EAB/Lemon Super League 2012: Round 4 Game Vote

[Graham Humphrey]

EAB/Lemon Super League 2012: Round 4 Game Vote (Special Round - PD Games)
Starts: 00:01 March 4 Finishes: 23:59 March 17

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.

This is the vote for the first special round of the season. When voting you can only choose games that are listed as either Public Domain, Freeware, Shareware, Coverdisk full games, Promotional, or even hidden games. Basically anything considered non-commercial. The two games with the most votes will be played. If you are in doubt about a games status, ask in the thread before you vote, or contact a Moderator. It will be sorted out before the end of voting.

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.

The winner of Round 3 will have their vote doubled for Round 4 (i.e. 1st place = 10 pts, 2nd = 8 pts etc).

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

The following games have already been played, so you cannot vote for them:

2012 Season
R01: James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod
R02: The Chaos Engine
R03: Sensible Golf

2011 Season
R01: Dune II
R02: Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
R03: Magic Pockets
R04: Llamatron
R04: Alien Fish Finger
R05: Pinball Dreams
R06: Pang
R07: Vroom
R08: Ruff 'n' Tumble
R08: Zeewolf
R09: Superfrog
R10: Turrican II
R11: Indy Heat
R12: Xenon 2: Megablast
R12: Yo! Joe!
R13: Batman The Movie
R14: Soccer Kid

2010 Season
R01: Apidya
R02: Lotus Turbo Challenge 2
R03: Qwak
R04: Tetris Pro
R04: Atom Smasher
R05: Project-X Special Edition
R06: Nitro
R07: Assassin Special Edition
R08: Pinball Illusions
R08: Virocop
R09: Skidmarks
R10: Super Hang-On
R11: Uridium 2
R12: Gods
R12: Globdule
R13: Pac-Mania
R14: Fire & Ice

2009 Season
R01: Superfrog
R02: Arcade Pool
R03: Deluxe Galaga
R03: Super Obliteration
R04: Rodland
R05: Roadkill
R06: MegaBall 4
R07: Rainbow Islands
R07: Parasol Stars
R08: Mean Arenas
R09: All Terrain Racing
R10: Slam Tilt
R11: War Zone
R11: Wizkid
R12: Super Cars II

2008 Season
R01: Super Stardust
R02: Pinball Fantasies
R03: Deluxe Pacman
R03: Jump 'n' Roll
R04: SWIV
R05: The Chaos Engine
R06: Turrican
R07: Alien Breed
R07: Alien Breed 2
R08: Lotus III
R09: P.P. Hammer
R10: X-Out
R11: Battle Squadron
R11: Banshee
R12: Stunt Car Racer

Bugged Games

None for now. If you know of any games that could cause problems please PM me, Biscuit or mihcael.

Anyone is welcome to vote, play and chat at any time. May voting commence...

[Harry]

1. ACSYS demo (played at a difficulty the player selects)
2. Dr. Mario
3. Alien Bash 2
4. Fourmaze
5. Pod

[mailman]

1. Babeanoid 2
2. Cybernetix
3. Poing
4. WBSteroids
5. MineRunner

[Anakirob]

does the updated Alien Fish Finger count as a different game to the one we played previously?

[lifeschool]

^ Been waiting all day for a reply to this myself! Fingers crossed that the new version contains so many more hidden areas that Graham considers it a new game...

Otherwise I have alternative candidates.

[Graham Humphrey]

Nope, sorry - if you want to play it again you'll have to hope it gets voted in one of our open rounds.

[Anakirob]

1. Alien Bash 2
2. Croak
3. Drip
4. Pod
5. Zombie Apocalypse 2

[Graham Humphrey]

1. QBic
2. Drip
3. Cybernetix
4. Pod
5. Mine Runner

[Lonewolf10]

1. Super Bubble Remix v1.2
2. Dr. Mario
3. WBSteroids
4. Drip
5. Pod


I hope there are plenty of votes on the Lemon thread, as I'm only the fifth EAB voter with 2 days left to vote!


Regards,
Lonewolf10

[Graham Humphrey]

There's only seven voters on Lemon. The PD rounds never attract a big crowd though which is a shame because they do offer something a bit different.

[wilshy]

1. Cybernetix
2. TMA
3. POD
4. Mr Wobbly Legs
5. Qbic

This thread and the Lemon has bought back some memories I'd forgotten about. Absolutely brilliant.

[Graham Humphrey]

Today's the last chance to vote so if anybody else hasn't got round to it yet, now's the time.

[Graham Humphrey]

Voting is now over and here's how it currently stands.

1. Alien Bash 2 - 22
2. Cybernetix - 15
3. QBic - 11
4. Babeanoid 2 - 10
5. Mine Runner - 10

Total votes: 13 - Total games voted for: 36

Alien Bash 2 will definitely be played in the next round but any one of the next four can still grab the second spot, depending on who wins the current round.

[Harry]

A Question: may I vote for Tower of Babel on next round? This is a nice logic puzzle game.

I propose either playing group 11 which takes approx. 1h 45 min or group 11 and 12 for 3,5 h. A gameposition for group 11 is attached, select C11 as game on loading menu.
If only group 11 is played, make a screenshot of group 11, if the next-tower-group selector on right is still red (and cannot be selected), or if it is grey, take one of group 12 to proof that you have not played any of its towers.
If group 11+12 are played, take a screenshot at will (but pay attention that you will not return to the group menu but get a "Game completed" message if you solve the last available tower). So take a screenshot of the bonus menu for the last tower.
In either case deduct the group 11 starting score of 21,084 from your achieved score. You can join the competition with as many solved towers as you like (if only group 11 is played that are at most its 9 towers, otherwise at most 18).

A quick explanation of the game is this:
Choose Play, Standard Game.
The playing field is divided in 3 areas:
Top is playing field view, bottom left are the spider controls and right are the level editor controls (you wont need them). You have 3 spiders: The Zapper who shoots things, the Pusher who can push things, and the Grabber who collects things and operates lift remote controls.
Of the spider control section, the left column switches the view between the spiders and an outside view from each direction. Fire triggers the spiders action, the directional arrows let you steer the spiders and move the viewpoint of the outside views. For the spiders, backwards also operates lifts when standing still, and lets you move in the other direction when you are in movement. Pause pauses and lets you access the pulldown menus at top, e.g. to restart or abandon a tower. Note: You may watch and analyze a tower as long as you want if you do not walk with a spider and have not yet pressed fire. You may rotate a spider to an arbitrary view if that prepares your playing strategy. Note 2: You may hold the mousebutton down and slide over the controls to minimize the time loss when concatenating spider actions. This helps in some timecritical towers.
As introduction, here is a guide for group 0, tower A:
Select the Zapper, turn left and move forward onto the grey field. Press backwards to operate the lift. Go on the nearer grey field on the high area. Use the lift. Turn right and shoot the laser with fire. Go back to your starting point. Select the Pusher and go up to the high area. Use the lift straight on. Push the yellow block with fire. Select the Grabber. Press fire repeatedly to collect the klondikes. Level completed!

[Graham Humphrey]

I'm still pretty drunk so I don't know if I'm in the best position to judge this right now. However, as much as I appreciate 'thinking outside the box', I can't help thinking this might be a little too complicated and long but I would be interested to hear others' thoughts first. Or I'll read it all when I'm sober

[Graham Humphrey]

Okay, I can't get this game to actually work... I'd appreciate it if someone else can do the honours with this one...

[blade002]

Originally Posted by Harry

A Question: may I vote for Tower of Babel on next round? This is a nice logic puzzle game.

Tower of Babel is a great game! I bought the original back in the day and almost completed it, although It's not a good game for those with ADHD .. lol

[Graham Humphrey]

There's no change to the top two following premmisseth's victory.