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Why was I knocked out? I tied with the other guy?

I'm on holiday now till a week on Monday so I'm going to miss out on next weeks game... Never mind, play on without me.. no, honest.. I insist.

I did think of my GP2x Wiz... if only Grim... had fixed the image uploader on the mobile site.

There is a rank beyond Black Belt called Superhero.

Found it. It's on here http://www.c64.com/. In "B". Natch.

Bloody ooze stage got me. Gah! This was brilliant fun.

First go, not the best version of this game!

Malc wrote:

First go, not the best version of this game!

Which version would you say is the best? I don't even know which versions there were originally.

There was also a Game Boy version - I only know this as I received the NES and Game Boy version of the game just last week.

devilman wrote:

There was also a Game Boy version - I only know this as I received the NES and Game Boy version of the game just last week.

I've played the NES one and its quite good - I assume the GB one is simply a scaled back version of it ?

zaphod79 wrote:

devilman wrote:

There was also a Game Boy version - I only know this as I received the NES and Game Boy version of the game just last week.

I've played the NES one and its quite good - I assume the GB one is simply a scaled back version of it ?

I'll give it a try tonight - it'll be interesting to see how it compensates for the small screen.

Just had a go on this, and it took me a while to work out what's going on, but it doesn't seem to hold on to my highscore!

Do I have to get to a certain part for the score to count? Or did I answer incorrectly to one of the trainer questions?

Malc

Hunter's Moon: An out-and-out shooting classic. Tough, but brilliant networks of creatures going about their business while you carve your way through their webs to find the prizes needed to complete each level. Gutted that Martin Walker won't talk about his old games.

Author:	lasermink [ Mon Aug 01, 2011 17:37 ]
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Both my joysticks (a Comp Pro and an Arcade) are getting very old and creaky, and this is causing me some problems. Still, a respectable <50700>

Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Aug 01, 2011 22:29 ]
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And from that i'll just post my first go at <15100> Attachment: 15100.png

Author:	devilman [ Mon Aug 01, 2011 23:51 ]
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<22700> Bit fiddly on keys (particularly the bonus round), but not too shabby. I've not played the C64 version before. I used to play the Speccy version a fair bit, but I'd have to concede that this version is a lot better.

Author:	Malc [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 21:46 ]
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<25500> Attachment: 25500.JPG Why was I knocked out? I tied with the other guy? Malc

Author:	Malc [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 22:16 ]
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<34600> I don't think I've ever finished 2nd so many times in a fight before! most of the rounds I got just two or three points, but was able to seperate them, and fight only one of them, who would win, get the bonus, and leave me to pick up the points in the bonus rounds... Attachment: 34600.JPG Malc

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Author:	zaphod79 [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 22:42 ]
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<29500> Attachment: 29500.png

Author:	TheVision [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 22:43 ]
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<41800> Which is actually the most I've ever got I think! I used to play this loads on the Amiga too.

Author:	CraigGrannell [ Wed Aug 03, 2011 0:38 ]
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Malc wrote: Why was I knocked out? I tied with the other guy? When you're tied on hit points, whoever got the lowest points score in the round is out. I guess your moves were lower-scoring ones.

Author:	Malc [ Wed Aug 03, 2011 23:23 ]
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<52900> Attachment: 52900.JPG Malc

Author:	zaphod79 [ Sat Aug 06, 2011 0:38 ]
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Current scores : Malc: 52,900 lasermink: 50,700 TheVision: 41,800 zaphod79: 29,500 devilman: 22,700 BTW Malc - for screenshots in VICE pressing ALT+C will dump the screen out to a .png file (so you dont need to print screen it)

Author:	Satsuma [ Sun Aug 07, 2011 13:02 ]
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I've only had a short time to play this today for the first time all week. I feel like I've wasted my efforts on the other two games when I should have invested that time in IK+ cause it's a freaking joy to play. I've gotta try and find some time to play this later on and even if I don't I might just play for fun some time. <23200>

Author:	devilman [ Sun Aug 07, 2011 14:15 ]
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One go with a joypad and a fair old improvement - <61800>

Author:	TheVision [ Sun Aug 07, 2011 14:44 ]
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I'm on holiday now till a week on Monday so I'm going to miss out on next weeks game... Never mind, play on without me.. no, honest.. I insist.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Sun Aug 07, 2011 16:05 ]
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TheVision wrote: I'm on holiday now till a week on Monday so I'm going to miss out on next weeks game... Never mind, play on without me.. no, honest.. I insist. Your going to miss Boulder Dash - cant you just postpone your holiday ?

Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 22:46 ]
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<2989> Attachment: 2989.png And some hints Joystick port 1 so either redefine or go to options / swap joystick 4 directions and a single button so perfectly playable by keys F1 at the first screen if nothing seems to be happening It uses consistant physics so if something fell the first time you did it it will always fall the same way you can be killed just as easily by a falling diamond as a falling rock flashing background = extra life Timers generally are kind but get tighter the further you go Press and hold fire then a direction to either dig or push to that side Every X levels (5?) there is a bonus screen with a single task - do that task for an extra life. You dont need to grab every diamond , just the number at the top to make the exit appear however normally 'extra' diamonds are with more. Some enemies drop diamonds when killed In later screens you need to kill enemies to blow open walls to complete the level You also get 'special' things in the mine , the ooze will turn into diamonds if 'trapped' in an area / the wall will turn boulders into diamonds if you drop them in from the top.

Author:	Satsuma [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 19:22 ]
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My bloody laptop imploded on Friday and I spent Saturday breaking it further with my ridiculous lack of knowledge before buying a hard drive on Sunday which was spent backing up my files and restoring factory settings! GAH! I should have walked Boulderdash to first place! That's the two best games on the list I've missed out the chance to get decent scores! Double Gah. And a Grrrr. I can't say I've ever played Forbidden Forest but I've seen it in sigh Retro Gamer. :/

Author:	devilman [ Sun Aug 07, 2011 16:53 ]
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He has his GP2X Wiz thing now... if that does C64 games, he just needs a way of uploading screenshots and he's sorted.

Author:	Malc [ Sun Aug 07, 2011 18:21 ]
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<64800> Malc

Author:	TheVision [ Sun Aug 07, 2011 19:30 ]
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I did think of my GP2x Wiz... if only Grim... had fixed the image uploader on the mobile site. And yes... that was a hint.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Sun Aug 07, 2011 19:35 ]
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TheVision wrote: I did think of my GP2x Wiz... if only Grim... had fixed the image uploader on the mobile site. I dont know if your iphone or android but you could go for something like photobucket (which has an iphone app) - simply take a picture of the screen - upload it to photobucket and then post the link here ?

Author:	lasermink [ Sun Aug 07, 2011 22:04 ]
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I haven't had time to play this since my original go, and now I am too tired... My high score on the Amiga was around 80000-90000 points IIRC, and it was only on that highest score that that little surprise I mentioned earlier was triggered. I don't know if it was only on the Amiga version, though. I will reveal what it was later when this week's challenge is finished (it's absolutely nothing spectacular, mind you).

Author:	MrD [ Sun Aug 07, 2011 22:34 ]
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<3800> My word, I've never played such an unreadable, arbitrary game in all my life! O_O No, wait, make that <5900> !!! Or even <6900> !!! That's enough. How the hell do you even play this thing? You can get knocked unconscious once and the other two fighter score enough hits on each other to end the round before you can get up! If I didn't already know you were all crazy, I'd be calling bullshit on your >10,000 scores.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 13:40 ]
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Scores for IK+ Malc: 64,800 devilman: 61,800 lasermink: 50,700 TheVision: 41,800 zaphod79: 29,500 Ian Fairies: 23,200 MrD: 3,800 Leaves the overall scoreboard looking like this Malc - 23 zaphod79 - 19 Ian Fairies - 18 MrD - 11 devilman - 11 TheVision - 9 lasermink - 6 chinnyhill10 - 4 Joans - 0 Okay - week 4 - Boulderdash is live - a great arcade puzzle game which has recently made its way onto XBLA You can also play the C64 version in a browser here : http://www.c64x.no/c64/boulderdash.php

Author:	lasermink [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 14:09 ]
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Well then, here's the big IK+ secret you've all been waiting for (please don't get too excited): ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! There is a rank beyond Black Belt called Superhero.

Author:	Satsuma [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 20:24 ]
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Zaphod! I wanna play this but the link isn't working for the download (actually your link on page 1 is for Boulderdash 3 but when I search for Boulderdash on Lemon64 there are no working links anyway).

Author:	Satsuma [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 20:31 ]
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Found it. It's on here http://www.c64.com/. In "B". Natch.

Author:	Satsuma [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 21:03 ]
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<1956> Bloody ooze stage got me. Gah! This was brilliant fun.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 22:57 ]
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Ian Fairies wrote: Found it. It's on here http://www.c64.com/. In "B". Natch. Thanks - I've fixed the broken link on the first post and added this - FYI there is an attachment on the first post as well which is just the .D64 and T64 roms for the various games so if your stuck again just grab that. Ian Fairies wrote: Bloody ooze stage got me. Gah! This was brilliant fun. Ooze took me a few goes this time round - the trick is to block it in with you blocking the last square that it can go to - i did that then ran into the pile of diamonds and got myself trapped :-) Its also one of those things where after you've grabbed them its very close on time to get to the exit (near the top right corner)

Author:	zaphod79 [ Sat Aug 13, 2011 23:44 ]
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One more day to go and so far only 2 entries for this great game Boulder Dash zaphod79: 2,989 Ian Fairies: 1,956 I've tried a few more games tonight but not beaten my previous score - but will be trying again tomorrow

Author:	Malc [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:49 ]
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I've been away most of this week, will try and get a score in today. MAlc

Author:	devilman [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:24 ]
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I never was any good at this game. <2611>

Author:	Malc [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 21:58 ]
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<1455> First go, not the best version of this game! Attachment: 1455.JPG Malc

Author:	Malc [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 22:36 ]
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<2064> Attachment: 2064.JPG Malc

Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 0:14 ]
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I was a bit stuck for time but didnt better my earlier score so Boulderdash finishes as zaphod79: 2,989 devilman: 2,611 Malc: 2,064 Ian Fairies: 1,956 And we now enter the Forbidden Forest with a tie at the top of the overall scoreboard zaphod79 - 29 Malc - 29 Ian Fairies - 22 devilman - 19 MrD - 11 TheVision - 9 lasermink - 6 chinnyhill10 - 4 Joans - 0

Author:	lasermink [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:39 ]
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Malc wrote: First go, not the best version of this game! Which version would you say is the best? I don't even know which versions there were originally.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:43 ]
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lasermink wrote: Malc wrote: First go, not the best version of this game! Which version would you say is the best? I don't even know which versions there were originally. I prefer the Atari 8bit version (simply for speed) however looking at Wikipedia the list of OS versions is Arcade, Atari 8-bit computers, Apple II, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, NES, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, PC, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, iOS (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulderdash)