Re: High Score Challenge - S20 - R07 - Ransack

KarateEd · Post by **KarateEd** » Mon May 29, 2023 5:55 pm

Stardot high score challenge
Season Twenty: Round 07
Ransack chosen by CyberShark

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RULES

Round Seven starts at 9pm on Monday the 29th of May and ends at 9pm on Monday the 12th of June

The aim is to score as many points as possible

Post scores and screenshots/photographs in this thread

The rules are here
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DISK IMAGE

http://www.bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=715
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INSTRUCTIONS

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SCORING

Points will be awarded using the following formula.

points = (YS / BS * 50) + ((NOP - YP + 1) * (50 / NOP))

YS = Your Score

BS = Best Score

NOP = Number of Players

YP = Your Position
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HIGH SCORE TABLE

Link to Overall High Score Table...http://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=26514

Thanks to Galax for the Mode 7 fonts.

There seems to be a lot of bouncing around in this one...be careful out there.........Ed ...........
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KarateEd · Post by **KarateEd** » Tue May 30, 2023 12:21 am

ok, this is truly just a starter score......

Rod C · Post by **Rod C** » Tue May 30, 2023 6:15 am

It's coming back to me. All that bouncing!

FourthStone · Post by **FourthStone** » Tue May 30, 2023 8:49 am

A bouncy starter score for me: 21680

fwibbler · Post by **fwibbler** » Tue May 30, 2023 3:21 pm

Hmmm, not a fan of this one.
Didn't know it also came out on Atari 800 and C64 as well.

klintworth · Post by **klintworth** » Tue May 30, 2023 4:57 pm

First go!

KarateEd · Post by **KarateEd** » Tue May 30, 2023 4:59 pm

A little better, I forgot how hard it can be getting to the end of each level.....

Venger · Post by **Venger** » Tue May 30, 2023 7:39 pm

A first effort (since last time this featured in the competition, anyway!).

I'll have to relearn the patterns to get the sort of scores I'm used to. The game's still very enjoyable though, and it's nice to have a game that doesn't last too long per go for a change!

Venger · Post by **Venger** » Tue May 30, 2023 8:29 pm

A little bit better but still not quite up to my old standards.

MatthewThompson · Post by **MatthewThompson** » Tue May 30, 2023 8:38 pm

First couple of goes .

Venger · Post by **Venger** » Tue May 30, 2023 11:22 pm

Back up to my standard from the last time we played this. I'm not sure I'll get much more than this, due to the nature of the game. Only one more level after this too.

fwibbler · Post by **fwibbler** » Wed May 31, 2023 7:16 pm

Finally managed to get off level 1 but then promptly got killed on the Bonus round and I'm not sure why...

KarateEd · Post by **KarateEd** » Wed May 31, 2023 9:40 pm

fwibbler wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 7:16 pm Finally managed to get off level 1 but then promptly got killed on the Bonus round and I'm not sure why...

You have to stay on the platform or you die

Venger · Post by **Venger** » Wed May 31, 2023 9:41 pm

fwibbler wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 7:16 pm Finally managed to get off level 1 but then promptly got killed on the Bonus round and I'm not sure why...

Dying on the bonus level shouldn't mean you lose an "actual" life. I usually die on the bonus level (you only get a really shitty bonus of less than 1000 or so for completing the bonus level anyway) and it has no bearing on your "actual" lives.

KarateEd · Post by **KarateEd** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 6:42 pm

Venger wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 9:41 pm
fwibbler wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 7:16 pm Finally managed to get off level 1 but then promptly got killed on the Bonus round and I'm not sure why...
Dying on the bonus level shouldn't mean you lose an "actual" life. I usually die on the bonus level (you only get a really shitty bonus of less than 1000 or so for completing the bonus level anyway) and it has no bearing on your "actual" lives.

That's correct, the lost life isn't part of the overall lives, it's just for that bonus level and is what usually ends it.......

KarateEd · Post by **KarateEd** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:59 am

A little bit further......

Venger · Post by **Venger** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 11:56 am

KarateEd wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:59 am A little bit further......

Ransack-3.png

Only 130 points off that extra life at 30000. So tantalisingly close...

KarateEd · Post by **KarateEd** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 4:10 pm

High Score Tables Updated

Rod C · Post by **Rod C** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:26 pm

Starting to get a better feel for it.

Venger · Post by **Venger** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 11:15 pm

Does anyone know whether the names of the levels, underneath the level number, are passwords to the level? If so, how do we input the passwords if we want to try them out? I haven't seen any sort of password input feature or seen anything mentioned about one.

maniacminer · Post by **maniacminer** » Sun Jun 04, 2023 11:46 pm

Venger wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2023 11:15 pm Does anyone know whether the names of the levels, underneath the level number, are passwords to the level? If so, how do we input the passwords if we want to try them out? I haven't seen any sort of password input feature or seen anything mentioned about one.

I haven't found anything, I guess it would have been simple enough to do, if memory was a problem, have shorter high score names?

I've been playing on and off for a few hours and managed to get to level 6 (CYPLEX) - I'm used to the bouncing motion now - a very strange idea, the bonus levels are hilariously difficult, they just get ridiculously fast later on.

Unfortunately I missed out on the GF2 challenge - a game I'm good at, not so good at this though

Rod C · Post by **Rod C** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:32 am

A little hard-won improvement here.

MatthewThompson · Post by **MatthewThompson** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:41 pm

New high score

maniacminer · Post by **maniacminer** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:41 pm

Managed to get to the end - a display of ruthless violence and slaughter

and an absolutely impossible bonus level... Unfortunately I did a screenshot, then got interrupted and copied and pasted a URL - my score is gone

oh well, I'll have to play it again! and again! and again!

I was kinda hoping I was done with it.

EDIT: I knew there was a use for Windows and OneDrive - it automagically keeps a copy of screenshots in the "cloud"

I did get an instant regret closing BeebEm before I had posted the score... Steve-Developers-Developers-Developers-Developers-Ballmer - thanks $\:D/$ (Longhorn nah, that's when I started using Linux) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jOh6Nh8w6f8 I miss the TechEd sometimes, especially when there's some unscripted action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMU0tzLwhbE god I'm old

MatthewThompson · Post by **MatthewThompson** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:23 pm

A little bit of an increase.

fwibbler · Post by **fwibbler** » Wed Jun 07, 2023 7:06 pm

Nope, don't like this game.
Finally got off level 1 (and the pointless bonus round) only to start level 2 with the same shitty weapon you start the game with. Grrr!
Never completed level 2.

MatthewThompson · Post by **MatthewThompson** » Wed Jun 07, 2023 7:27 pm

Managed to get a little bit further.

Rod C · Post by **Rod C** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:37 pm

Got into the 40Ks but it's a struggle to get back again.

MatthewThompson · Post by **MatthewThompson** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:41 pm

A little bit higher.

Rod C · Post by **Rod C** » Fri Jun 09, 2023 4:20 am

Got a little bit more.