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    • obsidianspiderO
      obsidianspider
      last edited by obsidianspider

      This is the MAME Random Of the Week #40

      The three random numbers for this week are: 1550, 2053, 365 64

      365 is CVS Bios and since you can't really play a BIOS file, it's been removed from consideration.

      Click here to vote! Which game do you choose for MAME ROW #40?

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

      1550
      Game Name: Rompers (Japan)
      Company: Namco
      Year: 1989
      ROM file name: rompers.zip

      2053
      Game Name: Varth - Operation Thunderstorm (World 920612)
      Company: Capcom
      Year: 1992
      ROM file name: varth.zip

      64
      Game Name: Armed Formation
      Company: Nichibutsu
      Year: 1988
      ROM file name: armedf.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!

      Notes:

      1. We usually post hi-scores screenshots after playing with only one credit. If you used more than one credit, please mention it on your post.

      2. 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 > MAME Random Of the Week" forum section with the 3 random games to be voted. And on Wednesday we check the result.

      These "rules" are constantly being improved!

      Previous Rounds

      📷 @obsidianspider

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      • obsidianspiderO
        obsidianspider
        last edited by

        Some initial impressions: Rompers is a puzzle/maze-like game that isn't "easy" (you die a lot) but it's not really challenging either. I got bored pretty quickly.

        Varth is cool, but wow, your first extra plane is at 600,000 points, second extra plane is at 2,000,000 and third is at 4,500,000!

        Armed Formation has a ship that's just a hair too slow to get out of the way when you want to. I haven't seen any speed increasing power-ups in the brief time I played it, but the weapons were really interesting and it has that quirky Nichibutsu charm that I've grown to love.

        It's going to be a tough choice this week.

        📷 @obsidianspider

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        • meleuM
          meleu @obsidianspider
          last edited by

          @obsidianspider I tried them all and my vote goes to Armed Formation. I like the way we need to manage those "satelites".

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          • cyperghostC
            cyperghost @meleu
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            @meleu said in MAME ROW #40:

            @obsidianspider I tried them all and my vote goes to Armed Formation. I like the way we need to manage those "satelites".

            Yes Armed Formation seems also to be my favourite. The gameplay is a bit slow but you die very fast >> tough game

            Varth is indeed very cool, it's a typical CAPCOM shooter with nice sounds and excellent graphics. I think you can mark Varth as ARCADE Favourite (so I did) and play it later. I think it's not the right game for the MAME RoW because you can play it endless ;)

            Rompers is a nice puzzler, you can kill the monster by upsetting walls on them. It can be also marked as Favourite and may be a good candidate for the MAME RoW this week

            So I'm unsure if I gave my voice Rompers or Armed Formation :)
            Nice game selection for this week... All three games are fine!

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            • UDb23U
              UDb23
              last edited by

              Check here; do you think I'm trying to drive votes towards a specific game this week ?
              :-D

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                backstander @UDb23
                last edited by

                @UDb23

                do you think I'm trying to drive votes towards a specific game this week ?

                Yes! You have persuaded me to vote for Varth!

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                • UDb23U
                  UDb23 @backstander
                  last edited by

                  @backstander good (spontaneous) choice!
                  ;-)

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                  • cyperghostC
                    cyperghost
                    last edited by

                    Is bribery of any kind forbidden in the MAME RoW rules?
                    I'm really upset :D :D
                    Nice artwork btw ;) Is there also a artwork for Armed Formation? Not for me.... it's for a friend!

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                    • UDb23U
                      UDb23 @cyperghost
                      last edited by

                      @cyperghost said in MAME ROW #40:

                      artwork for Armed Formation? Not for me.... it's for a friend!

                      Hmmm... sounds an excuse I already heard somewhere..
                      lol

                      Haven't checked about available artwork to make the overlay. Let me have a look into this.

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                      • meleuM
                        meleu
                        last edited by

                        Yeah, Varth is pretty good too.

                        By the way, I found the Ryu on stage 4! :-)

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                        • UDb23U
                          UDb23 @cyperghost
                          last edited by

                          @cyperghost said in MAME ROW #40:

                          Is there also a artwork for Armed Formation? Not for me.... it's for a friend!

                          Now there is: I just made it.

                          Quite challenging... including instructions translation from Japanese ;-)

                          Of course I expect "your friend" that asked for it, at least to post a screenshot here !!

                          Have fun!

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                          • obsidianspiderO
                            obsidianspider
                            last edited by

                            This week's winner is Armed Formation

                            0_1498648716940_Screen Shot 2017-06-28 at 7.17.40 AM.png

                            0_1498648775872_armedf.jpg

                            📷 @obsidianspider

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                            • cyperghostC
                              cyperghost @UDb23
                              last edited by cyperghost

                              @UDb23 Well ... my pal is also a very good trick shooter - so stay tuned crcerror is our new competitor ;D

                              Thank you very much - you have done a nice artwork!

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                              • obsidianspiderO
                                obsidianspider
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                                Here's a high score to get things started.

                                141,200

                                0_1498662874509_armedf-170628-111334.png

                                I haven't been able to determine what gives you extra lives, but they are available and the game isn't too stingy about handing them out.

                                Use the Formations often. There are plenty more of the power-ups in the game.

                                Stage 2 is a lot easier than Stage 1, but I died at the boss and had no more lives left at that point. I'm really liking this game.

                                📷 @obsidianspider

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                                • cyperghostC
                                  cyperghost
                                  last edited by cyperghost

                                  @UDb23 My friend installed your bezel ;) Look beautifull - Thank you in the name of crcerror
                                  @obsidianspider Yes that's the point! Armed Formation is really tough! But it makes fun as hell because the point system is not so bogus as in the CAPCOM shooters. So I prefered AF at first gameplay... Of course Varth is really cool - quick, sounds are massive and controlling is easy but it's not a game (imho) that got's that retro feeling. AF got's it and therefore I added it to my MAME RoW favourite folder.

                                  And 141k points seems a good base :)

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                                  • meleuM
                                    meleu
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                                    I knew before the election results that I would had to travel to work last night. Then I had to bet wich game would win before the results and play hard to post some score.

                                    Due to @UDb23 's marketing for Varth I thought it would win and then I tried hard on that game. Reached the stage 5 and got a decent score:
                                    0_1498665123654_varth.png

                                    But last night I checked the parcial results and Armed Formation had 3 votes! My reaction: "Damn! I should have focused on this game!"
                                    While I was waiting for the bus time I tried my best and I think I killed the first boss, but we died together...

                                    Here is my best score: 73600

                                    0_1498664822628_armedf.png

                                    Unfortunately I'll be away from my arcade cabinet untill next week... :(

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                                    • cyperghostC
                                      cyperghost @meleu
                                      last edited by cyperghost

                                      @meleu

                                      Unfortunately I'll be away from my arcade cabinet untill next week... :(

                                      Well that's real life

                                      @UDb23
                                      But here is my friends (=crcerror) real game score. He is just warming up...
                                      Bild Text

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                                      • obsidianspiderO
                                        obsidianspider
                                        last edited by

                                        OK, so what's a "Vowger"?

                                        📷 @obsidianspider

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                                        • cyperghostC
                                          cyperghost
                                          last edited by cyperghost

                                          @obsidianspider I think it's just the ships name.
                                          Captain Nemo got his Nautilus, Captain Picard got the spaceship Enterprise and Captain A. Formation got the Vowger ;)


                                          Edit:
                                          Yes the wiki article says the same: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation_Armed_F

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                                          • obsidianspiderO
                                            obsidianspider
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                                            Level 1 Tip:

                                            Toward the end of Level 1 where Laser upgrades start showing up, if you still have your Bombs from earlier, don't upgrade to the Laser. The Bombs are much more effective up until the very final boss.

                                            📷 @obsidianspider

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