Beer Monkey Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Welcome to the Midway Arcade Treasures high-score contest! The game this round is ???!. The competition ends Sunday, Sept 26 at 11:59 PM EST. Rules: 1) We rotate through the list of participants. When you reach the top, you get to choose the game for the week. 2) Standard difficulty level for all games, no 'Extreme', at least not for now. 3) No sniping! Post your new scores in a timely manner, at least once at the end of each day that you play. 4) Points after each round will be doled out in the following order: 25-20-17-14-12-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Participants: Masta Red Snappa dogbert Ryan FB FreakTornado (Robotron) IainL (Marble Madness) Beer Monkey (Klax) Orpheus (Paperboy) Carlucci (Joust) Nightwing (Sinistar) secretvampire (Satan's Hollow) Thrill Ho (Defender) TheEvilEmpire (Root Beer Tapper) Buck Thrustwell (Spy Hunter) spubiga (withdrawn) Merlot (720) Sherbz (Bubbles) Standings: 209 Carlucci 200 MastaRedSnappa 185 Nightwing 184 SecretVampire 150 iain 107 merlot 98 Beer Monkey 72 thrill ho 70 Orpheus 65 FreakTornado 55 Sherbz 38 spubiga 30 Dogbert 25 Ryan FB 23 Buck Thrustwell 8 TheEvilEmpire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Sounds like a great plan; I just need to find a shop with stock of it, first. Its a nightmare to find around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 I'd be interested in that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 I'm definitely interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlot Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 I'm in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Should we start the arguem--- errr discussion over what game to pick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlot Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Originally posted by secretvampire@Mar 19 2004, 12:27 PM Should we start the arguem--- errr discussion over what game to pick? How about each month one of us participating picks a game? Would keep the arguem.... I mean discussions to a minimum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrillho Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 I'm up for that. But man I used to play all those games when I was little, and kicked butt, no I just suck at them all. Except for 720 i was never good at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 I guess my top choices would be Joust or Robotron...other choices would be Defender, Satan's Hollow, or Sinistar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlucci Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Count me in too! I don't care what games. I need an excuse to play this game. Carlos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 I haven't played this in weeks, but I'd be up for some more. Robotron is probably the only game I'm any good at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Monkey Posted March 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 I vote for: KLAX Root Beer Tapper RoadBlasters I'm not great at any of the games on the set, but these are my personal favorites for fun. I'm fine with collecting a list of participants (let's wait a couple of more days and see who else might join in), then making a random draw, and when it is your turn, you choose the game. We could also do 2-week intervals instead of a month, if there were interest. Edit: I am tracking players in the first post of this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlot Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 My vote: Paperboy Marble Madness SpyHunter Sinistar Super Sprint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Yeah, I think a month is too long of an interval. Every two weeks, or hell, even weekly would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel P Posted March 20, 2004 Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 Count me in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted March 20, 2004 Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 Right, I've just found a copy and done a bit of playing. Firstly, I suggest ruling out 720, as continues can be used (and indeed are pretty much required) to get further in the game; I suspect there are a number of others like this, too. Any contest needs to really be 1-crediting stuff. Secondly, I've just seen how much I suck at Robotron. My high-score after a couple of quick goes: 87225. 1st on the scoreboard: 1633675. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Monkey Posted March 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 Iain, Are you playing 50hz or 60hz? And does it make a difference? I know some people claim some games are harder/easier in 50hz, depending on how the game is coded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted March 20, 2004 Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 I'm playing 60Hz anyway, so it shouldn't make any difference that I've got a PAL copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted March 20, 2004 Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 Wish I had time to join in on this but I wanted to stop in and say that this is a great idea Michael and co. Excellent way to use the scoreboards :tu: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 Great idea, Michael, but how did I end up on the list of participants? I don't have Midway Arcade Treasures. Plus, there is no chance I could compete with guys! :oops: -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 Count me in please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Monkey Posted March 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 I'm not sure what I think about games with continues. On one hand, it can, to a degree, reward players with lots of spare time against those who might have greater skill. On the other hand, it is all part of the game. We could also do an honor system with certain games. Why don't we work through everybody's favorite single-credit games first, then revisit this issue? We can try a 1-week match for our first game, then decide if we feel it merits any increase to 10 days or 2 weeks. Tomorrow I'll do a random draw of participants, and the first participant will chose a no-continue title and we'll open up gameplay. Any objections to proceeding in this manner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 This would be great to do! But, I have the PS2 version of the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsappel Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 Originally posted by Nightwing@Mar 21 2004, 06:47 PM This would be great to do! But, I have the PS2 version of the game Screen cap evidence for PS2ers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Monkey Posted March 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 I like my other consoles, but why in hell would anybody with an XBox buy the version that is NOT Live-enabled? What I like the most about Live is that there is one list that immediately shows you the scores of all your friends. If anybody with another version wants to play, feel free. But we'll put an asterisk next to your record. I'm not worried about cheating at LCVG. But please at least keep your best score posted here frequently, so that we know what we are shooting at. Calvin, I've added you to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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