Golden Era Game of the Week 4/9/05: The Glob

Weehawk · Post by **Weehawk** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:42 pm

Golden Era Game of the Week

See introduction here

The Game: The Glob

romname: theglob

Screenshot:

(click to see current MARP scores)

Reward: $50 (usd)

Deadline for submission to MARP: April 15, 2005 2359 hours GMT

Further Bounty: none

Not really my type of game, but I had some fun playing it.

Tried Beastie Feastie at the last minute and it seemed easier to play, but we'll stick with this version for our competition.

Use WolfMAME .95

QRS · Post by **QRS** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:40 am

Maybe Mark A will show up now?

destructor · Post by **destructor** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 5:58 am

I see info on his page that WR on The Glob is made by Donald Hayes.
http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/play ... /index.htm
Heh, this round will be very hard.

[EDIT]
Wrong scores for theglob on MARP scoreboard:
viewtopic.php?t=12110

Weehawk · Post by **Weehawk** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:38 pm

QRS wrote:Maybe Mark A will show up now?

GEGOTW has a little something for everyone.

Just watch two weeks from now.

Weehawk · Post by **Weehawk** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:57 pm

QRS wrote:Maybe Mark A will show up now?

Also, I have not thought that it would be fair for me to notify any individual player personally about a challenge I thought might interest them, but anyone else is certainly welcome to notify anyone they wish.

And this gives me an idea I should have had a long time ago. For the benefit of those who might be interested but don't follow the forums closely, I will start a mailing list to which I will send the announcement each week.

I will make a sticky post in this forum shortly announcing this and telling how to get on the list.

I can also use the text version of the announcement to post to alt.games.mame, which I've been meaning to get around to anyway.

Weehawk · Post by **Weehawk** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:26 pm

destructor wrote:Wrong scores for theglob on MARP scoreboard:
viewtopic.php?t=12110

Something weird happened to these games in between MAME .37b4 and now.

The layout of the food on level 2 in theglob, theglob2 and theglob3 was the same as in theglobp in MAME .37b4.

Now the food in level 2 is in a different pattern on theglob, theglob2, and theglob3. It's still the same in theglobp.

Anyway, for this competition you'll be playing theglob in WolfMAME .95. That way we'll all be playing the same game.

Weehawk · Post by **Weehawk** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:47 pm

Great competition thus far.

Don Hayes gets Sunday's bonus points.

http://www.gegotw.net/news.html

Weehawk · Post by **Weehawk** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:46 pm

Destructor takes Tuesday's bonus points.

http://www.gegotw.net/news.html

Weehawk · Post by **Weehawk** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:51 pm

Donald Hayes and a 14 point lead take Thursday's bonus points.

http://www.gegotw.net/news.html

"Tune in tomorrow for the thrilling conclusion of...THE GLOB!"

MDARULZ · Post by **MDARULZ** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:16 am

Thanks for the gentle prodding, everyone, but, mostly because of tax time, I will abdicate my crown of Globmaster... for the moment ! Of course, it doesn't hurt that DBH has taken over - if I'm abdicating, I'll feel better about Don taking over, versus most anyone else !

OK, excuses, excuses ! Actually, there are even more issues than just taxes. Like, my gaming machine's mobo (motherboard for newbies) gave out a few weeks ago, and I still haven't replaced it. Also, since others are point-pressing (which is OK by me, mind you), and I normally don't do it on the early boards, this means that the game is even more annoying than normal. Don't get me wrong - I love Glob. But, the only decent version (besides Beastie Feastie) is theglobp, since it fixes the annoying sounds and bad, bad monster movement / AI of the other versions (apparently Epos fired the original programmer, and got someone intelligent on board for the version mentioned above).

Well, I guess I have my work cut out for me this summer - beat the high on both theglob, and snakepit. Seems easy enough, but, it should take a good couple of weeks. To paraphrase John, "Tune in this summer for the thrilling conclusion of...THE GLOB!" - Mark / MDA

http://www.classicarcadegaming.com - Chronicling the history of the 'Golden Age'...

dbh · Post by **dbh** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:31 pm

Well, I didn't think my 14 point lead would hold out. Nicely played, destructor!

Just curious if you played at all on level 11. I tried it some last night (using save states) and was unable to get through it with only one man.

destructor · Post by **destructor** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:55 pm

Level 11 for me is too hard (I finish it with 1 life using save states). Levels 12 and 13 are easier.
Best way to get score about 130k is get level 9 without losing life and on level 9 lost all lives on leeching (over 10k for every life). I discovered it too late.

Weehawk · Post by **Weehawk** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:56 pm

Results:
1st: destructor@HotTeam.pl
2nd: Don Hayes
3rd: diabolik

That's 2 bonus for des for a total of 12 this week.

With 2nd and 4 bonus Don gets 11 total.

diabolik 5 for 3rd.

http://www.gegotw.net/news.html