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Season 5, Week 6: Insector X (World), MAME; romulan 'insectx'
Topic Started: 22 Oct 2006, 11:13 AM (2,476 Views)
Antiriad2097
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Week 6 has us playing a game I've never seen before, Taito's 1988 shooter Insector X (World) nominated by Smurph.

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Twin Galaxies has no record of this game so we've no score comparisons. We'll play on defaults as usual.

Default settings:
1 Coin/1 Credit
Service Mode = Off
Difficulty = Medium
Bonus Life = 100k, 400k
Lives = 3
Unknown = Off
Unknown = Off

No continues allowed, no auto-fire allowed

Scores to be in by 12:00 noon on 29/10/06.

Final Scores at 12:00 on 29/10/06

1) 694400 - MadroXounds = 100.00 points
2) 651600 - Smurph = 94.54 points
3) 604900 - Sureshot = 88.79 points
4) 602300 - TK421 = 86.23 points
5) 598600 - Kaiserpc = 83.58 points
6) 590400 - Necronom = 80.61 points
7) 558200 - Leezer = 75.91 points
8) 556700 - Zaphod79 = 73.42 points
9) 450700 - Fairziff = 63.40 points
10) 431700 - Elgin_McQueen = 59.66 points
11) 417600 - Utini = 56.26 points
12) 305700 - Opa-Opa = 45.82 points
13) 303200 - A.J.Green = 43.26 points
14) 291300 - Merman = 40.02 points
15) 287500 - Stomach = 37.37 points
16) 287400 - Frank Chickens = 34.98 points
17) 274300 - SirClive = 31.66 points
18) 274100 - RS200 = 29.26 points
19) 159800 - Antiriad2097 = 18.65 points
20) 22000 - Ghostbiscuit = 6.35 points
21) 19800 - Markopoloman = 3.81 points

[size=7]Congratulations MadroXounds[/size]
Honourable mention to Smurph for holding the top spot down to the wire this week.
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Sureshot
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My knowledge of this game goes about as far as hearing the name. Never seen or played it before.
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necronom
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159,500

First go ever. Seems okay after one go. I got all the way to here, then lost all my lives in the same bit. :huh:

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"Cansel to push shot button" - nice translating :lol:
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madroXounds
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Turned out nice again...
So, whos gonna set the pace???

edit. Pace set ;)
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opa-opa
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Steakhouse & Brewery
274700

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Antiriad2097
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I've tried this, its not bad but I'm awful at it, barely getting to the start of the second bit (in the pyramid).

Anyone know if its possible to reset the scores on this so its easier to measure progress while playing?

If not possible in game, how about a hiscore.dat hack? Would that work if we set it to zero first?
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necronom
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Killed by the level 2 end-of-level baddie.

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It's a bit hard when you lose a life. Would have been better if you didn't lose ALL your pick-ups.

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Frank Chickens
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It was an honest fowl
287,400

Gets very samey, though if you lose a life during a level you might as well reset it and start again which I did on numerous occasions as when it happens it's fustrating to say the least. :angry:

Still the free life at the end of level 2 before the boss comes in handy. :D

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necronom
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292,700

Got to level 3 :)

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Utini

This is a pretty good avoid-'em-up... Not doing so well atm though :(
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madroXounds
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Turned out nice again...
This is more like it.....

Top score for now, i may aswell savour it while it lasts lol

303 400

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Sureshot
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163700

Can see this one getting boring pretty quickly.
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The boss stages on this are ridiculous, it's like you only have the same window of opportunity for damage no matter how many power ups you've collected along the way, so it makes absolutely no difference.
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Ah, a fine choice. I used to be great at this in the arcade when my hands weren't fused into claws.

My top tips:

Don't lose your power ups :P

2 speed ups is about as many as you'll want.

It really is the epitome of '1 useful life' that someone posted a thread on in RG, but top fun.
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Kaiserpc
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300900

yep, it's basically how long you can hold onto your 1st life - then get killed 3 times in a row very quickly

reached level 3

as you know shmups aren't my favourite, certainly won't be playing this as much as Metrocross
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necronom
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306,900

After 10 minutes of downloading this, I'd played it more than I ever played Metro Cross.

This is challenging Split Personalities as my favourite this league season. So far, anyway.

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fairziff
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An inspired choice Smurph!!!

This week is going to be fun :)
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RS200
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hmm .. shooters are normally my thing .. but this ? ..

161000

How on earth do you kill that 'boss' grasshopper ????

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Smurph
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Had the level 4 boss on flashy mode, and then died.

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Utini

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Oct 22 2006, 07:07 PM
Ah, a fine choice. I used to be great at this in the arcade when my hands weren't fused into claws.

My top tips:

Don't lose your power ups :P

2 speed ups is about as many as you'll want.

It really is the epitome of '1 useful life' that someone posted a thread on in RG, but top fun.

Do you run a course and seminar session on how not to embarrass yourself at shmups? I could use it :unsure:
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Oct 22 2006, 09:26 PM
hmm .. shooters are normally my thing .. but this ? ..

161000

How on earth do you kill that 'boss' grasshopper ????

Whatever you do, don't get directly above him, because the bugs he fires out will directly track you, and that is not good.
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Smurph
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577700

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Antiriad2097
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Smurph is running away with the lead here. I assume there'll be some challengers later in the week.

[size=1]Scores updated in first post[/size]
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a.j.green
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Its not easy...
156600

Firmly entrenched at the bottom of the table! :D
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M.A.G

I dont think i'll be posting a score this week. The keyboard is totaly unresponsive. As soon as i go up it goes all the way up and stays there. My highest score so far has been 1550.
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merman
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It's not often I express outright hatred for a game. This is one of those few times. Meh.

149500
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necronom
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I got all the way to the f'ing bee bastard bug boss, then lost all my lives on it without getting any extra score for each life I used. You don't get points for shooting him, so I only gained a few hundred each time for shooting a couple of flies about one screen to the left of him for each restart.

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Utini

Well, I don't think I'm going to improve much on this:

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necronom
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Ha! Die like the bug you are, you stupid bee!

Swatted him :D

I died on the next end-of-level baddie though :( I've always hated spiders.

461,700

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284900

Point and case - just managed to kill the grasshopper with my peashooter at the same rate as I could with a full arsenal. Woeful design.
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I REALLY, REALLY HATE THIS GAME...!!!
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madroXounds
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Turned out nice again...
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This game is slowly killing me :blink:
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Smurph
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RS200
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vroom vroom !
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fuckin' hate this game .. crock 'o shit .. If I ever come accross the Arcade machine I will rip out it's insides and stamp on them .. I mean it ... Teach you to be so bastard unfair.

I don't swear normally ... only when games get right on me wick.

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I did enjoy this game for the 1st few games but am bored of it pretty quickly.

Agree with once you lose your 1st live you are in trouble :angry:
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Good - another game I am shit at :blink:

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Wondered how everybodys scores were so much higher till I finished the 1st level-finally. Is there a part of the bosses I am/am not supposed to hit? I hit them all over and they just sort of randomly flash so I dunno where to aim for.
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Just read a review of the Mega Drive version at gamefaqs, seems it only had 5 levels.
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Utini
Oct 23 2006, 04:19 PM
Well, I don't think I'm going to improve much on this:

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Welcome in Utini, nice to see you around.

Can I ask that you also manually type your scores in the forum (see the other posts) as it means I can copy and paste the text into the scores spreadsheet. Ta.

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Its not easy...
Slight improvement

159800

By the way:

"CANSEL TO PUSH
SHOT BUTTON"???????!!!!!!

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Oct 24 2006, 02:25 AM
Is there a part of the bosses I am/am not supposed to hit? I hit them all over and they just sort of randomly flash so I dunno where to aim for.

I gave up trying to find any logic in those fights after about 20 minutes of getting the game. I think just randomly shooting them all over seems to work the same with whatever powered weapon you have. On the Spider fight I was only hitting once about every 10 seconds (or it seemd that way), so maybe every x number of hits counts as a real hit. It's a bit strange.
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A quick shottie just to make sure I get on the board this week. Hopefully I'll be able to get more involved now I have an internet connection back. B)
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Oct 24 2006, 10:57 AM
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Is there a part of the bosses I am/am not supposed to hit? I hit them all over and they just sort of randomly flash so I dunno where to aim for.

I gave up trying to find any logic in those fights after about 20 minutes of getting the game. I think just randomly shooting them all over seems to work the same with whatever powered weapon you have. On the Spider fight I was only hitting once about every 10 seconds (or it seemd that way), so maybe every x number of hits counts as a real hit. It's a bit strange.

What annoys me is that you can take the bosses down quicker with the normal shots than with the nets. I think the nets only count as one hit even though they're going right through it, but you can fire more normal shots in the same space of time.
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Its not easy...
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Catching up slowly... :ph43r:
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297300
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a.j.green
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Its not easy...
182200

Even though I am not getting as far, I am getting a much higher score, cos I keep getting sent back to the start of level 2 and get the points built back up again!
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Thought the bee was pretty easy.
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A slight improvement, bloody last boss is doing my head in.

651600

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Spider is also pretty easy.
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Ugh. Nearly reached maximum tolerance level.

157400
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