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Season 5, Week 8: The New Zealand Story, MAME; romulan 'tnzs'
Topic Started: 5 Nov 2006, 12:03 PM (3,680 Views)
Antiriad2097
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Week 8 and we have a 'love it or loathe it' nomination from Necronom, Taito's The New Zealand Story from 1988.

There is some discrepancy with different version descriptions for this game, so please use the one provided here (rename to tnzs.zip when downloaded)

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Rather surprisingly, Twin Galaxies has no score recorded for this one.

Default settings:
1 Coin/1 Credit
Flip Screen = Off
Service Mode = Off
Unknown = Off
Difficulty = Medium
Bonus Life = 70000 200000
Lives = 3
Allow Continue = Yes You may wish to disable this for ease of play
Unknown = Off


No continues allowed, no auto-fire allowed

Scores to be in by 12:00 noon on 12/11/06.

Final Scores at 12:00 on 12/11/06

1) 746090 - Leezer = 100.00 points
2) 627230 - TK421 = 89.40 points
3) 370600 - Kaiserpc = 69.57 points
4) 343650 - MadroXounds = 65.14 points
5) 305750 - Elgin_McQueen = 59.96 points
6) 297200 - A.J.Green = 56.76 points
7) 271510 - Necronom = 52.41 points
8) 248760 - Fairziff = 48.25 points
9) 242660 - Sureshot = 45.21 points
10) 229060 - SirClive = 41.67 points
11) 216350 - Zaphod79 = 38.18 points
12) 207170 - Opa-Opa = 34.94 points
13) 135850 - RS200 = 27.53 points
14) 82890 - Antiriad2097 = 21.34 points
15) 69630 - Smurph = 17.82 points
16) 67450 - Markopoloman = 15.05 points
17) 55990 - Merman = 11.65 points
18) 49930 - Ghostbiscuit = 8.61 points
19) 42950 - Stomach = 5.51 points

[size=7]Congratulations Leezer[/size] :ph43r:
TK421 is sniped into second place :o
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SirClive
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Antiriad2097
Nov 5 2006, 12:03 PM
Week 8 and we have a 'love it or loathe it'

Well I for one loathe it :(
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SirClive
Nov 5 2006, 01:05 PM
Antiriad2097
Nov 5 2006, 12:03 PM
Week 8 and we have a 'love it or loathe it'

Well I for one loathe it :(

You can't please all of the people...
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tk421
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this is a platform masterpiece so many hidden warps , awesome choice :)
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Sureshot
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One I've played a few times, and yeah there are a few level warps around. I wonder if it's worth taking them or not...

In any case, I'll try and screenshot the first one in the game when I get home to give you an example (unless someone does it in the meantime).
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tk421
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your probably right from a score point of view best not to take em i suppose , i know of 3 or 4 on the first level and they will bypass the first boss (whale)
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ghostbiscuit
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Warps? I was not aware of these...

But ROLL ON NEW ZEALAND STORY! :)
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tk421
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ant can you confirm the version we are playing as the one ive downloaded hasn't got a bonus life 70000,2000000 option its world version older
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necronom
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43,170

I played a demo of this on the Amiga, and liked it, but I've never played the arcade one.

I got here then couldn't find how to get to this little guy in the cage. Poor thing...

Learning the maps seems to be quite important.

I did get to some sort of warp thing that took me somewhere, then another took me somwhere else, then I ended up back on level one. I don't know what all that was about, but the first warp thin was right near the start of the game (maybe within a screen of the start). I must have show something to make it appear.

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tk421
Nov 5 2006, 01:25 PM
ant can you confirm the version we are playing as the one ive downloaded hasn't got a bonus life 70000,2000000 option its world version older

ROM is TNZS.

I didn't name it, as I have 2 MAME setups and both identify it differently. One says its the original Japan version, the other says its the World, Newer version.

If I was forced to pick one, I'd say it should be World, Newer as that's what MAME Classic identifies it as. But I messed up my MAME install beyond the front end so I can't launch it from there just now :(
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tk421
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i think the problem with different romsets is that it isn't just a different extra life score to achieve or even slightly different looking enemys but a totally different map layout ! its like different version of the same game ,here is the first screen of the tnzs that i downloaded just so people can confirm that this is what everyone is running
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mine says world bootleg
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opa-opa
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Tough little game this one, but at least when you lose a life you don't need to start the game again ;)
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Kaiserpc
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Had this on the ST and really liked it. Might get the new and improved version on the DS. Nice choice! Although if I remember it can be a bit frustrating at times. I seem to remember the ditty being quite catchy (I've still got the tune for last weeks game in my head)
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TK: That's the one I get, and that's the warp I mentioned earlier.

Mine says "NewZealand Story, The (World, newer) tzns

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well least were both playing the same version ;)
all warps are opened with weapon fire so jusr fire at random as your walking along
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Mine says Newzealand story world, newer also TNZS.
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necronom
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100,120

Got to round 2-1.

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mine say "the world, older". Oh and I forgot how annoying this game is. Struggling to get over 25,000 so far :(
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Nov 5 2006, 04:36 PM
mine say "the world, older". Oh and I forgot how annoying this game is. Struggling to get over 25,000 so far :(

That's ROM "tnzso". It might have a different map, as the two websites I found earlier had totally different maps to the one I'm playing.
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So then... older or newer? :huh:
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126000

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We are using newer Ghost..
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necronom
Nov 5 2006, 03:48 PM
Kaiserpc
Nov 5 2006, 04:36 PM
mine say "the world, older".  Oh and I forgot how annoying this game is.  Struggling to get over 25,000 so far  :(

That's ROM "tnzso". It might have a different map, as the two websites I found earlier had totally different maps to the one I'm playing.

where do you get the newer one from then?

I thought I didn't remember the level design from my ST days
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I don't know where I got it from (I've had it a while), but checking the usual place I go, I found it. I'll PM you in a minute.

It was called "(Japan)" (the second one) and is 436kb.
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Yeah, frustrating.
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cheers Necronom, that's the version I remember :P Although having press a button rather than pushing up for flying takes a bit of getting used to (used to the one fire button ST version).
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SirClive
Nov 5 2006, 02:02 PM
mine says world bootleg

Then you have the wrong one.
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There is some discrepancy with different version descriptions for this game, so please use the one provided here (rename to tnzs.zip when downloaded)[/size]
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Excellent. Cheers, Ant. I'll have a wee shottie when I get back from looking at fireworks. :)
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opa-opa
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Does my score still count..?
My version don't say older or bootleg..
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Cheers Ant, mine was a very different 1st level.

Will use the new one.
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Antiriad2097
Nov 5 2006, 07:08 PM
SirClive
Nov 5 2006, 02:02 PM
mine says world bootleg

Then you have the wrong one.
[size=7]
There is some discrepancy with different version descriptions for this game, so please use the one provided here (rename to tnzs.zip when downloaded)[/size]

hmm this version has files missing compared to the one Necronom pm'd me. Plus it doesn't work on my version of mame (0.100)
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Kaiserpc
Nov 5 2006, 08:47 PM
Antiriad2097
Nov 5 2006, 07:08 PM
SirClive
Nov 5 2006, 02:02 PM
mine says world bootleg

Then you have the wrong one.
[size=7]
There is some discrepancy with different version descriptions for this game, so please use the one provided here (rename to tnzs.zip when downloaded)[/size]

hmm this version has files missing compared to the one Necronom pm'd me. Plus it doesn't work on my version of mame (0.100)

Then add the missing files...
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msu be the first time i have seen an arcade game with different level design depending on which version you use
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First go:

49930
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Antiriad2097
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Everybody happy with the version and have this working now?

[size=1]Scores updated in first post[/size]
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a.j.green
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Look forward to playing this one. Always liked the Speccy version. :)

Seems to work okay too.

127500
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Nov 6 2006, 07:45 AM
Everybody happy with the version and have this working now?

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

Yes, its working fine for me and this new version is better than the one I had.

But I still hate the game.
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I'm still struggling to get on the high score table at the moment, best is around 35000 so far :(

Either the ST version was a lot easier, or my gaming skills have radically reduced in the intervening years. I'm guessing the later ;)
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Quick! Do a high score table!!!

:P :P
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Finally got to level 2-2, then got lost, ran out of time twice, then died in a stupid way!

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Assuming I have the right one. Start looks like the pic tk421 posted of the first level.
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I prefer the older version :)
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163640

Getting better!
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Tbh glad this one's up, i've nominated it a couple of times as to me it's one of the ultimate classic platformers. Can't believe there's never been a sequel. not counting this new remake of course.
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I should add, that although I love this game. I've always, always, been incredibly shit at it.
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Hey AJ!, love the way every week you change your avatar to what we are playing ! .. or at least the spectrum equivalent :) ... wasn't it a Spectrum "birds and the bees" avatar last week for Insector X ?



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Nov 6 2006, 04:43 PM
Hey AJ!, love the way every week you change your avatar to what we are playing ! .. or at least the spectrum equivalent :) ... wasn't it a Spectrum "birds and the bees" avatar last week for Insector X ?

Thanks for noticing! So far, I have had:

Tapper - the Spectrum loading screen
Star Force - ship from Xecutor loading screen
Metro X - Spectrum loading screen
Insector X - Birds and the Bees character
Outzone - Ikari Warriors character
New Zealand Story - main character from Spectrum

Well spotted on the Birds and the Bees one! :)
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Nov 6 2006, 04:24 PM
I should add, that although I love this game. I've always, always, been incredibly shit at it.

:lol:
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