EAB/Lemon Super League 2008: Round 11 - Banshee

[Graham Humphrey]

EAB/Lemon Super League 2008: Round 11 - Banshee (http://hol.abime.net/31)

http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/3/10/25/f_banshee01m_bd7f44d.png http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/1412/banshee03ho7.png http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/3/10/25/f_banshee05m_656bb88.png

Rules:
- The round starts now (Sunday, October 26) and will end at 11:59pm UK time on Saturday, November 15.
- Score as many points as possible.
- Post screenshots of your score in this thread, and write your score underneath. You can enter as many times as you like within the round's time frame.
- No cheating of any kind (including score leeching) - this includes save states. If you suspect a contestant of cheating then don't post it in public (anyone who does so will have their posts edited or deleted) - please PM either me or Biscuit and we will investigate it. If we find anyone guilty of cheating then they will be banned for the entire season.
- Please only post your score on either the EAB or Lemon forums. If you have already played this year you have to post your score on the same forum for the whole season. If you are new, the one you post on first will be your "team" for the whole season. However you are welcome to discuss the compo, game etc. on the other forum if you wish.
- Play the game on 'Normal' difficulty.

For the full rules and FAQ, click here (http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=33736).

To see how the Lemon guys are doing, click here (http://www.lemonamiga.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5717).

To check the current league table and previous rounds' results click here (http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=34801).

Download Links:
Disk 1 (http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?section=roms&dat=257&action=showrom&id=325523), Disk 2 (http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?section=roms&dat=257&action=showrom&id=325524), Disk 3 (http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?section=roms&dat=257&action=showrom&id=325525), Disk 4 (http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?section=roms&dat=257&action=showrom&id=325526), WHDLoad-installed (http://www.whdownload.com/games/Pack-B-2007-01-30/Banshee_v3.2_AGA_0633.zip).

ADFs from the usual sources have proved to not be fully playable versions. So two of our regulars have made files for any players that can't use WHDload or ipf images. On page 3 Horace has posted info on adfs he has created. Also, mihcael has made a HDF file which you can download here (http://www.mediafire.com/?zchgvhznmnn).

Have fun and remember if you have any questions then feel free to ask. Anyone can join at any time.

Final Scores: (EAB members in blue, Lemon members in red)

1. TodaysForgotten - 188,109
2. DamienD - 186,887
3. mailman - 172,595
4. peace - 167,419
5. john4p - 163,146
6. CHook/OTT - 136,366
7. blade002 - 127,831
8. Biscuit - 115,859
9. TheCyberDruid - 98,262
10. mihcael - 58,046
11. Reo77 - 37,661
12. humble worm - 33,233
13. adolescent - 29,527
14. Graham Humphrey - 23,166
15. Predseda - 17,794
16. Simon Humphrey - 8,820

[blade002]

Oh well.. sigh.. Ive got an exam coming up ( 2 of them to be exact ), working full time..etc.. so i just did not have time to get my Amiga up and running. All i can do is pray that i have time to get it going for Banshee and Battle Squadron, but X-Out was the one that i had been dreaming about competing in for quite some time.

But these next 2 shooters in the compo are some of the best on the Amiga, so there is still a big enough incentive.

Special mention to TCD and John4p for the encouragement to get my Ami up and running to compete in X-Out. Even though i could not play it was nice to know i wasn't forgotten :)

[TCD]

Woah, I didn't remember it that hard and the level to be so long :shocked Took me some tries to get past the first level boss :D

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/2681/banshee1994coredesignagqj7.png

32.093

Maybe we should say which skill level to play. I choose 'Normal' which seemed to be the intended way ;)


Edit : I missed you last round blade :( Hope you find the time to play at least this round and next year we'll have another X-Out campaign... :D

[Graham Humphrey]

Yes - 'Normal' sounds about right.

Oh and you won't be having another X-Out campaign ;)

[TCD]

Oh and you won't be having another X-Out campaign ;)

Okay, okay no campaigns anymore. :D

[Graham Humphrey]

No, I meant you can't vote for it again next year, that's gone I'm afraid :D

Although I guess there is still our knockout competition ;)

[TCD]

No, I meant you can't vote for it again next year, that's gone I'm afraid :D

So there is no 'reset' of the games in the Super League? Guess that's okay, because it will take some years until we run out of games ;)

[Graham Humphrey]

That's exactly it, I think we'll be fine for games for quite a few years to come yet though, maybe a couple of decades down the line we'll consider resetting it :cheese

[mailman]

33,449

I attached 3 shots. The first one is my high score table before I played today. The second one is a score after losing all planes and the third one is updated high score table with my new entry.

[Graham Humphrey]

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/5342/bansheescore1fk5.jpg

23,166

[CHook/OTT]

34,068

Took a couple of goes to remember which power-ups did what.

[mailman]

38,840

I could have done much better but I was not focused enough and failed :(

[john4p]

When you collect a bomb-symbol one of three lights is lit here on the left side:

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/773/fbanshee05m656bb88mw7.png

<SPACE> and 2nd firebutton activate the "loops". But how do you use the bombs?

[bippym]

Have you tried holding fire down without autofire!

Don't know if it works, but it might

[humble worm]

hmmm the only bomb I recall is weapon which one uses "just like that" pressing fire (your plane just drops one bomb per some period of time )

there is also an item which destroys all on screen (skull?), but as far as i remember it explodes on touch

how does the symbol look like?

maybe tou mean something I call "fill item" - a thingie that you need only (i think) not to lose your weapon upgrade when killed?

[john4p]

@bippy: Yup, tried that, too. Didn't work, either. :confused

maybe tou mean something I call "fill item" - a thingie that you need only (i think) not to lose your weapon upgrade when killed?
Maybe you're right and it's just not a bomb. The symbol looks like a couple of black bullets/dots/tiny bombs and a 'B'-letter (it's not the skull).
Is that the item that prevents your weapon from being downgraded?

[humble worm]

yep, thats it! I could not find any other use for this...

[john4p]

Ah, okay - thanks for the enlightenment! :great

[TCD]

Thanks for the info humble worm :) Nice idea to have a power-up just for that :agree

[humble worm]

well im not sure of that and maybe somebody will enlighten me..

anyway - its not a bomb

[TCD]

Since HOL is down atm, I had a look at the Lemon page for Banshee and in the manual I found this :
SCREEN DISPLAY
--------------

See the file SCREEN.IFF included in this archive.

Does anybody know where (or how) to get this file?

[blade002]

When you collect a bomb-symbol one of three lights is lit here on the left side:


<SPACE> and 2nd firebutton activate the "loops". But how do you use the bombs?

As far as i can remember, once you get the bombs they drop automatically and constantly. don't quote me on that, but thats what i can remember.

[TCD]

As far as i can remember, once you get the bombs they drop automatically and constantly. don't quote me on that, but thats what i can remember.

That's right, but it's a different powerup. I think humble worm is right about the 'keep weapons' effect, but I really want to know it for sure ;)

[humble worm]

finally got reason to take my cd32 out of wardrobe... (should have done it during CE round - keyboard sucks :guru)

maybe this time (for a first time) I will reach space level :sleep... I hope my joypad is going to make it :)

[john4p]

I can confirm it works. But you only keep your weapons if you had lit ALL 3 lights before you died! One light is turned off - but you keep all your stuff!

If you had 2 lights lit and die you have 1 light left and lose everything previously collected...

This explains that tip in the manual:

Get a full Build-up and you won't loose any of your Pick-ups when your plane goes up in flames.


@humbleworm: I recommend one of these so you won't have to use your keyboard on your PC: http://www.amazon.de/USB-Single-Adapter-für-PSX/dp/B000YBDWJ6/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1225116375&sr=8-5 (almost everyone has an old PS1- or PS2-pad somewhere in his basement...)

[TCD]

This would explain the small 'B' on the powerup ;) Good to know that for sure now, I thought I was missing something essential here :D

[Graham Humphrey]

finally got reason to take my cd32 out of wardrobe... (should have done it during CE round - keyboard sucks :guru)

maybe this time (for a first time) I will reach space level :sleep... I hope my joypad is going to make it :)

Doesn't the CD32 version have an extra two levels? I'm sure I've read before that it does.

[humble worm]

dunno, never heard about it :confused
maybe it is so - today I was suprised when I read on lemon that there are only 4 levels... always thought (imagined) that there is more than one space level (maybe thats because there are quite many space screenshots on HOL?)

I got only to the level 3 boss and to the moment it all seems the same as in lemon description (sea level, city level, desert-arctic level)

still I really hope there are no additional cd32 levels or the levels are in the end of the game :(

I am searching for evidence, nothing found yet - shame that HOL is down

[Graham Humphrey]

Well I've read before there are extra levels, doesn't mean for certain that they exist - of course if there are then you won't be able to play the CD32 version I'm afraid as it is obviously different to the normal version :(

And of all the times for HOL to be down eh?

[humble worm]

And of all the times for HOL to be down eh?
sorry, my english is not good enough to get it :spin

if there are additional levels in the end (5,6) am I still not allowed to play it?
if I would submit screens of place where I was killed? It is not likely that i would get to those levels... i ask cause Im not going to play on winuae. and i doubt if there are any more differences (more points for kill an enemy or different level structure)...

[Graham Humphrey]

Sorry, I meant that it's a rather inconvenient time for HOL to be down ;)

I don't think it's a good idea to play a version that has such a fundamental difference, like you say there's unlikely to be any more differences but everyone has to be playing the same version gameplay-wise and there might well be other people who can get beyond level four and what then?

I'm sorry, it's highly unfortunate and quite a rare thing to happen... is there no way you can play the floppy version?

[humble worm]

first lets make it clean if the levels exist at all :)

and there might well be other people who can get beyond level four and what then?

dunno, I just think that playing it up to level four in this situation would be ok...
nevermind, ofcourse I will obey the rules (have no choice;)) but first have to be sure if the dispute is not completely pointless :laughing

[Graham Humphrey]

Ah yes that's a good idea, if there isn't more than four levels I'm going to look a little silly :laughing

[humble worm]

CD32 manual (http://hol.abime.net/32/manual)
floppy version manual (http://hol.abime.net/31/manual)
different manuals, but quantity of levels is the same :spin

[Graham Humphrey]

Funny how Amiga Power's review mentions two extra levels though...? Ah well we'll go with the manual for now, unless anyone spots any different of course ;)

[humble worm]

Funny how Amiga Power's review mentions two extra levels though...?
as we say in poland "believe in what you read in papers and next winter you will wear sandals" ;)

also checked cd32 "box" - got it at home, it is also on HOL -it says about "four massive levels" and not a word of extra levels

[Graham Humphrey]

Okay, okay, you've convinced me :laughing

[mailman]

51,080

Almost finished second world.

[blade002]

Melbourne Cup long weekend coming up ( 4 days off work ) so i will have time get my Amiga going :) ( meanwhile everyone is saying to themselves.. yeah yeah yeah, we have all heard that before! :rolleyes )

[TCD]

( meanwhile everyone is saying to themselves.. yeah yeah yeah, we have all heard that before! :rolleyes )

;) No really, best of luck mate :great It's just a pity you couldn't fix it earlier :( Hope to see your score soon :)

[john4p]

meanwhile everyone is saying to themselves.. yeah yeah yeah, we have all heard that before! :rolleyesNot me. I did that already last round... :D ;)

[CHook/OTT]

65,880

Me + The rockfall on level 3 = No chance!!! :)

[Graham Humphrey]

Four days off work hey... wanna swap :cheese

EDIT: Addressed to Blade, of course ;)

[TCD]

65,880

Me + The rockfall on level 3 = No chance!!! :)

Really nice score :great I think I have another go tonight ;)

[CHook/OTT]

Really nice score :great I think I have another go tonight ;)

Bring it on!!! :)

Mailmans 51k made me load it up again. I had 8 lives at the start of level 3 but it went wrong very quickly and i lost all my weapons.

[TCD]

Bring it on!!! :)

Wont have the time for it tonight :( But I'll be back :D (Hope tomorrow there will be some spare time for it :agree)

[TCD]

Got home from work earlier today :D Got quite far into level 2 and found that collecting the score bonus items is quite effective :agree

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8964/banshee1994coredesignagiz7.png

54.621

@CHook/OTT
Didn't got you this time, but I'll try again on the weekend ;)

[DamienD]

Decided to have a bash at this today. Man it's harder than I thought it would be and I must say that sometimes the background makes it very difficult to see enemy bullets.

Anyway, made it to level 3 and achieved a score of 55145 ;)

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8246/bansheesr6.th.png (http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bansheesr6.png)

[TCD]

Yay Damien :great Nice to compete with you, even if you beat me :p According to your score and that you reached level 3 I should think about gathering more weapon powerups instead of score ones ;)

[CHook/OTT]

A very impressive entry score there fella :great

[Graham Humphrey]

Good to see you make a return to the competition Damien :D

[DamienD]

According to your score and that you reached level 3 I should think about gathering more weapon powerups instead of score ones ;)
hehehe :p

Trust me, I did grab mainly weapon power ups. In other game I only made it to the first boss on stage 2 and had a score of 43,000 :shocked

[TCD]

hehehe :p

Trust me, I did grab mainly weapon power ups. In other game I only made it to the first boss on stage 2 and had a score of 43,000 :shocked

Okay, so time for a change I guess ;) I will try going for the weapon upgrades next time and see how much points I can get with that strategy :great

[CHook/OTT]

My strategy so far has been weapons and extra lives to get as far as possible.

[TCD]

My strategy so far has been weapons and extra lives to get as far as possible.

I also tried to get as many extra lives as possible, but always exchanged weapons for score. Let's see if I can do better your and Damiens way ;)

[DamienD]

Ok, that's enough for today. My fingers feels like they are going to drop off :p

Still can't get past level 3, damn it's difficult... Anyway, my score is 68144 ;)

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/9396/bansheevc9.th.png (http://img48.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bansheevc9.png)http://img48.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

[CHook/OTT]

Bollox!!!

[Graham Humphrey]

:confused

Don't get it - what's the problem with that? Can you not insert disk 4? Am I missing something?

[CHook/OTT]

I had over 86k after finishing level 3 and the game froze part way through loading level 4. Can someone confirm this is an isolated problem. I'm playing via WinUAEX (XBOX) i've tried DLM/ATX disks 4 and used the level skip cheat on DLM/HLM/PDX/PSG cracks and all these versions on the XBOX emu will not load level 4 :mad

[TCD]

Ok, that's enough for today. My fingers feels like they are going to drop off :p

Still can't get past level 3, damn it's difficult... Anyway, my score is 68144 ;)http://img48.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

That's another nice score Damien ;) Damn it will be hard this round to get a decent position... Good work Damien :D

I had over 86k after finishing level 3 and the game froze part way through loading level 4. Can someone confirm this is an isolated problem. I'm playing via WinUAEX (XBOX) i've tried DLM/ATX disks 4 and used the level skip cheat on DLM/HLM/PDX/PSG cracks and all these versions on the XBOX emu will not load level 4 :mad

I will have a look now...
Same problem here with WinUAE. The game doesn't like disk 4 (none of them) :banghead So we have to play it with WHDLoad?

[Graham Humphrey]

Yes... but does it happen with an original copy, or just the cracked versions? I've got an original version of the game so do you want me to upload that sometime? It'll probably be tomorrow though...

[TCD]

Yes... but does it happen with an original copy, or just the cracked versions? I've got an original version of the game so do you want me to upload that sometime? It'll probably be tomorrow though...

That would be very kind Graham :) I couldn't stand it when I finish level 3 (which I haven't seen yet ;)) and I couldn't submit the score, because a bad crack refuses to accept disk 4 (or disk 4 is broken).

[blade002]

"Actually"!!!.. i think i still have Banshee here on floppy!!.. and my version i know works all the way through because i finished the game on the number of times back in the day.. :)... will need to go through my disks .. wish me luck!!..

If it IS here, it will tide me over for tonight until i get my Amiga going over the weekend !!.. :)

EDIT: I can only find disk 1 & 4 :(

[TCD]

"Actually"!!!.. i think i still have Banshee here on floppy!!.. and my version i know works all the way through because i finished the game on the number of times back in the day.. :)... will need to go through my disks .. wish me luck!!..

If it IS here, it will tide me over for tonight until i get my Amiga going over the weekend !!.. :)

Get your Amiga back to life blade and let Graham care about the disks for now ;) You need to get back in the competition mate :agree All the best for you and your Miggy my friend :)

[DamienD]

@CHook/OTT; last night I managed to get past the "falling rocks" section in level 3 but died shortly afterwards. How much further is the end of level boss?

I had over 86k after finishing level 3 and the game froze part way through loading level 4. Can someone confirm this is an isolated problem. I'm playing via WinUAEX (XBOX) i've tried DLM/ATX disks 4 and used the level skip cheat on DLM/HLM/PDX/PSG cracks and all these versions on the XBOX emu will not load level 4 :mad
I will have a look now...
Same problem here with WinUAE. The game doesn't like disk 4 (none of them) :banghead So we have to play it with WHDLoad?
Shite, not good news :sad

@Graham; as I don't use WHDLoad can I use the .IPF files via WinUAE?

[TCD]

@Graham; as I don't use WHDLoad can I use the .IPF files via WinUAE?

Second the question :agree I think this way we can assure that it has to work ;)

[Graham Humphrey]

Yeah, by all means use IPF files.

I'll still upload my disks tomorrow though for those who want them ;)

[DamienD]

F$%k me, the last stage is an absolute killer. I had 9 lives, full weapons and still got hammered :crying

By the end of the 3rd level my score was about 91k and my final score after playing the 4th level was: 118286

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/1599/bansheepr6.th.png (http://img385.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bansheepr6.png)http://img385.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

[TCD]

F$%k me, the last stage is an absolute killer. I had 9 lives, full weapons and still got hammered :crying

By the end of the 3rd level my score was about 91k and my final score after playing the 4th level was: 118286

First : Very nice score :agree :great
As I see in your screenshot you don't use your loops much. If you are in the right position and start the loop it does a lot of damage to the enemies in front of you ;) Just a thought :)

[DamienD]

As I see in your screenshot you don't use your loops much. If you are in the right position and start the loop it does a lot of damage to the enemies in front of you ;) Just a thought :)
Yup, never use loop at all... Maybe I should start ;)

[TCD]

Yup, never use loop at all... Maybe I should start ;)

:shocked No, it was just a joke... Loops? I don't know what I talking about... ;) :D

[mailman]

As I see in your screenshot you don't use your loops much. If you are in the right position and start the loop it does a lot of damage to the enemies in front of you ;) Just a thought :)

I use loops for the guardians.

[TodaysForgotten]

This is by far one of the neatest shmups i've ever played.

129,776

I have no idea if i was on the last level or not. I guess i was a bit behind damien. I botched getting healt and had no build-ups that really hurt. I was fighting in space, looks like damien is in a hanger. I was the special ship too. I was fighting huge mutant dudes with revolving mini-guns.

oh and there were electric "timers" i was going through.

[DamienD]

This is by far one of the neatest shmups i've ever played.

129,776

I have no idea if i was on the last level or not. I guess i was a bit behind damien. I botched getting healt and had no build-ups that really hurt. I was fighting in space, looks like damien is in a hanger. I was the special ship too. I was fighting huge mutant dudes with revolving mini-guns.

oh and there were electric "timers" i was going through.
You've already beaten my score *sigh* :shocked

Yup, you were on level 4. It starts off in space and then goes to where you can see my screenshot. The electic timers are a bitch :agree

[mailman]

I have no idea if i was on the last level or not. I guess i was a bit behind damien. I botched getting healt and had no build-ups that really hurt. I was fighting in space, looks like damien is in a hanger. I was the special ship too. I was fighting huge mutant dudes with revolving mini-guns.

oh and there were electric "timers" i was going through.

Tell me how you do it? ;)

You just take the game and make it through? No training, no previous experience? Man, you should be a betatester ;)

[CHook/OTT]

Do we need to use the .ipf version to continue playing this or does the WHDLoad version work OK?

[TCD]

Do we need to use the .ipf version to continue playing this or does the WHDLoad version work OK?

The WHDLoad version should work. I haven't tested it myself, but I'm sure it work since it's installed with the IPF's (the version on WHDownload at least).

[Graham Humphrey]

Sorry guys, I thought I could ADF the original game but I can't do it, assume the copy protection stops that, so the first disk can't be ADF'd which is obviously a problem :(

Hopefully everyone has sorted themselves out with a working copy now though, or maybe someone does have some working ADFs, you never know.

[john4p]

You could also try to find the .sps-dump somewhere in the web...

[TodaysForgotten]

Tell me how you do it? ;)

You just take the game and make it through? No training, no previous experience? Man, you should be a betatester ;)

I did play it 4 times before getting to the end level. I dont know what it is, but i have the ability to pick-up anything that involves twitch or quick instinct. Always have.

Usually when you see enough shoot em ups, there isnt much new to the table, other than enemy-type and bosses. Enemy placement is usually assumed and if not its all based on reaction.

It seems like parts of level 3 (church/backdrops) and really the last level are where the game really tries to ramp up the difficulty.

Maybe i should do something with video games. I dont know. Generally, the only issue i had with this game was getting use to the speed of the game and the horrible backdrops in some areas. Aside from those two things, the next issue that usually makes me play a few times through before a good run is going purely for score over survival.

[john4p]

You're definitely a phenomenon. Are you thinking while playing shmups or is your mind completely "free"?

Btw., how did you like Battle Squadron?

[Graham Humphrey]

TF it's a shame you disappeared for a while as it'd been really close at the top of the league otherwise, you really are very talented.

[mailman]

57,872

[mailman]

71,929

[DamienD]

122122

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[mailman]

if there are additional levels in the end (5,6) am I still not allowed to play it?

Browse through files on CD and tell us if there are files like "level5c" or "level5f".

[mailman]

@DamienD

I see that still you are not using loops. Consider that when you loop, for about 3-4 seconds you are invulnerable :)

[DamienD]

Absolutely gutted :crying

Had a score of about 137k, was firing like mad to stay alive and died. The credit then kicked in, reset my score so I was unable to grab a screenshot...

[TCD]

Absolutely gutted :crying

Had a score of about 137k, was firing like mad to stay alive and died. The credit then kicked in, reset my score so I was unable to grab a screenshot...

Dratted credits :sad Sad to hear that mate. I really hope you can do that again :agree (not the part with the credit of course ;))

[blade002]

Get your Amiga back to life blade and let Graham care about the disks for now ;) You need to get back in the competition mate :agree All the best for you and your Miggy my friend :)

Thanks buddy :) .. I actually managed to find another disk, so now i have disks 1, 3 & 4, but i have given up on that idea and i am right now at this "very minute" reinstalling workbench and next my WHDLoad setup! So with any luck i should be up and running again today! :great

And i tell you what, i am coming back with a vengence!!!... :evilgrin

EDIT-: I wont be posting back on here again for highscores for months and months i think. I have all but given up trying to get my CD drive working. The CDFS Buffered Interface wont work like it should, my original CDFS install disk had errors the very day it was sent to me from Amigakit, and the other copies i obtained also developed errors plus my previous cable hack that i used for many years is not working, and i just dont have the the time to sit here for hours trying to work it all out.

So TCD, looks like you wont be seeing me on here doing anymore high scores and to the rest of you guys!.. Good luck and have fun!!..

[TodaysForgotten]

You're definitely a phenomenon. Are you thinking while playing shmups or is your mind completely "free"?

Btw., how did you like Battle Squadron?


For the most part. Completely numb. The only times i do think is when i become my worst enemy. Like, oh yea cool cleared the first 6 levels without dying. Then the thoughts of you're going to die come in and instead of playing im thinking.

Battle Squadron was alright. I didnt really care for it too much. Kinda reminded me of Silkworm though.

Graham. Even though this is in good fun. I know there were a few competitors who made it interesting. Looking back i know it would have been neck and neck with john and I if i did just stick it through with alien breed. But, it wasnt my intention to totally forget about the weeks to come. It was only until about 6 weeks later did i remember about the competition.

In any case, thanks for the kind words.


That sucks Damien. Maybe as a suggestion you should enable a pause button so after you frantically try to stay alive, you can quickly hit the save button or something to regroup.

[mailman]

Absolutely gutted :crying

Had a score of about 137k, was firing like mad to stay alive and died. The credit then kicked in, reset my score so I was unable to grab a screenshot...

That's the spirit! You must have been focused so much that you didn't notice that lives counter went to zero. I could not devote myself so much :)

[Graham Humphrey]

I doubt that's much consolation to Damien though ;)

[john4p]

@blade: Damn, man - why do you resist using WinUAE? Join the dark side!
Your Miggy is old and tired. Let him go with honor! ;)

@TF: Completely numb, huh? I'll try to put myself in this state of mind when playing shmups. Won't be easy to shut off negative thoughts (like "oh no - I'll probably die next screen").

[humble worm]

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[Biscuit]

Absolutely gutted :crying

Had a score of about 137k, was firing like mad to stay alive and died. The credit then kicked in, reset my score so I was unable to grab a screenshot...
Did you continue to play or quit?

Hope this doesn't make you feel feel worse, but I thought that when you die it saves your highest score out of each of the credits used. So if you commit suicide quickly it will save the original. Anyone confirm?

[DamienD]

Did you continue to play or quit?

Hope this doesn't make you feel feel worse, but I thought that when you die it saves your highest score out of each of the credits used. So if you commit suicide quickly it will save the original. Anyone confirm?
I was annoyed so just quit WinUAE...

Ok guys, finally beat stage 4 and then onto the end boss:

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Destroyed the fortress with only my last life left and then got beaten at the final ship / countdown. Sooooo close :crying

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158782

[TCD]

Nice one Damien :great However don't you think that using your loops for the very last enemy would be an idea for the next time you play? ;)

[mailman]

75,228

[TodaysForgotten]

Nice one Damien :great However don't you think that using your loops for the very last enemy would be an idea for the next time you play? ;)

Haha, like a broken record.

[Hungry Horace]

I might as well copy & paste what i sent Biscuit via PM into this thread.

As requested, WHDload version of Banshee on 2 adfs can be found here:

Disk One (http://amigaonline.condor.serverpro3.com/RISS/Banshee/Banshee_1_of_2.adf)
Disk Two (http://amigaonline.condor.serverpro3.com/RISS/Banshee/Banshee_2_of_2.adf)


There are a few of things some people might need to know;

In order to run, this copies the files to RAM: first (its too big for one HD disk to contain all the data).... if you switch turbo-speed drives on , or use a savestate when the game in unpacked, this shouldnt cause any problem.


Both disks are high-density, and therefore need HighDens' disks enabled on UAE. Put disk one in DF0: and disk two in DF1:


UAE config should be set to your usual Banshee requirements; AGA, 2 meg chip etc, but i would suggest adding at least 8 meg of Fast or Z3 ram as well.


The WHDload of this game also requires the devs:kickstarts/KICK40068.a1200 or .a4000

because of that, i've created a template disk for reference;

DEVS disk, no kickstart (http://amigaonline.condor.serverpro3.com/RISS/Banshee/DEVS_nokick.adf)

sticking this in DF2: will allow the game to run providing you add the file "KICK40068.a1200" to it's contents. This required file is just a renamed a1200 kickstart rom.


if anyone is still having trouble (particularly with the devs/kick bit) just ask.

[TCD]

Haha, like a broken record.

I wont stop telling him that until I see that he dies with less than 2 loops left :D

[blade002]

@blade: Damn, man - why do you resist using WinUAE? Join the dark side!
Your Miggy is old and tired. Let him go with honor!

IT LIVES !!!!... Hath you lost faith my Son in the strength of my Miggy!?!? .. Repent yourself now heathen child! :D

Ok here is my 1st score of -:

42,470

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[TCD]

Yay, the blade is back in town :D Really good to see you postin' a score here mate :agree Keep 'em coming ;)

[DamienD]

Nice one Damien :great However don't you think that using your loops for the very last enemy would be an idea for the next time you play? ;)

Haha, like a broken record.

I wont stop telling him that until I see that he dies with less than 2 loops left :D
ROFL :lol :lol :lol

I hear you TCD. Problem was that after beating the fortress I only had very minimal energy left. As soon as the final spaceship / countdown started, one hit and I was dead. Barely had the chance to even fire some shots off before dying :sad

[blade002]

Yay, the blade is back in town :D Really good to see you postin' a score here mate :agree Keep 'em coming ;)

:great:great:great Cheers mate!! It took a fair bit of work and frustration as you know, but now the Miggy is functioning 10 times better than it did before, so all the previous headaches i had with my poor previous installation are ironed out. I shouldn't have any more problems with it for a very long time :)

And yep i will keep them coming :) ... Actually i had forgotten how hard Banshee can be!, although it makes damn good use of the AGA Chipset :)

[john4p]

Welcome back!

Never give up on your good old Miggy!

Told'ya, didn't I? ;)

Well, umm...and...uhh...yeah, keep 'em coming! ;)

[blade002]

Welcome back!

Cheers John :great:great:great



Never give up on your good old Miggy!

Told'ya, didn't I? ;)

Yes of COURSE you did, i remember as clear as mud :rolleyes:p;)

[TCD]

:great:great:great Cheers mate!! It took a fair bit of work and frustration as you know, but now the Miggy is functioning 10 times better than it did before, so all the previous headaches i had with my poor previous installation are ironed out. I shouldn't have any more problems with it for a very long time :)

And yep i will keep them coming :) ... Actually i had forgotten how hard Banshee can be!, although it makes damn good use of the AGA Chipset :)

:great Really good to hear that it even runs better now :) Now go and make me proud of you ;) :D

[blade002]

:great Really good to hear that it even runs better now :) Now go and make me proud of you ;) :D

Thanks again mate :) ... ok well this is not top spot, but a little bit better than John4p :evilgrin

68,199

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[TCD]

Yeah, great score :great Need to play it again I think ;) Damn, if I hadn't started to play Fallout 3 on the weekend this wouldn't be a too big problem... :D

[blade002]

Yeah, great score :great Need to play it again I think ;) Damn, if I hadn't started to play Fallout 3 on the weekend this wouldn't be a too big problem... :D

Fallout 3 hey!?.. The Fallout series is really good so i hear, i haven't played "any" them :banghead I might get a copy and start playing it myself :)

[TCD]

Fallout 3 hey!?.. The Fallout series is really good so i hear, i haven't played "any" them :banghead I might get a copy and start playing it myself :)

I think it's actually quite good *not* to have played the first two when starting the third one ;) It's different than them and just starting it without knowing the others might be really nice :agree Good thing for me is that I have almost forgotten how the other parts play, so it's quite nice for me too :D

[Graham Humphrey]

...and can we please drift somewhere vaguely on-topic please guys :D

[CHook/OTT]

Back on topic:

I'm too cheesed off with Banshee after what happened to load it up again :guru

[Graham Humphrey]

Just to let you know for those still having troubles, not only has Horace done some sterling work, our very own mihcael has put together an HDF which I have linked to in the first post so those of you having trouble should all be sorted now.

Cheers guys, it's fantastic to have this sort of support for this competition and I'm sure everyone appreciates your efforts.

[CHook/OTT]

Just dumped the HDF on the XBOX and it still asks for disk 4 if you use the level skip cheat

[blade002]

Just dumped the HDF on the XBOX and it still asks for disk 4 if you use the level skip cheat

In situations like this, a real Amiga is the way to go ( even though it is a lot of stuffing about to get it up and running properly ). Hope you get it all sorted CHook and you can keep playing because i know you can already beat my score as you have already stated before it asked for Disk 4 and i am sure you could perhaps go for Top spot.

[mihcael]

... mihcael has put together an HDF which I have linked to in the first post so those of you having trouble should all be sorted now....

Just dumped the HDF on the XBOX and it still asks for disk 4 if you use the level skip cheat

I thought someone might of tested it before linking it up, i am not capable of level 4 and was anaware of the cheat!! The HDF uses an old JST HD loader,

Does the WHDload version work properly?

[Graham Humphrey]

The WHDLoad version does appear to work so Horace's version would be a good solution at the minute.

[CHook/OTT]

I thought someone might of tested it before linking it up, i am not capable of level 4 and was anaware of the cheat!!

No biggy (we can blame Graham) :D

Type "flev17" and hit return on the title screen and the background flashes blue, Then use the "F*" keys to skip levels. Easy way of checking the version you have is going to work before you start playing.

[mihcael]

The WHDLoad version does appear to work so Horace's version would be a good solution at the minute.

but why did he make a whdload that works on 2 HD floppy's instead of on 1 HDF file, was there a slight misunderstanding here???

BTW HH is a dude!!! :D

[CHook/OTT]

but why did he make a whdload that works on 2 HD floppy's instead of on 1 HDF file, was there a slight misunderstanding here???

BTW HH is a dude!!! :D

Good question has anyone done this yet? I'm in the middle of making a savestate out of it but not sure if the XBOX emulator will accept the state

[CHook/OTT]

I have here a working .ADF of Disk 4 :D

(Give us a few mins, It's works under WinUAE, Just want to dump it on the XBOX and see if that accepts it)

EDIT: It works on the XBOX :)

tosec versions must be corrupt, I used the files off the WHDLoad version to create a new .adf for disk 4 and now level 4 loads (use with DLM disks 1-3)

It's in "the zone" now and i'm back in the running!!! :D

[CHook/OTT]

89,868

Got battered on my first visit to level 4 :laughing

[DamienD]

Got battered on my first visit to level 4 :laughing
Level 4 is killer :agree

I haven't bothered to play this again since coming so close to finishing the game. Lost the motivation :lol

[blade002]

Level 4 is killer :agree

I haven't bothered to play this again since coming so close to finishing the game. Lost the motivation :lol

Yeah the Rockfall on level 3 "completely" wiped me out and i am reluctant to go back there :blased

[CHook/OTT]

Yeah the Rockfall on level 3 "completely" wiped me out and i am reluctant to go back there :blased

A couple of bullet power ups and diagonal shot should see you through that quite easily if you stay around the middle of the screen

[mailman]

87,681

Unfortunatelly, after finishing level 3 the game stuck and didn't let me progress further. It looks like I hadn't destroy everything which was connected to this boss-machine. The plane was flying endlessly... I submitted the last score I have. 3 lives and 6 loops left... It's a pity... :(

[DamienD]

On the level 3 boss you need to do atleast 2 flybys and make sure that everything has been destroyed or you'll fly over again... The reactor thingy at the end will then explode and you'll see the level 4 loading screen / text ;)

[CHook/OTT]

On the level 3 boss you need to do atleast 2 flybys and make sure that everything has been destroyed or you'll fly over again... The reactor thingy at the end will then explode and you'll see the level 4 loading screen / text ;)

What he said :great

[mailman]

On the level 3 boss you need to do atleast 2 flybys and make sure that everything has been destroyed or you'll fly over again... The reactor thingy at the end will then explode and you'll see the level 4 loading screen / text ;)

And so it happened but after explosion the background GFX got messy, the plane was still flying and flying and flying... I left the computer on in that state and after 15 minutes WHDLoad quitted with an Exception Error. It is hard to tell whether it was the case of not supported version or WHDLoad slave bug.

[DamienD]

And so it happened but after explosion the background GFX got messy, the plane was still flying and flying and flying... I left the computer on in that state and after 15 minutes WHDLoad quitted with an Exception Error. It is hard to tell whether it was the case of not supported version or WHDLoad slave bug.
Oh, sorry to hear :sad

Obviously I haven't experienced this. I don't use the WHDLoad version but the .IPFs directly in WinUAE ;)

[mailman]

@DamienD

Well, I think I figured out what's wrong. I used old version of the slave which seems to have not all the Access Faults corrected. I will try now ;)

@humble worm

CD32 version does not have extra levels. Another not true myth.

[mailman]

Sorted out. It works. I am back in the game ;)

[mailman]

98,724

[mailman]

122,089

Almost finished level 4 ;)

As an advice I can tell, that in level 4 loops work as invulnerability ;)

[TCD]

Really nice score mailman :great and thanks for the tip :)
Tried it once today, but then fired up Battle Squadron to get a decnet score there ;) Should really have another go on this one...

[TodaysForgotten]

163,050

why isnt my image uploading!!!!!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Silverevoviii/163050.png

[mailman]

133,559

Am I right in my assumption that there are two endings: bad and good? I reached the last level, destroyed the guardian and then I chased some ship. I didn't manage to destroy it and saw a sad ending.

[DamienD]

Nice work mailman and TF :great

163,050

Did you actually finish the game?

[TodaysForgotten]

No, i actually botched on the 2nd to last boss and lost 1.5 lives and lost the 1up that i kept pushing up. Got to the final boss, probably could have taken him out by playing normal, but went underneath him and on my last life he beat me to the punch. I needed a couple more hits. :(

[DamienD]

159964

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[TCD]

Nice score Damien :great I finally managed to get to level 3. Damn this game is hard :shocked

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73.956

[DamienD]

Finally managed to finish Banshee :great

I successfully killed the ship also so believe this must be the "good" ending:

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186887

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[TCD]

:bowdown Awesome score Damien :great
You must have killed nearly every enemy in that run :agree Guess it will be hard to beat that score ;)

[mailman]

Damien, you are unbelievable :great

[TodaysForgotten]

How many points does the last boss give you?

[DamienD]

How many points does the last boss give you?
I think I had roughly 162000 by the time I got to the fort so... it must be something like 25000 for killing the fort + ship ;)

[TodaysForgotten]

I think I had roughly 162000 by the time I got to the fort so... it must be something like 25000 for killing the fort + ship ;)

I dont even know if its worth it. I mean cool game and all but i am more inclined to playing battle squadron over again as it loops. I coughed up around 5k on bonus points in banshee and another 3k in enemies after a death. Not sure how much the final final boss gives but in any case a fine score.

[TodaysForgotten]

Nice to know you can be invisible with the loops. Found that by dumb luck.
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188,109.

[TCD]

You're making me sick guys ;) Very nice score TF :bowdown
Okay, now I really need to crack the 100k... :D

[TodaysForgotten]

You're making me sick guys ;) Very nice score TF :bowdown
Okay, now I really need to crack the 100k... :D

Where's my grapes, peasant! haha (:. Thanks. Yes, you should complete the exacta: You have 1 million in battle squadron and now 100,000 (hopefully) in banshee.

I'm done though. If damien squeaks by that score, congrats to damien. I could probably get another 2-4 more k without milking. I'm happy with beating the game.

[DamienD]

I'm done though. If damien squeaks by that score, congrats to damien. I could probably get another 2-4 more k without milking. I'm happy with beating the game.
Nice score there TF :great

I'm done also... It's possible but very hard to sqeeze any more points out. Like you I'm just happy to have completed the game with a pretty decent score ;)

[CHook/OTT]

Awesome scores guys :bowdown I need to try and find some time to get back on it this week, Been (unsuccesfully) playing Battle Squadron.

[TodaysForgotten]

Nice score there TF :great

I'm done also... It's possible but very hard to sqeeze any more points out. Like you I'm just happy to have completed the game with a pretty decent score ;)

Thanks, and ditto to you too. We are neck and neck. Probably i just got 1 more bonus than you or just shot a few more enemies.

When games only have 1 loop and a set amount of scoring it makes it rather tiresome for myself to go and try to take down a score. By nature i am competitive and since you gave me a good run i gave it my best not to be bested but even i know when enough is enough. And i've had enough! :)

I broke something in my 360 controller for throwing it down on the ground with some umph. Not to mention the 8 games where i hit esc to restart.

Whereas with battle squadron if you are good enough you could go for quite awhile.

Nice battle.

p.s. i reckon you one more go in you for banshee. That ellipsis hints at it. dun dun dun...

[DamienD]

Thanks, and ditto to you too. We are neck and neck. Probably i just got 1 more bonus than you or just shot a few more enemies.
Definitely neck and neck ;)

Only 1222 points difference between our scores :lol

By nature i am competitive and since you gave me a good run i gave it my best not to be bested but even i know when enough is enough. And i've had enough! :)
I'm also very competitive but like you know when it's time to quit :agree

Whereas with battle squadron if you are good enough you could go for quite awhile.
I'm still working on that one... To get the score you've achieved it means clocking the game twice. Haven't succeeded in that as yet...

Nice battle
Yup, and well done. You deserve the title of Banshee master :bowdown

p.s. i reckon you one more go in you for banshee. That ellipsis hints at it. dun dun dun...
ROFL :lol

Not a chance in hell, I think I'd go insane :p

[john4p]

Nice to know you can be invisible with the loops.
You mean invincible.

Awesome efforts indeed! :agree

[Graham Humphrey]

You really are fantastic at this game guys.

Shame I can't score over 23,000 :lol

[TodaysForgotten]

You mean invincible.

Awesome efforts indeed! :agree

Indeed I did. I had thought i typed it as invincible. Even re-reading it i read it as invincible. Human brain - an interesting specimen.

[Shoonay]

Shame I can't score over 23,000 :lolDon't worry GH, my attempt ends at about 8k... :rolleyes :blased

Great job you guys at maximizing the points! :bowdown :great

[TCD]

Got through the rockfall (:spin) and to this 'fortress' boss. When I looped back I knew this wasn't good... ;)

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98.262

[john4p]

Do you have Urlaub or what? ;)

[TCD]

Do you have Urlaub or what? ;)

No Grippe ;) Got a gelben Schein for the rest of the week :D
Actually I'm not feeling really good, but after several tries it worked as it should (and all the slime from my lung was finally out :p).

[blade002]

I don't know what it is but i just can't get motivated to play Banshee more than twice before i give up.. :( Just had 400k with 6 lives and ended up losing 2 of them on that big dick with the steel fists that beats you senseless and with only 1 B left over, my weapons were downgraded to zilch.

[TCD]

Yeah, some of the mid level bosses are really tough to beat :agree It's quite time consuming to get through level 1 and that's why I takes really long to achieve a decent score. Hope you can get past this sucker with all your weapons blade and make me fear about my score :evilgrin ;)

[john4p]

Just had 400kActually not a bad score. ;)

@TCD: Get well soon! (Although you seem to play better ill. :lol)

[TCD]

@TCD: Get well soon! (Although you seem to play better ill. :lol)

Thanks :) Well, maybe it's an idea to play ill... or drunk ;) :D Never really tested it, but I fear if I play drunk that the cost for replacement Joysticks/pads will be too high :laughing

[john4p]

Completed this game. Thanks to this competition this now is the 3rd shoot'em up I ever finished (without continues). SWIV, X-Out, Banshee - now my next goal will be clocking Battle Squadron (my favorite Amiga shmup).

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The game isn't very hard once you know what to do. The most important thing is to get a good start...

I seriously wonder though how Damien and Teddy F. got 40k more than me.

[TCD]

Nice score there john :great Damn now I have to play it again I think ;)
I guess they got some more score power ups or they looped around a bit more in that mid-boss on level three :D

[DamienD]

Good work John, well done :great

I seriously wonder though how Damien and Teddy F. got 40k more than me.
I guess they got some more score power ups or they looped around a bit more in that mid-boss on level three :D
hehehe :p

Yup, grabbing as many "score" power ups as possible... Of course this means that you have less "weapon" / "speed" / "life" power ups but once you're full power / speed then you don't really need more. Also, once you get 9 lives or 9 loops collecting anymore doesn't make a difference. I never collect "life" power ups and always shoot them into the 2000 "score" power ups instead. If your good enough you still have 9 lives by the start of the 4th stage just from your high score ;)

As for "looping around a bit more" for the 3rd level boss. Nope, only the mandatory 1 loop back to destroy all components that aren't visible on the first flyby...

[TCD]

As for "looping around a bit more" for the 3rd level boss. Nope, only the mandatory 1 loop back to destroy all components that aren't visible on the first flyby...

Wow :shocked It took me two loops to die... ;) I wasn't powered up to the max and I guess that was the problem. Once I find the right balance, you better worry Damien and TF :laughing :p

[DamienD]

This might help you gauge whether or not your on track to beating TodaysForgotten's or my score... I actually took down some figures when playing and the ones below were taken when I got the score of 186887 ;)

After killing Level 1 end boss: 47,800
After killing Level 2 end boss: 78,500
After killing Level 3 end boss: 127,200
Before Fortress: roughly 162,000 - 164,000 (from memory as I didn't actually note this one down)

[TCD]

@Damien
Getting a high score and taking some notes? Man, you must be really good ;) I'm hapy if I can think of the screenshot before I quit the game :D

[TodaysForgotten]

Yea, i dont loop the third boss, only once if i miss anything. My biggest issue with not getting a higher score is i usually botch by the bug section. Whiley each bug is worth i believe 50, if i dont have enough fire power im missing 70% of those bugs. Atleast 30-40 bugs. With this issue i also miss out on killing a lot of the missile silo's.

[CHook/OTT]

Level 4 is crayzeeee!!!

114,013

[DamienD]

Yea, i dont loop the third boss, only once if i miss anything. My biggest issue with not getting a higher score is i usually botch by the bug section. Whiley each bug is worth i believe 50, if i dont have enough fire power im missing 70% of those bugs. Atleast 30-40 bugs. With this issue i also miss out on killing a lot of the missile silo's.
Yup me too TF :agree

The bugs and missile silos are very difficult to kill without half --> full weapon power...

[TodaysForgotten]

Amen to that, Damien. I think on my 188 run i said 'ef' it and killed 2 or 3 of those stacked silo's (second set) since i would be missing out. If points are not obtained in an area i know i should be getting them - I become upset. So, i sacrificed a life to for a happy-medium. Do the missiles give points?

[DamienD]

Yeah I believe so... On my 186k run I was quite lucky and had roughly half weapon power so managed to take out maybe 40% of the missiles and silos ;)

Loads of bugs definitely got away though :lol

[john4p]

Thanks for the tips - I only always flip the first 1up to get the double shots and the second 1up to get 5000 points bonus. But I always collected any of the following (plenty) 1ups.

[mailman]

142,376

So close...

[john4p]

Went more after score-items this time (though I didn't catch as many as I'd hoped):

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/7968/199lb3.png

Really like this game now - but I'm also done with it.

[CHook/OTT]

142,376

So close...

Is this a 2 way scrap for 5th place? :D

[mailman]

Is this a 2 way scrap for 5th place? :D

Of course it is. And tomorrow I will go for the 4th ;)

[CHook/OTT]

Of course it is. And tomorrow I will go for the 4th ;)

I very much doubt i'll find the time to get close to your last score. I had 7 lives entering level 4 but was reduced to no weaponry very quickly, I battled to get the part with the large missiles coming at me but mainy had to avoid stuff due to no power ups :(

[mailman]

I very much doubt i'll find the time to get close to your last score. I had 7 lives entering level 4 but was reduced to no weaponry very quickly, I battled to get the part with the large missiles coming at me but mainy had to avoid stuff due to no power ups :(

Well, I shouldn't tell you this if it is going to be a scrap between you & me ;) but there are power ups at the beginning of level 4. They are contained in the ships which for me are resemblance of some space stations. They appear on the far left or on the far right. They do not shoot.

Speaking about those large missiles. Being not armed with missile (not homing missiles) it is really difficult to pass them in one piece.

[CHook/OTT]

Well, I shouldn't tell you this if it is going to be a scrap between you & me ;) but there are power ups at the beginning of level 4. They are contained in the ships which for me are resemblance of some space stations. They appear on the far left or on the far right. They do not shoot.

Speaking about those large missiles. Being not armed with missile (not homing missiles) it is really difficult to pass them in one piece.

I took those out while i still had all my weapons and i think i took the extra lives just to see how far i could get

[john4p]

@Chook: Rather use the "loops" (activate invincibility) too often in level 4 than too rarely - then you should get very far with 7 lives.

[mailman]

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He, he... John, you are next ;)

[john4p]

Damn - maybe I'll have to have another go after all. :great

[DamienD]

Nice scores guys :agree

Looks like the competition is heating up ;)

[Graham Humphrey]

Only less than 36 hours to go, too... could be an interesting finale... not from me though because I'm awesomely bad at this game ;)

[TCD]

Only less than 36 hours to go, too... could be an interesting finale... not from me though because I'm awesomely bad at this game ;)

Tried to improve my score three times this morning , but seems like I can't :( Very impressive scores you got there guys :great Think I don't try it again to save me more frustration ;)

[blade002]

Finally i have a decent score for Banshee! And i know exactly where i was going completely wrong! Half way through tonight's game i realised something that has been holding me back in the game and that is the "power ups".

When grabbing the Spread Shot i was under the assumption for this WHOLE TIME that if you grabbed the other token which makes your bullets fatter ( now i know ) that it would take away your spread shot and make you only shoot directly forward, but in actual fact, it allows you to keep your spread shot plus have much strong fire power! I also NEVER grabbed the side shot because, again i thought that it would replace spread shot!

And to top it off, in my only game tonight i manage to get almost to the end of level 4 ( the space level ) but at the start of the level i tried to press the space in the hope that the ship would loop ( i know its no longer a WWII fighter ), but when it didn't happen i didn't bother to use it again, not realising that it makes you invincible ( i saw someone mention that here, but didn't bother reading about it ), so i could have made it most likely to the end if had of used them.

So in knowing all this, i might try it again tomorrow and perhaps finish it if i find time :)

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[TCD]

Great job there blade :great I really hope that I will at least get one point from this one here ;) This round really heated up much recently :D
Btw : Glad you found out about the power-ups and I hope you can also kick someone elses ass, now that you already beaten me :evilgrin

[blade002]

Great job there blade :great I really hope that I will at least get one point from this one here ;) This round really heated up much recently :D
Btw : Glad you found out about the power-ups and I hope you can also kick someone elses ass, now that you already beaten me :evilgrin

Well i don't know about you buddy, but my trigger finger is completely worn because using autofire in this game makes you shoot much slower, so its just a constant pressing of the fire button... :crazy:crazy:crazy .. and i will need to take my joystick apart tomorrow because of it, because my fire button is now starting to stick :mad

Try again mate!.. :great

[TCD]

Well i don't know about you buddy, but my trigger finger is completely worn because using autofire in this game makes you shoot much slower, so its just a constant pressing of the fire button... :crazy:crazy:crazy

Yup, that's quite annoying after a while ;) If they had only made it twice as fast... :rolleyes

Try again mate!.. :great

We'll see :) I'm quite worn out on this game you know :p

[CHook/OTT]

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I'm not impressed :evilgrin

[blade002]

I'm not impressed :evilgrin

LOL... yeah, its quite amusing how 3 of us have our scores 1000 points apart! .. I had 7 lives left and lost all my weapons so i just fought as well as i could with my little pea shooter bullets and that must have just been enough to push me over your score ;)

[mailman]

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[DamienD]

Nice work there mailman. That's EAB 1st, 2nd and 3rd :great

[blade002]

Made it to the big machine at the end of level 4 that has the giant pike like spikes popping up behind your ship, almost destroyed it, but nope.... :(

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[mailman]

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Small improvement :)

[CHook/OTT]

Finished it :) but the score wasn't great. I was too busy picking up weapons i already had instead of pinching those points bonuses.

That was my final go so we'll see if blade manages to knock me down another rung on another attempt.

Good round peeps :bowdown

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[TCD]

Nice one CHook/OTT :agree :great
I have to say thanks to all EAB players this round before Graham closes this thread. I really enjoyed competing with you in both games and it seems we got the Lemon guys this time :spin Let's keep it up guys :)

[adolescent]

Wanted to at least get a score in for this round.

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[blade002]

Finished it :) but the score wasn't great. I was too busy picking up weapons i already had instead of pinching those points bonuses.

That was my final go so we'll see if blade manages to knock me down another rung on another attempt.

Good round peeps :bowdown

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Well Done Chook/OTT !!!! ... I only just got out of bed, so i don't know how much time i have left to try again?? need to check world time zones... aaaaarrrrrrrrr.... 24 minutes left! :sad

You are the Victor Chook ;) but you are EAB anyway, so thats ok :great

[Graham Humphrey]

All over here too.

[mailman]

Funny how Amiga Power's review mentions two extra levels though...? Ah well we'll go with the manual for now, unless anyone spots any different of course ;)

I decided to reactivate the subject of additional levels in CD32 version. Amiga Power not only mentioned about new levels (which is not true) but also about in-game music from CD. Is it true? In my opinion it is not. Other reviews in different magazines say that one of the biggest hurrahs of the game are nothing but sound effects during the game which was also sustained in the CD32 version. Can anyone confirm this? I do not have CD32 version.

[Graham Humphrey]

Having just read AP's review of the game again, it appears they did not state that there was music on the CD version. I think you may have misread it. The review said:

"It's got no in-game music," gloated Cam in his original review, prompting flutters of worry that the CD version would spawn a clunky audio track. But - hurrah! - that's not the case.

They also said they didn't get to see the two extra levels so I think they probably merely got the wrong end of the stick somewhere along the line.

[mailman]

Amiga CD32 Gamer 4 also mentions six levels ;)

Regarding music, I guess you are right. I probably misread it...

[humble worm]

Amiga CD32 Gamer 4 also mentions six levels ;)

gossip :spin

[frikilokooo]

I've completed the game but something strange happened.I think the countdown ended before killing the finalboss,however he had very little energy.Has this game two different endings?

Btw it's a very good game, the best of its genre I think.

[mailman]

Yes, the game has two endings: good one and bad one.