broke the 500k mark on robotron yesterday!

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oddly enough, i meant to play tempest, but i flipped the multi williams switch accidentally, and figured what the hell. i thought my sticks were 8 way, but when i rebuilt them it turns out they're actually 4 way, so i ground the diamond hole in the base to circles in both, so now they're 8 way. can't tell you how much of a difference it makes.

anyways, my score went up from 250k or so and hit 350, then 414. then last night i made it to level 20 and hit 558k. and then i promptly died. i'm to a point where i can consistently make it past the 3rd brain wave, though.

so, haven't played since then, but are there any tips in the higher levels of robotron? i seem to remember reading somewhere that after level 40 the waves reset themselves. is that true?
anyways, i'm moving in baby steps, so i'm looking for 750k now, than i'll see about the 1 million mark...
 
For me I just kept on practicing to better my score. I didn't really use any different strategy. That's just what worked for me. My highest is 1.6 million.(extra man every 10K is what I assume you're playing?) It took me a LONG time to break the 1M point barrier, though. It was like the game knew I was getting close.

I don't own the game anymore, but I think someday one will find its way back into my arcade.

Good luck with your gameplay, and keep us updated!
 
no, i'm playing extra man every 25k. using factory default settings and blue label roms, on the jrok board. i don't think i want to lower the extra guy to 10k points, as it's more of an endurance game. i did max the guys on my dk so i could get to higher levels to practice, but more cause of the solid strategy of dk. i feel like robotron is way more random, so i don't know if that would really work, aside from just getting the points up.

though, i have to say, i really like the randomness of robotron. sometimes i'll fuck up and lose a guy, but when i start the level again, it throws all the family members right next to me and i can grab them up in a snap.
 
new high score - 620k. i don't remember what level i was on, but i almost killed the game off in the 4th level, but then got every mommy using the mikey trick in the brain wave, so i kept going.
 
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