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Season 5, Week 3: Tapper (Budweiser), MAME; romulan 'tapper'
Topic Started: 1 Oct 2006, 11:11 AM (2,333 Views)
Antiriad2097
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For week 3 we return to MAME and Bally Midway's 1983 classic, Tapper (Budweiser) nominated by SirClive.

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Twin Galaxies uses the default settings so we can compare scores, though they're not allowing players to accrue more than 5 lives. We'll keep playing until all lives are lost.

Default settings:
Service Mode = Off
Demo Sounds = On
Coin Meters = 1

To check other settings are at defaults, turn Service Mode on above and then reset the game. This will bring up the service menu, where you can select Machine Setup (F2 will reset and exit once complete).
Defaults for this are:
1 Coin/1 Credit
1 Credit for 3 Men
1st Extra Man at 20000 points, Additional Man every 60000 points.
Difficulty Level 3

No continues allowed

Scores to be in by 12:00 noon on 08/10/06.

Final Scores at 12:00 on 08/10/06

1) 134200 - Elgin_McQueen = 100.00 points
2) 102525 - TK421 = 86.20 points
3) 89750 - Koops = 79.44 points
4) 73000 - Zaphod79 = 71.20 points
5) 68125 - Ashlington = 67.38 points
6) 67975 - Kaiserpc = 65.33 points
7) 66125 - Leezer = 62.64 points
8) 57400 - A.J.Green = 57.39 points
9) 49350 - Opa-Opa = 52.39 points
10) 47250 - MadroXounds = 49.60 points
11) 46850 - Merman = 47.46 points
12) 46450 - Frank Chickens = 45.31 points
13) 43650 - Necronom = 42.26 points
14) 43400 - SirClive = 40.17 points
15) 42925 - Sureshot = 37.99 points
16) 41500 - RS200 = 35.46 points
17) 36400 - Stomach = 31.56 points
18) 33375 - Antiriad2097 = 28.43 points
19) 31550 - The Last Ginja = 25.75 points
20) 26875 - Fairziff = 22.01 points
21) 26500 - Danny = 19.87 points
22) 25375 - M.A.G. = 17.45 points
23) 23825 - Ghostbiscuit = 14.88 points
24) 18700 - BigDon = 10.97 points
25) 18450 - Ritchardo MkII = 8.87 points

[size=7]Congratulations Elgin_McQueen[/size]
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Sureshot
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Good pick, frustrating game though ;)
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tk421
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at least it's MAME :)
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necronom
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35,600

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tk421
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mame and beer :) a perfect combination 19575 :ph43r:
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opa-opa
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Steakhouse & Brewery
45450

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I have always liked this game but I am really bad at it...
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Sureshot
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tk421
Oct 1 2006, 01:40 PM
mame and beer :) a perfect combination

I'm gonna have a few jars on this one later I think!
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Danny
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Score: 26,500

WOW a conterversal choice this week. Before you guys start yelling at me there is a reason for me saying what I am saying here. This game openly encourages "juicing" or "leeching". Here are a few descovered on MAME's history .txt file...

* Hint 1 : Take your time in the first few levels. You can make a high score by leaving one person and waiting for more people.

* Hint 2 : The last guy in the row will almost always leave a tip.

* Hint 3 : If a person leaves the bar in the first level you get 50 points but, if you let them get close to the end of the bar, they will drink the beer and stay. It's 100 for getting the empty mug.

* Hint 4 : The longer you stay in the level, the faster the people and mugs move.

Hope that helps.

p.s: Fantastic choice clive! :)
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Sureshot
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11450

Just to get on the board. Hope I hit the 'reply' button there as my connection is screwed from home, so half the images on the site don't show up. Some sites aren't even loadable.
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54150 :ph43r:
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Kaiserpc
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33200

great game! Although I do agree about the problem with leeching with this game.
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30350
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madroXounds
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Turned out nice again...
Great game imo, very very addictive, nice choice

I will now work on getting a competitive score :D
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madroXounds
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Turned out nice again...
31250

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Antiriad2097
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Its in the rules that leeching isn't allowed...

[size=1]Scores updated in first post[/size]
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Turned out nice again...
Antiriad2097
Oct 2 2006, 06:46 AM
Its in the rules that leeching isn't allowed...

[size=1]Scores updated in first post[/size]

Its pointless doing that anyway, i found i finished the first 2 levels pretty quick and mounted up most of my points on level 3 where there are more people to serve...
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koops
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11600

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a.j.green
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Its not easy...
Good choice, Sir Clive!

I remember the Speccy version, and played the arcade one once or twice.

41, 925
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Antiriad2097
Oct 2 2006, 06:46 AM
Its in the rules that leeching isn't allowed...

[size=1]Scores updated in first post[/size]

It doesn't stop people from doing it though. I notice there are quite a few high scores already, where the game is still on level 2. I only scored 33,200 but got to level 3.
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Kaiserpc
Oct 2 2006, 01:43 PM
Antiriad2097
Oct 2 2006, 06:46 AM
Its in the rules that leeching isn't allowed...

[size=1]Scores updated in first post[/size]

It doesn't stop people from doing it though. I notice there are quite a few high scores already, where the game is still on level 2. I only scored 33,200 but got to level 3.

Which is why I posted a picture with the game over screen, to show I wasn't still on level 1.
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koops
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LOL my 11600 was on level 1 but I think we can all agree I wasnt leeching :lol:
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41,675

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koops
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The Jungle King
30750

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M.A.G

25375
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Elgin_McQueen
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44975

Not a bad game, not as repetetive as I thought it would be.
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Kaiserpc
Oct 2 2006, 01:43 PM
Antiriad2097
Oct 2 2006, 06:46 AM
Its in the rules that leeching isn't allowed...

It doesn't stop people from doing it though.

That's what your conscience is for ;)
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39725

mmmm level 7 and only 39000, I'm obviously doing something wrong
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mmmm level 7 and only 39000, I'm obviously doing something wrong


Are you always winning the "choose the can" round, and getting a few customer tips here and there?
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59950
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Oct 2 2006, 07:45 PM
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mmmm level 7 and only 39000, I'm obviously doing something wrong


Are you always winning the "choose the can" round, and getting a few customer tips here and there?

always win the bonus game, and get 1 or 2 tips (although on the later levels it gets too hectic to collect them)
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Like 69, but bigger
43900

A fun game although can be a bit infurating at times when your guy takes forever to move up to grab that glass about to fall , or when you think you've cleared things and one more guy comes out (followed by another .... and another ....)


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First go, can probably do better: 27600
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Edit: Edited 1 time in total, was being slightely retarded.
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Elgin_McQueen
Oct 3 2006, 02:08 AM
59300

Err, Elgin, that's a lower score than your earlier 59950...

Heavy weekend was it? ;)

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Oct 3 2006, 07:42 AM
Elgin_McQueen
Oct 3 2006, 02:08 AM
59300

Err, Elgin, that's a lower score than your earlier 59950...

Heavy weekend was it? ;)

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Oh damn, thought my earlier score was 49550, oops. :D
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a.j.green
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Its not easy...
45, 450
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Its not easy...
51, 925.

Is it just me or are the controls a bit sluggish?
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I dont find the controls sluggish, but deffo a bit off - the amount of times you want to go left or right but end up going up or down
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Better score from me... 35325
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70200
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Leecher more like
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lol, like the way everyone`s taking screenshots at the hi-score table so you can`t tell if its a leached score <_<
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First time on stage 8.

thing with leaching is the longer you spend on a stage the harder it gets so you're taking a risk. But you might just suck and have to spend ages on that stage anyway.
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Checked my settings and it does say an extra life at 60000 but I don't get the noise to say i've achieved this nor does my life bar seem to go up.
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26875
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39150

Not been playing a lot this week, but here's a better score.
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49950

used to be able to get to the alien level back in the day, but struggling on lvl 7 at the moment :(
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101400

Not gonna get the chance to play this after thursday night so tryin to do as much as I can now.
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Damn, just checked your Twin Galaxies link, how the hell did he get that score????????? :unsure: :blink: :blink:
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Damn, just checked your Twin Galaxies link, how the hell did he get that score?


I've just looked at it myself. :blink:

And there was me thinking YOUR score was totally ridiculous!
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Your score does put you in second place for the world records Elgin, which can't be bad at all.

I assume the title holder has a pattern or somrthing that allows him to loop the game near indefinitely except for the odd mistake and is no doubt the reason for the lives limitations imposed by TG.

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