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    MAME ROW #6: Pang

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    • pjftP
      pjft
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      @cyperghost Thanks :)

      I'll make a note to drop by and at least vote every week :)

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      • meleuM
        meleu @pjft
        last edited by meleu

        @pjft with Pang specifically it doesn't matter, because the score goes back to zero after a continue.

        The most important rule here is have fun. The rest are optional (but being honest with the score would be nice :-) ).

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        • pjftP
          pjft @meleu
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          @meleu Haha, of course :) I'm in this above all for the fun.

          The reason I asked is because, since I do not have a lot of time these days, when I do have the chance, I just pop up a random game and try to take it to the end, burning as many credits as needed, just to go through it for nostalgia's sake as I obviously wasn't able to do it back in the day as credits did cost money :)

          I'll try to submit high scores after a single credit, though, should be fun :) Being honest, always!

          Thanks!

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          • GtBFilmsG
            GtBFilms
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            Welcome @pjft!

            I agree the MAME ROW is a great chance to try some of the less popular games that might have passed us by. I enjoy it because there are some games (Bosconian I'm looking at you) that I probably wouldn't have played more than a couple of times, but actually get better the more you play them.

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            • pjftP
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              Wow. This was fun. I thought I'd do better at Pang, but it's not as simple as I remembered it to be! :)

              The first credit I ended up making a few basic blunders and losing all 3 lives around stage 2 or something, which was a shame, with only around 10k points.

              I added a second credit and continued, the score went back to zero, and then went to stage 6 (Mt. Keirin), with a score of 85020.

              Then after starting from scratch I got to Mt. Keirin on 1 credit - with a few lives - but lost there, again. This time, I scored 104310. That was good! Similar to @cyperghost , also on stage 6 :)

              Then I spent a last quarter, from level 1, but only scored 44930 and died at around stage 4 :P

              I find that I like the double arrow weapon the most, I suppose - the gun should be better in theory, but requires some movement precision that I don't always have when the screen gets full of small balls that only bounce slightly higher than the character. As such, I find myself deliberately avoiding picking it up - even waiting for it to disappear if it comes my way.

              As for strategies, definitely not going to the corner is a big one, as you have no escape and few ways to navigate that should a ball go straight at you. Also, I find that I try to shoot all removable blocks from the screen so that I can then best control the ball trajectories, but there are unbreakable blocks in some of the later levels, which make that difficult.

              It's a fun game, though more "rigid" than I remembered it to be. I'll definitely try to come back in the coming days if I have the chance, to see if I can at least move past stage 6. :)

              Also, are you always starting at Level 1? Or is there another place to start that ends up being easier?

              Cheers!

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              • GtBFilmsG
                GtBFilms @pjft
                last edited by GtBFilms

                I got a new joystick top, at 66g it's double the weight of the old ball top.

                And with this new level of control I bagged myself a score of 189600! (stage 10)

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                • meleuM
                  meleu @pjft
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                  @pjft we all agreed to start from the stage 1, as said in this post above.

                  @GtBFilms damn! I have to beat it! :-)

                  It's a pitty that @R1n0X is very busy this weekend. He's a good gamer and for sure would bring a nice hi-score here...

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                  • GtBFilmsG
                    GtBFilms
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                    Ah, there's a bonus guy runs along the top of level 4 for a nice 100,000 points and an extra life pickup on level 5.

                    235,110!

                    Still died on stage 10 though.

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                    • cyperghostC
                      cyperghost @GtBFilms
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                      @GtBFilms I don't understand the point system
                      50pt for each shoot 'n' hit... when to get 400, 800, 1600?

                      I hit the guy in level 4 ... seems to be an astronaut or somewhat. This guy gives me just 10,000 points :(

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                      • GtBFilmsG
                        GtBFilms @cyperghost
                        last edited by GtBFilms

                        @cyperghost ah maybe it was 10,000, I read too many zeros!

                        To be honest I don't understand the points for each bubble either, it seems that the last few bubbled on a screen get bonus scores, and these appear to be different. I was thinking it might be more points for how close you are to the last few bubbles you pop, then I thought perhaps it was to do with how close to the ground they were, as lower ones seem to give 1600, while higher ones only maybe 500.

                        However I never really got a conclusive answer to that, it still seems a bit random.

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                        • cyperghostC
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                          Okay! My last entry here :) - 123030 Pts Level 7
                          2nd place?!

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                          • dankcushionsD
                            dankcushions Global Moderator @cyperghost
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                            @cyperghost said in MAME ROW #6: Pang:

                            Okay! My last entry here :) - 123030 Pts Level 7
                            2nd place?!

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                            3rd place after @GtBFilms and @meleu

                            and now 4th :)

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                            • dankcushionsD
                              dankcushions Global Moderator
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                              make that second place now :)

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                              • cyperghostC
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                                @dankcushions said in MAME ROW #6: Pang:

                                make that second place now :)

                                I think we need a billboard next time!
                                I see PANG! hits great resonance :)

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                                • meleuM
                                  meleu
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                                  Where's the astronaut?!?!?! I want that bonus!! :D

                                  Is the 4 stage the first of Mt. Keirin?!

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                                  • cyperghostC
                                    cyperghost @meleu
                                    last edited by cyperghost

                                    @meleu Yes @ stage4 Mt. Keirin

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                                    • pjftP
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                                      Still going to have a final go at it for today :) Will attempt to at least change the rankings, though getting a score over 200k feels impossible to me at the moment. :)

                                      What's the status?

                                      GtBFilms - 235110
                                      dankcushions - 210990
                                      meleu - 146560
                                      cyperghost - 123030
                                      pjft - 104310

                                      Is that it?

                                      Good fun, though, will report back.

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                                      • pjftP
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                                        No good.

                                        After quite a few attempts, my best is 119350 - Stage 7 :)

                                        I'm closing Pang for now. Looking forward to tomorrow's ROW voting.

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                                        • GtBFilmsG
                                          GtBFilms @pjft
                                          last edited by GtBFilms

                                          That was good fun. I managed to grab a shot of that elusive astronaut. He's on level 5, not level 4 as I thought previously, sorry.

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                                          Looking forward to finding out next weeks selection!

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                                          • meleuM
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                                            You guys were lucky because I was a little busy with RetroAchievements tests this week! :-)

                                            But I'm happy with the 3rd place (and specially happy with the current status of RetroAchievements in RetroArch).

                                            Let's go to the 7th MAME ROW: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/4999/mame-row-7

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