MAME ROW #28 - Surprise Attack

obsidianspider

@meleu I've seen a video of a guy playing through it where there is English text. Ironically, he's speaking what I think is Spanish in the voiceover. I'm not sure where he found that version of the game.

I'd be curious to know how hard those trivia questions are if you can actually read the language. I just picked anything and sometimes it ended up being right.

meleu

@obsidianspider said in MAME ROW #28 - Surprise Attack:

I'd be curious to know how hard those trivia questions are if you can actually read the language. I just picked anything and sometimes it ended up being right.

I think they are questions about chemistry and physics (high school level).

I saw a question like "arigato sayonara ichi ni san?" and the options were some acceleration values in m/s². I chose 9.8 m/s² and got it right. Then I think they were asking about the gravity's acceleration on Earth.

meleu

Tip for a better score: don't get that electric thing that turns the character invulnerable for a few seconds. When you don't use that power you get +10k points in the end of the stage.

Also, I've found this blog post with some fun comments about Surprise Attack. Can be a funny pastime reading...

obsidianspider

82,400 for now. (I'm only playing on one credit per game.) The third level where you're flipping up and down and all over can get disorienting on whether you have to press up to duck or jump or whatever.

meleu

I've just realized another MAME ROW "collateral benefit": discover great blogs. :-)

I've spent some time glancing at vgjunk article index (that blog I linked above with an article about Surprise Attack) and noticed that it has some cool and well written articles. Like these:

backstander

@meleu
The Super Mario Bros. Hacks: "Bowser Vs. Wario" and "Mario Vs. Airman" look like they are well done! I'll have to check them out!

Also "Atario Bros." might be fun to play through as well!

"Atario Bros. has a simple yet extremely effective concept: all the graphics are swapped with ultra-low resolution replacements to recreate the look of an Atari 2600 game."

meleu

I've almost put my name in the 1st place: 93300. Only one credit, of course! :-)

BTW, I don't understand what that PTS column means. I think REACH column is the stage where you got the game over.

GtBFilms

Sorry, but once again this week I'm just not getting the time for some classic retro gaming. And next week doesn't look much better with in-laws visiting, sorry!

backstander

I gave "Bowser Vs. Wario", "Mario Vs. Airman" and "Atario Bros." a go. Both Bowser Vs. Wario and Mario Vs. Airman are really hard and I was getting some weird graphical glitches in Mario Vs. Airman but I really thought Atario Bros. looked cool but there are some sprites that still have their original graphics (it is v0.43 at the moment):

backstander

Haha...I used @UDb23's generic Atari 2600 overlay for this screenshot!

obsidianspider

MAME ROW #29 is live!