Lemon Games Compo #3: Buggy Boy

Wonderboy · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 2:08 pm Post subject:

My hihest: 96610
so far...
on the Offroad course...

Can't upload the screenshot at the moment because of a "grundlegende technische Überarbeitung" at lycos.de ...
Don't know when I can attach my webspace again...if never, I'll email... Question

Roberto · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 2:11 pm Post subject:

Wonderboy wrote:

My hihest: 96610
so far...
on the Offroad course...

Can't upload the screenshot at the moment because of a "grundlegende technische Überarbeitung" at lycos.de ...
Don't know when I can attach my webspace again...if never, I'll email... Question

Same trouble here (although italian) ...

Lycos are moving their server from Paris to Stoccolma. Everything should be fixed before 1st April.

My HI is actually 73.550

Thunderer · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 3:38 pm Post subject:

Well, Sir FunkScientist, after a stop in the pitstops and a change of tyres, I wizz past and set a new target for you, hoping that you shall raise to the challenge. Very Happy

Your new target is 107,210 (offroad). I await for your reply.
Wink

(I am not able to post my screenshot as Geocities is not functioning for me).
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Firefox · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 3:46 pm Post subject:

I see ah' have t'increase mah' results wid Buggy Boy, too. 'S coo', bro. Many sucka's here gots baaaad results already. Slap mah fro!....
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PaulEMoz · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 3:56 pm Post subject:

Great to see our high scores added to the Scorelord's page! The current Buggy Boy scores are about to get blasted into oblivion.... Laughing

SLF · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 4:01 pm Post subject:

PaulEMoz wrote:

Great to see our high scores added to the Scorelord's page! The current Buggy Boy scores are about to get blasted into oblivion.... Laughing

Yep, and I wonder why CraigG isn't trying to defend his position...
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Matt · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 5:39 pm Post subject:

PaulEMoz wrote:

Great to see our high scores added to the Scorelord's page! The current Buggy Boy scores are about to get blasted into oblivion.... Laughing

yeah isnt that great? Cool

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Mr L · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 7:28 pm Post subject:

81370 on the offroad course is my best so far. I know there's room for improvement though (I hope! Wink

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Antares · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 12:28 am Post subject:

Slowly improving... still can't get the hang of it though...

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PaulEMoz · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 12:40 am Post subject:

I've always loved this game, and even moreso thanks to this competition. Was ever a game so deserving of a ZZAP! Gold Medal? For a single load, it's just so playable and so much fun.

I'll be posting a new personal high score soon.

Mar · C64 Legend Joined: 21 Jun 2002 Posts: 662 Location: Sydney

My next score:

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Thunderer · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 7:07 am Post subject:

Way to go Mar Shocked

My newest personal best: 108010

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Sdw · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 8:03 am Post subject:

OK, so I transfered the game to a disk and could finally play it on original hardware with a joystick. I just had time for two tries, but atleast I improved on my previous score (38600) to 53770. But still a LONG way to go to reach the same scores as everyone else seems to get.

Can't I get some bonus points for posting the first screenshot from a real C64 running the game? Very Happy

Btw. what was the deal with having to do the screenshot before the bonus is added? No way I'll have time to get the digicam ready before the bonus is counted! Well, doesn't look like it will be a problem, I'm nowhere close to a 100k yet!

Thunderer · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 9:20 am Post subject:

Depends if you've got a version with the 100,000 points bug. The game crashes when you reach 100,000 points. However there is a fixed version cracked by Lurid+Tricycle, which hasn't got it. All of us that have got more than 100k are probably using it.

If you don't have it, here's the link so you can download it from Dohi's site: http://web.externet.hu/sk/c64/games/b/b.htm
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Sdw · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 10:41 am Post subject:

Thanks for the link, I'll make sure to use that version instead just in case I should hit that 100k!

SLF · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 10:55 am Post subject:

PaulEMoz wrote:

I've always loved this game, and even moreso thanks to this competition. Was ever a game so deserving of a ZZAP! Gold Medal? For a single load, it's just so playable and so much fun.

I'll be posting a new personal high score soon.

I definitely agree on the Gold Medal, I love this game, and I'm enjoying this challenge a lot.
As for games deserving it more, I'll shut up, as I don't want to start a fight here Wink

single load: Bubble Bobble... Dropzone... multiload: Space Rogue... Armalyte... Rainbow Islands... Creatures 2... and yes: Hawkeye!

and I still wonder how the heck did they manage not to give a f***ing Gold Medal to WIZBALL! Laughing

@Mar: Just you wait, dude, I'll catch you up Twisted Evil

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Robert Yaw · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:15 am Post subject:

A slight improvement from me...

(106020 - ROB - Offroad)

Shocktrooper · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:31 am Post subject:

Yippeeee!! I've broken through the 100K mark.. But then again, so many others have been on the path before me, that it seems like adventure searched in a city with a map in my hands..

[The image will follow shortly.. Smile

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Can't upload it anywhere.. Sad

Sigh..

Lycos will be back next saturday, so until then my score is:

105900 STR (Offroad)

I guess now's the time to try my luck on a different track.. Although there's definitely some arcade-elements, the game is for a large part 'learnable'. With every game I played, I learned more about the whereabouts of objects and flags, and the best way to get them..

[edit time again] Here's the picture:

Stefan · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 12:00 pm Post subject:

I am practising without any really high scores yet. But wait untill I'm ready Very Happy

MTR1975/FSP · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:48 pm Post subject:

Right on guys! Razz

Great scoring! I'll be playing at all oppurtunities today... Gotta catch Thunderer! Twisted Evil

Rivalry is cool! Wink

I agree with all of you that think this is a great game. Even with it's bugs, I spent quite a lot of time playing this back in the day - obviously not enough, though! Laughing

Boçù, my friend, I agree entirely about Wizball, but what did Zzap! give it though - cos I can't really remember! Smile

Sizzler? Silver medal?

I applaud those playing with the real thing too! If I only would spend some of the little money I have, on making that XE1541 cable, I would too! But then again I don't have anything to grab screens that way...

Anyways - some one else want to do an updated table? Wink

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Shocktrooper · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:59 pm Post subject:

Right on it! Smile

Here's what I have based on your last table, with updates 'till my last post Laughing

Pos--Score----Name (Course)
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01 - 119650 - Mar (West)
02 - 116640 - Boçù (West) *
03 - 108030 - Toggle (Offroad)
04 - 108010 - Thunderer (Offroad) *
05 - 106020 - Robert Yaw (Offroad)
06 - 105900 - SHOCKTROOPER (Offroad) *
07 - 104080 - FunkScientist (Offroad)
08 - 103650 - Queen Frostine (Course unknown) *
09 - 101720 - PaulEMoz (Offroad) *
10 - 096610 - Wonderboy (Offroad) *
11 - 084150 - Antares (Offroad)
12 - 081370 - Mr L (Offroad)
13 - 073550 - Roberto (Offroad) *
14 - 073290 - Studly (Course unknown) *
15 - 070000 - TommyE (Course unknown) *
16 - 064870 - Sir Kidd (Offroad)
17 - 053770 - Sdw (Offroad)
18 - 042050 - Firefox (Offroad)
19 - 037400 - Skyrider (Offroad)

* denotes no screen shot/still to be posted.

SLF · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 2:23 pm Post subject:

FunkScientist wrote:

Boçù, my friend, I agree entirely about Wizball, but what did Zzap! give it though - cos I can't really remember! Smile

Sizzler? Silver medal?

Well, to be honest they didn't go that far from "truth":
Wizball got a 96% Sizzler in issue 27 (July 1987). What was a bit strange, imo, is that until July there hadn't been any Gold Medal in 1987, so what was wrong with Wizball? Immenselly original, wholly playable, great in the visuals and even more aural stakes, fantastic two-player mode, single load... Many blame it on Gary Penn, including myself.

Then the Gordon crew came in and they gave it the Def Shoot 'em up award (Issue 43, November 1988) and they put it at the very top of their all time top 20 (Issue 44, December 1988). On rerelease it got a 97% Silver Medal, I guess around autumn 1989 with the SW-RH-PK staff. Finally, it was voted #2 all time c64 game in Zzap!64 #107.

You can find the scans at Marticus' excellent site, Wizball Shrine, under the miscellaneous section.

http://marticus.midnightrealm.org/wiz/
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Matt · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 3:57 pm Post subject:

SH0CKTR00PER wrote:

Right on it! Smile

Here's what I have based on your last table, with updates 'till my last post Laughing

Pos--Score----Name (Course)
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01 - 119650 - Mar (West)
02 - 116640 - Boçù (West) *
03 - 108030 - Toggle (Offroad)
04 - 108010 - Thunderer (Offroad) *
05 - 106020 - Robert Yaw (Offroad)
06 - 105900 - SHOCKTROOPER (Offroad) *
07 - 104080 - FunkScientist (Offroad)
08 - 103650 - Queen Frostine (Course unknown) *
09 - 101720 - PaulEMoz (Offroad) *
10 - 096610 - Wonderboy (Offroad) *
11 - 084150 - Antares (Offroad)
12 - 081370 - Mr L (Offroad)
13 - 073550 - Roberto (Offroad) *
14 - 073290 - Studly (Course unknown) *
15 - 070000 - TommyE (Course unknown) *
16 - 064870 - Sir Kidd (Offroad)
17 - 053770 - Sdw (Offroad)
18 - 042050 - Firefox (Offroad)
19 - 037400 - Skyrider (Offroad)

* denotes no screen shot/still to be posted.

hey great! thanks for the rankings that saves me a lot of work Wink

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MTR1975/FSP · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:35 pm Post subject:

@Boçù: Thanx for the link... I have a fairly bad memory for things like this... (read: everything) Wink

@SHOCKTROOPER: Good work dude! Very Happy

@Matt: You are truely a genius imo! Why no-one else started a games compo thread before is completely beyond me! Laughing

I am (and quite obviously others are too) really enjoying the challenge to beat others scores!

@Thunderer: I'm sorry my old nemesis... I haven't bettered your score yet! Twisted Evil

But fear not, there is plenty of time yet! Wink

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Shocktrooper · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:50 pm Post subject:

Matt wrote:

hey great! thanks for the rankings that saves me a lot of work Wink

No problem.. I'm at home for the moment anyway.. Was involved in an accident almost 3 weeks ago, and still have some injury in my left shoulder. A tendon got ruptured, so I can only do 'sessions' of about 20 to 30 minutes at the computer right now, which is enough for a game of Buggy Boy Very Happy

So you can count on me to try and beat those scores!! Twisted Evil