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    MAME ROW #6: Pang

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    • pjftP
      pjft
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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
            last edited by GtBFilms

            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
              last edited by cyperghost

              @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
                  cyperghost
                  last edited by

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

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                  • dankcushionsD
                    dankcushions Global Moderator @cyperghost
                    last edited by

                    @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
                      last edited by

                      make that second place now :)

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                      • cyperghostC
                        cyperghost
                        last edited by cyperghost

                        @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
                          last edited by

                          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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                                    • pjftP
                                      pjft @meleu
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                                      @meleu

                                      How did the RetroAchievements experiment go? I've been curious about those but never fully bothered.

                                      Would love to read your impressions and thoughts.

                                      Best!

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                                      • meleuM
                                        meleu @pjft
                                        last edited by meleu

                                        @pjft said in MAME ROW #6: Pang:

                                        How did the RetroAchievements experiment go?

                                        Do you mean the recent experiments or the RetroAchievements in general?

                                        The recent experiments was basicaly: 1) creating save states right before get some problematic achievements (those which wasn't working in RetroArch but working with the retroachievements.org official emulators) and sending them to let the developer check what's wrong. 2) compiling his code with the fixes. 3) making tests and taking detailed notes. 4) sending detailed feedback. 5) repeating some of these steps.

                                        But it worth the work. Now RetroArch seems to be "fully" compatible with RetroAchievements feature (as I posted here).

                                        If you are talking about the RetroAchievements in general, I think it is a really cool feature. Sometimes it's good to keep track of your progress in a game (beat stage 1, beat stage 2, etc.), sometimes there are funny achievements to get. (finish the stage 1 of Contra (NES) without touching the water), and also there are really challenging achievements (beat the game without dying or with no continues).

                                        This feature is cool because it increases your willingness to play a game that you had left aside. :-)

                                        You can check the official site to learn more about it: retroachievements.org
                                        And check the wiki to learn how to set it up in your RetroPie: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/RetroAchievements

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                                        • pjftP
                                          pjft @meleu
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                                          @meleu

                                          I was referring to your recent experiments, but I appreciate your detailed answer! To be honest I had read about it but never really set it up - I suppose, partially laziness. I should look into that, as it looks really cool, and I'm thankful that you were helping the dev out with those kinks! :)

                                          I'll look into the site and your forum thread!

                                          Best, have a great day sir.
                                          Paulo

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                                          • meleuM
                                            meleu
                                            last edited by meleu

                                            As far as I can remember the hi-score here is from @GtBFilms : 235110.

                                            The @UDb23 's new Pang overlay made me play it again. And this is my hi-score: 238350 270270 340830

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