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Golden Era Game of the Week 8/13/05: Red Baron

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:50 pm
by Weehawk
Golden Era Game of the Week

See introduction here

The Game: Red Baron

romname: redbaron

Screenshot:
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(click to see current MARP scores)


Reward: $50 (usd)

Deadline for submission to MARP: August 19, 2005 2359 hours GMT

Further Bounty: none

Another game sponsored by George "gastrainga" Strain (Zhorik on the forums).

Twin Galaxies record for the arcade machine is 447,860 by David Palmer in 1985. His recent communications with TG when his Star Wars record was reinstated revealed that after that performance he bought his own machine and later exceeded 1 million points.

This was one of the monochrome games competed on in the 2005 International Classic Game Tournament at Funspot. Dave Nelson took first place on it with 92,000 points.

FAQ available here.

Use WolfMAME .98 or .99

"On Deck" game: Armor Attack

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 2:41 am
by Zhorik
On this game its important to get a good calibration on the joystick in the first 10-15 seconds. Do a lot of full circles with the stick. If after 10-15 seconds you don't fly straight when you let go of the stick, start over and try again. I can get a good calibration about half the time.

I find it very hard to have good control with a keyboard on this game.

-gastrainga

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:47 am
by destructor
Mouse?

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:06 am
by Mighty Mouse
destructor wrote:Mouse?
Sup?

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 4:47 pm
by Weehawk
Mighty Mouse wrote:
destructor wrote:Mouse?
Sup?
http://www.kraker2.krookedkrake.com/imagesn/mitymse.wav

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:28 pm
by Zhorik
destructor wrote:Mouse?
If you often play with mouse on games, mouse would probably be ok. I tried it out and and control seems pretty good, but original game had stick, and that is what I'm more comfortable with.

-George

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:31 pm
by Weehawk
Sunday's bonus points to new MARP member GREYTOP1.

Re: Golden Era Game of the Week 8/13/05: Red Baron

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:09 am
by jbd41
Do you know if David Palmer plans to make an official submission of a million+ score?

Not going to have time to play, classes started this week and I'm swamped with lesson planning and such. :(

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:26 am
by Koza
Ok ppl.. i'm back in the game (got back from work) :)

Re: Golden Era Game of the Week 8/13/05: Red Baron

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:48 am
by Weehawk
jbd41 wrote:Do you know if David Palmer plans to make an official submission of a million+ score?
No, but if I did it wouldn't be appropriate for me to say.

I am reminded of the Congo Bongo week last year when , in the last five minutes before deadline, Jason Cram submitted his first MARP entry ever, just barely winning.

You never know...

Re: Golden Era Game of the Week 8/13/05: Red Baron

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:50 am
by Zhorik
jbd41 wrote:Do you know if David Palmer plans to make an official submission of a million+ score?

Not going to have time to play, classes started this week and I'm swamped with lesson planning and such. :(
Million+ would be well past the usual 1 hour time limit for GEGOTW games. More than 200K in an hour would require serious point pressing I think.

-gastrainga

Re: Golden Era Game of the Week 8/13/05: Red Baron

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:00 am
by Weehawk
Zhorik wrote:Million+ would be well past the usual 1 hour time limit for GEGOTW games. More than 200K in an hour would require serious point pressing I think.
And we will definitely be observing the hour time limit if anyone surpasses it.

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:25 pm
by destructor
Gstrain:
I watched your inp and I saw that one plane appear at one time (only one plane). When I play, I often have 3 planes at one time.
How do you do it? Where is secret? 3 planes are harder to kill than one.

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:24 pm
by Zhorik
destructor wrote:Gstrain:
I watched your inp and I saw that one plane appear at one time (only one plane). When I play, I often have 3 planes at one time.
How do you do it? Where is secret? 3 planes are harder to kill than one.
Really? Think of the extra points I'm throwing away.

E-mail me a good Congo Bongo recording (I promise I won't snipe you for bounties later), and I'll tell you.

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:36 pm
by destructor
Zhorik wrote:E-mail me a good Congo Bongo recording (I promise I won't snipe you for bounties later), and I'll tell you.
Blackmail!!!
Wait, I must find it on my HD.