Arcade High Scores! Current Game: DEFENDER - COME ON IN!

[Zatoichi.uK]

Tough game. Guess 50k bonus is the best thing to go for huh.

 

[Tealc]

Not played this one for years. My friend was quite keen on it but me not so much.

First attempt 28,200

 

[Zatoichi.uK]

368'960 so far.

 

[Tealc]

96,240

Zatoichi clearly knows this game pretty well

 

[Zatoichi.uK]

96,240

Zatoichi clearly knows this game pretty well

Never really played the arcade version but I like it. Seems best to treat it like pacman and find a route that works for each level. Tough game though, not much room for error.

 

[lovelyhead]

Spoiler

My best score so far is 134350.

Bomb Jack reminds me a lot of Flicky. Kind of similar, although there is more depth to Bomb Jack I would say.

 

[Tealc]

Small improvement 113,750.

 

[mcwildcard]

114,890

 

[Zatoichi.uK]

472'820.

 

[mcwildcard]

472'820.

You're a machine!

 

[Spacedeck]

 

[mcwildcard]

Another one of mine! I need to repopulate my list I guess.

 

[Zatoichi.uK]

12'400 on side pocket.

 

[Tealc]

5,200. Those ball physics.

 

[Zatoichi.uK]

Bit funky with back spin eh.

 

[Tealc]

18,600. A bit lucky with a couple of flukes and a plant.

Angles don't always make sense and I don't much like the sensitivity of the controls. I try the slightest of nudges to make an angle and I go waay past it.
I also find it odd that anything under half power hardly moves at all. Surely things were better than this in 1986 or maybe I was spoiled by Jimmy Whites Whirlwind Snooker, some 5 years later.

 

[Tealc]

Could I get Galaga(Namco rev B) added as my missing game choice?

As there are a few versions of this I thought it best to specify the rom version.

 

[mcwildcard]

5,200

 

[cheesyboy]

Quite like this one. Just got 19,000, but I reckon there's much bigger scores possible if I don't mess up.

 

[cheesyboy]

Had quite a few goes after that one ^, which was only my 4th or so attempt, and only once got close. So maybe getting a bigger score won't be all that straightforward, after all