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Other Classic Arcade Games => Classic Arcade Game Discussion => Topic started by: jerky on March 20, 2020, 10:16:49 am
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Plenty of time for gaming during the virus lockdown...so let's dig some dirt!
Round 12-15
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Got Dirt?
Round 16-20
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Nice work!
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What is your current best score thru round 32 and thru clearing 136? I'm looking to play a little while the world collapses.
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What is your current best score thru round 32 and thru clearing 136? I'm looking to play a little while the world collapses.
Not sure what my old scoring was before you motivated me to stop being so lazy ;)
I've just been working on new patterns and techniques lately, but once I get playing actual games out in theory I should be able to hit 581k at the end of round 31 on a good day. But that's without extra dirt digging on round 4-11 which I am still debating on whether to re-work or not. Too busy working is no longer an excuse :P
I am already re-working dirt clearing "patterns" I had come up with from 32+ based on things I figured out recently so we will see what's up with the scoring @ 136 soon. I'm actually thinking of going for a Rev 2 KS first as a warm up before I go back and tackle the OG slow boards again.
I will be sharing everything as I go along with some interesting discoveries about Round 13+ in the very near future (instead of going left all the time there a bunch of similar but slightly different patterns you can use to the right that give more consistent rock drop results).
Happy Digging!
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Round 21-24
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Round 25-28
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Round 29-31
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Round 32-35
See notes with YouTube video about Round 33+35. There are more 10k rock drops than we thought ;)
Playlist for all my dirt digging work here...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9-mbVLOE1xdzSKQEC9qpAgRcT_GDyExC
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I've played thru 90 or so in mame getting 10k drops every round, it can be done but there are subtle difference in each round that make it pretty difficult to execute in a real game. Good work so far.
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I've played thru 90 or so in mame getting 10k drops every round, it can be done but there are subtle difference in each round that make it pretty difficult to execute in a real game. Good work so far.
Those little differences on some rounds are an execution issue for sure.
For example...these starting rock drop patterns below work for Round 33-137+ but it's a lot more to keep track of than going to the left like we usually do. Also some of the later patterns are pretty tricky to do consistently. You also end up with two fast angry Frygars coming at you on top of each other on some of these later rounds right after the drop (97+).
Round 33-137+
(https://i.ibb.co/wr1Mhwz/Dig-Dug-Round-33-137.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bRnz52K)
*Note* on Rev 2 with no slowdown rounds the Round 137+ starting rock drop works up to the kill screen without any changes ;)
The background for most of these is from older screenshots I took of a quicker but more pumpy dirt clearing pattern that balances speed versus all the earth points. The first rock drop is what matters here. Pooka's are blue and Frygar's are red btw for the few rounds I include monsters above. I only show what I need in these as a quick reference when playing and glancing at my phone.
I may make a compilation video of all these first rock drops to share later. Plenty of free time these crazy days...
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That was easier and quicker to put together than I thought...
Round 33-137+ 1st Rock Drop
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Round 35-135+ 1st Rock Drop
These could probably use some more play testing but I was able to execute them all multiple times in a row which is a good stability sign. Only a few pattern variations for this round type...much less than the Round 33 cycle.
I haven't play tested the Round 135+ pattern to the kill screen yet (rev 2 no slow down) but I tested it on a dozen later rounds and it works fine. Nothing seems to change in Rev 2 after round 133 difficulty wise for any of the 4 looping rounds so should it be good.
Almost time to actually play out some real games to see how these all work ;)
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5+ million coming up and some dirt digging fun. Nice development of patterns.
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Still playing around with these...here are some alternates to the earlier ones I shared.
Round 67,71,115,123,127 and 131
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5+ million coming up and some dirt digging fun. Nice development of patterns.
Thanks. After all these years I was surprised to discover all these 10k 1st rock drop patterns for the "Double Frygar" boards (round 35-135+). I didn't think you could make going to the right work for the Round 33+ boards either but here we are thanks to all this unexpected/unfortunate free time
I suppose I should start playing actual games out and put them to good use. I encourage others to do the same ;)
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Round 34-134 1st Rock Drop Patterns Rev 2
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The rev 2 romset does not have the slow down bug seen in Rev 1. It also changes the difficulty up for Round 138+ in a way that breaks down the usual "notch" pattern we have been using for years.
This is the best way I have found to manage these rounds up to the kill screen so far on this romset. You need to make perfect turns at the start with no delays or monsters will break off and follow you up the first vertical shaft you dig after the first rock drop.
If you don't want to dig the extra dirt you can just grab the fruit and go for the other highest rock on the far left side of the screen for the last two monsters.
Round 138+ Fruit + Dirt Pattern Rev 2
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I got a wee bit sidetracked by I, Robot...but now I'm back in the dirt again with some updated all fruit patterns for Rounds 1-31.
I optimized these patterns for better consistency and speed.. Recorded with Rev 2 romset (digdug) using MAME .220 but they should work on any Atari, Namco roms with the dips set to : Medium difficulty, 3 lives to start and extras at 10k, 40k and every 40k.
Rounds 1-11
Dig Dug All Fruit Patterns Playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9-mbVLOE1xcIJ628a1lUO4alXACx54pj
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No major changes to these rounds but may as well have it in order here so they are easy to find.
Round 12-20
Dig Dug All Fruit Patterns Playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9-mbVLOE1xcIJ628a1lUO4alXACx54pj
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Lots of changes and improvements to these rounds.
Round 21-31
Dig Dug All Fruit Patterns Playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9-mbVLOE1xcIJ628a1lUO4alXACx54pj
More to come ;)