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Season 5, Week 4: Star Force, MAME; romulan 'starforc'
Topic Started: 8 Oct 2006, 11:16 AM (2,402 Views)
Antiriad2097
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Week 4 and we're playing Fairziff's MAME nomination, Star Force by Tehkan from 1984.

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Twin Galaxies doesn't use the default settings for its Tournament scores, so we can't compare this week - they play on Medium difficulty and for simplicity we'll be using the default Easy option.

Default settings:
1 Coin/1 Credit
Lives = 3
Bonus Life = 50k, 200k and 500k
Difficulty = Easiest
Unknown = Off
Unknown = Off

No continues allowed, no auto-fire allowed

Scores to be in by 12:00 noon on 15/10/06.

Final Scores at 12:00 on 15/10/06

1) 580400 - Leezer = 100.00 points
2) 430300 - RS200 = 84.90 points
3) 410200 - TK421 = 80.99 points
4) 395800 - SirClive = 77.58 points
5) 382800 - Zaphod79 = 74.28 points
6) 379600 - Sureshot = 71.83 points
7) 375400 - Opa-Opa = 69.30 points
8) 329900 - A.J.Green = 63.20 points
9) 309400 - Fairziff = 59.26 points
10) 292400 - Frank Chickens = 55.62 points
11) 286000 - Elgin_McQueen = 52.90 points
12) 276100 - Merman = 49.87 points
13) 239600 - Smurph = 44.55 points
14) 165600 - Necronom = 36.01 points
15) 164200 - Koops = 33.71 points
16) 163100 - Antiriad2097 = 31.44 points
17) 153400 - M.A.G. = 28.43 points
18) 151100 - Markopoloman = 26.06 points
19) 148900 - Danny = 23.70 points
20) 134900 - MadroXounds = 20.32 points
21) 134600 - Kaiserpc = 18.12 points
22) 122700 - The Last Ginja = 14.92 points
23) 116300 - Ghostbiscuit = 12.19 points

[size=7]Congratulations Leezer :ph43r: [/size]
Special mention has to go to RS200 for holding the top spot for so long this week B)
Welcome back to Markopoloman :D
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Danny
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Score: 89,100

WOW! I have to say that this is proberbly the best game we have had all sesson. This is a cracking little space shmup which does get quite manic on you after a while. Thanks for choosing this Fairziff! :)
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opa-opa
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155300

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My local arcade used to have a Star Force machine, it was always ignored by the people who all played Double Dragon and Wonder Boy which ment it was easy to get a go and I often had a few turns while waiting for another machine to free up.. I forgot all about it untill today when that music started :)
Cheers Fairziff..
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koops
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Top Game! In fact its one of those games that I played but could never remember anything about it so couldn'f find it on MAME :) :) :) CLASS
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necronom
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105,300

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As soon as I get to level two I die, then I've lost my double shooting, so I don't have a chance after that.
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Danny
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Score: 106,700

This is my thrid attempt of playing this gae today. I remember this game now, god knows why then I remembered that I own this game on the Xbox as a part of Temco's Classic Arcade retro dvd and I played it a lot when I first got the disk, awesome stuff!

Edit: For all those looking to buy this game (as well as many other games like Rygar, Bombjack, Solomon's Key) for the Xbox click here!
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Danny
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Score: 148,900

Tips I've gained from MAME's history.dat file...

* A Trick : You can determine which direction the end of level boss will move before it even appears by looking at your score. If the hundreds digit is odd, the boss will move to the left. If it is even, it'll move right (the tens and units digits are always zero).

* One Million Points Bonus : On the violet continent, if you see a coelacanth fossil on the left side, go to the -right- side and shoot. Cleopatra appears - shoot her and you'll get a million-point bonus. The coelacanth may only appear on the third violet continent.

* 80, 000 Points Bonus : At some points in the game you will see two columns of green arrows down the center of the screen. Concentrate on either the left or right column of these arrows, and try to shoot 16 in a row. You will be awarded an 80, 000 bonus for doing this. The first time these appear, it is possible to get two such bonuses in a row (if there are not many enemies around!), and sometimes more if the level ends before the column has finished appearing. Later on there is a short column of only 16, so only one bonus is possible here.

* 50, 000 Point Bonus : You've seen a big enemy that combines into parts. When you hear the tune it is about to appear, STOP SHOOTING (You don't actually have to stop shooting altogether, but if you hit part of the enemy before the center part flashes white the bonus will not work). Position your ship so that you are just underneath the center part of the enemy and wait for it to flash white. Once this has happened, shoot the center part several times : the enemy will be destroyed and you will be awarded the 50, 000 point special bonus.
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SirClive
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120100

Really like this one.
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Kaiserpc
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Not Going on holiday. Again.
111300

reminds me of Warhawk on the c64

also what's the crack after you get killed and seem to start from a different area? Sometimes you'll start at the end of level baddie, and sometimes you'll have to go through a couple of areas again?
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I need a bit of advice, guys: Star Force (and a couple of other games) are coming up rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise, and I can't sem to get these ones upright (I've gone into properties and the display option only allows me to rotate 180 degrees). Pain in the arse. I could post a score, but it would be crap and look funny. Anyone help? (Bear in mind that I am crap with this kind of thing, so it may be something obvious, as I've only just got MAME back on the computer.)

By the way, I'm using MAME 32 0.81.

Cracking game, by the way, we had one in our local arcade too.
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Kaiserpc
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tk421
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good tips danny has anyone managed the 50k bonus ? and what are the H's for ?
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Danny
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the 50k bonus is only really possable with the upgrade I think. To be able to fire that quickly and kill the bloody mid-boss is impossable without it.
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opa-opa
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208300

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This game give me cramp, but I like it :)
Shame the Hiscore.dat don't seem to work with this title..
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Frank Chickens
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182,100

An enjoyable blast this. Annoyingly haven't yet managed to get within 50k of this score. :angry:

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Frank Chickens
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It was an honest fowl
Also I found the power-up to be a mixed blessing as the game gets a lot harder once you got it and I can't survive for long.
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Smurph
Oct 8 2006, 12:43 PM
I need a bit of advice, guys: Star Force (and a couple of other games) are coming up rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise, and I can't sem to get these ones upright (I've gone into properties and the display option only allows me to rotate 180 degrees).
By the way, I'm using MAME 32 0.81.

143700


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In Mame32 go to Options / default game options / and theres a rotation option - mines is just set for 'default' but you can rotate clockwise / anticlockwise - i'm using a slightly later version of mame (104)

Other thing to do in here is check the stretch options - if you turn those off it may reset back to a smaller screensize but with the correct aspect ratio
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Sureshot
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195600

First go, good fun.

Reminds me of a mix between Firetrack and Star Soldier.
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Sureshot
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268400

Gets very quick indeed.
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Thanks Zaphod.

170100

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SirClive
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Last go for a few days.
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356400
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RS200
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vroom vroom !
178500

This was on of my noms (which was never picked) from a few seasons ago :) .. a really GREAT game ! .. so pleased this one has finally made it !! :D

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a.j.green
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I remember this game, too. Had a few goes on it, but didn't do anywhere near as well as I have today.

:D

Another excellent choice! That's four very good games in a row so far. So where's this seasons Gravitar?
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merman
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Only had time for a couple of quick attempts so far, here's the best score to date: 134900
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RS200
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vroom vroom !
251900

Starting to get into the groove now :D

just recorded the hi-score tune and it is now my new ringtone :D
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fairziff
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289500

After 3 seasons I finally get a game chosen :)
This was one of 4 cabs from my college in 1985. I have no idea of the scores I used to get but I definately used to get further that I can today.
I guess it is an age thing!
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necronom
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Does anyone know how to get the "double firepower" thing to appear? I get so far, then die 3 times in a row, because I can't shoot anything anymore with the crappy default gun.
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Sureshot
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It turns up in those planet-looking orbs. I don't mind the normal gun too much since your ship is half the size you are with the upgrade, but you don't half have to hammer it.

I'm still stumped as to how to get that 80k bonus, seems like you have to have exact timing.
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RS200
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vroom vroom !
420500

'ave it !

... please can Ant update the hi-scores now - would love to see my name at #1 as I know it won't be for long as Don, Elgin and TK has to post yet - but there is SS as well, who I just know can do better !!
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vroom vroom !
want to know where some extra lives are ?

ok .. near the end of level three on the left hand side there is some green "?" marks to shoot on the ships surface which is in the shape of a zig-zag and when you shoot them it turns into a yellow smiling face - well, shoot one of them (I think it is the top part - 2nd from the left) and it should turn into a green smilie face and you also should hear a little jingle to indicate a extra life.

On level 4 close to the beginning there is the same - shoot the green "?" - the ones on the left hand side - one of the smilies turns green when shot and a extra life is yours :) ...

I will post a screenshot if it just makes everyone confused !!!

(edited due to some quite astonishing inaccuracies)
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Turned out nice again...
:o How in the feck do u lot get scores like that, i aint even hit 100k yet lol..... ive always sucked at shmups though :rolleyes:
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Antiriad2097
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There's some nice pictorial tips here that explain where/how the bonuses, extra lives etc are.

Quoting from the shmups forum re the way levels jump around on death:
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the checkpoint system is quite strange. Most of the time it sends you backwards through the level (which is to be expected), but it throws you forward through the enemy formations to the next wave to appear.


115500
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[size=1]Scores updated in first post[/size]
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Sureshot
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That's a great guide.
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RS200
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vroom vroom !
Sureshot
Oct 9 2006, 07:51 PM
That's a great guide.

Agreed, there is plenty of stuff in there that I had no idea about ... thanks for the find Ant ! :D
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M.A.G

153400
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zaphod79
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Still have not been able to get the little smiley face for the extra life - and there is one set of enemys that come out and just kill me straight off - lost 2 lifes to them and then the next start it gave me something else instead <phew>

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Frank Chickens
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292,400

How I survived this long I simply don't know! :P

At one point I had four spare lives and lost them all quickly. :angry: So relieved when the 200k mark came around! :D

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merman
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Very frustrating, can't seem to get a good strategy going for level 1. Just pipped MAG by 200 points!

153600


By the way, the more I play it the more I see similarities to two games - the aforementioned Warhawk and Nick Pelling's Firetrack.
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merman
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Got to Delta, but got killed by the first alien...

187900
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Forgot about the schmups forum, I don't have a clue what's going on in this game.


Why's Tapper still pinned?

Don't see me getting much this week.
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merman
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Further into level 4...

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SirClive
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I just cannot do the last bit on level 5. Have even had 5 lives when I got there and lost all of them.
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vroom vroom !
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Oct 10 2006, 06:07 PM
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I just cannot do the last bit on level 5. Have even had 5 lives when I got there and lost all of them.

Epsilon is a absolute arse ..

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Made it, but only had 1 life left of level 6 :(
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As mentioned in the RG channel, I do like this game I'm just completely losing my patience with it.
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