High Score Challenge - S22 - Round 8 - Microbe

[KarateEd]

Stardot high score challenge
Season Twenty Two: Round Eight
Microbe chosen by ManiacMiner

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RULES
Round Eight starts at 9pm on Monday the 15th of April and ends at 9pm on Monday the 29th of April
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=65
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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.

Another one where it could be a bit 'buggy'......Ed ...........
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[Venger]

One that I haven't played before. This game is manic! It's not a bad game, but there's so much going on, at such high speed, that it's difficult to play.

I'll start the ball rolling with this effort.

[Venger]

Okay, last go for tonight. It seems like there's no strategy to the game, just fire as fast as you can and hope you don't get hit.

[maniacminer]

I think this game has the ability to shred the cone on the Beeb's speaker (this and Attack on Alpha Centauri really take that little 8 ohm cone on an excursion to the grille)

Hilariously noisy and fast - I remember this at school, so loud that teachers could hear it through concrete walls I got a reasonably decent score, but like Venger says, there's no strategy, although you can get a much higher score by leaving one thing alive and shooting the things that spawn and go sideways - much like the forever strategy for Space Pilot where a limitless score is possible.

[Rod C]

Pretty crazy! I feel like I already have RSI. At least my score has been improving every few games but I'm not sure how long that can last!

[FourthStone]

I'd heard about this game but never played it, what a visual and audio treat

[Rod C]

Good fun game. I'm not sure if my notebook keyboard is going to survive this round!

[Venger]

Bit of a jump in score. The only real threats are the multicoloured balls that whizz around at lightning speed. They're massively unpredictable.

[MatthewThompson]

Best score so far - nice little game, another one i've never seen - as this released in my pre-BBC days.

Good fun to play - space bar for fire not the best idea ever - what's wrong with Return ?

[Rod C]

This game's a real workout! Please don't tell me there's an extra life at 30K.

[maniacminer]

Best score so far - nice little game, another one i've never seen - as this released in my pre-BBC days.

Good fun to play - space bar for fire not the best idea ever - what's wrong with Return ?

The SHIFT keys also work as "kill" giving both hands the chance to "kill"

[KarateEd]

Starter score and my eye are going 'buggy'.....

[MatthewThompson]

Best score so far.

Thanks for the Shift for fire tip - does make it a lot easier to play.

[KarateEd]

A marginal increase but.....I feel I earned it!!!!!

[Rod C]

Made some more progress. What a lively game!

[MatthewThompson]

A slight increase.

[KarateEd]

Another very small increase......

[Venger]

This game is more about luck than skill. It's a nice, fast and colourful experience but it's all about how fast you can press the fire button and the randomness of the ribosomes' movement. It does have a certain addictive quality in all fairness though.

[chrisn]

I've never played this one before either. It's fast and loud and colourful, brilliant stuff! One of the levels reminds me a bit of Positron.

My starter score ... 9380

[necronom]

Hi,

I'm very late to the season, but I only recently got a BBC B and my joystick adaptor arrived today, so I though I'd post a score.

I actually co-run a very similar gaming league, so this is all very familiar to me.

I'm TERRIBLE with keys, so I'll probably be last at any keyboard games that need more than 3 keys

19,070

[klintworth]

This is a great game for testing out my Beebs that I’ve been mending - it puts them through their paces!! New game to me, here’s my starter score:

[klintworth]

I'm very late to the season, but I only recently got a BBC B and my joystick adaptor arrived today, so I though I'd post a score.
19,070

Welcome to the HSC, congrats on your Beeb, they’re lots of fun!

[FourthStone]

Can't get past the randomness of this one.

Score: 11640

[MatthewThompson]

A little bit better. Don' think it will get much higher - nice game but way too random - those coloured balls are a pain.

[KarateEd]

Boy, another small increase. Had to really work to break 13k.....

[KarateEd]

Broke 14k, my fingers are numb.......

[KarateEd]

High Score Tables Updated

[Rod C]

A little better.

[KarateEd]

A tiny bit better......

[chrisn]

A very small improvement ... 10910