MAME ROW #141 - Cyvern

b3k · 8 Jul 2019, 16:16

I've been playing the Lemmings app on my phone, but I feel the need to mix it up. My vote is for Mat Mania. I loved wrestling games when I was a kid.

cyperghost · 8 Jul 2019, 16:34

@obsidianspider Muhaa... this week is very hard ;)
R.C is really cool
Power Slikes is fast and challenging (but for a RoW??? I doubt that)
Cyvern is indeed very interesting ;)

IanDaemon · 7 Aug 2019, 20:25

Cyvern for me. I agree that we have to think of what's a good choice for RoW. R.C. Pro-Am is cool and brings back fond arcade memories, but without a steering wheel or a spinner it just doesn't play well.

b3k · 8 Jul 2019, 23:30

@IanDaemon, I think you are having a false memory. RC Pro-Am is a PlayChoice 10 title. I've never seen one of those machines with a steering wheel. Maybe that's how you played it at home on the NES?

IanDaemon · 7 Oct 2019, 15:49

@b3k No, my arcade cabinet doesn't have a steering wheel nor a spinner and none of these kinds of driving games work well without a rotating input device of some sort. RC Prom-Am does not play well without a steering wheel, IMO. I never said anything about PlayChoice titles. I said for RoW, it's not a good choice.

Thorr69 · 9 Jul 2019, 14:43

The only reason RC Pro-AM isn't a really good random is that it's a PC10 title. Since you basically pay for time on PC10, not a single game, the results amongst players would largely end up the same. Anyone who is similar to myself will run out of time on the machine before failing out of a race and the scores would end up all being very similar.

b3k · 9 Jul 2019, 16:45

@IanDaemon I think we are missing each others points.

I believe your larger point is some games don't play well (or at all) without the right peripheral (wheel, spinner, light gun). I agree.

My point was RC Pro-Am didn't have a wheel in the PC10 arcade cabinet. If you prefer a wheel that's cool, but it's by no means necessary. A purist may even say you should only play it with an arcade stick as the game/hardware designers intended, but I'm not a purist.

gomisensei · 10 Jul 2019, 04:44

Mat Mania all the way.

obsidianspider · 10 Jul 2019, 10:38

The winner is Cyvern. We'll play this through next week.

quicksilver · 10 Jul 2019, 12:37

I discovered cyvern some months back and got pretty good at it. Just be aware it pushes a pi 3 to the limit. Expect a bit of slow down here and there.

quicksilver · 7 Oct 2019, 19:20

Unfortunately the game doesn't record the highscore until you break 1000000 points. I have gotten a little over a third of the way there on one credit so far but I don't know if I can get that good.

Edit: scratch that, just got to 650,000 points on the first level alone. Not sure how this game calculates points...

IanDaemon · 10 Jul 2019, 19:24

Here's some insight: http://www.shmups.com/reviews/cyvern/index.html

IanDaemon · 7 Dec 2019, 19:57

[incorrect information was here originally]

quicksilver · 10 Jul 2019, 21:22

@IanDaemon I think this a description of a different game...

IanDaemon · 7 Nov 2019, 14:52

@quicksilver Oops

quicksilver · 11 Jul 2019, 15:06

@IanDaemon this was very useful! To get a good high-score you must use the banish attack to finish off ground targets to get the extra points medals/ribbons (make sure to pick them all up otherwise their value resets). Also by not using any bombs or lives on the first level unlocks the secret green train boss which is worth a lot more points (though is considerably harder).

IanDaemon · 11 Jul 2019, 20:07

@quicksilver I didn't know if outside links were OK, but the info seemed like it would be of interest.

quicksilver · 11 Jul 2019, 21:20

@IanDaemon with the info you provided I was able to break 1000000 points twice now. But both times I ran out of lives on the 2nd level's end boss.

b3k · 12 Jul 2019, 11:39

What is everyone's preference for the dragon to use? I've mostly used the green one, but it's firing is narrow (but stronger?) until you get some powerups. I feel I need to stick to one before I can start making progress.

quicksilver · 7 Dec 2019, 13:21

@b3k I'm consistently better with the blue dragon. It's standard attack and banish attack cover a wide area and hit multiple targets at the same time. The green dragon is definitely more powerful with it's concentrated fire but I have a much harder time clearing the screen of multiple enemies. The red dragon is also more powerful but it's banish attack has a limited range so I find it the least useful.