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Season 32 - Week 5 - Sky Kid (MAME); rom skykid
Topic Started: 20 Oct 2013, 10:54 AM (765 Views)
zaphod79
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For week 5 Paranoid Marvin brings us Namco's Sky Kid (rom skykid)

Klov page : http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9570

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Sky Kid Description
You play a bi-plane pilot on missions to bomb enemy targets. Left to right scrolling screen, shoot at enemy planes and trucks. Fly down and pick up the bomb as you go along. Cartoon-style graphics and great music.


Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2 [FireLoop/Bomb]

Flyer front : http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=4133&image=1
Flyer back : http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=4133&image=2

Scores to be in by 12:00 (noon) UK time next Sunday (27th October) - remember the clocks change next Saturday !

Final Scores:

1) 208940 - mrdo = 100.00 points
2) 189630 - TodayIsForgotten = 92.25 points
3) 157250 - DaLar = 81.38 points
4) 109470 - Sputryk = 66.82 points
5) 94480 - clarance = 60.11 points
6) 89070 - Macias = 55.69 points
7) 81450 - necronom = 50.74 points
8) 81440 - zaphod79 = 47.61 points
9) 81230 - a.j.green = 44.44 points
10) 78750 - pokemonsam = 40.72 points
11) 75100 - paranoid marvin = 36.72 points
12) 69490 - patbb = 32.25 points
13) 61050 - RuySan = 27.11 points
14) 53190 - Ralph Wiggum = 22.10 points
15) 29550 - deadpan666 = 13.32 points
16) 20570 - wolfman24 = 8.05 points
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clarance
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Arrrrgggh - this is horribly addictive...

24,440

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Sputryk
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Er....



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mrdo
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Vaguely recall this down the arcade. It's kind of a perfect game, isn't it?
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176700
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24,240

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Sputryk
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More fun found this round, but jury is still out.



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55,300

Really enjoying this :)

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132300
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RuySan
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It's a fun game but kind of annoying to destroy ground units. There should be bombs besides de main one
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86,180

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a.j.green
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Its not easy...
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Great fun :D
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paranoid marvin

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Glad this is going down well. A great little arcade game, with a fab soundtrack that doesn't ever get annoying. Some really nice touches as well, especially the further into the game you go. If only I was still good enough to get that far!

Judging by the arcade flyers, I'd no idea that the pilots were birds!
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DaLar
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necronom
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I can't seem to get very far with this.

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59,950

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Ooh...10k bonus for 40+ plane kills.

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23 Oct 2013, 03:59 PM
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I can't seem to get very far with this.

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Do you know that you hav a second button that can be used to loop to get you out of danger (before you collect the bomb). Also rapid pressing of the second button when hit can save you?

A lot of the game is about judging how high you can fly; flak cannons shoot high, tanks shoot low - so you are invulnerable from flak shots in the bottom half or so of the screen. Enemy planes (early on) tend to fly in straight lines, so that you can fly in between them without being hit. Also doing a couple of loops (providing you're not too low) can usually get you out of trouble.

It;s a good tip initially to stay low, as close to the ground and use can get, taking out the ground units (the enemy planes won't usually bother you if you fly too low), and hugging the landscape until you get to the target when you need to fly high to avoid the flak.
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208940

Level 8 getting silly now.
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flak cannons shoot high, tanks shoot low - so you are invulnerable from flak shots in the bottom half or so of the screen. Enemy planes (early on)


Is this entirely correct? I'm pretty sure i've gotten nailed by flak cannons as long as i was in line of sight.
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Thanks for the tips, but embarrassingly I already knew about the second button, and pressing it fast. I was just very bad at it :lol:

I've improved a bit now, and managed to beat my previous best when I must have played it to see if I should nominate it.

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flak cannons shoot high, tanks shoot low - so you are invulnerable from flak shots in the bottom half or so of the screen. Enemy planes (early on)


Is this entirely correct? I'm pretty sure i've gotten nailed by flak cannons as long as i was in line of sight.
I may be wrong, but can't ever remember being brought down by a flak cannon whilst flying low.
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61050

I was having a great run but then wasted all lives in ridiculous ways at round 4

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getting stuck around 65k now - enjoying the game too much to concentrate properly - well that's my excuse...

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Dodging so much on this level, never saw the bomb before reaching the base. This was quite a frantic level. On the previous level gained 20k bonus for 65 air shots. :D

There's a u-tube vid of someone clocking 700k, to completion.

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Had a massive bonus waiting, but I couldn't manage it to the end of level, >:(

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I can't believe I worked so hard to get to my high score and I'm still at the bottom of the league.

Bring another game that this one makes me sad.
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Its not easy...
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Only just sorted out my computer problems so just a quick go! Great wee game though...very addictive! :)
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