taste).

It's a cool game though.
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Endurion · Lemon64 Game Champion Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 860

Finally a chance to get better at this tough game. Here's a first score to have an entry:

13920

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Troy · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:53 pm Post subject:

116, 400 - ship 11 (Tri-Alloy)

SLF wrote:

Troy wrote:

Great use of colour.

To each their own, I suppose.

Level 5 makes me wish I was colour-blind, and level 7 is even more painful. Razz

And what's with all that pink?

Check out this interview where Braybrook says he's colour-blind, and the interviewer asks if the ships are meant to be pink?
http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bi...azine=zzap
http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bi...azine=zzap

SLF wrote:

As one can see, I'm not very good at this. I never played it much, 'cause I'm not a big fan.

On one hand, I love the speed, your ship, the concept, and some of the maneuvering you need to do; on the other hand, enemies and their shots are too fast for you to react, so you have to loop in advance or hope for the best. Too much looping for my likings, and I HATE that you have to wait for the signal to land (that alone makes U+ a far better game for my taste).

It's a cool game though.

Of all his well-known games I reckon this must've been the easiest to program. There seems to be almost nothing to it. Smooth-scrolling. Unintelligent enemies. Superbly nifty manta controls. Oh, and the homing mines. What else? I still love it though. When it came out it was the best-looking game I'd ever seen on a home computer. Zzap gave it 99% for graphics. Just look at the game War to see how you can mess something like this up.

I agree about the enemy fire, you just got to ride your luck most of the time, but it's far from overwhelming bad luck and I never get frustrated at the game.

Oh, don't hang around after the 'Land Now!' signal starts going - you don't get any points for ships shot after that.

Macc · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:20 pm Post subject:

Making some progress (at work I might add!)
99085 Iridion

Troy · Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:16 am Post subject:

Macc wrote:

Making some progress (at work I might add!)
99085 Iridion

Cushy job, eh? Wink

SLF · Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:20 am Post subject:

Troy wrote:

SLF wrote:

Troy wrote:

Great use of colour.

To each their own, I suppose.

Level 5 makes me wish I was colour-blind, and level 7 is even more painful. Razz

And what's with all that pink?

Check out this interview where Braybrook says he's colour-blind, and the interviewer asks if the ships are meant to be pink?
http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bi...azine=zzap
http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bi...azine=zzap

Thanks for the link Smile

Troy wrote:

I agree about the enemy fire, you just got to ride your luck most of the time, but it's far from overwhelming bad luck and I never get frustrated at the game.

I agree, to be fair there isn't too much bad luck so that you start screaming at the screen, so it's not a big flaw.

Troy wrote:

Oh, don't hang around after the 'Land Now!' signal starts going - you don't get any points for ships shot after that.

Don't worry, I was never going to do that Razz

, but thanks for the tip.

Anyway, I must say I'm enjoying the game so far.
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merman · Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:45 am Post subject:

82,335

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Macc · Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:10 am Post subject:

Troy wrote:

Macc wrote:

Making some progress (at work I might add!)
99085 Iridion

Cushy job, eh? Wink

It is when its quiet!

Endurion · Lemon64 Game Champion Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 860

Oooh, I managed to survive 2 dread noughts:

20315

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SLF · Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:20 pm Post subject:

merman wrote:

82,335

Wow! You must be really good at the end of level subgame.

I just got a 38K score reaching level 6 (Gold), you more than doubled that with just one level more.

Then again, I always get just three bonuses right, then I miss the blue one and I quit.

ETA: Here's my next score:

67,830 (Ship 7, Platinum)

http://spazioinwind.libero.it/cabi/U1.bmp
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SkrapYard · Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 6:54 am Post subject:

38,500 (Dreadnought 4)

merman · Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:46 am Post subject:

SLF wrote:

Wow! You must be really good at the end of level subgame.

I just got a 38K score reaching level 6 (Gold), you more than doubled that with just one level more.

Then again, I always get just three bonuses right, then I miss the blue one and I quit.

Actually, in that go and this new score, I only got one maximum, so I know I can score more. My best ever is around 100K getting to level 8, so room for improvement...

88955

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bigbee99 · Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:55 pm Post subject:

On the board with 32670. Not too bad of a game. I'm digging it. I usually don't enjoy side-scoll shooters.

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Richard of TND · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:37 pm Post subject:

I need more practice Smile

My final score so far ... 13955. Died on level 2. Maybe I'll do better on the real thing Smile

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Prkl · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:30 am Post subject:

I still suck at this game, can't get past the 2nd level either. Laughing

Troy · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:32 pm Post subject:

176, 775 (Ship 13 - Ergonite)

SLF · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:58 pm Post subject:

Troy wrote:

176, 775 (Ship 13 - Ergonite)

Wow, that's very impressive. Surprised

I reached ship 8 but didn't improve my score yet.
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Macc · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:08 pm Post subject:

Well done Troy!

(Guess what Im doing at work tonight?!)

Macc · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:50 pm Post subject:

132705 Kalisto

Troy · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:21 am Post subject:

I haven't even played it that much. I've noticed that I've done well in every game in the competitions that I used to be good at. I guess you never really forget.

Tip for Kalllisto - flip on your side right at the beginning, go to the bottom of the screen, and shoot right along to the landing pad without stopping. I think this is the only ship you can do this on.

merman · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:59 am Post subject:

115,590 - level 8

Getting better... still lost a couple of lives on the early levels, so I reckon I can squeeze more points out of this...
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SLF · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:36 pm Post subject:

merman wrote:

115,590 - level 8

Getting better... still lost a couple of lives on the early levels, so I reckon I can squeeze more points out of this...

I clearly am doing something terribly wrong, myself Laughing

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