Ides of September freebie giveaway competition

[allyourblood]

Okay, I don't think I'll have time to post a better score before time runs out, so here's my latest:



And I also scored 99 credits after grabbing three... something... matching symbols?

[xelement5x]

Yeah, I can barely break a million. I'll post a screenshot for shame either way, but I'm gonna try again and see if I can do better before the contest is up. hoobs, you must love this game or slip into a trance when you play it to get a score that high!

It's to hard to say which I prefer more, the original Bubble Bobble or Parasol Stars (Bubble Bobble III) but I have played both so many times that I just play them to see how high of a score that I can get.

You have got to be the best player I've ever seen scores from, I'd love to see a playthrough from you at some point if you've got a video capture card.  Are you doing a 1CC on the entire game?  I haven't even broken a million yet but I do feel like I'm getting better; this game is addicting!!

@chany - The Comcast box in you picture stare back into my soul.  Whhyyyyyy??!?!

I'm not sure what the abbreviation "1CC" means so I don't know how to answer that question.

1CC means 1 Credit Clear, or at least that's what I've been told.  It means that essentially you can clear the entire game on one credit (multiple lives on a credit is fine), without having to continue.  I'm guessing that's what you're doing since my score always seems to reset when I continue.

Drawing tonight, yay!  Gonna cross my fingers and hope I win, I've wanted an Avenue 6 for awhile!

[hoobs88]

In that case, all of my scores are 1CC (no continues). Your score does reset to zero when you continue. If you continue on the final boss of the game, even though you will be starting with zero points, you can get a huge score just for defeating him and receive all the bonus points for remaining lives and remaining continues. That clearly wasn't the case for me as I had 15 lives remaining and 99 continues.

It looks like the Avenue 6 pad has more interest than the Air Zonk game. Should I give the winner a choice between the 2 and the remaining item goes as the consolation?

[allyourblood]

In that case, all of my scores are 1CC (no continues). Your score does reset to zero when you continue. If you continue on the final boss of the game, even though you will be starting with zero points, you can get a huge score just for defeating him and receive all the bonus points for remaining lives and remaining continues. That clearly wasn't the case for me as I had 15 lives remaining and 99 continues.

It looks like the Avenue 6 pad has more interest than the Air Zonk game. Should I give the winner a choice between the 2 and the remaining item goes as the consolation?

If by winner, you mean highest score of all entrants. I don't think anyone's actually going to surpass your borderline-disturbing score of the stratosphere!  

Also, if that's the case, how much longer do we have to enter? I might be able to squeeze in one or two more games after my workout.

[hoobs88]

If by winner, you mean highest score of all entrants. I don't think anyone's actually going to surpass your borderline-disturbing score of the stratosphere! 

Also, if that's the case, how much longer do we have to enter? I might be able to squeeze in one or two more games after my workout.

The winner will indeed be the highest score of all entrants. I will be surfing the internets for another 30 minutes before I go to bed but I will stop back here and check for last minute entries.

[hoobs88]

Mishran submitted the highest score so he can choose either Air Zonk or the Avenue 6 pad. The remaining item will go to Chany60126 who was randomly selected as the consolation winner. Congratulations to both winners! Please PM me with your addresses so I can ship them out to you.

[allyourblood]

Fun contest!

Congrats to Mishran and chany!!!

I tried a couple more times and could not get past 4mil. I always love playing this game though! Happy Birthday again, hoobs! Thanks so much for the prizes and great challenge.

[Mishran]

I won??? Never would have thought I stood a chance. Thanks again for the great contest Hoob. PM inbound!

[chany60126]

Congrats Mishran. The six million point mark seems so out of reach for me. hehe

Thanks again for this contest, hoobs!! I really enjoyed playing through this game.

[hoobs88]

Since both of the winners already own Air Zonk, I gave out two 6 button controllers instead. I will be doing another giveaway for Air Zonk around ThanksGIVING.

[allyourblood]

Argh, that makes me wish I'd won even more (I also was gunning for the controller)! Ha Ha! You're awesome hoobs! Thanks again.

[Mishran]

Just got my pad in the mail today! Thanks again hoobs. This thing is my new gaming pad!

[Mishran]

Bad news, I plugged it in and went to play some SF2. All the buttons worked fine except for button 1. It wasn't registering with button presses and it felt odd when pressed. I opened up the controller figuring the membrane was dirty or the contacts could be tarnished. Well, it was neither. When I pulled the board away from the front of the pad, all the membranes came out with it except for the button 1 pad. It was completely torn from the button membrane. I don't think it can be fixed except with a replacement membrane which I don't have. Either way, thanks alot regardless hoobs. You meant well, but it just wasn't meant to be I guess. I flipped the membrane around so it was under button 4. I can still use it as a 2 button pad anyway, so all isn't lost.

[hoobs88]

That's really weird since I tested the pad (in 2 button mode) before I shipped it. If anything, I might have suspected buttons 3-6 to not work since I didn't test it with any 6 button games. Are the membranes interchangeable? I'll try to send you a spare membrane if they are.

[Mishran]

Button 1, 2, 5, and 6 are connected to a 4 button membrane. Buttons 3 and 4 is connected to a 4 button membrane that was cut in half to fit behind the buttons. Perhaps it was still in place when you had it and got knocked loose in the mail. The 1 and 2 buttons are the most used on the pads, so it makes sense that 1 is the busted button. I can still use 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 buttons buttons now so if mortal kombat is ever ported over to the Turbob, I'll be set!