MAME ROW #120 - Cabal

GtBFilms

To be fair, it seemed a bit easier than I remember from the arcade. Probably having roll as a button instead of needing a spin on the trackball makes it easier - you are immune to everything, including tank shells, while rolling.

It's a shame this game reveals all its tricks (powerups and destroyable terrain) on the first stage, apart from the end of level boss, nothing much changes - and even the level 2 boss just seems to be a variation of the level 1 one.

My new tactic is to take out the trucks full of enemy soldiers before they get a chance to deploy - those are more trouble than even helicopters and tanks, as they have multiple enemies shooting in various directions, the helicopters and tanks shoot in a predictable manner and can be avoided (although it's still best to take them out before they get to shoot if possible)

I stockpiled grenades by shooting stretcher bearers then used as many as required on the bosses - throwing three grenades as a time in bursts meant the level 1 boss didn't even get a chance to return fire .

It just got too hectic by the third level to keep track of everything going on!

A great fun blaster though. I remember thinking at the time in the arcades that the comical run and music atbthebsend of each stage was out of place for such a game, but now I quite like it - gives the game a bit of character!

pjft

@GtBFilms thanks for the precious tips!

My first attempt are a measly 212k, stage 1-4, even before the first boss. I'll try more in the coming days!

pjft

@GtBFilms so, today I played a few more times and reached stage 2-1, scoring 440,630. Still nowhere close to your score :D

I'm curious about your statement about "I stockpiled grenades by shooting stretcher bearers then used as many as required on the bosses - throwing three grenades as a time in bursts meant the level 1 boss didn't even get a chance to return fire .".

It takes quite a few grenades to kill the level 1 boss, though, right? That was more of a figure of speech than anything else, I assume?

To be fair, though, the level 1 boss probably didn't need grenades, I feel?

I'll give it a couple more tries. :)

thelostsoul

So hello guys, I had a few runs now and still try to get to stage 1-4. My current score is 144'040 and a screen follows if I improve. It is the first time I play this game, I quite like it (especially the title screen). Let's see if I can catch up. :D

EDIT: Ah, now I got it. I have to press fast and short to shoot and if I hold the button, he stops moving. That makes sense, then its fine and the cursor speed is no issue.
If I shoot, my character is not able to move. So shooting and moving at same time seems not possible. I have a second question about the cursor speed. I don't know the original game and don't know if my cursor is slow. Did you guys change it somehow or is the default speed authentic?

thelostsoul

Finally it is playable to me. Here is what i got, stage: 2-2, score: 518'350

First screenshot to capture the moment when i died and second one for my name.
Something which bugs me: I use autofire, as this is allowed here.

thelostsoul

Hello, here comes my improvement. Made it to stage 3-2, even when I lost a life very early in game.
Score: 1'001'440 😎

Now I like the game.

@pjft said in MAME ROW #120 - Cabal:

@thelostsoul Stay away from the steak for lunch today. You'll thank me later.

Signed: future thelostsoul .

Thank you. ;-)

VictimRLSH

Those are some HARDCORE scores, great job!

obsidianspider

MAME ROW #121 is live!

GtBFilms

@thelostsoul awesome score!

pjft

Well done @thelostsoul and @GtBFilms .

I never made it past my original score of 440k, here's the picture I finally managed to upload.

thelostsoul

I know this is for fun only, but I wanted say something about AutoFire. Yes, again this topic. My score is not impressive, because AutoFire really makes it easy. The proof comes from a friend of mine, who struggled to beat my score and I recommended him to enable AutoFire. Suddenly he reached almost double my score.

My conclusion: For the sake of fun (thats the reason we do this), at this place I will not play with AutoFire in the future. It gives an big advantage.

VictimRLSH

@thelostsoul Yeah, autofire here makes it possible to harvest about 20 grenades at a pop.