Hell yeah (Achievement addiction edition)

Post by **RadarScope1** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:45 pm

Finally got all 12 achievements for Pac-Man CE! Man I love that game. It's pure creamy retro goodness. Anyone here who has this game, please gimme a friend invite. I'd love to have more people on my friends leaderboard to engage in a little friendly rivalry. The tag's RadarScope1

I wish there were more truly good retro re-mixes out there. I'm looking forward to Space Invaders Extreme for the DS.

Post by **ZenLogikos** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:38 am

You should try Robotron - the original two-stick, multi-directional shooter. Simple yet very effective and addictive gameplay, just like pac. I think it's better than all that have followed it...Difficult at first until you begin to easily discern the enemies from those you have to rescue.

And I agree, Pac-man:CE is one of the reasons I got my 360.

Post by **RadarScope1** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:12 pm

I'll be getting some MS points after Xmas one way or another so I'm eyeing a few games and Robotron is definitely one of them. I have Geo Wars and it's OK, but for some reason it hasn't grabbed me like it seems to have grabbed lots of other people. (I think one reason is I have a 4:3 TV and the playing field is more or less made for 16:9 screens.)

I haven't tried the Robotron demo, but I should. BTW, there's a retro arcade in my neighborhood that has an original Robotron!

Post by **RadarScope1** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:17 pm

Ezzen - alright man, I've got a new goal! You're a good 50k above me in Champ Mode.

Post by **ZenLogikos** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:23 am

I was at 267k, and hadn't played for the past couple weeks, but fired pac up a couple days ago and raised it another ~20k...I surprised myself. Maybe I need to take a hiatus more often...I'm gunning for a friend of mine who has 302k, that bastard. Friends make for good motivators!

I worked at Gamestop years ago and my manager had about 30 pins and vids in his house. I had never played Robotron before then. Not even sure I had heard of it. So my introduction to it was at his 'arcade', and it became the sole vid I would play when I went over. Been hooked ever since.

Post by **RadarScope1** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:07 pm

Had my best run ever last night. Bumped my hi up to by more than 40k! I fell *just* short of ya, though -- I'm at 279k. I was just one 3200 ghost a few dots away from you.

It sounds stupidly self-evident but the best favor you can do yourself is not dying. If you stretch it out and keep the multiplier at 50, it makes a bigger difference than you would think, even if you're just eating dots and not ghosts. I think I went to somewhere around the 4 min mark without dying, by far my longest go on a single Pac.

Post by **ZenLogikos** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:40 am

You took the words outta my mouth. That's the main point I forgot to express last time - JUST DON'T DIE! That single-handedly does wonders for score.

I saw your score, congrats. However, that prompted me to play again, and I raised mine another 10k! The race is on!

Post by **RadarScope1** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:53 pm

I saw that. And I was so close!

I'm able to consistently score 200k or more on most runs now. I'm getting a good foundation to build on each time. I just have to add luck and concentration to the mix and I'll get a new hi eventually.

Post by **ZenLogikos** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:36 am

Absolutely. I average about 230-260k consistently. It's pissing me off cause I think I've hit a barrier. The improvement gaps for my scores are becoming decreasingly smaller and smaller.

That said, I raised mine another 4k...