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High score challenge - S2 Round 5 - Swoop

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Stardot high score challenge
Season Two: Round Five.
Swoop chosen by richardtoohey

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RULES
:arrow: Round 5 starts at 9pm on Monday the 3rd of March and ends at 9pm on Monday the 17th of March.
:arrow: The aim is to score as many points as possible
:arrow: Post scores and screenshots/photographs in this thread
:arrow: The rules are here

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:arrow: swoop.zip

INSTRUCTIONS
:arrow: Instructions, cheers Col!

SCORING
:arrow: Points will be awarded using the following formula.
:arrow: points = (YS / BS * 50) + ((NOP - YP + 1) * (50 / NOP))
:arrow: YS = Your Score
:arrow: BS = Best Score
:arrow: NOP = Number of Players
:arrow: YP = Your Position

HIGH SCORE TABLE
:arrow: Will appear when we have some scores.
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I will not be last, I will not be last, I will NOT be last ... :^o [-o< :oops: 8-[ :-
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8)
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Not played this for longer periods than about 30 seconds in the past - I never had it BITD, and it always seemed a little uninspiring when I played it recently on emulation.

Playing it for a bit longer now - well, it's certainly challenging, I'll give it that. It seems to be one of those games that you get worse at the more you play. Perhaps it'll grow on me.

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CMcDougall wrote:8)
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Nice one Col!
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^no probs, but beeb version has no level jump A-D, and ?=fire, and a Lot harder :o elk version I can get >2,000 no problem, seems to shoot faster too, and nicer to play 8)
JoolsH wrote:seems to be one of those games that you get worse at the more you play
:lol: know what you mean :-s
did have this BITD on disc18, so not one of my 'cant wait to get to disc' games :-|
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Awww, no-one likes my choice of game ... at least it's nice & simple!

1,580 from first try, and the screenshot also has the Beeb instructions
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High Score Table Updated......

Just a score to get in the game...

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CMcDougall wrote: no problem, seems to shoot faster too, and nicer to play 8)
Elk all the way!!!! :twisted:
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I seem to have missed most of my favourite games in the first round, but at least I got on the score list with this one :-)
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It's perhaps growing on me a little. There's nothing particularly wrong with this game - it's nice and smooth, the collision detection's fine, and it's reasonably fair. Just can't say that I'm that enthused by it.

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richard wrote:1,580 from first try
:^o :lol: 8)
richard wrote:Awww, no-one likes my choice of game
good choice, but don't like the eggs at bottom, or two flying down at same time :x . Could we mix this up, and have Mr Chuckie Egg running along the bottom to collect the eggs :-k
Just had another go, and 2,600 :D
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I was thinking "this is easier than I remember" and then, as you say,
CMcDougall wrote:two flying down at same time :x .
, and it gets a bit harder.

I prefer Eagle Empire in this genre because of the level variety, but it seems a bit crashy on emulators and some real hardware (one of my projects that I might ONE day get around to working out why), so Swoop it was!
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High Score Tables Updated.....

Only slightly better....gonna have to try on real hardware, don't like it in emulator mode.....

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I'd be a little happier if I could at least complete phase 1 without losing a life!

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A whole extra 40 points!

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High Score Tables Updated.....

Another very slight improvement.....

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1670 after a small number of tries. I hope I get better at this game although Eagle Empire is more to my liking also.
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I've never liked this game. This could be fun. :lol:
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ivor_the_injun wrote:I've never liked this game. This could be fun. :lol:
I think the 2 week marathon allows us to get to like/hate a game quite nicely....never played this BITD....but it's starting to grow on me.....slowlllllly....

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PS...and Richard, not everyone hates this game.....YET!
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Incremental Impovements.....sigh....

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Best score so far, not the most inspiring game ever, but playable. Reminds me a bit of Duck with the things flying down and laying eggs which get in your way.
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Can I rename myself as David Elliot? :)
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Starting to slowly figure it out....

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1550

Taking a few attempts to get the hang of this game...still not sure I've got it yet...
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MatthewThompson wrote:Reminds me a bit of Duck with the things flying down and laying eggs which get in your way.
That's what I thought, but the other way around ... never saw Duck BITD and when I played it for the challenge it reminded me of Swoop - also the bright colours and lots of things moving!
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High Score Tables Updated.....

Fingers are cramped....enough for one day....this is torture....

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richardtoohey wrote:I will not be last, I will not be last, I will NOT be last ... :^o [-o< :oops: 8-[ :-
Richard.....you are flirting with last..... :evil: :roll: :shock: [-X :D

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I'm letting you suckers do your best, then I'm gonna BLAST past ya! :^o :^o :^o

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