MAME ROW #78 - Insector X

[mediamogul]

@andershp

The Master System version is great and also the first one I ever played, so I'm really nostalgic for that as well, but over time, I'd say the arcade original has become my personal favorite.

[obsidianspider]

This week's winner is Insector X

[grant2258]

only 2 days of voting! so not fair for kid niki lol :)

[obsidianspider]

@grant2258 We only have two days of voting every week. You can still play Kid Niki, no one is stopping you :)

[grant2258]

@obsidianspider

lol im just upset our kid niki lost. ill go spit the dummy out :)

[mediamogul]

I always like to compare arcade games with their home ports and I was very interested to read that the Genesis port of 'Insector X' used improved sound and a more realistic approach to the graphics. However, after playing it, I feel that it's a pretty big step down. Everything unique about the game is stripped away, leaving a stiff and generic shooter, no different than what you'd expect to find in 'Action 52'. Supposedly the Famicom has a much more faithful port and I hope to get around to trying it out as well.

[GtBFilms]

I don't think for a minute that this will be a winning score but thought I would start the ball rolling anyway...

24500

[mediamogul]

I won't be able to play anymore until tomorrow night or maybe Sunday, so I'll post an early score as well. Similar to 'Fantasy Zone', it's really important to keep your weapon power-ups for as long as possible, so I practiced playing the same way I would for a no death run. I ended up with a score of 145200 for my first real attempt, but fizzled out on the second round when the enemies started coming out from the top and bottom, as well as behind.

[Domogram Rovers]

Blimey! I had about 7 or 8 games and could only get 29000. Will keep trying though.

[mediamogul]

@domogram-rovers

Still not bad. The game is pretty stingy with it's points per kill. Plus, there's always a lot to deal with on screen and enemies are usually able to get off a shot no matter how quick you are to kill them. One thing in the player's favor is that the enemies always appear and move in the same pattern every time.

[Domogram Rovers]

151K just now. You get a very generous amount for defeating that giant wasp.
Note to self: stop rushing forward to grab the power ups!
Fun game.

[AndersHP]

@mediamogul said in MAME ROW #78 - Insector X:

@andershp

The Master System version is great and also the first one I ever played, so I'm really nostalgic for that as well, but over time, I'd say the arcade original has become my personal favorite.

Staying OT, sorry all! @mediamogul The Arcade version is great! But do you have HiScores saving? I'm running latest FBA but HiScores doesn't work..

[mediamogul]

@andershp said in MAME ROW #78 - Insector X:

do you have HiScores saving? I'm running latest FBA but HiScores doesn't work.

The high scores save for me, but I'm using AdvanceMAME 3.6.

[mediamogul]

It's funny, I didn't even make it as far in the second round this time, but got over 20,000 more points.

[obsidianspider]

MAME ROW #79 is live!