RH | 4,904 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Well, at the cost of a few thousand points, I managed to get to stage 13. Yesterday I actually made it to stage 14 but I didn’t get my camera out fast enough. Oh well. Such is life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackVega | 583 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Alright there you go sons of vaginas (I will never take a look at Galaga in my life ever again...). Also if anything this contest made me learn how to properly set exposure in my camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackVega | 583 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 22 hours ago, RH said: Pacifist to literally the last sprite line of 1-1. Top that. I can be top for you if you want but I can also be bottom as I am open minded for all positions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackVega | 583 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Also this is just for curiosity sake I was able to do 100% pacifist run in Commando up to this point but this run is not valid as my previous post was worth more I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 (edited) 44 minutes ago, BlackVega said: Also this is just for curiosity sake I was able to do 100% pacifist run in Commando up to this point but this run is not valid as my previous post was worth more I think I assume that's not including the guys at the bases at the end of each level, or did you actually manage to have them all leave the screen? EDIT - I guess you somehow beat 1-1 and 1-2 bases without shooting anyone, since your score is 10k... Edited December 4, 2023 by Dr. Morbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,782 Administrator · Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 1 hour ago, BlackVega said: OMG if this is what you do then I will NEVER let you borrow any of my controllers... I do a pretty shit job of doing it consistently here, but here's an example I provided to someone else recently. VID_20231105_193343.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Gloves said: I do a pretty shit job of doing it consistently here, but here's an example I provided to someone else recently. VID_20231105_193343.mp4 18.71 MB · 0 downloads I have a Hudson Shuwatch that does the exact same thing (measures your button presses), but they're relatively unknown, so it's cool to see that someone made a program for the pc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,515 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, Gloves said: I do a pretty shit job of doing it consistently here, but here's an example I provided to someone else recently. VID_20231105_193343.mp4 18.71 MB · 0 downloads My god. This is the video game version of 'beauty is pain.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,515 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Just now, Dr. Morbis said: I have a Hudson Shuwatch that does the exact same thing (measures your button presses), but they're relatively unknown, so it's cool to see that someone made a program for the pc... That someone is the very person who posted the video. Schmup speed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,782 Administrator · Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said: I have a Hudson Shuwatch that does the exact same thing (measures your button presses), but they're relatively unknown, so it's cool to see that someone made a program for the pc... That's Shmupspeed on the NES. You can download it on my site: https://shmupspeed.com The NES ROM was developed by Khan Games! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,502 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 16 minutes ago, Gloves said: That's Shmupspeed on the NES. You can download it on my site: https://shmupspeed.com The NES ROM was developed by Khan Games! How many cartridges were made of that? Like, five? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,782 Administrator · Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Just now, Tulpa said: How many cartridges were made of that? Like, five? Ten. 5 were auctioned for charity, and 5 were given to the people who helped make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 37 minutes ago, Gloves said: That's Shmupspeed on the NES. You can download it on my site: https://shmupspeed.com The NES ROM was developed by Khan Games! I checked the ROM and the mapper he used is compatible with battery-backed RAM. Do you know if he programmed it to save the high score between power cycles? If so, I'm going to make a cart for myself (assuming I can't purchase one anywhere on the net). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,782 Administrator · Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Just now, Dr. Morbis said: I checked the ROM and the mapper he used is compatible with battery-backed RAM. Do you know if he programmed it to save the high score between power cycles? If so, I'm going to make a cart for myself (assuming I can't purchase one anywhere on the net). To my knowledge it does not have any sort of save function. The real carts do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Gloves said: To my knowledge it does not have any sort of save function. The real carts do not. That's a damn shame. Hudson's Shuwatch saves your high score, and most of the fun for me is pulling it out every once in a while to see if I can top my all-time best performance. Some of the donors that would work with this ROM have batteries on the pcb and back-up RAM chips, so it's too bad it wasn't programmed to take advantage of that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,515 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said: That's a damn shame. Hudson's Shuwatch saves your high score, and most of the fun for me is pulling it out every once in a while to see if I can top my all-time best performance. Some of the donors that would work with this ROM have batteries on the pcb and back-up RAM chips, so it's too bad it wasn't programmed to take advantage of that... The game runs for 10 seconds. There isnt that much variance that you wouldn't remember your high score if you didnt bother to record it. Its one number. Mine is just over half of what gloves got in that example video. 200+ is straight up crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 10 minutes ago, NESfiend said: The game runs for 10 seconds. There isnt that much variance that you wouldn't remember your high score if you didnt bother to record it. Its one number. Mine is just over half of what gloves got in that example video. 200+ is straight up crazy I've owned a Shuwatch for like 15+ years, and I still can't remember my record, though I'm pretty sure it's in the high 120's. Gloves performance above is way beyond any score I'll ever get. I think 150 would be my theoretical limit. Anyway, @BlackVega I've posted my scores on the first page. You beat my Galaga score, but I beat your Commando score; now we just have to see what @PII is going to bring to the table... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,502 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 19 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said: I've owned a Shuwatch for like 15+ years, and I still can't remember my record, Sounds like the Shuwatch's save function didn't help in this regard. I'm presuming your score was lost when the batteries died? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Tulpa said: Sounds like the Shuwatch's save function didn't help in this regard. I'm presuming your score was lost when the batteries died? No, the Shuwatch is saving just fine, but I don't remember the exact number in my brain. If you can recall the scene in Last Crusade where Indy's Dad says they have to go back to Berlin to get his book so they could recover the vital information therein, and then Indy is like, "how can you not remember such vital info?" and his Dad goes, "I wrote it in the book so I wouldn't have to remember it!" That's the situation with me and my Shuwatch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,502 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Man, kids today with their "watches" that remembers their scores for them. In my day, we had to remember our shooter scores. We didn't even have pencil and paper! Or shooter games! We had to imagine it in our brains! And we liked it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,886 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 COMMANDO - (2-1) - 22,150 GALAGA - (LV21) - 200,330 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,024 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 I love Galaga but was forced to play on emulator this week. I wonder if I'd do better on real hardware with no lag. I did notice some improvement after disabling vsync on my emulator. I want the cart now though. Really fun game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,515 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 I cant believe I didnt finish commando. Ended up catching a window and played a lot tonight. Had a good run and choked when I got to the road on 1-4. Wouldnt have made a difference in points, but its just demoralizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 1 minute ago, NESfiend said: I cant believe I didnt finish commando. Ended up catching a window and played a lot tonight. Had a good run and choked when I got to the road on 1-4. Wouldnt have made a difference in points, but its just demoralizing. I kept forgetting about the two vehicles right at the start of the road and probably lost five or more runs to that because I'd be too close to the edge of the screen from dodging all the enemies... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,886 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 The cherry on my Sunday was I could've tied BlackVega's Commando score on my best run except I opened fire on the final group of soldiers too early and five more guys came out. Whoops! Oh wells. Nice job Morbo. Sub 20K is Slick! Bullets slide offa you! You play wit 'em!! And Well done BlackVega on Galaga! (which you don't like for some reason...?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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