High Score Challenge - S22 - Round 5 - Ossie

[KarateEd]

Stardot high score challenge
Season Twenty Two: Round Five
Ossie chosen by Klintworth

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RULES
Round Five starts at 9pm on Monday the 4th of March and ends at 9pm on Monday the 18th 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=930
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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.

Ok, we can fly....and fish....and wipe out a poacher....nice!!!........Ed ...........
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[klintworth]

Sorry folks, another game with short term interest!! Maybe that’s why we haven’t played this before!!!

[MatthewThompson]

Highest score so far 390 . Never played this one before.

OK game, bit repetitive, and the diving to catch the fish seems to be more lucky than skill.

[FourthStone]

Simple game with tricky timing, fun fact you can hit the poacher while carrying a fish.

Got through the first wave and almost through the second, going to be tougher to get further as the time limit per catch reduces each wave.

Score: 1005

[00aces]

Pretty poor effort so far. Got to learn the best heights to dive from. Will persevere for a bit.

[Rod C]

I think pretty soon we'll all be longing for the joys of Laser Reflex!

[00aces]

Squeezed a few more points out of it. Can't seem to get the height or timing right for the bottom layer of fish.

[Rod C]

Starting to get the hang of it. No wonder it's such hard work, ospreys aren't supposed to have that many chicks!

[fwibbler]

Starter score from me (ok, an embarrasing one)

[KarateEd]

Well, another new one....hmmmmm

[FourthStone]

I think pretty soon we'll all be longing for the joys of Laser Reflex!

This made me laugh thank you

[MatthewThompson]

New high score .

[Rod C]

So close to bringing this fish home but the poacher would have got there before me anyway.

[Venger]

Not the most captivating game in the world, but better than Laser Reflex. I had a few goes and got bored pretty quickly. I'll probably leave it until next week to have a few more.

[Venger]

Definitely not going to get much more than this due to the time limits. That's enough for me for a while.

[maniacminer]

I think pretty soon we'll all be longing for the joys of Laser Reflex!

Jesus. I'm already there... I had a few goes and this is my best. Not quite 1st place, but I think this is where I shall leave it. My fists were clenched quite a bit early on, but as I gave this forum "Laser Reflex" - I stuck at it until I was "good"

I feel like some poached egg right now, or maybe poached poacher?

[Rod C]

Cracked 3K. That's a lot of fish for a single parent osprey!

[Rod C]

I think pretty soon we'll all be longing for the joys of Laser Reflex!

Jesus. I'm already there... I had a few goes and this is my best. Not quite 1st place, but I think this is where I shall leave it. My fists were clenched quite a bit early on, but as I gave this forum "Laser Reflex" - I stuck at it until I was "good"

I Feel Like Some Poached Egg Right Now!.jpg

If you're going to give up that easily I think you should go back and improve your Laser Reflexes.

[Venger]

Had one go today and got just under 3K. The timing's extremely tight on this level though and if you miss a fish, you're basically knackered.

[KarateEd]

A small bump up during our ABUG meeting yesterday. I played this on my Pi-B-Em emulator using a keyboard that Colin Hoad recommended. It's a pretty nice keyboard, nicely mechanical and really solid. This was the way the used to build keyboards.

[KarateEd]

Ok, I can safely say I am getting the hang of it.....

[KarateEd]

High Score Tables Updated

[FourthStone]

Slight improvement... 1495

[Rod C]

Not a moment to spare here. At this stage you can't afford to go far to catch a fish otherwise there's not enough time to get back to the nest. Think I'll go drop some fish down the poacher's chimney.

[klintworth]

Wish I had a bit more time for this, but no equipment as on vacation!

[Venger]

Had another go today. Just one fish away from the next level. If the next level further decreases the time limit, there's really not much hope of completing it at all. Yet another game with an artificial ceiling because it probably wasn't play-tested properly.

[Rod C]

Not sure what level this was but it felt like the impossible one.

[Rod C]

Here's my final score. Aargh, the timing!

[KarateEd]

And this is probably it for me.....the game has become a bit addictive even though repetitive.....

[KarateEd]

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

This is another new one on me and several others I'm guessing. I'd say it's a very middle of the road to lower game but it can be a bit addictive. Game play for too long though tends to get pretty boring really. This is however not nearly as bad as Laser Reflex.

Once again, we have a winner and that is not the usual man, it is once again Rod C . Congratulations on an excellent score and win Rod. You outstripped us by quite a bit in this one. Is there a potential changing of the guard here?

On a side note I'd like to thank all those who played this round. We had 9 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.