I got nowhere near @meleu's high score, but I have some good news.

MAME ROW #45 is live!

@alturis According to wikipedia, Arcade release was JP only.

@obsidianspider No, I took the train this year, because I am under strict instructions NOT to buy any more retro-gear!

I did buy a couple of t-shirts, but that was it.

They had a decent selection of about 80 cabs, plus about 10 pinball machines. And of course rows and rows of retro computers. Some interesting talks as well this year - one by Gary Bracey, from Ocean software, and another from David Pleasance who was the MD of Commodore UK. There was a demonstration of the Spectrum Next from legendary programmer Jim Bagley as well.

If you are interested, someone has put a couple of them on YouTube already.

Play Blackpool 2017 Gary Bracey Interview

Play Blackpool 2017 David Pleasance Interview

Here's the actual event:

MAME ROW #42 is live!

MAME ROW #41 is live!

MAME ROW #40 is live!

MAME ROW #39 is live!

MAME ROW #38 is live!

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I used Savestate not to get this score, but to train any point where I was having a problem, particularly bosses. Just keep restoring state and replay every sticking point (even if you win) until you have it down pat. The 4th boss was just too tough to get through on one play for me now matter how hard I trained it, but there are peeps on Youtube that have played through the whole game both times (there is a 'secret' ending after the 2nd play through)

Don't forget that unlike virtually all other vertical shumps with bombs, your supply of bombs is restored after each boss win, so don't be shy about using bombs first at the tricky spots in the boss battle, then worry about dodging.

Better late than never, I couldn't match my earlier (unsaved) score, so here's today's effort. Good game, but annoyingly difficult.

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MAME ROW #35 is live!

MAME ROW #34 is live!

MAME ROW #33 is live!

MAME ROW #32 is live!

The days are flying past here, and I barely get enough chance to try out the MAMEROW never mind get a decent score, I'm afraid!

I'm going to give this one another go though as I really enjoyed it.

This weeks ones look interesting too - particularly that roller blading one!

MAME ROW #30 is live!

MAME ROW #29 is live!

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cap'n commando. still a classic.

MAME ROW #27 is live!

MAME ROW #26 is live!