Just added a tips page for Galaxians and Ms Pacman, for anyone to post any helpful info for new players.
Galaxian
http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php/topic/12217-monthly-competition-game-tips-galaxian/
Ms Pacman...
When there are only 4 or so ships on the screen, they will all dive bomb / attack at once.
When you shoot a yellow ship, any flying ships will stop firing. Also, all ships will return to formation and pause for a few seconds.
If you let a yellow ship fall through to the bottom at the end (...
You only get one shot at a time, so try to build up your accuracy by picking off flying ships.
You get more points for a ship in flight than one that is in formation.
Ships generally fly down from the far sides of the formation ( other than the yellow / 2x red combo )
As soon as you hit a...
For anyone taking part in the Compo4MAME competition, feel free to post any tips or hints below.
PND and info link... http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php/topic/12127-release-compo4all-mame-ladderscoreboard-competition-for-classic-arcade-games/
For anyone taking part in the Compo4MAME competition, feel free to post any tips or hints below.
PND and info link... http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php/topic/12127-release-compo4all-mame-ladderscoreboard-competition-for-classic-arcade-games/
Meant to say one last thing...
- Disable dip switch settings
Playing the game as default will make sure that players are all on the same field. Eg a player can switch Donkey Kong to have up to 6 lives instead of the default 3.
http://www.basementarcade.com/arcade/dk/dkswi.html
Just thought...
If every game is able to store a global high score, and also a monthly one ( maybe even just for the previous month, and the current month ), this would allow...
- Globally tracked overall best scores
- Monthly tracked competition ( highlight X games, community can join in and play one or more...
Also, for UI, assuming more than the compo games will be shown...
Show icon showing 2/3/... games for the next compo
Clicking any game name will load the high scores on the right, along with a launch button, rather than launching directly
Have separate compo high score vs all time high...
Nice one - I briefly was number 1 in Galaxian, will def try give Link some good competition over March ;)
Will try out MsPacman too, it's good to have a choice of games for the monthly high score compo but not too much choice :)
For top scores, maybe allow all scores to be shown until say...
Has anyone had any luck running Porsche Challenge? I cen get it to around the menus, then a load of coloured blocks appear on-screen.
It might be due to the fact that it runs at 60fps ( 50 on PAL ).
> Touchscreen (after calibration) is waaaaaay off
I had this issue when I accidently double-tapped the screen.
- the first top-left graphic appeared to click on
- the accidental second ( / double ) click was associated with the next top-right graphic
- the 3rd bottom-left graphic was...