Year of Game FRIENDLY COMPETITION THREAD

[Ed Oscuro]

**Discussion phase, add your cents and good sense below!**

Alright, let's pick a game with scoring and all try to get good at it. Highscore table will be posted here. There is no prize (at least I can't think of one yet), but we will settle that later. Post with the game you think we should do (I'm going to refrain for now except to say I like shooters ;)

[Cryomancer]

Toejam and Earl III. Wait no, those points max out.

[Vectorman0]

I suggest a lightgun game for PSX or PS2. Point Blank 3 or Time Crisis 2 come to mind.

[wallydawg]

Tetris Dx. Gameboy Color represent.

[Wavelflack]

I would suggest an older game. Something that more of us are likely to have.

[goemon]

How about a classic shooter like Salamander or Donpachi? That way people could play it on MAME or play one of the ports.

Also, there could be multiple games -- say, a platformer, shooter, light gun, etc.

[Ed Oscuro]

How about a classic shooter like Salamander or Donpachi? That way people could play it on MAME or play one of the ports.

Also, there could be multiple games -- say, a platformer, shooter, light gun, etc.
Sensible points.

On the lightgun games...well, not everybody has a lightgun. I would be up for putting in different categories, of course, so we could do one anyway...

[stonecutter]

how about some Atari 2600 stuff like Megamania, or Seaquest, Frostbite, that type of game

[megamaniaman]

how about some Atari 2600 stuff like Megamania, or Seaquest, Frostbite, that type of game


I second Megamania as the game to compete for.

[goemon]

how about some Atari 2600 stuff like Megamania, or Seaquest, Frostbite, that type of game

Maybe we could do a game for each generation or system? Like Megamania for Atari, something for NES, SNES, et cetera. We don't want this to get too big, though. Maybe five or six games, max. Anyway, I think this is a great idea, and I'm excited to get started.

[theshizzle3000]

Yeah I suggest doing a modern and classic game at the same time and somehow try to tie them together. It would be fun as long as it wasn't Intelligent Qube and Bubble Bath Babes at the same time then the winner would be the first person to get complete copies of both games.

[Quickclaw]

Would Megamania have to be played on the original hardware?

[boatofcar]

We Love Katamari for PS2?

[goemon]

We Love Katamari for PS2?

The problem is that there are limits on how large a katamari you can roll -- I think we should try for games that aren't quite as limited, like shooters. Plus, my little sister would beat all of us in any Katamari game.

[FantasiaWHT]

How about voting on a game from each generation?

[goemon]

Megamania has already been nominated and seconded.
I nominate Salamander (arcade version) for the second generation.

[William_the_Saint]

I nominate Blazing Lazers on the Turbo GraFX 16. A great high scoring game and we won't have to worry about anyone completing it (at least not me).

[Graham Mitchell]

I nominate Galaga '88. We all probably possess the basic skill set to be proficient at the game because it's so close to Galaga, but there's so many variations in how the game is played based on decisions you make during play (such as whether or not to warp, whether to start with a single or dual ship setup) that it would allow for some really clever strategizing, and a big variety of scores amongst competitors.

[diskoboy]

I third Megamania. 2600 version.

Astrosmash would be my second choice.

[goemon]

Would Megamania have to be played on the original hardware?

I don't know. Seeing as this is a casual contest just for fun, I don't think it matters. I'm sure there are plenty of ports of such a classic game that would serve fine.

[cyberfluxor]

How about a generic game just about everyone owns and can be played on the console rather than emulated. For high scores a picture should be taken of the TV/monitor (for those using RGB/VGA/DVI) for legitimacy. Also if there's a difficulty setting for the game, maybe different levels could be distributed to seperate experts from newbies. :)

Some suggestions:
R-Type
Darius
Super Mario Kart
Tetris
PuyoPuyo

Ideas on how you're ranked:
Side-scrollers: Points and difficulty
Puzzles: Level reached and points
Racing: Lap times

[theshizzle3000]

I nominate:

Ridge Racer (PSX)
Tetris (Gameboy)
Tony Hawk (any of them)
and thats just a few I am sure I will think of more

[DeputyMoniker]

Edit.

[Ed Oscuro]

Curses! Internet was out yesterday. I'm back, though.

So far it sounds like there will be at least one shooter; Megamania, and Tetris (some version or other) seem to be pulling down votes also... :D

[Graham Mitchell]

I'll second R-type.

[Ed Oscuro]

Okay, R-Type sounds good then...

I haven't determined whether we should just have a second choice, or perhaps have a period of time when everybody's first choice is being competed on (in case you didn't like the other choices)...either would be fine by me.

[Ed Oscuro]

Hey gang. Internet problems and a busy week have kept me away :| Haven't forgotten about the thread though! I'll try to put something together tonight.

[cyberfluxor]

*waiting* :)

Maybe I'll catch your post tomorrow at work. Any games chosen though should have a rarity of 1-3 so it's more likely people own it. ;)

[Ed Oscuro]

MAME or consoles, gang? I don't have all these games, and if folks are stuck with emulators, that might not all work out well. But we'll see. You don't have to play every game.

[stonecutter]

I do not know the difference of equality, but if needed, have 2 scoreboards. 1 for console, and1 for emulator, but only in the case that one version offers a difference in challenge, as compared to the other. Lets try to include everyone in this friendly competition.

[Graham Mitchell]

Can TG-16 R-type count, since it's so close to the arcade version?

[Ed Oscuro]

Everybody in one list should be playing the same version. We can do variants though.