Krunch | 303 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said: Yeah, well I used Ripple the whole time on Life Force and I just learned that killing certain enemies quicker with lasers gets you more points. Oh wells... like you said, to my own detriment... I was just focused on getting the no-death run, so at least I accomplished that... That's good at least, there's still time anyway for some improvement. I'm not playing Life Force at all - I'm horrendous at shooters. In this instance getting 4th is unrealistic and I need all the time I can get on Q*Bert. I have a good approach and I'm pretty good but I'm just !*@&ing up a lot, I need to actually put a proper run together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krunch | 303 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 And sorry to ask this @BeaIank, in Q*Bert do we have to get to level 4-1 for our score to be valid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 I didn’t realize life force could be 1cc’d with such low scores. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,618 Events Team · Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Krunch said: And sorry to ask this @BeaIank, in Q*Bert do we have to get to level 4-1 for our score to be valid? Yes, making it to 4-1 is a requirement for your score to be valid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 I wonder if I can reach 4-1 in a day. I don't think I ever made it that far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,618 Events Team · Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 Remember that you don't have to reach 4-1 in a single life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 6 hours ago, docile tapeworm said: I didn’t realize life force could be 1cc’d with such low scores. Well you may as well post your score now because I don't think anyone's going to beat it. I'm watching World Cup and NFL all day, so I'm already done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 9 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said: Well you may as well post your score now because I don't think anyone's going to beat it. I'm watching World Cup and NFL all day, so I'm already done... Has he even gotten past stage 3 yet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, mbd39 said: Has he even gotten past stage 3 yet? Stage 3 in what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Dr. Morbis said: Stage 3 in what? Life Force. Earlier in the thread he said that he hadn't got past stage 3 yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Just now, mbd39 said: Life Force. Earlier in the thread he said that he hadn't got past stage 3 yet. Skinny's a sly one, I'll tell you that. No doubt he already got his score days ago and is just sitting on it until the last minute... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Dr. Morbis said: Well you may as well post your score now because I don't think anyone's going to beat it. I'm watching World Cup and NFL all day, so I'm already done... ole chicken pot @PII is still messing around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, docile tapeworm said: ole chicken pot @PII is still messing around That's what I would normally think, but he didn't even post a score for one of the first round games, so I honestly don't know if he's holding great scores for both games or already done with his Q*bert score from a week ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) Is PII one of the ppl here who's bad at shooters? I don't remember. Life Force is so polarizing in terms of difficulty, considered to be either very easy or way too difficult without the 30 lives cheat depending on who you ask. I used to think it was impossible until I finally forced myself to learn the game and now it's not that bad at all. This reviewer gave it an Arthur award for high difficulty and says that it's often infuriating. It's a good overview of what the game is like for those who suck at it. https://videogamecritic.com/nesll.htm?e=97300#rev1736 I've still only played the first loop. I know it gets harder, so now I'm curious to keep looping and see how far I can get. Edited November 27, 2022 by mbd39 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, mbd39 said: Is PII one of the ppl here who's bad at shooters? I don't remember. He came third in shooters this year, so that's not bad, but he was probably first or second in like every other genre... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,618 Events Team · Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 Black Friday week had my largest clients keeping me busy as hell. I will be able to post the final standings for round 1 and 2 tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Great Q*bert score, @PII. It took me hours to beat your originally posted score, but after seeing your post about playing the actual arcade cab, I knew you'd have a better score up your sleeve... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krunch | 303 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 70,130 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 329990 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 minute ago, docile tapeworm said: 329990 I don't know how in the hell you got 300k points, but congrats on winning Life Force 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 What exactly is the double hit glitch anyway? I remember people discussing it in the 2017 thread but a lot of pages are missing from the archive and there's nothing about it on the internet. Speaking of the 2017 thread, I used gutsman004's technique that he mentioned there in order to clear the final section unscathed. "On the final gate area right after you kill Zelos's,line your ship up between the first and second digits of your score then move to the top of the screen. Count the gates as they appear and before the 10th gate appears,move right just a tad,then as soon as you pass it tap back over to the original position. If done correctly,you won't get touched. " Try it, it works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, mbd39 said: What exactly is the double hit glitch anyway? Maybe that's what skinny used to hit 300k on a single play-through. Regardless, I think the minimum requirements for these tournament games are really seperating the men from the boys here. Most of these guys can't seem to put up any scores at all... Edited November 28, 2022 by Dr. Morbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said: Maybe that's what skinny used to hit 300k on a single play-through. Regardless, I think the minimum requirements for these tournament games are really seperating the men from the boys here. Most of these guys can't seem to put up any scores at all... Also a combination of killing more enemies and getting more of the hidden 5k bonuses that are strewn around. https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Life_Force/Secrets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 minute ago, mbd39 said: Also a combination of killing more enemies and getting more of the hidden 5k bonuses that are strewn around. https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Life_Force/Secrets I've used that site before, but I didn't bother doing any research with Life Force. I figured if I no-deathed it I would get points here no matter what my score was at the end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 8 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said: Regardless, I think the minimum requirements for these tournament games are really seperating the men from the boys here. Most of these guys can't seem to put up any scores at all... Part of what motivated me was wanting to add another NES game to the deathless completion list, especially one that intimidated me for so long. Only recently have I been able to consistently get past the third level. What I do is stay to the far left and you can always see the flares coming with enough time to move up or down to get out of the way. As long as you're fully powered the other enemies usually won't be an issue, it's just avoiding the flares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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