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    MAME ROW #72 - Change Air Blade

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    • obsidianspiderO
      obsidianspider @GtBFilms
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      @gtbfilms Please be sure to take plenty of photos. That looks like a really cool event!

      📷 @obsidianspider

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      • obsidianspiderO
        obsidianspider
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        This week's winner is Change Air Blade

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        📷 @obsidianspider

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        • FruitybitF
          Fruitybit @GtBFilms
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          @gtbfilms soooo jealous:) Enjoy!

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          • FruitybitF
            Fruitybit
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            OK, so my 8yo has worked hard this evening to achieve this score, not sure if I want to try and beat him!
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            (I might have a go later...)

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            • GtBFilmsG
              GtBFilms @Fruitybit
              last edited by GtBFilms

              @fruitybit nice score! This is a tough game!

              After a lot of attempts I managed to just sneak past with 1093480. I reckon your kid can beat this!

              I got carried away trying to take a photo and the name entry timed out and it put in CAB by default.

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              I think this is a memory game, practice makes perfect. My only tactic was trying to pick up as many B pickups as possible (I think that's extra smart bombs) then not use them as it increased the end of level bonus. Sometimes there's so much going on that you have to use the smart bomb for a few seconds respite.

              I also noticed the pink laser the enemy ship sometimes fires doesn't seem to do you any damage?

              Also there appears to be a pickup (don't know what it looks like, I got it by accident) that reverses positions so you are at the top firing down. Getting this ends the level pretty quick as the enemy doesn't seem to be able to fire straight up at you.

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              • FruitybitF
                Fruitybit @GtBFilms
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                @gtbfilms Ha, he took that as a personal challenge and went straight on tonight to try and beat it!0_1518119995822_cairblad-180208-194341.png

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                • obsidianspiderO
                  obsidianspider
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                  Impressive.

                  This was all on one credit?!

                  📷 @obsidianspider

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                  • FruitybitF
                    Fruitybit @obsidianspider
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                    @obsidianspider It was indeed, he’s getting good at dodging the multitude of bullets!

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                    • SanoS
                      Sano
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                      He will have to try Dodonpachi then :)

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                      • GtBFilmsG
                        GtBFilms @Fruitybit
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                        @fruitybit aaarggh! :-)

                        Good score! The screen gets pretty crazy on this one.

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                        • cosmo0C
                          cosmo0
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                          Hi!

                          First time in this sub-category, I like this "try new things" approach :)

                          I am the one who voted for Pettan Pyuu, because it looked so weird! :D

                          I only went to level 3 in this one. I'm not very good at bullet hell shooters.

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                          • cyperghostC
                            cyperghost @cosmo0
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                            this is an awesome game!
                            GamePlay is more then a simple shooter ;)

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                            • GtBFilmsG
                              GtBFilms
                              last edited by GtBFilms

                              I'm just back from Play Blackpool 2018 so unfortunately haven't had a chance to try this one again.

                              I've made up for it with a weekend of playing other games though, here's some photos if you are interested.

                              There was even the appearance of a stand-up cab of a previous MAMEROW game - Carnival!

                              There were probably about 100 restored arcade cabinets there, including a few sit-down racers.
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                              Carnival! My previous practice in the MAMEROW came in useful!

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                              I liked this Battlezone stand-up cab, with a sort of periscope-like screen.

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                              I thought this was an interesting old cabinet - "Video Pinball" - it had a physical playfield with various lights on it, covered by perspex on which a pretty crude white image was projected of the score, ball and the paddles. The controls were side buttons, and the whole control panel rocked to simulate nudging the cabinet. It was pretty cool actually.
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                              There were of course, real Pinball tables as well. Not very many, perhaps 10 or so. They were busy the whole weekend.

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                              There were also retro computers/consoles and modern consoles.

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                              There were a few PCs set up on a LAN for multiplayer gaming.

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                              Red Alert 2 (PC) is a personal favourite, but as a game typically takes an hour or so to play, there wasn't really time for a match, when there was a lot more stuff to try.

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                              And a wheel of Xbox's all connected playing Halo. Unfortunately, being used to Unreal Tournament/Quake Arena on the PC, I've always found Halo horribly sluggish to play.

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                              There were also some talks from various UK software industry legends, and YouTube 'celebrities'.

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                              There was a merchandise hall as well, although unfortunately this wasn't as well attended as in previous years - a few stalls selling retro hardware/software (I picked up a PS2 Dual Shock controller for a few pounds), but mostly T-shirt sellers, Japanese Manga-merchandise (and food) sellers, and that sort of thing.

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                              I resisted the temptation to purchase a boxed Vectrex machine for £200 - but someone bought it!

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                              Overall, a pretty decent event, perhaps not as big or as varied as in previous years. Still well attended, despite Blackpool in February being absolutely freezing (and raining).

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                              The venue is still this shonky old hotel, which looks a lot grander on the outside than it actually is! I didn't stay there, but a friend who did reported the ceiling was leaking rainwater!

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                              Apologies for going off-topic, but I thought some of you might like to see what the event was like.

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                              • FruitybitF
                                Fruitybit @GtBFilms
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                                @gtbfilms That looked like a rather awesome day! I was playing Carnival earlier funnily enough, although it wasn’t the mame version. Sooo many Star Wars machines there, I’m still jealous!))

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                                • obsidianspiderO
                                  obsidianspider
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                                  MAME ROW #73 is live!

                                  📷 @obsidianspider

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                                  • GtBFilmsG
                                    GtBFilms @Fruitybit
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                                    @fruitybit yeah the Star Wars arcade machine was busy all day. Most people were pretty decent through and moved on after a single credit (everything was on free play).

                                    The pinball machine was constantly in use -and more annoyingly loads of people playing 2 player games by themselves!

                                    Someone's uploaded a video of the event to YouTube, which gives a better idea of the atmosphere and noise!

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                                    • FruitybitF
                                      Fruitybit @GtBFilms
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                                      @gtbfilms Wow, that’s quite an event- shame it’s so far away for me:((

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