High Score Challenge - S22 - Round 4 - Laser Reflex

[KarateEd]

Stardot high score challenge
Season Twenty Two: Round Four
Laser Reflex chosen by ManiacMiner

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RULES
Round Four starts at 9pm on Monday the 19th of February and ends at 9pm on Monday the 4th of March
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=99
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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

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Link to Overall High Score Table...http://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=28296

Thanks to Galax for the Mode 7 fonts.

Will we actually need to have extremely quick reflexes for this one?........Ed ...........
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[FourthStone]

Hmmm... not played this one, not much to it really, left / right / shoot...

Score: 1282

[Rod C]

It's a bit hit or miss, mostly miss for me!

[chrisn]

Another game I've never seen before. Here's my starter score ... 1318 (sorry the image isn't very clear)

[Rod C]

It's looking a bit bleak here so I'm adding a little colour.

3524

[KarateEd]

It's looking a bit bleak here so I'm adding a little colour.

Sort of like the game I'd say, bleak that is......

[klintworth]

Bleak also describes the gameplay!! Good job I’m not epileptic!!

[Venger]

I agree with the comments on here. This game is very, very bland. I can't handle more than a few games on the trot without being bored out of my skull.

[maniacminer]

Hahaha, yeah, this is quite monotonous and the artistry goes as far as the opening screen and the gameplay but zero effort expended on the hi-score and key definition code. I played it a bit this morning got 3056 whilst doing SRAM tests on the real Beeb

I see what is meant by "bleak"!

[KarateEd]

Yeh, I'm sorry guys and gals. This one isn't good, it's why I ask people when choosing games to please test them if they aren't the old 'nuggets' so we don't have this happen. I haven't even played it yet (have been busy) but I'm thinking the instructions might be the best part of this game.

I also thought the same thing when I saw the instructions and splash screen, looks interesting. Ah well, we do get these from time to time.

[klintworth]

Yeh, I'm sorry guys and gals........ Ah well, we do get these from time to time.

Yes, win some, lose some!! Doesn't often happen we get a dud!
PS Sometimes you can get two drones in one shot!!

[Rod C]

Yes, it's pretty frustrating, especially with the difficult aiming system. I made some progress though.

[MatthewThompson]

best score so far.

[maniacminer]

Yeh, I'm sorry guys and gals. This one isn't good, it's why I ask people when choosing games to please test them if they aren't the old 'nuggets' so we don't have this happen. I haven't even played it yet (have been busy) but I'm thinking the instructions might be the best part of this game.

I also thought the same thing when I saw the instructions and splash screen, looks interesting. Ah well, we do get these from time to time.

Ah, I thought the only requirement was that the game worked and had a high score? In my mind the purpose of this challenge is to play games that otherwise might not be known or even searched out.

[KarateEd]

Yeh, I'm sorry guys and gals. This one isn't good, it's why I ask people when choosing games to please test them if they aren't the old 'nuggets' so we don't have this happen. I haven't even played it yet (have been busy) but I'm thinking the instructions might be the best part of this game.

I also thought the same thing when I saw the instructions and splash screen, looks interesting. Ah well, we do get these from time to time.

Ah, I thought the only requirement was that the game worked and had a high score? In my mind the purpose of this challenge is to play games that otherwise might not be known or even searched out.

You're not wrong on that score ManiacMiner but in the blurb I also put that you should test a game if you don't know it to ensure it suits the HSC. There have been a few that weren't great to play. My hope is that we have all 3 situations where a game has the HS, works and plays well. By play well I mean it is a bit interesting. That can be interpreted a lot of ways but you know whether that's the case by how many play a game and continuously play a game.

If I put a game in here I don't know, I always play it for a bit to ensure it's not an interest killer. That's what I mean. You're a gamer, you know what a good game looks like......

[KarateEd]

Starter and probably finisher score on this one......296

[Rod C]

Pressing on here.

[klintworth]

[MatthewThompson]

New high score.

[Venger]

I forced myself to have another couple of goes today, I'm not sure that I'll play again though.

[KarateEd]

I can't believe I played this again.....yup, still dull......

[klintworth]

I can't believe I played this again.....yup, still dull......

Quote from The Micro User review Dec 1 1984 "Too much effort has gone into brilliant but confusing graphics while too little has gone into the game itself, which is little more than turbo-charged Space Invaders."

Quote from A&B Computing Feb 1985 "Nothing about this game really impresses me at all. It's another slant on a well-worn idea that I am sure many games players are growing rather tired of. A lot of effort probably went into producing the complex graphics display in Laser Reflex but the results are disappointing and, at the end of the day, it's just another shoot-'em-up. Certainly not one for my collection."

[Rod C]

I've had some fun with this despite the limitations but happy to call it quits now.

[Cybershark]

Was quite interested in this, as that screenshot looked very cool and it had very unusual gameplay.
Sadly, not interested enough to read the instructions or to have more than one go on it.

Score: 452

Great to see some lesser-known titles popping up though. Had never heard of this one!

[KarateEd]

I wholeheartedly agree with those articles Paul......

[KarateEd]

High Score Tables Updated for Season 22, Round Four......

This is a new one on me and several others I'm guessing. I'm a bit disappointed in the game, it had potential but the opening screen and graphics are truly the highlight of this game. Game play is pretty boring really. This is attested to by the fewness of players participating in this round.

Once again, we have a winner and that is not the usual man, it is Rod C . Congratulations on an excellent score and win Rod. You outstripped us by quite a bit in this one.

On a side note I'd like to thank all those who played this round. We had 8 playing this game this round so.....Thank you!!! It seems we are mostly averaging out at 11 so this participation is way below average.

As usual please check to ensure I've not missed anyone's scores because it's easy to miss things on this and I really don't want to do that for anyone's hard earned score.