MAME ROW #40 - Armed Formation

obsidianspider

Here's a high score to get things started.

141,200

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.

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 :)

meleu

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:

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

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

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...
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obsidianspider

OK, so what's a "Vowger"?

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

obsidianspider

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.

meleu

@obsidianspider This week's selection was very curious, random.org brought two games with many similarities:

vertical shooter
a power up that gives 2 "satelites" to help with shooting and protect your ship.
getting the Laser power up is a bad thing if you have another one.

cyperghost

Score is only 54700 Pts - that games does not like me.
congrats @obsidianspider and his 141k+a bit more score

obsidianspider

MAME ROW #41 is live!