Score card

TGP 🇬🇧
Achieved at : 2023-02-03
Rank : 2
(72% worse)
Lups : 77
Approved :
Yes
Voting completed : 2023-02-27
General Rules: Play with default settings unless otherwise specified. If the ROM set is not mentioned, play the parent ROM. No use of trainers, cheats, saved game files, emulator save states or other emulator advantages.
No use of code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. 1 player only. No continues.
In-game/internal autofire is only allowed if a game has it (enabled through hard or soft DIPs). External/MAME/cheat-based autofire is not allowed.
It is discouraged and may lead to voters not accepting your score to
- excessively point farm
- use glitches or other game exploits

You can use any emulator you want (Retropie, rain, neo geo, Coinops, Antstream, handhelds,...). If specific emulators or versions are restricted, it will be mentioned in the Specific rules.

For Top 3 we encourage (but NOT mandatory) to provide:
a) A full video with DIP Switches to be shown in the video (at the start or at the end of your performance). If DIP Switches are not available, Service Menu should be used instead (at the start of your performance). If no difficulty settings is available on your game, you still have to show either DIP switches or service mode showing this (if not mentioned in the specific rules).
OR
b) An INP file. Please state your MAME version in the comments. And add an URL where the voter can download your .inp. (We currently have no way to store those files on the server, but it is on the roadmap).
For INPs:
o We encourage to also show the DIPs during your video play.
o Delete NVRAM before recording/viewing. Many arcade games that MAME emulates save some information (like high scores) in non-volatile ram (NVRAM), which by default MAME saves in the nvram subfolder. For some games (not all) the RNG is affected by NVRAM, so an .inp file recorded with non-empty nvram won't replay correctly on anyone else's system.
o To record INP file, you require Wolfmame: You can download it here : https://github.com/mahlemiut/wolfmame/releases (or on MARP).
o Record one run gameplay when using INP.
Specific Rules: Play the game in 1 player mode with default settings
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TGP 🇬🇧
@JES 🇨🇦
TGP
 2023-02-05 06:14:28
Go on, you love a challenge!
JES 🇨🇦
@TGP 🇬🇧
JES
 2023-02-05 06:09:52
Maybe...
TGP 🇬🇧
@JES 🇨🇦
TGP
 2023-02-05 05:29:38
Thanks JES, you going to have a go at beating ACA's score?
JES
 2023-02-04 20:34:50
YES vote here
TGP
 2023-02-04 12:19:07
Thanks, as I get older, I really appreciate a simple, but good game.
aca0808
🇷🇸
 2023-02-04 12:17:16
VOTING : YES
Very interesting concept of this game... That's what nowdays game mostly missing(good concept/idea/simplicity)!!!
TGP
 2023-02-04 11:35:40
Having a quick few goes on Tropical Angel on PC, using the Antstream emulation streaming service. The date of play was the 3rd February 2023 and the score reached was 6,900 points.

Tropical Angel is a water-skiing slalom game released by irem in 1983. Your female water-skier has to avoid rocks and pass through gates to complete the courses. Pairs of buoys occasional appear which reward bonus points if passed through. Each course has a time limit and if you do not complete the course within the time it is game over. As you progress a shark can appear which is also instant death.

A bit tricky to understand the movement of the rocks at first, but once you have nailed that it is quite fun. It is basically a type of driving game in playstyle.

Time Stamps:
00:30 Game is loaded and awaiting coins. My Antstream avatar is at top right.
00:40 Game start.
01:03 First gate.
01:47 Passed through the buoys.
01:51 Second gate.
02:28 Third gate.
02:58 Fourth gate. Game Over! Final score 6,900 points.
03:43 Title screen.