EAB/Lemon Super League 2018: Round 1 Game Vote

[john4p]

EAB/Lemon Super League 2018: Round 1 Game Vote
Starts: 00:01 December 31 Finishes: 23:59 January 13

The Super League is now ten years old!
We're entering the 11th season with a revamped scoring system that hopefully feels a bit more rewarding for the second half of the table. Also the team scoring has been optimized.

NEW - All games played in the 2011 Super League (with the exception of those played in Open Rounds since) can be voted for again in every round: Dune II, Magic Pockets, Llamatron, Alien Fish Finger, Pinball Dreams, Pang, Vroom, Ruff 'n' Tumble, Zeewolf, Indy Heat, Xenon 2: Megablast, Yo! Joe!, Batman The Movie and Soccer Kid

Rules

Full rules are here.

Vote for five games.

Your first choice gets 5 points, second 4 pts, third 3 pts, fourth 2 pts, fifth 1 pt.

Remember to choose games suitable for competition play. Edited votes will be discounted (unless told otherwise) so think before you post. Please only vote on one board - either EAB or Lemon.

If a game comes in ECS and AGA versions, please state your preference in your vote. In the event the versions differ gameplay-wise, the version with most votes will be played. ECS is the default if you don't specify.

rexsu won Round 14 last year so he gets double voting power for this round.

Tactical or nosey voters can see the Lemon voting thread here.

Voting is not allowed for games played between 2012-2017:

2017 Season
R01: Rick Dangerous II
R02: Apidya
R03: Blocky Skies
R03: The Adventures of Quik&Silva
R04: Mega Typhoon
R05: Pac-Mania
R06: Lionheart
R06: Tetris Pro
R07: Benefactor
R08: Turrican II
R09: Alien Breed Special Edition '92
R09: Arabian Nights
R10: Super Cars
R11: Golden Axe
R12: Formula One Grand Prix
R12: Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
R13: Amegas
R14: Monster Business

2016 Season
R01: Slam Tilt
R02: Prince Of Persia
R02: Roadkill
R03: Final Fight
R04: MineRunner
R04: POD
R05: Zeewolf 2: Wild Justice
R06: Goal!
R07: Bally II
R08: California Games
R08: Operation Wolf
R09: Rodland
R10: Super Cars II
R11: Aladdin
R12: Lemmings
R12: Leander
R13: Sensible Soccer
R14: Aquanaut

2015 Season
R01: SWIV
R02: Sensible World Of Soccer 96/97
R02: First Samurai
R03: Formula One Grand Prix
R04: Q-Bic
R04: Crazy Sue
R05: Lotus III
R06: The Great Giana Sisters
R07: Wings
R08: Obsession
R08: Plat-Man
R09: Super Skweek
R10: The Chaos Engine
R11: Rick Dangerous
R12: Volfied
R12: Vektor Storm
R13: World Class Leader Board
R14: Stunt Car Racer TNT

2014 Season
R01: Crazy Cars III
R02: Superfrog
R02: Pang
R03: Klax
R04: Solid Gold
R04: Revenge Of The Mutant Camels
R05: Hybris
R06: Buggy Boy
R07: Jumping Jack'Son
R08: Zool
R08: Summer Games II
R09: Stardust
R10: Super Hang-On
R11: Liquid Kids
R12: Midnight Resistance
R12: Menace
R13: Agony
R14: Stunt Car Racer TNT

2013 Season
R01: Test Drive II: The Duel
R02: All Terrain Racing
R03: The New Zealand Story
R04: Downfall
R04: BabeAnoid
R05: Speedball 2
R06: Arcade Pool
R07: Risky Woods
R08: Arkanoid
R08: GeeBee Air Rally
R09: IK+
R10: Pinball Fantasies
R11: Snow Bros
R12: Disposable Hero
R12: Dogs Of War
R13: No Second Prize
R14: Lotus Turbo Challenge 2

2012 Season
R01: James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod
R02: The Chaos Engine
R03: Sensible Golf
R04: Alien Bash 2
R04: Cybernetix
R05: Buggy Boy
R06: Deluxe Galaga
R07: Bubble Bobble
R08: Dyna Blaster
R08: R-Type II
R09: Silkworm
R10: Stunt Car Racer
R11: Gem'X
R12: Turrican 3
R12: Twintris
R13: Walker
R14: Sensible World Of Soccer 96/97

[Shatterhand]

1. Brutal Sports Football (Best Goal difference in 3 first games of season)
2. R-Type
3. Nitro (Points + Fuel left. Is it possible? If not, Let me know)
4. Lethal Weapon
5. Global Gladiators

[kkgarbod]

Indy 500
Assimilation
Crazy Cars
Duck Tales
Streetrod 1

[john4p]

1. Magic Pockets
2. Gods
3. Pinball Dreams
4. Paradroid 90
5. Navy Seals

[lifeschool]

kkgarbod - With Street Rod 1, how does the scoring work? Is it game over when players run out of money?

[Graham Humphrey]

Tumbleweed over here. Plenty of votes and activity over at Lemon, mind you. We can do better than this...

1. PGA European Tour
2. Pinball Dreams
3. Datastorm
4. Blob
5. Global Gladiators

[Shatterhand]

I went there to discuss votes, if we keep silent here like this I WILL DEFECT TO THE OTHER SIDE.

[Harry]

1. Nitro (best times)
2. Gods
3. Switchblade 2
4. Mega Lo Mania (play epoch 2,5,8 for most men remaining)
5. Rock'n'Roll

[Harry]

Originally Posted by Shatterhand

3. Nitro (Points + Fuel left. Is it possible? If not, Let me know)

Since there is no level displayed in the game, and the last level is a night level, I think it is very difficult to have fuel taken into account. (I have no idea how to do that.)

Thus I voted for best times, we could take the best time from each track as in stunt car racer, and add them - lowest total time wins. Times are displayed in the demo loop. This would require to play the WHDLoad version as it saves times on quit. A high density disk could be created for the non-harddisk users, as done with Lotus 2 and Jumping Jack Son.

[Shatterhand]

Originally Posted by Harry

Since there is no level displayed in the game, and the last level is a night level, I think it is very difficult to have fuel taken into account. (I have no idea how to do that.)

Thus I voted for best times, we could take the best time from each track as in stunt car racer, and add them - lowest total time wins. Times are displayed in the demo loop. This would require to play the WHDLoad version as it saves times on quit. A high density disk could be created for the non-harddisk users, as done with Lotus 2 and Jumping Jack Son.

I'm fine with best times, much better idea

[vagrant]

As usual, my strategy is to wait and see what's 'trending' and choose accordingly
1. Pinball Dreams
2. Nitro
3. R-Type
4. Test Drive
5. Videokid

[Graham Humphrey]

Just to point out that - although suggestions on how to play the games (especially those we're not so familiar with) are certainly welcome - any votes submitted only count for the games themselves. For instance, we've played Nitro before purely on points. This makes more sense to me as otherwise you're taking several screenshots of the best times (and those screens pass very quickly so it will be cumbersome on a real machine) and having to create a high density ADF to play the WHDLoad version in this case is a hassle which feels unnecessary. It's a lot more admin overall and it's making the game less accessible than necessary.

[Shatterhand]

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

Just to point out that - although suggestions on how to play the games (especially those we're not so familiar with) are certainly welcome - any votes submitted only count for the games themselves. For instance, we've played Nitro before purely on points. This makes more sense to me as otherwise you're taking several screenshots of the best times (and those screens pass very quickly so it will be cumbersome on a real machine) and having to create a high density ADF to play the WHDLoad version in this case is a hassle which feels unnecessary. It's a lot more admin overall and it's making the game less accessible than necessary.

It's fine for me. I made a suggestion about how to play it because I wasn't sure of how it could work, but I indeed consider I was voting for the game and if the game gets chosen we would quickly discuss (or the admins would) how the game would be played

As usual, my strategy is to wait and see what's 'trending' and choose accordingly

I never know if I should wait to see what's trending or try to set the trends myself I guess half the fun of voting is about making this decision

[Harry]

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

Just to point out that - although suggestions on how to play the games (especially those we're not so familiar with) are certainly welcome - any votes submitted only count for the games themselves. For instance, we've played Nitro before purely on points. This makes more sense to me as otherwise you're taking several screenshots of the best times (and those screens pass very quickly so it will be cumbersome on a real machine) and having to create a high density ADF to play the WHDLoad version in this case is a hassle which feels unnecessary. It's a lot more admin overall and it's making the game less accessible than necessary.

It has already been played for points, so I proposed something different for a change.

[john4p]

One week left. Don't forget to vote!

Almost 40 different games have been voted for so far, only one will be played.

[lifeschool]

Nitro- I wasnt around all those years ago, so I've never played it in the compo. Its a long game, and quite gruelling, as sometimes its best to sacrific a stage by hanging around and collecting fuel and money, which means only elite players would win all races and get maximum points. My feeling with times is we could play the first 'world' - which is maybe 6 stages? But playing the first 5 stages just to get a chance to improve your time on the night course is not fun over three weeks, and the best players will get a similar time on each course, making it less fun. So I suggest we keep the Times idea for the Knockout.

[Shatterhand]

I don't remember it being so long. I also remember I finished it on my 2nd or 3rd attempt. I played it again last year after, oh God more than a dozen of years without ever seeing it, playing casually with friends at home, and just finished it again without any trouble.

Of course, playing for score would be another thing. But the game is pretty easy IMO. Much different from the other racing game from the same guy, All Terrain Race. This one is tough as nails

And I also wasn't around when people played Nitro on the comp.

[Harry]

There are 4 worlds in Nitro, each with 8 races. Every 4th race is a nighttime race.

[Biscuit]

Originally Posted by Shatterhand

Much different from the other racing game from the same guy, All Terrain Race. This one is tough as nails

Oh man, I remember playing the first league round of All Terrain Racing. Loads of fun once you get the hang of the controls but still incredibly tough as you progress. Some of the players here put in world class performances. I'd be more likely to vote for it if I didn't know I'd get my ass handed to me again.

[Shatterhand]

I actually *love* All Terrain Race, but it does require some time with it, because the game is really very non-forgiving.

I could never beat the Mars levels though.