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Season 5, Week 5: Metro-Cross (Set 1), MAME; romulan 'metrocrs'
Topic Started: 15 Oct 2006, 11:12 AM (5,564 Views)
Leezer
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Leecher more like
125250 first go...

and for anyone wanting mame 0.190 with hiscore support
cut and paste this into your browser :-
http://www.mameworld.net/highscore/mame0109.zip
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SirClive
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50300

Just look at how close to finishing level 5 I was :angry:
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Kaiserpc
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Not Going on holiday. Again.
175100

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merman
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Retro Survival Ed
zaphod79
Oct 16 2006, 12:12 AM
Another game i remember more from the C64 than anythine else - didnt realise it was actually based on an arcade machine - however after a quick go it reminded me of another classic that i now need to dig out and see if its league friendly "TrailBlazer" !

90200

According to Shaun Southern himself, Metrocross did inspire Trailblazer... We played the C64 game in the Lemon64 forum games competition recently....


Anyway, better score from me:

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Antiriad2097
Oct 16 2006, 05:11 PM
markopoloman
Oct 16 2006, 04:48 PM
39600

will have to push myself VERY hard to play this tripe again! <_<

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone :rolleyes:

PLENTY OF TIME TO SHOVE ME BACK DOWN TO LAST PLACE :rolleyes:
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a.j.green
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Its not easy...
Antiriad2097
Oct 16 2006, 08:47 PM
a.j.green
Oct 16 2006, 04:21 PM
61650

You realise that's lower than the 75100 you posted earlier?

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

Hmmm...could have sworn I posted the 65000 one before? Perhaps its this game affecting my brain with boredom... :blink: :blink: :blink:
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merman
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Still making progress, if I can get level 1 & 2 better than I can top 100K:

92200
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Kaiserpc
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Anyone else noticed the high score table gets screwed once you get a few scores over 100,000. It seems to drop the first number, so if your score was 150,000. It records <space>50,000 on subsequent views of the high score table. It keeps the high score at the top of the screen okay though.

Interesting to hear about the trailblazer comment, always loved that game (and cosmic causeway).

So what's everyones best carry over time to level 4 then? I can get just over 60 seconds (26.5, 21.5 & 13.7).
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a.j.green
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Its not easy...
92550. First time at no.1 on the scoreboard! :)

Best time carried over from 1st 3 levels - 45.1s.
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tk421
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183050 :ph43r:
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Kaiserpc
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209650
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Antiriad2097
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Can't quite bring myself to play this again. Managed to avoid it last night, but MPM is going to stay ahead unless I give it another go...

[size=1]Scores updated in first post[/size]
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SirClive
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Slowly, slowly, catchy monkey.
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Frank Chickens
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64,500

It'll do. :|

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fairziff
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I'm going to struggle this week!
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zaphod79
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155300

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Apart from the 'jumping on cans' tip mentioned earlier heres a few others :

1) Kick the cans , first kick 100pts second =200 etc right up to 5000 points - also if you get 2 cans together jump on one and kick the other - its further up the screen and you should get there on your first 'stop the timer' , means you get further along

2) Skateboards rule :-) - if you get one try and keep to the green patches of ground as theres less enemys there and your not affected while on your board - if you make it to a 2nd board touch it for 2000 points , and if you make it to the end still on your board you get 10000 bonus

3) Springboards - this is more a 'learn the pattern' thing but the springboards move you much further and faster than running so learn where they are and if possible chain your jumps to go from one springboard to another to another.

4) When you get a 'rat' sometimes its better to just hit the first thing in front of you to get rid of it :-( (any other tips for getting rid of them?)

Finally not so much a tip but if your going to hit something its generally better to do it in the air as you 'fall' forward and sometimes regain your balance a little in the air - if your on the ground you get mushed by it (there are a few rolling cans that are annoying as you spend ages getting mushed and then as you re-spawn your back under the can :-(

Quite an enjoyable game for the league and thanks for the info on Trailblazer ;-)
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merman
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Yay, broke 100K as predicted.

101500
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Sureshot
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zaphod79
Oct 17 2006, 11:12 PM
4) When you get a 'rat' sometimes its better to just hit the first thing in front of you to get rid of it :-( (any other tips for getting rid of them?)

You mean the frogs? Shake the joystick left and right to get rid of those.
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tk421
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you sure they frogs look more like manky green rats to me :)
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Kaiserpc
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looks like a rat to me as well

Good tips Zaphod, I was going to do something similar but hadn't got around to it.

The only other tip I would add is; you can also jump onto the green cans for a time stop, but if you run into them they give you a speed boost. This is handy on the early levels when you have a skateboard (and know the level layout pretty well). You can save a lot of time to add to level 4 (up to 63 seconds now :ph43r: )

Not sure if there is a difference in the length of the time stop between green and blue cans - anyone know?

The 5000 points bonus for kicking the blue cans is pretty good, but you can get sidetracked doing this and end up not finishing a level :(
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merman
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Better score, but not further into the game...

108050
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madroXounds
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Turned out nice again...
68700

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Kaiserpc
Oct 18 2006, 10:50 AM
looks like a rat to me as well

Yeah you guys are actually right. Let's just call them twangers instead :lol:
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a.j.green
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102750

Can get close to the end of level 6 now but just running out of time :angry:

The 10000 bonus for the skateboard is a big help!
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merman
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The agony! A few tiles away from finishing level 8!

121000
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Sureshot
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130750

Slight improvement.
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Antiriad2097
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Still avoiding it...

[size=1]Scores updated in first post[/size]
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fairziff
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68150
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russgalleywood
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Mostly harmless
Well I've played a game at least! (Just to prove I'm still around!)

24700

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Kaiserpc
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221500

level 12 is a nightmare because it's so difficult to carry over much time
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Anybody get this close and die???
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Elgin_McQueen
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95900


I basically nail the first 4 levels to get a good score, need to start learning the rest.
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Antiriad2097
Oct 18 2006, 05:04 PM
Still avoiding it...

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

SNAP! :lol: <_<
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Elgin_McQueen
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109850

Frustrating game, get to a certain point and no further.
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SirClive
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69650
Finally beat level 5 :D
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Antiriad2097
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38750
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Forced another quick game in before work. Still not passed MPM but close. Very close...

[size=1]Scores updated in first post[/size]
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No! Don't do it Ant :o


I don't wanna play it again :angry:


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merman
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Grr, frustration level getting higer, missed a skateboard bonus and flunked badly on level 6, else this would have been 150+

130750

EDIT: Exactly the same score as Sureshot...
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a.j.green
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Exactly 150000

I think the best way to do level 6 is, as mentioned earlier, stay near the top of the screen after getting the skateboard. There are two barrels individually and then three in a line. You must get to the top of the screen to avoid these. Once past these, I stay on the line between the top and 2nd rows and just move up or down to avoid the obstacles. Did it with 4 secs remaining.
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tk421
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207300 :ph43r:
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77200

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SirClive
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Thats my last go for this week. Wish I had known about the skateboard bonuses about 4 days ago!!!

Won't get to play next weeks until the last day I don't think.
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Sureshot
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162900

So close. Don't think I'll play much more, not gone on this one.
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zaphod79
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200750

I'm not convinced level 12 is even possible.

Also for this attempt i had about 180,000 by level 6 or 7 and got virtually no points by going any further in the game - levels 9 10 and 11 are down to the wire - you go flat out - dont get hit - dont get any bonus and you make it with fractions of seconds to add to your time for level 12 which is just a mass of green blocks that you run like treacle through :-(


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Kaiserpc
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228550

how close to finishing level 12!!!
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markopoloman
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Right - thats it!

I HATE this game so much that I have now deleted it from my PC :angry:




ANGRY GERMAN KID eat your heart out - you wanna see me playing metroshit <_<
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Antiriad2097
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Angry German Kid is faked. He's putting it on for the camera, you're the real deal ;)

[size=1]Scores updated in first post[/size]
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a.j.green
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Kaiserpc
Oct 20 2006, 12:23 AM

how close to finishing level 12!!!

That is so unlucky!

:o
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157450

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Antiriad2097
Oct 20 2006, 06:52 AM
Angry German Kid is faked. He's putting it on for the camera, you're the real deal ;)

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

how do you know its faked ?
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