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Season 3, Week 7: Shadow Dancer (Set 3, US); MAME - romulan 'shdancer'
Topic Started: 7 May 2006, 11:14 AM (2,322 Views)
Mawrth
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Is this game hard or am i just crap

110,000

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tk421
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it's nice to have been missed :)
360350 :ph43r:
i'll be sticking around for an hour or so for the inevitable questions ;)
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Sureshot
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Well I wouldn't want to be rude...

How the did you get that score by 2-3?!
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necronom
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tk421
May 10 2006, 10:09 PM
i'll be sticking around for an hour or so for the inevitable questions ;)

Okay, I'll bite :D

How did you get 360,000 on stage 2-3, when I only got 182,000?
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tk421
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'magic ,whole lot of magic'
someone tell me the film of this quote and i will give you a tip that
A. i shouldn't cause i'll get beat ! lol
B. it will get you 100,000 point bonus on the first level ;)
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necronom
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Is it from The Warriors? It's a good film that.
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Mawrth
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Could somebody please tell me how to upload images. Sorry im an newb to forums, ta.
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Mawrth
May 10 2006, 10:28 PM
Could somebody please tell me how to upload images. Sorry im an newb to forums, ta.

There is a file attachment field at the bottom of the screen when you post a reply. You have to use IE though (spit, spit), or you can do what I do and upload your pic to your webspace (your ISP probably gave you some space when you signed up and got your e-mail addresses and internet access), or you can use something like photobucket (I've never used it).
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May 10 2006, 09:25 PM
Is it from The Warriors? It's a good film that.

Oi you ain't meant to get it that quick ;)
bloody ell rumplestiltskin had em going for ages !
ok i won't be one of these that post awesome tips 30 mins before the end of the comp so here are a couple of gems
1. when the dog barks he is in attack mode i.e pressing down and fire will send him forward to the nearest enemy :)
2. complete a level only using the sword i.e close combat all the way and you will get a special bonus of 100,000 points
3. there are a couple of places on level one where you duck behind box wait for 'Floyd' to bark 'go get em floyd' or me being a fan of pink floyd never did get it :blink: and press down and fire and it won't count as a flying star shot
easy 100 K
i'll give it 3 hrs for my precious high score to be obliterated :(
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Sureshot
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Thanks for the tip, tk. You realise this is going to completely piss me off now though, I'm too much of a perfectionist when it comes to stuff like this :lol:
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tk421
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let me know if you can do it if not i will post a complete walkthrough of a fail proof way of completing level 1 without using shurikens
mmmmm 100k
mmmmm should of kept mouth shut

:lol:
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158300

Just cant quite get to the end of that level :-(

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tk421
May 10 2006, 10:33 PM
Oi you ain't meant to get it that quick ;)
bloody ell rumplestiltskin had em going for ages !

:D Did you know that James Remar who plays Ajax in The Warriors was the original Hicks in Aliens? He was replaced by Michael Biehn shortly after starting filming, but appears in once scene (you wouldn't know unless you were a told though).

Walter Hill who directed The Warriors also co-wrote Aliens.

I'm a bit of an Aliens fan. Thread hi-jack over.


Thanks for the tips. I'll have a go tomorrow. It's like "using the Force" on the Star Wars game to get the bonus points.

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May 10 2006, 09:50 PM
tk421
May 10 2006, 10:33 PM
Oi you ain't meant to get it that quick ;)
bloody ell rumplestiltskin had em going for ages !

:D Did you know that James Remar who plays Ajax in The Warriors was the original Hicks in Aliens? He was replaced by Michael Biehn shortly after starting filming, but appears in once scene (you wouldn't know unless you were a told though).

Walter Hill who directed The Warriors also co-wrote Aliens.

I'm a bit of an Aliens fan. Thread hi-jack over.


Thanks for the tips. I'll have a go tomorrow. It's like "using the Force" on the Star Wars game to get the bonus points.

where is he common nec apill the beans aliens is my most favourite film in the world after beat st and ROTJ where's he at !
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tk421
May 10 2006, 09:44 PM
let me know if you can do it if not i will post a complete walkthrough of a fail proof way of completing level 1 without using shurikens
mmmmm  100k
mmmmm should of kept mouth shut

:lol:

Yeah, can do it on level 1-1. Stupidly trying to do it on level 1-2 now though. I can't see it being feasable once you hit the ninjas on 2-1. Did rack up a score of about 290000 but I couldn't be bothered screenshotting it :P
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Had one quick go :)

267,850

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James Remar is in the scene where all the marines go to the AP station to find the colonists. There is a load of "secreted resin" in the corridors and on the ceiling above them. He is in that scene and maybe a quick shot of him as they walk through the tunnels.
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tk421
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thanks Nec
look at all the scores incresesing by a couple of hundred K :(
has anyone got a crying GIF !
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Sureshot
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388200

That's with the first 2 levels cleared with sword only. Made a load of stupid mistakes on 2-2 and died on 2-3 at the end.
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274200 For now, thanks tk, feels like I summoned you or something. Just realising I dind't look at this one on gamefaqs, might be a good idea from now on.
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Mawrth
May 10 2006, 08:47 PM
Is this game hard or am i just crap

110,000

Its a little on the tricky side. But then I'm crap anyway ;)

Welcome in, its always nice to have new players :)
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Leezer
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maybe i should be shot for not telling anyone any tips for games, no maybe i should just send a fucking inp file to everyone who `s never played bubble bobble b4 or how bout i come round everyones house and show them all how to play the game or maybe.... just maybe this been a competition and all we keep any secrets to ourselves ??????


even better i think i`ll send all my competitors my job details to make it all fair and go on the fucking dole, and just for the record i did know about the 100k bonus and i was NOT gonna tell anyone so just ban me now OK
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Leezer
May 11 2006, 07:30 AM
maybe i should be shot for not telling anyone any tips for games, no maybe i should just send a fucking inp file to everyone who `s never played bubble bobble b4 or how bout i come round everyones house and show them all how to play the game or maybe.... just maybe this been a competition and all we keep any secrets to ourselves ??????


even better i think i`ll send all my competitors my job details to make it all fair and go on the fucking dole, and just for the record  i did know about the 100k bonus and i was NOT gonna tell anyone so just ban me now OK

Chill Leezer, don't take it so seriously.

This is supposed to be a friendly competition...

Its generally considered 'nice' to leak out your secrets over the week so people can see some gradual improvement. Doing it at the last moment is a bit pointless as there's no opportunity to use the tips competitively, so I can see some players feel that its just rubbing their noses in defeat.

If anyone is feeling particularly anal about it, then they can always go and read one of the plentiful online guides.

Either way, its not worth getting upset about.

[additional edit]

I should perhaps also mention that when the league was started, it was meant as just a light bit of fun, some gentlemanly competition and a way to get to know games we may otherwise not play fully. Leezer wouldn't have known that or known that 'secrets' weren't really expected.

The idea behind not keeping secrets is that we're all on a level playing field then - its not about some hidden knowledge that gives you an advantage, its about natural skill and ability. Even with the 'secrets' of Bubble Bobble I'm still crap at it and come nowhere near your score...
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Leezer, we usually try and help each other and give out tips. I just thought that posting all your tips with less than 30 minutes to go was a little 'off'. TBH if you are going to post tips so late I would rather you didn't post any at all as it is annoying to know that we could have easily beat our score.

I know you are quite new to the league Leezer and when I joined first of all I remember waiting until the last minutes to post my best scores. This was pointed out by the other guys that this was frowned upon.

BTW Thanks for the tips tkthingy, haven't tried them yet but will give it a go now.

Oh, and I also think Aliens is a great film (In my top 5 favs of all time). I personally prefer it to Alien (or the other 2 of course) but always argue with a mate of mine who thinks Alien is the better film. Opinions anyone?
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[Random Ramblings]Aliens is far better than Alien! - it's like comparing Temple of Doom to either Last Crusade or Raiders of the Lost Ark. Although in saying that I prefer Star Wars over Empire Strikes Back - and the general consensus is that Strike Back is the best. Oh and Ewoks rule!! so there. While we are talking about fav films, I don't split up LOTR - they need to be watched as one film - so I don't really have a favourite.[/Random Ramblings]

*waits to be flamed*


Leezer, chill man!!! It's okay you're new to this. Yep we usually give out secrets, as the week progresses - usually by whoever has suggested the game. As Antiriad says it's a friendly league (of course as we all know there's no such thing as a friendly - have you ever played in a "friendly" football match :D ). Let's move on, no hard feelings guys.

I've had no time this week to play the game, either been out or busy every night. I should get a couple of hours on Saturday night though (busy Thursday & Friday as well)
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Alien and Aliens can't be compared, they're different genres. The first one is a suspense/horror, while the second is a sci-fi action movie.

You're right about Star Wars though, Episode IV is the best, being a self contained story. The others only really work in relation to one another.

Hoping to get some action on this one on Friday night as Mrs Ant is off to a girly party...
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I'm not trying to compare them Ant, I'm just asking which film people prefer, for instance I think that Saving Private Ryan is a better film than Solaris even though one is a war film and the other is a crap sci-fi.
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Mostly down to the tips from tkthingy
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To be honest i'm surprised tk told us about that, don't know if I would've (well, maybe for some attention I would've). reckon it's fair enough if you find out a secret by yourself to keep it to yourself, but that seems to be ungentlemanly so i've learnt something here.
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I'll always offer tips when I discover them or know about them already. In my opinion, having everyone on a level playing field is better for competition, and therefore more fun for me personally. Inadvertantly, this also results in the true best man winning each week, rather than somebody who simply knew more information about the game than everybody else.

Some of us have a week to get to grips with a game, whereas others have years of knowledge. The league would be extremely dull if everyone just picked their favourite games and didn't offer out any hints.
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Sureshot, I think you've just expressed my thoughts far more clearly than I managed earlier.

Oh, and Stomach, there are 3 other Alien movies, none of which match the first ;)
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Having said that, there was a large amount of information in the gaming anthology 2 (or whatever it's called) about bubble bobble that I was going to copy out for everyone, such as, each level divisable by 5 any bubbles left at the end turn into fruit, useful things like that, so maybe I would help people out.


I also agree Ewoks do rule. AWESOMELY!!!!!
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May 11 2006, 01:41 PM
I'll always offer tips when I discover them or know about them already. In my opinion, having everyone on a level playing field is better for competition, and therefore more fun for me personally. Inadvertantly, this also results in the true best man winning each week, rather than somebody who simply knew more information about the game than everybody else.

Some of us have a week to get to grips with a game, whereas others have years of knowledge. The league would be extremely dull if everyone just picked their favourite games and didn't offer out any hints.

I have said it before and I will say it again .. Sureshot for President !.

Couldn't of put it better myself bud ...
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May 11 2006, 02:21 PM
Having said that, there was a large amount of information in the gaming anthology 2 (or whatever it's called) about bubble bobble that I was going to copy out for everyone, such as, each level divisable by 5 any bubbles left at the end turn into fruit, useful things like that, so maybe I would help people out.


I also agree Ewoks do rule. AWESOMELY!!!!!

I fully expect every member of the league to have bought that anyway ;) . I just didn't bother re-reading mine so couldn't remember any of the tips.

I recently reacquired Caravan of Courage...
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tbh i didn't read any game faq or anything like that i played a lot of shinobi and as this is shinobi with dog as pointed out earlier i thought i would give it a go thinking of maybe a 10,000 bonus so to get the 100k :o
i think you need to chill leezer no need for the cursing ,you got a lot of anger there !
i think sureshot pretty much summed up most peoples feelings on the situation
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Mawrth
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Thanks necronom for your help.

Thanks Antiriad for the welcome.Ive got a little better.
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I can't kill the train even using magic and having an extra life :(

I think this might be my final score.

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103800

Bit better...
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364750 Haven't been back to the train since that first time, in fact won the bonus life first two occasions I reached that bonus stage and haven't come close since. Anyway, just found out at the end of 2-2? I can just jump over the ninja's head and finish the level, lost soooooo many games at that point. Find it really awkward getting the bonus sometimes, just a split second between two far away anf knived in the gut.

trust me, that's a 6 not an 8, even though that would give me a better score, i'd rather be honest.
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Mawrth
May 11 2006, 06:43 PM
Thanks necronom for your help.

Thanks Antiriad for the welcome.Ive got a little better.

Mawrth,

Can I ask that you type in your score above your screenshot please?

It makes it easier for me to compile the scores as I can copy and paste them into the spreadsheet I use. Bold text makes it a bit easier to spot too.

Thanks.
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I hate this game. Too hard for me.

101450

That's it. I'm off inside to play 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII'.

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May 12 2006, 11:47 AM
416300

how the blinking linking did you get THAT score
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I can get past the train thing most times now tk,sometimes get both the extra lives and your tip certainly comes in handy for the first 2 levels.
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I decided to have one more go and I managed to get past the stupid train. I wish I could get the extra lives. I only do it about 10% of the time and on this go I didn't get any.

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May 12 2006, 07:47 PM
I can get past the train thing most times now tk,sometimes get both the extra lives and your tip certainly comes in handy for the first 2 levels.

so stomthingy do you have any tips for the bonus rounds cause i've never done it :(
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Yeh, shoot the ninja's tk.
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May 12 2006, 10:08 PM
Yeh, shoot the ninja's tk.

lol good tips stomthingy ;)
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Sorry, only kidding tk ;)

Well, the first bonus stage always starts at the left, and then I find the best thing to do is to just go from left to right firing ALMOST indiscrimnatory (sp) paying most attention to the guys at the bottom level. The 2nd bonus stage is the same thing but it starts at the right hand side.

Sorry if this is a bit vague but it is difficult to describe.
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I was supposed to spend a couple of hours on this tonight...

Then I found a new build of Euphoric that actually works ok with XP. Ended up spending hours playing Oric games B)

Gave this a quick whirl, but I'm too tired now, I only increased my score by 50 points :blink:
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May 12 2006, 11:08 PM
Yeh, shoot the ninja's tk.

I usually get killed by the last one :(, or the second from last one :(

Stupid Ninjas.


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Ended up spending hours playing Oric games


:lol: Excellent!
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