MAME ROW #23 - Goindol (World)

obsidianspider

This is the MAME Random Of the Week #23

The three random numbers for this week are: 1294, 623, 641.

Click here to vote which game you choose for MAME ROW #23

The result of the poll is posted on Wednesday, so we have Monday and Tuesday for experimentation.

1294
Game Name: PlayChoice-10: Dr. Mario
Company: Nintendo
Year: 1990
ROM file name: pc_drmro.zip

623
Game Name: Golden Fire II
Company: Topis Corp
Year: 1992
ROM file name: gfire2.zip

641
Game Name: Goindol (World)
Company: Sun a Electronics
Year: 1987
ROM file name: goindol.zip

What is the MAME ROW?

MAME ROW stands for MAME Random Of the Week. We randomly select an arcade game from the 0.78 MAME Reference Set to play on the week. The idea is to play games we've never played before, interact with other forum members, post hi-scores, share game strategies, fun facts, and (the most important) HAVE FUN!

There's no need to use RetroPie to join the MAME ROW! You can play it on any platform you want.

Every Monday we create a topic at the "General Discussion and Gaming" forum section with the 3 random games to be voted. And on Wednesday we check the result.

The current week's game thread is just where there are more people interacting/talking about the game(s). Feel free to post your hi-score (or any content about the game) anytime you want on the previous "rounds" topics (links below).

These "rules" are constantly being improved!

Links to the previous "rounds"

obsidianspider

We have an interesting situation this week with the inclusion of a PlayChoice 10 game. As you're probably aware, PlayChoice 10 was essentially just a set of regular NES games where you'd select from a set of games and put money in to play for a given amount of time. Unfortunately, PlayChoice 10 games in MAME are a bit of a nuisance. They DO work, but require the use of some extra keys to select the game and to press Enter instead of the normal Start button. I was able to get PlayChoice 10 Dr. Mario to work with a keyboard plugged in to get the game running, but then I had the PlayChoice 10 instructions at the top of the screen, which was kind of annoying.

Due to the weirdness of starting the game and it being split screen, do we want to consider "regular" Dr. Mario from NES, or should PlayChoice 10 Dr. Mario stand on its own? The only difference I can see once you get into the game is that you only have a given number of seconds to play.

backstander

I didn't realize the PlayChoice 10 games where own our MAME list. I've never gotten any to work but I didn't know about the pressing the Enter key on the keyboard to start the game. I'm not a fan of how the split screen looks making everything super small and the huge black bars on both sides of the screen. I personally would rather play/vote for the NES (or SNES) version of Dr. Mario or re-roll for a different random number/game. If others feel the same then maybe we should also exclude the PlayChoice 10 (like the Quiz and Mahjong) or substitute for the NES versions.

obsidianspider

@backstander It's not even the Enter key on the keyboard, I had to hit Tab and go into the MAME menu to look at what the inputs were for the game. Quite a pain in the rear.

dankcushions

doesn't look like dr mario is part of the hiscore.dat either (not tested, but looking at the file), so you'd have to screenshot your scores at the end of each session.

i think it can be included if it works. sounds like those start bugs might be fixable...

dankcushions

i really don't like how the playchoice games are laid out in mame, and i've no nostalgia with dr mario so it just seemed a bit frustrating and unfair :/

goindol is a sort of frustrating breakout/arkanoid type thing. i don't know what it is about this one but i died after a couple of bounces EVERY time. the attract mode proudly boasts of 100 stages... they might as well shipped it with 1 :)

golden fire ii reminds me of some boardgame that i can't remember. i think i might go for this if i can work out how to play! not sure if it has a score table though.. only had a brief look.

obsidianspider

@dankcushions Do you mean Reversi (also known as Othello)? That's what Golden Fire II reminded me of.

dankcushions

@obsidianspider said in MAME ROW #23:

@dankcushions Do you mean Reversi (also known as Othello)? That's what Golden Fire II reminded me of.

that's it!

meleu

@obsidianspider said in MAME ROW #23:

Due to the weirdness of starting the game and it being split screen, do we want to consider "regular" Dr. Mario from NES, or should PlayChoice 10 Dr. Mario stand on its own?

Just to keep the MAME ROW following the K.I.S.S. principle, I think we should treat the PlayChoice 10 games like those that need an extra config to play.

Regarding to the time, it can be interesting to check who gets the best score in a certain amount of time.

obsidianspider

It was a close vote, but this week's winner is Goindol (World)

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GtBFilms

Sorry I've been away on holiday this week. I'll try to post a score before the deadline though.

obsidianspider

@GtBFilms It's actually a really hard game. I wonder if it would be easier with a joystick as opposed to the D-Pad that I'm using.

GtBFilms

@obsidianspider no, it's hard as nails with a joystick too! Really twitchy controls. I think this needs a trackball or a spinner really.

I'm managed to get 10700 but that was just luck as I accidentally picked up a power up that cleared the first level.

Most of my attempts were only about 2 - 3000.

Fruitybit

Another game which benefits from my cheap thumb mouse thing! 14000 and some small change, dropping the sensitivity a tad made all the difference, but only with the thumb mouse! Not a chance with a controller, but I've (sadly due to time) only had a few goes at this one.

meleu

@obsidianspider I'm going to post the MAME ROW #24 post, are you OK with it?

obsidianspider

@meleu Go for it!

Fruitybit

Noooooo!!! I just beat my score, 36100, I tried to screenshot it for bragging rights, but I'm abroad and on my ubuntu install, so I've no idea where the screenshot got saved:(( At least I had a proper go at last though!

Edit @obsiodianspider I just found it via the retroarch settings! Thanks though:)

obsidianspider

@Fruitybit On my RetroPie x86 install the default screenshot location is ~/.config/retroarch/screenshots/

Hopefully that awesome high score is in there!

Fruitybit

@obsidianspider

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HA!, I seem to be having problems embedding, ah there we go...

meleu

Let's go to the next round: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8708/mame-row-24