Gaming Challenges*ADDED POLL*

[Izret101]

Sonic the Hedgehog best times
I only took a picture so far of my best time on the first level. And it seems i made a liar out of myself. The absolute best possible time ANYONE could get would be 28 seconds. Maybe 27 with an impossibly/inhumane flawless run.
So anyways here i am at 29 seconds |D

And here i am @ 30seconds
http://img.photobucket.co...479/izret101/DSC00847.jpg

I got a 29 second run on Act 2 but i hit spikes so that means i can get 2-3 seconds better
Eh only 1 second better but good enough for now.

[Tynstar]

Good try Sureshot. But try try again!  

[Sauza12]

I don't think anyone here is pathetic enough to cheat to get a high score.  So I say emulators away!

I will be posting a score for Galaga soon.  Thou shalt kneel before it.

[Sureshot]

I was also thinking about Galaga today, I'll definitely have a go at that one as well (if the poll goes the right way!)

[Tynstar]

I can't get a highscore on Galaga. That game puts me to sleep. I could do a Ms Pac Man score.

[atari_wizard]

I could do a Ms Pac Man score.

what system? i have the genesis, 2600, 7800 and both versions for the nes. i don't think i am very good at ms. pac-man, but am willing to compete to see how i stand amongst you all.


also on galaga 7800, very easy. i rolled the score over a while back and wish i had taken a pic of it. |D

[Tynstar]

Actually I have the coin op. I was going to use that. I played it last night for teh first time in a month or so and got 190k. My best score is 230k.

You could use MAME I guess.

[Sauza12]

also on galaga 7800, very easy. i rolled the score over a while back and wish i had taken a pic of it.

I've never played Galaga on the 7800.  Is it really that much easier?  I was just going to play it on one of my Namco collection discs.  It's the closest I'm going to get to the arcade expirience without leaving the house.

I could do a Ms Pac Man score.

I'll post a Ms. Pac-man score too, but I have a hunch that your scorle could be up to 7x higher than mine.  I suck at Pac-man games but i can't stop playing them.  

[Izret101]

I would have to try and get a Ms. Pac-man rom for MAME then.
O yeah for peopel who don't have MAME on their PC (i know i don't) you can give this a try http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=48

[Tynstar]

Ms Pac Man

Settings - Free guy at 10k and I think I have a fast version of the game.

[atari_wizard]

You could use MAME I guess.

WOW! thanks for the suggestion. i spent a few hours searching for a mame emu and ms. pac-man rom and i finally figured out how to use the program. is there a way to hook up a usb controller? i am having difficulties, but as of now i am getting up to par. i hope to bring a nice score to the table.

by the way, how do you take a snap shot of the game? is there a certain way like nesten(i believe it is) or do you have to use the handy ol dig camera? thank you for any help.

[Sureshot]

PrtScn key -> copy into MSPaint does the job for me, if you're talking about emulator shots

Oh and they could do with updating that Wolfmame on the site, MAME is on 0.99 now!

[Sureshot]

Your new target



There's actually a very cheap way to earn more points in this game, albeit slightly risky, and that's losing a life when the boss you're fighting has 1 punch left of health, then kill them immediately when you return.  This resets the timer to 99 and you get much more time bonus score at the end.

The other thing I did this time is go into the Mr-X battle with 4 lives, took on trash mobs for 3 of them and then used the method above to gain my beefy time bonus.

Just some tips for those attempting this one

Oh and I managed to get hold of Ms. Pacman with the speedhack as Tynstar has.  It's damn fun even though I suck at the games, so I might submit something for that in the future!

[Sureshot]

Ok, I have another little challenge to throw into the mix, and a game that many of you may never have heard before if you aren't from the British Isles.  Go to http://www.stairwaytohell.com, get yourself a BBC emulator and try and get your highest possible score on the legendary Chuckie Egg (also found there).

Here's what it looks like (not my screenshot):



I'll post a score when I sit down and play it again next

Edit: Found a screenshot of a game I had a little while ago (I believe I died very shortly after with nothing more scored):



Enjoy!

[Sureshot]

Here's a pretty tame Galaga score that I'm sure will be beaten.  Note, I'm using Galaga rev. B, just a bugfixed original (I believe), which does NOT have rapidfire and you can only use ONE button to fire, rather than some versions that allow 2 (for instance, in the Namco Classics Collection Vol. 1).

http://sureshot.sulphuricacid.co.uk/galaga.jpg (in URL form as it's a large image).

EDIT: I actually just got about 1000 more, but not worth posting it really.