Robotron: 2084

[Yung-Jedi]

This is a tough game for me.

difficulty value 5 per new instructions.

Congrats to Today, that is nuts man.

Yung Jedi 223,575

trying to get on the board.

[GimmeClassics]

@ Tif: congratz winning this Game of the Month Edition ! Your hi-score will be hard to beat...but I like a challenge
Keep up the good work !!

I've sent you a PM with a special signature badge and of course you're are added to our GOTM Hall of Fame

This is a tough game for me.

difficulty value 5 per new instructions.

Congrats to Today, that is nuts man.

Yung Jedi 223,575

trying to get on the board.

Nice score though YJ ! I had a hard time beating the 100K ....I really need some practice with this game

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[TodayIsForgotten]

I'm sure a lot of you will get a higher score than that. I'm not particulary good at Robotron. Just one of those games i can't truly figure out. Havent touched this in a long time but my personal best is wave 51 which i did a few years ago in the RetroLeague. Might seem good but the difficulty ramps up quite a bit through each series of waves (every 10 levels). My hat goes off to those who loop it. Also makes me feel like poo since this area of genre is my forte. Sad face.

[GimmeClassics]

I'm sure a lot of you will get a higher score than that. I'm not particulary good at Robotron. Just one of those games i can't truly figure out. Havent touched this in a long time but my personal best is wave 51 which i did a few years ago in the RetroLeague. Might seem good but the difficulty ramps up quite a bit through each series of waves (every 10 levels). My hat goes off to those who loop it. Also makes me feel like poo since this area of genre is my forte. Sad face.

Wave 51 .... That's amazing ! How many levels do you have to beat to loop it btw ?

[TodayIsForgotten]

100 );

[GimmeClassics]

100 );

100 Is that even possible !!? Anyhow, reaching level 51 is already showing some serious skills !!

[TodayIsForgotten]

There are quite a few people who can and have done it. 51 was a long time ago, unfortunately.

[Mame Offender]

The Yellow Label Default Difficulty is 5 and the Blue Default is 3. Quite a noticeable difference in this game.

[stephen]

Are you saying there a noticeable different between Yellow Label Difficulty 5, and Blue Difficulty 5? Or that there is a noticeable difference between the two on their default settings?

[Mame Offender]

Man, when you get on a roll, you can pile up a bunch of men quickly, especially with those 5k human rescues.

Here is my first submission:

Red/Yellow Label ( difficulty 5)

263,825

Gotta love those Williams tough games.

[Mame Offender]

Are you saying there a noticeable different between Yellow Label Difficulty 5, and Blue Difficulty 5? Or that there is a noticeable difference between the two on their default settings?

That is info I received off of mame.072 program. I can definitely notice a difference. Mainly in the grunts. STEPHEN is right about the grunts. More numbers and more aggressive.

[DazzleHP]

You guys are talking of yellow labels and black labels and platinums - is there some sort of Pokemon thing happnin' here baby or wut? The rules are clear, check post #1. It's all friendly here, remember? BTW did any FLC fans get what i did there?!

Nice score though man @MO


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[Cynicaster]

You've got to be kidding me... 300 points short of M.O.

263,525

I can confirm that I used the difficulty 5 settings for this run.

For most shooter-type games, I find I only watch my character out of the corner of my eye while I constantly scan the playfield for targets and points. The "position" of my character goes more on instinct and "feel".

That style doesn't work with Robotron, I find. My scores started to improve when I switched it up and started focusing my eyes on my character, and aiming out of the corner of my eye. The game field is so cluttered and claustrophobic that you have to make very fine maneuvers in order to survive. For me, it's just not possible to achieve the required level of precision unless I focus directly on my guy.

[GimmeClassics]

You've got to be kidding me... 300 points short of M.O.

263,525

I can confirm that I used the difficulty 5 settings for this run.

For most shooter-type games, I find I only watch my character out of the corner of my eye while I constantly scan the playfield for targets and points. The "position" of my character goes more on instinct and "feel".

That style doesn't work with Robotron, I find. My scores started to improve when I switched it up and started focusing my eyes on my character, and aiming out of the corner of my eye. The game field is so cluttered and claustrophobic that you have to make very fine maneuvers in order to survive. For me, it's just not possible to achieve the required level of precision unless I focus directly on my guy.

300 points short on a score of more than 250K....that's really something . Nice score though

Great review of Roboton btw ! It's a claustrophobic game indeed which requires you to focus directly on your character. Cool game though

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[Cynicaster]

416,875

[DazzleHP]

416,875

BOOM! Respect

You've jumped 2 places on the Overall Leaderboard

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[Mame Offender]

416,875

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Boom. Nice one.

[TodayIsForgotten]

876,175

some waves i play great and think that i have a chance of clocking the game and then it goes all out the window on the next wave.

[GimmeClassics]

876,175

some waves i play great and think that i have a chance of clocking the game and then it goes all out the window on the next wave.

Absolutely amazing ....As our Robotron GOTM Winner you've reclaimed your title ....Great job Tif !!

Btw, I'd love to see a video of your Robotron game playing skills...If you allow us to learn from the master

Cheers !

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[TodayIsForgotten]

Absolutely amazing ....As our Robotron GOTM Winner you've reclaimed your title ....Great job Tif !!

Btw, I'd love to see a video of your Robotron game playing skills...If you allow us to learn from the master

Cheers !

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I can do that. Please keep in mind while my skills are ok. A seasoned robotron player might think them to be elementary.

Sniff.

[tthurman]

WOW nice score!

[DazzleHP]

876,175

some waves i play great and think that i have a chance of clocking the game and then it goes all out the window on the next wave.

You're too modest man, that's fental! I've played a few twin-stickers in my time but i find this one just crazy!

[Adultery]

Still better than my kindergarden attempt though...

[DazzleHP]

Still better than my kindergarden attempt though...

IKR!

[TodayIsForgotten]

969,625

again, i thought, could this be the game? Figured some things out and then threw them all away.

included is an inp. I ran this on mamefx64 0.153 april 2014

robotron-969625.zip