Achieved at : 2023-10-01
Rank : 10
(94% worse)
Lups : 25
Approved :
Yes
Voting completed : 2023-12-01
| 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: |
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Bomb Jack is an arcade platformer action game released in 1984 by Tehkan (later known as Tecmo). Bomb Jack is a hero character who has to defuse bombs to clear each level.
Bomb Jack's mission is collect all the bombs on screen allowing him to progress to the next one. Bombs can be collected in any order, but there is a bonus for collecting the lit bombs which light up one by one in sequence. Trying to defeat him are a number of enemies which increase in quantity as time progresses. Fill up the bonus meter and a P icon will float around the screen. collect this to gain a few seconds to paralyse and destroy enemies - it is like Pac-man's power pills. There is also a B icon which gives bonus points and an E icon which gives an extra life.
Once all bombs are collected it is on to the next screen which features a different arrangement of platforms and a different background picture. There are five different backgrounds to see, then they cycle round again.
Not much more to say about Bomb Jack really. It is, quite rightly, regarded as one of the classic video games of the eighties and remains very popular today. I am not the games biggest fan, but that is only because I am not very good at it. I certainly enjoyed a few hours playing several games of it on Antstream despite my lack of ability.
The game spawned several sequels and a large number of home ports, where it was also very successful. This is one of the games you must try at least once in your life, even if, like me, you are a hopeless player.
This run was made on the 1st October 2023 using the Antstream emulation streaming service. The final score was 43,050 points.
Time Stamps:
00:30 Title screen. Antstream menu at top left and avatar at top right.
00:34 Game start. Egypt background.
01:05 First appearance of a power pill. As you collect bombs it fills up the coloured flashing bar at the top of the screen. Once fully filled, the power pill appears.
01:15 Power pill collected. My turn to defeat the bad guys.
01:26 All bombs collected.
01:32 Screen 2. Parthenon background.
01:38 First Bonus icon appears.
02:09 First life lost.
02:26 Screen 3. Castle Neuschwanstein is the background.
02:56 Second life lost.
03:15 Screen 4. Urban cityscape background.
03:52 Third life lost. Game Over! Final score 43,050 points.
03:58 Initials entry and High Score table.
Bomb Jack's mission is collect all the bombs on screen allowing him to progress to the next one. Bombs can be collected in any order, but there is a bonus for collecting the lit bombs which light up one by one in sequence. Trying to defeat him are a number of enemies which increase in quantity as time progresses. Fill up the bonus meter and a P icon will float around the screen. collect this to gain a few seconds to paralyse and destroy enemies - it is like Pac-man's power pills. There is also a B icon which gives bonus points and an E icon which gives an extra life.
Once all bombs are collected it is on to the next screen which features a different arrangement of platforms and a different background picture. There are five different backgrounds to see, then they cycle round again.
Not much more to say about Bomb Jack really. It is, quite rightly, regarded as one of the classic video games of the eighties and remains very popular today. I am not the games biggest fan, but that is only because I am not very good at it. I certainly enjoyed a few hours playing several games of it on Antstream despite my lack of ability.
The game spawned several sequels and a large number of home ports, where it was also very successful. This is one of the games you must try at least once in your life, even if, like me, you are a hopeless player.
This run was made on the 1st October 2023 using the Antstream emulation streaming service. The final score was 43,050 points.
Time Stamps:
00:30 Title screen. Antstream menu at top left and avatar at top right.
00:34 Game start. Egypt background.
01:05 First appearance of a power pill. As you collect bombs it fills up the coloured flashing bar at the top of the screen. Once fully filled, the power pill appears.
01:15 Power pill collected. My turn to defeat the bad guys.
01:26 All bombs collected.
01:32 Screen 2. Parthenon background.
01:38 First Bonus icon appears.
02:09 First life lost.
02:26 Screen 3. Castle Neuschwanstein is the background.
02:56 Second life lost.
03:15 Screen 4. Urban cityscape background.
03:52 Third life lost. Game Over! Final score 43,050 points.
03:58 Initials entry and High Score table.