Anybody got previews of the pinup card for 2013 Xmas yet?
Originally posted by: Polonius
Nifty game and all, but I too wish that it was multiplayer. My wife and I make a habit of pulling ol' blinkies and the toploader out every year. Ah well.
They could have easily added player 2 ship to the game at the bottom of the playfield. Two player simultaneous action. Destroy the baddies faster!
I'm not complaining though. I'm mostly a lone gamer for what it's worth. I don't even own a 4-score so the tech on previous releases was kind of wasted on me.
Feel free to take a look around. Its not locked down on purpose and plenty of people have known that for a long time. That doesn't mean everyone else wants to see it too, especially when it is unfinished. I doubt anybody wants to be fooled into losing their money for a week by you.
Sorry for being such a douche guys. I won't be posting any more hidden links from his site. I really like Brian and RetroUSB and try to support what he does. That said, I can't wait for my Xmas 2013 cart to arrive.
Lucky. Mine is too but the mail carrier hasn't come yet. 6:30 CST and it's pitch black out now. My mom left some mail out for the postman to pick up (bills) and they haven't been picked up.
The postman finally dropped my game off at 6:45pm CST. I immediately retreated to my bedroom to play it on my NES for a bit. I may do a playthrough video later on the AV Famicom which is put up right now. It's nice that the surface mount green LEDs appear to be true green rather than the limey green LEDs like in previous releases.
I have digital turbo on my NES Arcade controller and used the "slow motion" function to see how far the game goes. There are 16 levels, which repeat ad-infinitum, so no final ending. I nearly made it to the end of stage 8 @ 10,070 pts, but when I used the "slow motion" cheat on my NES arcade controller, I was able to make it to stage 25 @ 34,510 pts by toggling the start button every other frame and playing through the game at 30Hz.
I still say this game is by far the most awesome xmas cart ever made. The colors on the final NES cart are also a bit nicer and more fleshed out so it seems to have a bit extra polish than the demo ROM. I just wish the game would take me back to the title screen without resetting it.
The postman finally dropped my game off at 6:45pm CST. I immediately retreated to my bedroom to play it on my NES for a bit. I may do a playthrough video later on the AV Famicom which is put up right now. It's nice that the surface mount green LEDs appear to be true green rather than the limey green LEDs like in previous releases.
I have digital turbo on my NES Arcade controller and used the "slow motion" function to see how far the game goes. There are 16 levels, which repeat ad-infinitum, so no final ending. I nearly made it to the end of stage 8 @ 10,070 pts, but when I used the "slow motion" cheat on my NES arcade controller, I was able to make it to stage 25 @ 34,510 pts by toggling the start button every other frame and playing through the game at 30Hz.
I still say this game is by far the most awesome xmas cart ever made. The colors on the final NES cart are also a bit nicer and more fleshed out so it seems to have a bit extra polish than the demo ROM. I just wish the game would take me back to the title screen without resetting it.
Boy, you are a mad man for these Christmas games, huh? To everyone who got annoyed with Ay Jay here, I think he just loves Christmas games and took his exuberance a bit too far. I've been poking around Atari Age this week and he is all over the place there trying to get his hands on all of the 2600 Christmas homebrews. I doubt he was trying to "look cool" or cause any harm.
Anyway, my cart arrived today. Just like last year I won't be opening it until Christmas Eve. Cheers to RetroZone for the fast delivery!
Was that with or without your "slow mo" controller?
Without, believe it or not. I scored 35,000 points and level 24 without the extra lives and "million point cheat", using the slow motion, but I never saved the score.
Originally posted by: Paul
Holding a particular button when you start a game gives you extra power ups and lives. The score is the way to tell!
Whenever you see scores in the millions, you know they pressed a key to get more power ups and lives.
Yup. And once you input your initials and hit the button the score becomes permanently burned into the cart! So years down the road if you decide to sell your cart, the buyer will see your scoreboard filled with million point cheats!
So the real high score is like the Price is Right edition: whoever can score closest to one million without going over gets the trophy!
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Originally posted by: Polonius
Nifty game and all, but I too wish that it was multiplayer. My wife and I make a habit of pulling ol' blinkies and the toploader out every year. Ah well.
They could have easily added player 2 ship to the game at the bottom of the playfield. Two player simultaneous action. Destroy the baddies faster!
I'm not complaining though. I'm mostly a lone gamer for what it's worth. I don't even own a 4-score so the tech on previous releases was kind of wasted on me.
Originally posted by: stardust4ever
Anybody got previews of the pinup card for 2013 Xmas yet?
Did some html snooping and found this:
smooch
*edited please do not post this, thank you*
-Penguin
Originally posted by: KHAN Games
Isn't HTML snooping what got you all in trouble in the first place for ordering early?
Took me nearly a week to get my CC refunded btw. Why doesn't NA have a facepalm emoticon?
Originally posted by: stardust4ever
Originally posted by: stardust4ever
Anybody got previews of the pinup card for 2013 Xmas yet?
Did some html snooping and found this:
smooch
Really dude? It is people like you that ruin the surprise for everybody else.
Do you think you are cool? You think people are going to be impressed?
Originally posted by: stardust4ever
Originally posted by: stardust4ever
Anybody got previews of the pinup card for 2013 Xmas yet?
Did some html snooping and found this:
smooch
*edited please do not post this, thank you*
-Penguin
Release of the picture was extremely out of line.
Being that I am a former 8-Bit Xmas gal, (Yes, I finally admited it)
I would have been pissed if my picture had gotten out the way you released this years photo.
It is just rude, disrespectful and shows you have no appreciation for the hard work EVERYBODY puts into these carts each year.
Fun gameand great music! Kicking myself for never getting the past releases.
Originally posted by: Clyde The Jackal
Awww yeah!
Fun gameand great music! Kicking myself for never getting the past releases.
That looks amazing! Finally, blinky's that don't get wasted on a toaster! Thanks for sharing!
Originally posted by: Quack
Mine's out for delivery today!!
x2
The mailcarrier typically gets to my house around 4pm in the afternoon, so I've still got to wait a couple more hours...
I have digital turbo on my NES Arcade controller and used the "slow motion" function to see how far the game goes. There are 16 levels, which repeat ad-infinitum, so no final ending. I nearly made it to the end of stage 8 @ 10,070 pts, but when I used the "slow motion" cheat on my NES arcade controller, I was able to make it to stage 25 @ 34,510 pts by toggling the start button every other frame and playing through the game at 30Hz.
I still say this game is by far the most awesome xmas cart ever made. The colors on the final NES cart are also a bit nicer and more fleshed out so it seems to have a bit extra polish than the demo ROM. I just wish the game would take me back to the title screen without resetting it.
Originally posted by: stardust4ever
The postman finally dropped my game off at 6:45pm CST. I immediately retreated to my bedroom to play it on my NES for a bit. I may do a playthrough video later on the AV Famicom which is put up right now. It's nice that the surface mount green LEDs appear to be true green rather than the limey green LEDs like in previous releases.
I have digital turbo on my NES Arcade controller and used the "slow motion" function to see how far the game goes. There are 16 levels, which repeat ad-infinitum, so no final ending. I nearly made it to the end of stage 8 @ 10,070 pts, but when I used the "slow motion" cheat on my NES arcade controller, I was able to make it to stage 25 @ 34,510 pts by toggling the start button every other frame and playing through the game at 30Hz.
I still say this game is by far the most awesome xmas cart ever made. The colors on the final NES cart are also a bit nicer and more fleshed out so it seems to have a bit extra polish than the demo ROM. I just wish the game would take me back to the title screen without resetting it.
Boy, you are a mad man for these Christmas games, huh? To everyone who got annoyed with Ay Jay here, I think he just loves Christmas games and took his exuberance a bit too far. I've been poking around Atari Age this week and he is all over the place there trying to get his hands on all of the 2600 Christmas homebrews. I doubt he was trying to "look cool" or cause any harm.
Anyway, my cart arrived today. Just like last year I won't be opening it until Christmas Eve. Cheers to RetroZone for the fast delivery!
YES.
Originally posted by: stardust4ever
Anybody else scored a million points yet?
Was that with or without your "slow mo" controller?
Whenever you see scores in the millions, you know they pressed a key to get more power ups and lives.
Originally posted by: fsped09
Originally posted by: stardust4ever
Anybody else scored a million points yet?
Was that with or without your "slow mo" controller?
Without, believe it or not. I scored 35,000 points and level 24 without the extra lives and "million point cheat", using the slow motion, but I never saved the score.
Originally posted by: Paul
Holding a particular button when you start a game gives you extra power ups and lives. The score is the way to tell!
Whenever you see scores in the millions, you know they pressed a key to get more power ups and lives.
Yup. And once you input your initials and hit the button the score becomes permanently burned into the cart! So years down the road if you decide to sell your cart, the buyer will see your scoreboard filled with million point cheats!
So the real high score is like the Price is Right edition: whoever can score closest to one million without going over gets the trophy!