Super League 2023: Round 3 - Pinball Dreams

[lifeschool]

Pinball Dreams [lemon] [hol]

Round Ends: 23:59 (UK Time) on Saturday 11th March 2023

Rules:
Get the best score you can, during this round.
Post screenshots of your score in this thread, and write your score clearly nearby.
Scores to be achieved without save-states, trainers, passwords, and cheats.
No continues or infinite score leeching.
Beat the best default scores on EVERY table for the completion star. (5M, 20M, 5M, 20M)
Full rules and info are HERE.

Special Rules:
The maximum score on Beat Box is 9,999,999,999. We will award that score to anyone who shows that they have wrapped the score (a screenshot very close to 10 Billion) unless a video is provided.
We are trialling our brand new auto-score-update program this round, so please make sure you post the name of the table, and then the score. The system will ignore score totals, quotes, and symbols, such as - ; : # , and . If you completed the game, please write 'I Completed It' as the first line before the score.

Get the Game:
[ADF Disk 1] [ADF Disk 2]
[WHDLoad] (direct link)




Extras:
Lemon's Round 3 thread is HERE.
Lemon/EAB Super League 2018: Round 1: Pinball Dreams is HERE and HERE.
Super League Live Ladder.
Check out the C64 Games Competition at our sister site Lemon64.

Live League Table:

All new players are welcome at any time. Join us!

[lifeschool]

Anyone up for some Pinball!

capehorn - I put in a special rule about looping the score. If anyone loops the game and provides a video, I'll be relying on you to tell us the score. Otherwise it's 9,999 etc

[el_pasi]

I Completed It
Ignition: 10,088,278
Steel Wheel: 39,261,725
Beat Box: 59,313,000
Nightmare: 105,052,160

My best scores today, after a few hours. Should definitely get better result of Steel Wheel. I have always disliked Ignition-table, so that I probably wont try again. Just read special rules and tried to submit scores that way...

[Harry]

Nightmare 116637823

[capehorn]

Originally Posted by lifeschool

Anyone up for some Pinball!

capehorn - I put in a special rule about looping the score. If anyone loops the game and provides a video, I'll be relying on you to tell us the score. Otherwise it's 9,999 etc

Ok. If anyone provides a video of the score looping, I'll check it. If it's valid, then their score will be automatically set to 9,999,999,999 (the maximum).

If a player feels that they are getting close to looping the score but cannot provide a video, then I would ask for three screenshots - one before the score loops, a screenshot of the bonus before it's added, and one of the score after the bonus has been added. Please see this post for a fuller explanation if you think you might attempt this - please be aware that the bonus can also loop which would require separate evidence (nb: this is very difficult to do so will only apply to players who specifically attempt to do it!)

[capehorn]

I'm not that familiar with the new auto-score-update feature and I suspect it only applies to Lemon Amiga. I'm not a competition mod, but I have been given access to update the scoreboard manually. Neither of the above scores were added automatically so I've done them myself. It's the first time I've done this so I hope I've done it right!

[capehorn]

I think this image is supposed to be in the original post. I've put it here until it is added

[lifeschool]

Originally Posted by capehorn

I'm not that familiar with the new auto-score-update feature and I suspect it only applies to Lemon Amiga. I'm not a competition mod, but I have been given access to update the scoreboard manually. Neither of the above scores were added automatically so I've done them myself. It's the first time I've done this so I hope I've done it right!

Thanks cape! Perfect!

Yeah, the auto score update thing is mainly for the Lemon web site I think for this round, although it's worth following the same format in case it does go live at any point.

Also added the leaderboard, good spot.

[Harry]

I Completed It
Ignition 8170394
Steel Wheel 37125895
Beat Box 9013000
Nightmare 116637823

[blade002]

I had no idea you could complete any of these tables, I thought it was a case of the thing goes forever like an Atari 2600 game such as Defender.

[capehorn]

In the comp we give out completion stars for people who reach certain targets. On this game all you need for a completion star is to beat all the default high scores, which isn't too difficult.

Scores updated.

[lifeschool]

That's right, just beat the high scores to get the star. It's something Biscuit introduced when he took over the compo a few years ago, and I think it adds some extra impetus for people who want to challenge themselves. This sounds easy, but ignition is a b***d to get the 5M sometimes; and I still haven't done it.

[lifeschool]

Does anyone know if the Hold Bonus and multiplier thing also affects Steel Wheel? I normally aim for the spinner, but is it worth going for HB and DB?

[john4p]

It applies to every table.

[lifeschool]

Surprised no Trapshot this time.

[nikosidis]

I completed it

Ignition 22 556 494
Steel Wheel 21 753 709
Beat Box 8 294 500
Nightmare 73 969 570

I improved the score on Ignition. That is why I attached 2 pictures. I have updated the scores.

[capehorn]

Welcome to the competition!

[lifeschool]

When are we going to see your scores cape?

Maybe this is your year to become League Champion! Go Alonso.

[capehorn]

It's a start

Beatbox 309,238,429

[capehorn]

Probably the longest and most ridiculous game I've ever had. I got the bonus to 1bn, then lost it. Then got it up to 150m, but I'd been playing for about an hour and had to pause it to do some things. Then when I came back I was out of the zone and predictable immediately lost the bonus. Then with several extra balls racked up, I had a several more false dawns before the game finally ended after what felt like 2 hours or so!



3,479,578,543