Lemon/EAB Super League 2011 - Round 10: Turrican II

mihcael · Last edited by mihcael on Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:11 am; edited 22 times in total

Lemon/EAB Super League 2011 - Round 10

Rules:

Round 10 starts now and will end 11:59pm UK time Saturday, September 10th.
Boing ball

Post screenshots of your high score in this thread, and write the score underneath.
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Screenshot maximum size of 400px width please, or use a thumbnail.
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Don't cheat! No continues or passwords allowed.

Game Info:

Lemon Page (includes manual)

Get the Game:

[Disk 1] [Disk 2]

[WHDLoad]

Questions:

For the RULES and FAQ click HERE (includes 2011 Season Schedule).

Round 10 Final Scores:
(Sunday 11th - 1:38 UTC)
Pos.... Name................................................ Score............ Pts

john4p (EAB) ..................................... 3,464,600 ........ 15
Harry (EAB) ....................................... 3,190,200 ........ 12
lifeschool (LA) ................................... 2,989,700 ........ 10
capehorn (EAB) ................................. 2,952,300 ........ 9
Shawn Dimery (LA) ........................... 2,627,700 ........ 8
Alpha One (EAB) ................................ 2,454,100 ........ 7
TurricanX (LA) .................................... 2,289,800 ........ 6
frikilokooo (EAB) ................................ 2,232,300 ........ 5
richjharrison (LA) .............................. 2,180,300 ........ 4
Ze Emulatron (LA) ................................ 326,400 ........ 3
ChrisN82 (LA) ....................................... 289,900 ........ 2
bbsteal (LA) ......................................... 272,500 ........ 1
Graham Humphrey (EAB) ..................... 248,500 ........ 0
mailman (EAB) ...................................... 238,800 ........ 0
mihcael (LA) ........................................... 98,400 ........ 0
Chuckles (LA) ......................................... 60,900 ........ 0
LinesMachine (LA) .................................. 39,500 ........ 0
robotron (LA) ......................................... 36,900 ........ 0

2011 Championship Scores:
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Extras:

EAB's Round 10 thread is HERE.

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lifeschool · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:07 pm Post subject:

Turrican II!!

We may have lost the previous round, but we at least get to play a real Amiga classic now. Lets have a look at a few things:

Controls: -
Fire to shoot.
Hold down fire to launch the 'surround' lazer cannon.
Press space to launch a blast wave.
Crouch + space = gyroscope (a protective ball of spikes)
Crouch + hold fire + space = destructo (blast the whole screen)

Lives: - There are always a few lives tucked away on every level, often hidden in the corners at the very extremes of the map, so it's always worth hunting around and giving each map a full reccy. There are maps on EAB but they don't show where the lives are (good!) so it's up to you to find them. For example, on level 1.1 you should come away with at least six lives (from your original 3), even taking into account running out of time once.

Time: - The levels all have a tight time limit, and at the end of this time you'll lose a life and the time will be reset. For this reason, it is well worth going for extra lives even when the time is about to run out (and therefore risking dropping a life), as this will reset the time limit and give you all you need to complete the remainder of the level. Plus, if you GET the extra life you have not dropped anything and simply gained a lot more time.

Enemies: - Enemies stay dead (good!) - so it is possible to clear the whole level. As some levels require the player to back-track occasionally, it is well worth clearing them out, not least from a scores point-of-view.

Aliens levels: - Just like Turrican 1, the Aliens levels (5.1, especially) are massive and require a lot of lives to navigate. Start out with at least nine lives on 5.1 if you want to see 5.2 alive.

Ok, I just had a go at this, see below:

Lives: 6
Score: 829,300

This is 4.1, a massive level it has to be said. I was looping the level trying to remove all the missile-launchers (the only things to kill on this level), when I came across the Dragon. The dragon is easy to kill, but I killed it and died at exactly the same time. The screen moved as I respawned; and I found myself trapped in the scenery Sad

I couldn't get out. With hindsight I suppose I should have tried using the Destructo to possibly bounce my way out - but I forgot - and quit the level with six lives still remaining... Better luck next time..

lifeschool · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 4:02 pm Post subject:

Ok, just had a second go. This is what the score looks like when you go to all the time and trouble of removing every destructable enemy on every single level. Unfortunately, the lives remaining shows the result of getting my arse kicked on the Alien level Sad

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By the time I clawed my way to the last level I had one life left. I picked up another, lost it, got another, lost it, and so I faced the final boss with the same miserable single life at the end. I have no idea how close I was to killing him; although judging by the remaining Destructo power in the bottom left corner, I guess I should have tried a more indirect approach. Confused

Score: 1,365,400

lifeschool · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:26 pm Post subject:

Alright, this is my third and final go at this for a few weeks, so lets hope it's a good score...

Score: 2,578,400

I didn't bother to collect all the power-ups and extras this time (which give you score), or go out of my way to remove all the enemies; so I know I can do a bit better than this. I got to 5.1 with nine lives (like before) but walked out of it with nine lives, keeping them until the end of the game.

A further note: at the end of the game you get a game complete bonus, and all the crystals, and your remaining lives are multiplied to give you a final score. I got about 1.3 million before this bonus was added. Note: This final bonus screen only stays up for 2 seconds! (or it's a long wait to get to the high score table).

Graham Humphrey · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:41 pm Post subject:

Just a heads-up to those that haven't checked EAB that after some discussion we've decided that any areas that you can 'milk' points from (i.e. things that respwan indefinitely, until the time runs out but you can keep doing it for however many lives you have) are strictly forbidden. So can you please all avoid doing this on your playthroughs, thanks Smile

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TurricanX · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:07 pm Post subject:

545400

This games too hard. Meh, might have another go before the end, maybe.
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lifeschool · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:16 pm Post subject:

TurricanX · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:21 pm Post subject:

lifeschool · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:55 pm Post subject:

ChrisN82 · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:23 pm Post subject:

289,900

Didn't think it was my sort of game at first, like platforms but not shoot em ups. But have actually started to enjoy it and want to complete it now.