Donkey Kong Forum
Blogs => Player Blogs => Topic started by: tilt on June 06, 2014, 05:22:42 pm
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Just to start out, arcades were pretty much on their way out when I started gaming, so I'm really doing this with no previous knowledge of arcade games.
Donkey Kong
I have been playing Donkey Kong for about 6 years. Most of that time, it was off and on. I just now started understanding how to really play it.
PB: 1,004,100
Goals (in order):
100k
150k
200k
300k
400k
500k/KS
KS
1m
1.1-World Record
Zoo Keeper
I have yet to start this game. I hope to become good at it by the end of this summer. Started it, but I still suck.
PB: 122,600 ( ROFL)
Goals(in order):
100k
200k
Mario Bros
PB: 110k
Goals(in order):
50k
100k]
No goal at the moment.
Super Mario Bros
PB: None yet
Goals(in order):
<5:30 Completion Time
Centipede
PB: 102k
Goals(in order):
30k
50k
Goal: 200k
This is a work in progress. I will be adding to this through the summer.
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Impeccable taste in games, sir. ;)
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Love it Kreygasm
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Love it Kreygasm
Impeccable taste in games, sir. ;)
Thanks!
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I agree with both Barra and Von. GLGLGLGL Kreygasm
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Good stuff. Zoo Keeper is lots of fun. I still have a hellova time with the first "lion" level.
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June 14, 2014
Weekly Friday update
Donkey Kong
http://i.imgur.com/zGzUyuq.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/zGzUyuq.jpg)
Just upped my Donkey Kong PB by quite a bit. I currently have 247,400 as my high score. I was able to achieve this score after practicing the third elevator stage for over 2 hours with save states. My biggest problem is still the conveyer stages. Despite only losing 1 life on conveyers overall, I almost died MANY times. The fireballs seemed to go down immediately after all 5 had spawned, and as such, I had no free passes. Does anybody have any tips for these tough stages? I hope to be able to achieve 400,000 during DKO.
Zoo Keeper
I made a bit of progress in learning how this game works. Most of this was just from watching ross play. My PB is the same as I am focused on preparing for DKO right now.
Mario Bros.
I was able to get 50,000 yesterday, however, I dont really think its worth updating my scoreboard for.
Thanks for all the positive feedback guys!!
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6/16/14
Today I finally broke 300k with a score of 334k. I was streaming on twitch too which made it even better! I even got the .inp file from wolfmame 106. All is good.
http://www.twitch.tv/expandedidea/c/4472715 (http://www.twitch.tv/expandedidea/c/4472715)
I haven't really been playing any other games on my list. All of my gaming attention has been towards DK. I hope to be able to achieve a killscreen in the DKO.
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I missed the live session, but watched the entire highlight moments ago.
So now we have another guy who will probably KS this game before me. Fabulous. ::)
I kid you. Kongrats on your first 300K game, and good luck during this weekend's DK Online Open. :)
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I missed the live session, but watched the entire highlight moments ago.
So now we have another guy who will probably KS this game before me. Fabulous. ::)
I kid you. Kongrats on your first 300K game, and good luck during this weekend's DK Online Open. :)
Wow! Thanks for the compliment and thanks for watching my highlight. I hope it wasn't too boring, as I had to be pretty quiet while recording. Yeah but anyways I've made some progress that I can't really even believe I've made. If I get a KS in the DKO, I'll go ahead and submit the score. I wish you luck in your efforts as well! <Sanders>
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Love it mate! Good progress! \ <Wiebe> / \ <Billy> /
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Love it mate! Good progress! \ <Wiebe> / \ <Billy> /
Thanks! KS incoming Kreygasm
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Keep it up mate Kreygasm
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6/22/14
Today I was able to achieve a score of 417k in the DKO. Up until 388k, I had no deaths. Then, I had two death on an elevator stage, both resulting from a really really short spring. I have no idea how I can avoid dying from a spring that short, but I guess i'm happy with the score nonetheless. This was the first game where I really felt like it could be a killscreen, so that's cool.
http://www.twitch.tv/expandedidea/c/4516493 (http://www.twitch.tv/expandedidea/c/4516493)
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6/22/14
Today I was able to achieve a score of 417k in the DKO. Up until 388k, I had no deaths. Then, I had two death on an elevator stage, both resulting from a really really short spring. I have no idea how I can avoid dying from a spring that short, but I guess i'm happy with the score nonetheless. This was the first game where I really felt like it could be a killscreen, so that's cool.
http://www.twitch.tv/expandedidea/c/4516493 (http://www.twitch.tv/expandedidea/c/4516493)
Yeah, when you see the really short spring, you'll need to train yourself to retreat back to the safe spot on that one as well. Good game though! You can obviously see you have potential to make the KS soon if you keep focused. :)
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6/28/2014
Today I bought more shit that I probably shouldn't had gotten. I picked up a DKjr cab with the intention of playing DK on it for like 300 bucks. It just needed a new fuse in the sanyo 20ez monitor. If anybody is looking to sell a DK pcb in the 100-150 range, feel free to contact me.
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11/23/2015
Well, its been over 500 days since I posted on this blog. Based on a suggestion from a viewer in my chat, I will be posting periodic updates in my quest to secure a spot for myself in the top 10 and my road to Kong Off 5.
From my last post, I have accomplished the following:
January 19, 2015: First Killscreen, 798,600
April 16, 2015: First Crazy Kong killscreen, 513,700
January-June: A hell of a lot of starts and 1-1 attempts.
August 30, 2015: 912,400 Killscreen
October 29, 2015: 935,100 21-5
October 30, 2015: 914,200 Hard Roms Killscreen, New world record live at galloping ghost arcade
November 7, 2015: 1,004,100 Killscreen, First 1 million point score
For the most part, I found that the majority of my attempts from my first 5 months of 1 million were a waste of time due to the fact that I was going for 130k+ starts, for some reason. After I abandoned this, I began to progress very quickly, and a 1 million score came soon enough.
Top 10 Quest!:
November 19,2015: 409,100, 1.11m pace. First real game of 1.1
- Good grouping execution
- Issues with wall jumping occasionally
- Death in the start, played it out anyways
I estimate that if I do not go for larger starts, I should reach 1.1m points by this summer. I will be updating this blog as frequently as I remember to do so, and I will post occasional strategies that I find interesting.