Arcade High Scores! Current Game: Bomb Jack - COME ON IN!

cheesyboy · 26 Nov 2023 at 23:33

Final score for Black Tiger 265,550

I've enjoyed this one a lot. Just my sort of game, big fan of similar stuff like Ghosts & Goblins, and Rastan. Never played them back in the day, but got switched onto them after playing, and loving, Volgarr the Viking, which is heavily influenced by them

Spacedeck · 27 Nov 2023 at 00:04

Looks like that will be it for this week! Well done @cheesyboy, that's some score nobody could get near

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After a spin, we have a winner! OP updated with new game.

@JoeBoi MERCS selection removed from choices, so you have a slot open for another game!

As a reminder, the current game selections will remain in place, however you may choose to change them up if you wish at anytime!

JoeBoi · 27 Nov 2023 at 09:09

@cheesyboy Congratulations. That score was really impressive! Good game choice, I enjoyed what I managed to play.

@Spacedeck Can I add Guantlet please?

Metalface Mark · 27 Nov 2023 at 15:49

68150
Heres my first entry for Mercs - decent for a first run, i dont think ive ever played it before but i did play a lot of commando (if its not in the wheel it should be! ) Id also like to add marble madness to the wheel.

Spacedeck · 27 Nov 2023 at 16:23

Metalface Mark said:
i dont think ive ever played it before but i did play a lot of commando (if its not in the wheel it should be! ) Id also like to add marble madness to the wheel.

If you wish to add them, you'll need to replace one or more of your current selections of either Bomb Jack, Bubble Bobble or Return of the Jedi.

cheesyboy · 27 Nov 2023 at 22:37

I am not going to be top scoring this one

I'm quite bad at this

Metalface Mark · 28 Nov 2023 at 11:12

Spacedeck said:
If you wish to add them, you'll need to replace one or more of your current selections of either Bomb Jack, Bubble Bobble or Return of the Jedi.

ah ok - i dont wanna replace them

JoeBoi · 28 Nov 2023 at 16:04

75,200 here! I have got a lot of work to do. Those tanks on level 2 can be pretty brutal

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Metalface Mark · 28 Nov 2023 at 16:36

JoeBoi said:
75,200 here! I have got a lot of work to do. Those tanks on level 2 can be pretty brutal .

would be so much more fun to play i think if there was a second stick for shooting, its a bit frustrating (like commando) going back and forth to keep shooting up rather than being able to strafe.

Zatoichi.uK · 28 Nov 2023 at 16:36

Feel like I need to play on stick for this. Pad feels... wrong.

JoeBoi · 28 Nov 2023 at 16:47

Zatoichi.uK said:
Feel like I need to play on stick for this. Pad feels... wrong.

Yeah I was thinking about busting out the arcade stick for this one as well!

cheesyboy · 28 Nov 2023 at 19:29

cheesyboy said:
I am not going to be top scoring this one

I'm quite bad at this

This ^ was after dying against the level 1 boss for about the 10th time with a top score of something like 9K!

I did have one more go where I actually got to level 2, and you get a lot of points for finishing a level. Still not great, but I was over 50K at least

cheesyboy · 28 Nov 2023 at 19:32

Metalface Mark said:
would be so much more fun to play i think if there was a second stick for shooting, its a bit frustrating (like commando) going back and forth to keep shooting up rather than being able to strafe.

Yeah, does feel like it should be a Total Carnage twin-stick deal.

Metalface Mark · 29 Nov 2023 at 12:04

that second boss is a bugger to get past, had a couple of goes at lunch, ill give it a try on the mister with my arcade stick later on see if i can do better than the mame version with my joypad.

Metalface Mark · 2 Dec 2023 at 20:27

Joe did you get past second boss ?

JoeBoi · 2 Dec 2023 at 22:13

Metalface Mark said:
Joe did you get past second boss ?

I haven't had a chance to play it yet

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Edit: I think saving those bombs are key to beating it though. I loved this on the Mega Drive, but totally agree dualstick shooting would be so much better for this game. I don't remember it being so hard, but was never limited to one credit!

Metalface Mark · 3 Dec 2023 at 13:12

youre ahead of me on the scoreboard!

i played some more yesterday the first level is a bit of a doddle, the second level is way harder, with the tanks and then the end boss, i end up using my bombs on the tanks and not having enough to beat the end boss, ive been close once

JoeBoi · 3 Dec 2023 at 13:19

Metalface Mark said:
youre ahead of me on the scoreboard!

i played some more yesterday the first level is a bit of a doddle, the second level is way harder, with the tanks and then the end boss, i end up using my bombs on the tanks and not having enough to beat the end boss, ive been close once

Sleep deprived, I misread that haha. So I played a couple of times when I posted my scores, but I couldn't make it past the 2nd boss.

Metalface Mark · 3 Dec 2023 at 18:43

Mercs Longplay (Arcade) [60 FPS]

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just watched this, didnt realise there was a power up near the start of second level.

Metalface Mark · 3 Dec 2023 at 20:29

74600

Now 76600