High Score Competition Round #1 Carnival

brianon

Right. Using the list here (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,113948.0.html) I pulled a random number of 31 which led me to Carnival.







Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_%28video_game%29

KLOV: http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7286

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ROMSet: carnival

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Default Settings.

- Last day is Sunday 10th February 2013.

General Rules:

- Highest score wins.

- No savestates, savestate practices, etc. during the round.

- MAME INP recordings are encouraged but optional.

- A screenshot is required to enter a score (press F12 to save screenshot showing your final score) or take a photo of the game screen.

- Use of autofire or other non-standard hacks within MAME or your PC's OS are not allowed.

brianon

Ok. Let's get a score on the board. 6600

sengoku

This game is best played with the sound muted.

9750

o1s1n

Will try to give this a go when I get home later. Can't say I've ever seen it before!

brianon

sengoku wrote: »

This game is best played with the sound muted.

9750

Muted ? I kinda liked it

CosmicSmash

o1s1n wrote: »

Will try to give this a go when I get home later. Can't say I've ever seen it before!

I remember it in the arcades, I feel old as fook now:(

Any one know where the mame screen shots go?

eddhorse

urbanledge wrote: »

Any one know where the mame screen shots go?

Depends where you install it to :

Mine is C:\Mame32

Screenshots go into the "snaps" folder I think.

Ed

o1s1n

I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing in this game!

eddhorse

o1s1n wrote: »

I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing in this game!

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_(video_game)

The goal of the game is to shoot at targets, while carefully avoiding running out of bullets. Three rows of targets scroll across the screen in alternating directions; these include rabbits, ducks, owls, and bonus items. If a duck target crosses the bottom row without being shot, it will come to life and begin flying down toward the player. Any ducks that reach the bottom of the screen in this manner will eat some of the player's bullets. Objects also periodically appear among the targets that will give the player extra bullets or points when hit. A spinning wheel with eight pipes sits above the rows of moving targets; these pipes and all targets must be shot in order to complete the round.

At the end of each round, the player receives bonus points for all bullets remaining in his supply. He then plays a bonus round, where a large white bear with a target walks across the screen. Each time the bear is shot, it rears up for a second, then begins walking more quickly in the other direction. The object is to shoot the bear as many times as possible until it escapes off the screen. Following the bonus round, the next wave begins. Later bonus rounds add more bears to the screen.

Optimus Prime

Ill have a go the weekend! looks brutal though!

Maragenie

I loved this game on my arcade machine, can't wait to get her back up and running again.

eddhorse

Yep that tune will be going through my head all night.
Gets easier when you realize what you are and are not supposed to hit.

Only could get 7900 after about 7 credits.



Great thread, thanks.
Ed

Dr Bob

liking this , cant top 6500 though , need practice

Got 10180 on my 4 or 5th credit.
Theres a way to get crazy bonuses.
I think if you shoot the pipes in order by colour or something.
You can also lose a lot of points somehow.See the box with +500 in it,
any body seen a + sign with a counter bar there?I've no idea what it does.
Looks like the symbol for health?????

brianon

Leaderboard (as of 10am 29/01/13)
1. 10180 urbanledge
2. 9750 sengoku
3. 7900 eddhorse
4. 6600 brianon
5. 6500 dr bob

Keep them coming.
*Remember to attach a screenshot if you can

brianon

And just like that



Leaderboard
1. 10240 brianon
2. 10180 urbanledge
3. 9750 sengoku
4. 7900 eddhorse
5. 6500 dr bob

Has anyone gotten past the second round?
I had one letter left to get but kept missing then more and more ducks spawned.pain in the swiss!

brianon

urbanledge wrote: »

Has anyone gotten past the second round?
I had one letter left to get but kept missing then more and more ducks spawned.pain in the swiss!

I think my last score was round 3. Not an easy game.

Boom!
here we go.Game of a lifetime! 23900!
I got 13000 on the previous credit and thought i was the great lad!

sengoku

urbanledge wrote: »

Boom!
here we go.Game of a lifetime! 23900!
I got 13000 on the previous credit and thought i was the great lad!

Pic or GTFO!

o1s1n

Can't figure out the scoring in this at all! Most I've gotten is 3000 points because I keep losing them for some reason.

And wtf are the pipes at the top for?

Someone needs to get in here and do some FAQs on this

sengoku

o1s1n wrote: »

Can't figure out the scoring in this at all! Most I've gotten is 3000 points because I keep losing them for some reason.

And wtf are the pipes at the top for?

Someone needs to get in here and do some FAQs on this

There is a FAQ for the Colecvision on Gamefaqs, that will explain a lot, even thought its not on the same format. The pipes and the strange box on the top left of the screen will be explained.

The main aim is to conserve ammo with a high hit rate and gain ammo where you can.

eddhorse

Get rid of the pipes first, the score for them goes down the longer you leave them there, also if you shoot the same colour pipe in a row you get more points.

If you get the word B O N U S in order you get an er.... Bonus score.

Take your time as you only lose bullets when you shoot.

Well that's all I got from my games and I'm well down the high score list. The others are keeping their secrets to themselves

Ed

brianon

Leaderboard
1. 23900 urbanledge
2. 10240 brianon
3. 9750 sengoku
4. 7900 eddhorse
5. 6500 dr bob

There it is!Tried about 10 credits since and cant break 15000:D

sengoku

I just figured out how to turn off the music in the game by shooting the musical note on the far right. :rolleyes:

I thought that a few more people would have been posting high scores when the faq was revealed, we'll see tomorrow, the competition ends at midnight tomorrow.

15290

24590

brianon

I've tried and failed to beat my early 10k score

eddhorse

I'm just happy to be in the top 5
Hoping for something really good as the second game..

o1s1n

Some nice scores lads! I never got off the mark with this one to contribute anything substantial

Oh well, on to the next one!

wtlltw

I have this for the Intellivision (somewhere)

Optimus Prime

I meant to get in on this myself but never had a chance either. how is the next game picked? does the winner pick the next game?

sengoku

I guess its up to brianon, he is the person that got this started after all.

I would hope that a more appealing game is picked this time, Carnival might have this friendly competition off to a slow start?

brianon

sengoku wrote: »

I guess its up to brianon, he is the person that got this started after all.

I would hope that a more appealing game is picked this time, Carnival might have this friendly competition off to a slow start?

Initially I was thinking we'd always go random from the list on byoac. That list seems to be mostly full of great games. Now I'm not saying Carnival is a ... "Bad" game. But it's not great imo. However, it's nice to mix it up.

Anyway, now I'm thinking that the winner can either go random (from the list) or just pick from the list whatever they like.

Also, we can add to the list at any time if you feel there is something worthwhile missing.

Let my hangover go away and I'll be back later to update the leaderboard

*if the winner of a week picks a game (not random) and wins on that game also, I'm inclined to say we go random then for the next week.

brianon

Oh and I think we will bring the closing date for this one back a week to this Sunday the 3rd.

brianon

I have a few ideas I think might help keep this series of High Score Comps going.

1. I'll keep a thread of previous competitions and add to it as each competition run completes. An archive/History of sorts. Hopefully get it stickied.

2. Achievements So we create a range of achievements/trophies that we can all try to collect.

For instance...

- Enter 5 competitions
- Win 1 competition
- Win back to back Competitions
- Domination : Win 3 in a row
- Win and outscore the 2nd placed score by double.
- Top score on an 80's game
- Top score on an 90's game
- Top score on an 00's game
- Time Lord : Get all the decade achievements
- Win a Puzzle comp
- Win a shmup comp
- Win a platformer comp
.... and so on.

I'll track each players Achievements/Trophies and will keep them in the Archive/History thread. Each competition I'll announce any unlocked Achievements by players.

What you think ?

brianon

Squeaky bum time...

Leaderboard
1. 24590 urbanledge
2. 15290 sengoku
3. 10240 brianon
4. 7900 eddhorse
5. 6500 dr bob

sengoku

brianon wrote: »

I have a few ideas I think might help keep this series of High Score Comps going.

1. I'll keep a thread of previous competitions and add to it as each competition run completes. An archive/History of sorts. Hopefully get it stickied.

2. Achievements So we create a range of achievements/trophies that we can all try to collect.

For instance...

- Enter 5 competitions
- Win 1 competition
- Win back to back Competitions
- Domination : Win 3 in a row
- Win and outscore the 2nd placed score by double.
- Top score on an 80's game
- Top score on an 90's game
- Top score on an 00's game
- Time Lord : Get all the decade achievements
- Win a Puzzle comp
- Win a shmup comp
- Win a platformer comp
.... and so on.

I'll track each players Achievements/Trophies and will keep them in the Archive/History thread. Each competition I'll announce any unlocked Achievements by players.

What you think ?

I like the achievements idea, it might even get more competitors on board.

I think I'll give up on Carnival, I just can't pass 14000.

I think the manner in which the next game is selected should be either voted, drawn or randomly picked. If the winner decides I fear that he may become incumbent.

brianon

sengoku wrote: »

I like the achievements idea, it might even get more competitors on board.

I think I'll give up on Carnival, I just can't pass 14000.

I think the manner in which the next game is selected should be either voted, drawn or randomly picked. If the winner decides I fear that he may become incumbent.

Yeah I was thinking about not letting the winner choose twice in a row but even once is probably too much.

So random or vote. Seeing as next game starts tomorrow night ill see if we get enough votes for a clear winner or just go random again. Random from the list that is.

brianon

brianon wrote: »

Yeah I was thinking about not letting the winner choose twice in a row but even once is probably too much.

So random or vote. Seeing as next game starts tomorrow night ill see if we get enough votes for a clear winner or just go random again. Random from the list that is.

I just cannot improve my score in this. I'm getting worse I think.

brianon

brianon wrote: »

I just cannot improve my score in this. I'm getting worse I think.

Ok here's the deal with the next game. Everyone who played this week gets to add a game to the list we randomly choose from.

Each week everyone who plays can add a game to the list we choose from. I'll allow duplicates to help the more popular titles get played but once a game is selected it will be removed from the list and not re-added.

I am going to run the high score competitions over seasons of 10 weeks. 10 games over 10 weeks. Winner gets 10 pts, second 8, third 5, fourth 3, 1 pt for everyone else. Sound ok ?

So carnival is season 1, round 1.

My pick for round 2 is Smash TV.

33860 !

brianon

urbanledge wrote: »

33860 !

Did you have to rub it in really ?

Guys. Add your game picks (one each) to the list asap please.

I did a random pick and got Donkey Kong,
Strangely enough I was going to pick it anyway.
I've been trying to get past the first elevator stage for years!

eddhorse

Great idea on the choosing of the game.

I choose Galaxian.

Ed

brianon

Ok. Almost there. Round ends in 3 hours !

Right now...
Leaderboard
1. 33800 urbanledge
2. 15290 sengoku
3. 10240 brianon
4. 7900 eddhorse
5. 6500 dr bob

urbanledge looking very good.

Possible games for next week are...
Galaxian
Donkey Kong
Smash TV

sengoku

Shinobi

eddhorse

sengoku wrote: »

Shinobi

How would games like these work, high score ?

brianon

I guess so. Maybe there could be bonus points for those who get the furthest, depending on the game.

o1s1n

High score will work in any arcade game