Score card

TGP 🇬🇧
Achieved at : 2021-12-05
Rank : 9
(96% worse)
Lups : 18
Approved :
Yes
Voting completed : 2022-01-09
General Rules: Play with default settings unless otherwise specified. If the ROM set is not mentioned, play the parent ROM. No use of trainers, cheats, saved game files, emulator save states or other emulator advantages.
No use of code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. 1 player only. No continues.
In-game/internal autofire is only allowed if a game has it (enabled through hard or soft DIPs). External/MAME/cheat-based autofire is not allowed.
It is discouraged and may lead to voters not accepting your score to
- excessively point farm
- use glitches or other game exploits

You can use any emulator you want (Retropie, rain, neo geo, Coinops, Antstream, handhelds,...). If specific emulators or versions are restricted, it will be mentioned in the Specific rules.

For Top 3 we encourage (but NOT mandatory) to provide:
a) A full video with DIP Switches to be shown in the video (at the start or at the end of your performance). If DIP Switches are not available, Service Menu should be used instead (at the start of your performance). If no difficulty settings is available on your game, you still have to show either DIP switches or service mode showing this (if not mentioned in the specific rules).
OR
b) An INP file. Please state your MAME version in the comments. And add an URL where the voter can download your .inp. (We currently have no way to store those files on the server, but it is on the roadmap).
For INPs:
o We encourage to also show the DIPs during your video play.
o Delete NVRAM before recording/viewing. Many arcade games that MAME emulates save some information (like high scores) in non-volatile ram (NVRAM), which by default MAME saves in the nvram subfolder. For some games (not all) the RNG is affected by NVRAM, so an .inp file recorded with non-empty nvram won't replay correctly on anyone else's system.
o To record INP file, you require Wolfmame: You can download it here : https://github.com/mahlemiut/wolfmame/releases (or on MARP).
o Record one run gameplay when using INP.
Specific Rules: Play the game in 1 player mode with default settings
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TGP
 2021-12-30 07:59:32 (edited 2021-12-30 08:00:20)
Thanks, it is indeed. I can only finish last but one. :-)
TGP 🇬🇧
@Rickster8 🇺🇸
TGP
 2021-12-30 02:35:13
Thanks Rickster.
Rickster8
 2021-12-30 01:01:59
Yes
TGP
 2021-12-29 18:49:10
Playing the 1981 Namco arcade game Bosconian using Antstream on PC. This game completely passed me by in the 80's which is a shame as it is an excellent shooter. Apparently it never made it big outside of Japan, which might explain why I never saw it in arcades in the UK.

I have become quite addicted to this one, preferring it to Galaga (it runs on the Galaga hardware).

The date of this run was 5th December 2021 and the score reached was 79,570 points.

Time stamps:
00:30 Setting up the game in Antstream.
00:34 Game loaded.
00:40 Game start.
01:20 Round 1 complete.
02:45 First life lost.
03:36 Round 2 complete.
03:43 Extra life awarded for reaching 20,000 points.
04:47 Round 3 complete.
06:32 Second life lost.
08:14 Third life lost.
09:03 Round 4 complete.
09:52 Extra life awarded for reaching 70,000 points.
10:31 Fourth life lost.
10:49 Fifth life lost. Game Over. Final score 79,570 points.
11:00 Initials entry screen.
11:23 Exiting to Antstream.
11:27 Antstream leaderboard and score confirmation.