Deluxe Galaga competition '08

[Harrison]

Deluxe Galaga - Hiscore Competition

Welcome to the next classicamiga hiscore competition.

This time we are returning to an old favourite. We have already held a DG competition a few years ago and that was great fun. But with all the newer members we should now have much more competition.



http://www.classicamiga.com/images/stories/jreviews/games/D/Deluxe_Galaga_AGA%20(34).png


The competition is as always, get the hiscore and take a screenshot of the hiscore. Then upload your screenshot to the members gallery on the main site and then link to the image in this thread to prove your score.

Good luck everyone. I hope you all have fun playing this great game. After this we will then finally move on to Super Stardust for the next competition.

Game to be played: Deluxe Galaga AGA 2.6C (download on main site)
difficulty: Normal Mode
Platform: Amiga A1200
Emulator: WinUAE

Note: This should run on a basic A1200 setup.

Controls:

- Joystick + keyboard controls shown on game screens (push stick to access them).

Length of Competition: March 1st 2008
Competition Rules: Obtain the highest score!

Points to be won:

1st Place: | 5000 points
2nd Place: | 2000 points
3rd Place: | 500 points
Game Files: The game in HDF format, with full instructions included can be found on the main site in the Amiga/Downloads section, and on the game page here. (http://www.classicamiga.com/content/view/4528/96/)

[Submeg]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/Submeg/DeluxeGalagaSubmeg.png

Almost to a half mil...

[Submeg]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/Submeg/DeluxeGalagaSubmeg2.png

Slightly better, although I still suck

[Submeg]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/Submeg/DeluxeGalagaSubmeg3.png

Next one...

[Harrison]

Slowly getting better. I'm going to have to try for a score this weekend. It's been a long time since I played the game properly so this could be hard.

Anyone else joining in, or is Submeg just competing with himself? :lol:

[Buleste]

Submeg is always playing with himself.
I can't even beat his 4th highest score so rule me out.

[v85rawdeal]

And the winner is... EMW Software!!!

[Harrison]

It doesn't matter if you can't beat the highest score. Anyone finishing the competition in the top three will still win a forum award to display next to their posts and in their profile.

[Buleste]

It doesn't matter if you can't beat the highest score. Anyone finishing the competition in the top three will still win a forum award to display next to their posts and in their profile.

I'm in it to win it. If i can't win i won't bother. It's the American way (even though i'm British). Having said that what about the Slam Tilt results. I did quite well on that.

[Harrison]

I will sort the Slam Tilt results out this afternoon (now that you minded me). I will also update the main site's competition banner to finally show the current competition. I just realised I still have it advertising Xenon! :lol:

[Buleste]

I know. I did try giving Xenon a go but i forgot how crap i was at it so that competition needs closing as well.

[Submeg]

Hehe, yea playing with yourself does have some adva...I mean I like people. People are cool :unsure:

[Submeg]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/Submeg/submeg4.jpg

So close to getting the fireballs again!

[Buleste]

Balls!!!!!

[Submeg]

It's alright I have to go to bed now, working tomorrow

[Submeg]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/Submeg/submeg5.png

FINALLY popped the mil...

[Submeg]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/Submeg/submeg6.png

Slightly better..

[Harrison]

Anyone else had time to give the game a go yet? It doesn't matter what score you get. Just post some scores so we can start the ball rolling. I think Submeg might go blind if he keeps playing with himself for much longer!

[Submeg]

Yep BOTH of my hands are beginning to hurt :p

[Vangar]

Last time i played that game properly i got to level 125, the game loops over. If i find time, your score is dead. haha.

EDIT: Installing and going to have a few goes now, i hope i still have the touch

[Buleste]

Please do beat submeg's score. He's in New Zealand for a couple of weeks so he'll be really pissed when he gets back. Good to have you back to the forum.

[Vangar]

Submeg, your going to have to play a LOT harder.

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5205/ownedzr5.png

My fingers hurt, a lot.

EDIT:
How is it done?

You need to finish as many Meteor storms as you can, get full speed and a decent amount of money, almost full bullets and then save for the fireballs. Autofire helps a lot once you have enough bullets. Then occasionally an alien that fires laser beams will turn up in some levels. Killing it gives you an instant $1000 to help you though a ton more. Lather, rinse and repeat. I didn't even die, i just gave up on that level as it is 12:08am. Tomorrow i shall go further. Check the screen-shot, i never used the continues.

[Graham Humphrey]

I can get to level 210-odd... I dare not play it again as I'll have no social life for the next year or so...

[Harrison]

Hmm... I really need to plug my X-Arcade in and have some practice. Need to beat that score ;).

Although.... I probably won't come close. I will post whatever score I manage though.

[Vangar]

No one wants to beat me?

[Submeg]

Dont u worry, Im back. With two weeks to spare! MWAHAHA

[Buleste]

What happened to those maori hitmen i hired?

[Harrison]

:lol: I really need to work on a score to post. I doubt I will beat any current scores though, but posting a score of any size might still secure me a top three finish and a trophy! ;) Unless some other members start joining in!

[Submeg]

Yea I suck I dont know why, I keep dying as I dont know the sequences as I never played it when it first came out so Im learning now, you guys all have an advantage

[Vangar]

Advantage? Played it when it first came out? Im 18! :P lol

[Submeg]

Damn, well I blame being old then lol, my teenage reflexes are dying

[Graham Humphrey]

I hope to get a go in this week... you're going down my friend ;)

[TiredOfLife]

I have had a few test runs and oh my god, how poor am I?
Those rumours about porn and going blind must be true.

I used to be much better than this.

[Graham Humphrey]

Read it and weep guys ;)

5,139,110... can still do much better than this though...

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/3663/pict0043yx9.jpg

[Graham Humphrey]

What's the matter, have I scared you all off :p

[Buleste]

I couldn't beet the EMW software score so i was never scared.

[Vangar]

Tonight, i'm going to beat that score.

[Graham Humphrey]

Didn't do a very good job did you... too late now ;)

[Vangar]

I was too busy in real life and didn't get to try. Ah well.

[Buleste]

Theres still time as i don't think any of the High score competitions have closed (Hint. Hint.).

[Harrison]

True. You can still give the comp a try if you like. I will be closing it soon so we can launch some new hiscore comps but not for a couple more weeks.

[Graham Humphrey]

Surely that's a foul, ref?

I dunno, making up the rules as you go along, tsk...

;)

[TiredOfLife]

Surely that's a foul, ref?

I dunno, making up the rules as you go along, tsk...

;)

Worried are you?
;)

[Graham Humphrey]

Me? Of course not... :unsure:

[Harrison]

:lol:

[Vangar]

TaDa.

[Buleste]

Well done.

[Graham Humphrey]

Great, I'm going to have to play it again now :lol:

However I think it is slightly controversial keeping the compo open for more than three weeks after it was due to finish but there you go...

[Buleste]

The Slam Tilt compo hasn't been closed yet and thats even older so don't worry. In fact i think the Xenon compo's still open.

[Graham Humphrey]

That's okay then, I'll just take my time ;)

[Vangar]

Even if the comp closed, i'd keep posting scores to stay on top =P

[Solimyr]

ehm...i do record on this site...the best record ever see...i don't know why there isn't...the nick that i use for post image was Solimyr.....i try to search but nothing....i ask to master to search the old archive for search my record...i do a record and i was played 4 hours continuos...i do warblade record with deluxe galaga...please master search!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:unsure::unsure::unsure::unsure:

[Harrison]

When and how did you submit your hiscore image for this competition? You are not a member of the main classicamiga.com site could not have submitted your image into our member's gallery as the rules state. And this is your first post on the forum.

[Solimyr]

When and how did you submit your hiscore image for this competition? You are not a member of the main classicamiga.com site could not have submitted your image into our member's gallery as the rules state. And this is your first post on the forum.

i found the page....

http://oldforum.classicamiga.com/index.php?showtopic=331&st=100&#last

i think the site is the same..i wrong??

[Graham Humphrey]

Surely though the score doesn't count for this compo as you clearly didn't get the score during this particular competition...

[Harrison]

Yep, it is indeed the same site. That is our old original forum which is now closed (as it states at the top of that page) as I launched this new forum in 2006 to replace it.

And as Graham said, that was for a different competition using the same game. Sorry, but to enter again you will need to make and submit a new score with screenshot as proof.

[TiredOfLife]

Surely though the score doesn't count for this compo as you clearly didn't get the score during this particular competition...

Somebody got you rattled again? :D

[Vangar]

Someone beat me! haha

[Harrison]

Announcement!

This competition is now finished and is closed.

The winners are as follows:

Rank|Name|Points
1st|Vangar|6,718,700|
2nd|Graham Humphrey|5,139,110|
3rd|Submeg|1,204,565|


Congratulations to you all. Not the highest scores ever seen for this game by a long way, but much higher than I've ever managed so still some good scores posted in my view. :thumbs:

And on Friday I will be launching a new hiscore competition. Game will be revealed with the launching of the new comp. ;)

[raudo]

Hello! I know this competition is over, but I this great game don't work for me at all. The game loads normally, but I cannot pick up any items or get killed. I use WinUAE!

[Demon Cleaner]

Surely you have a trained version and enabled the invincibility cheat, so that there's no sprite collision, thus no chance of picking up stuff or getting killed.

[Teho]

Have you tried setting the collision level to 'full' under the chipset tab in the WinUAE settings?

[Harrison]

Strange. I've never had any issues getting this game to work perfectly using a standard A1200 setup in WinUAE.

Are you using the version of the game I provided for the competition? If not then you can download it from the main site in our downloads section. It is an HDF so you will need to place it in the harddrives section of WinUAE. It is self booting so you don't need anything in the floppy drives.

[raudo]

Thanks for answers.. I could't find the version you provided for competition. I could't find any download link from this site:

http://www.classicamiga.com/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/Itemid,47/gid,111/

The collision level doesn't help so it must be some kind of trainer mode. I got it from other website and it is ADF file.

[Harrison]

You need to be registered and logged into the site before you can download the game.

[ketyow]

I know that's a little dig, but I always loved Galaga. Few years ago we played a lot with friends trying to beat each other. Finally the high score looked like this

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3695/rekordgalaga.png

I don't remember well, but it was a good score also because I died first time in third fly (after 150 levels). I saw better scores on the internet, but probably cheated or created by modifying hex values (usually number of level is covered or there are only few scores - it is impossible to do score like this in third play...). It took me two months to hit this, played on real Ami, not UAE, using mouse (this isn't make game easier for everyone, my friend Slowik used a joystick). I still remember how happy I was, when i get over 1.000.000 after few days of play :)

[Harrison]

Very nice score. As you say, it takes a lot of practice, learning the level patterns etc to start clocking up big scores.

We are hoping to start some gaming highscore competitions again this year in here, so keep checking back with us. :)

[Submeg]

Whoa, as if I came third! It was such a terrible score! Is Deluxe Galaga on the PS3 by any chance?

[Harrison]

I think you can get an arcade collection for the PS3 from Namco or Atari that includes the original arcad version. You can purchase it through the PS Store for about £6 when I last looked.

Although now with the PS3 CFW released we should start seeing more emulators appearing for the PS3, and I can imagine it can handle MAME well, so some great retro arcade gaming on the PS3 coming soon I hope. ;) BTW, off topic, but does anyone know if anyone has developed a networked multiplayer version of MAME? Wouldn't it be great to hold a mame tornament on the site later in the year, with members playing against each other online?

[Demon Cleaner]

IBTW, off topic, but does anyone know if anyone has developed a networked multiplayer version of MAME? Wouldn't it be great to hold a mame tornament on the site later in the year, with members playing against each other online?
Kaillera?

http://www.kaillera.com/

[Harrison]

Kaillera is now very out of date. Last version was in 2003 I think. It is definitely an option we can try if we can't find anything else.

There is of course SNES9x with network support that we could use for SNES gaming. We will have to do some exploring for other emulators with network support. I would love to setup some online retro gaming.