Is that what I think it is on the bezel?! - My Scramble Video!!! ZOMG!

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Is that what I think it is on the bezel?! - My Scramble Video!!! ZOMG!

I just posted a quick video of one of my most memorable childhood games, Scramble! This game was the granddaddy of the shmup and some say is the prequel to Gradius. If someone can tell me how to get past the end, I would be grateful. I can't do it! :)

Check it out here, in HD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKOyxWGU_FY

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It's cool to see someone geeked up over Scramble. I played it a few times, but I never looked for it bitd. You'll certainly have to bump this thread once you've stenciled the cab :).

-1 for the thumb ring though;):p
 
Poor man's Defender...

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You just bomb that sucker then try not to crash. I just played my cocktail scramble a few days ago and ended up crashing into the last target. Lost a man but continued to the next level. I would love to find an upright scramble. Hoping the Phoenix board does a good job emulating it. My board was stuck in Canadian customs for a week.
 
If someone can tell me how to get past the end, I would be grateful. I can't do it!

When you're in the tunnels, you have to race your ship as far ahead as you can in the straight-aways... Then when you have to go up or down, that's when you use the 'cutback' falling back move, since you have space 'saved up' behind your ship... The game is going to push your ship back anyways, so...

Also, try to sweep in on top of fuel tanks, with the base as well and try the 'lay an egg' bombing move... Good luck!
 
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another great video John as always

Thanks!!! Man, this game is so hard.


I got a question for anyone that knows.... at the end there, where I die, I am not even in the Base am I? How much longer is that 5th section??? What do you do in the base?
 
Thanks!!! Man, this game is so hard.


I got a question for anyone that knows.... at the end there, where I die, I am not even in the Base am I? How much longer is that 5th section??? What do you do in the base?

3:30 onwards... Also, if you run into the wall after bombing the base, you don't lose that ship...

 
Really not that difficult of a game, after you put everything into perspective... The tunnels are the easiest for me. But the joystick has to be dead-on tight perfect...

I have more problems in the bunkers leading up to the tunnels... The Konami version is so much easier than the Stern 'fast fuel' version too... The Stern, you have to hit just about every fuel tank after the third time through. Good luck!:)
 
I have more problems in the bunkers leading up to the tunnels... The Konami version is so much easier than the Stern 'fast fuel' version too... The Stern, you have to hit just about every fuel tank after the third time through. Good luck!:)

This is what I was just going to say... I play the Konami version and the fuel goes down way slower. The only time I ever hear the Low Fuel klaxon is during the meteor stage.

My high on the Konami version is 127,000. I'm going to try the Stern version in MAME and see how much harder that makes it.
 
My scramble board is a stern one, can I romswap it to Konami or were there hardware differences?
 
Good video. Made me laugh. Love Scramble. Just got past the first level for the first time recently. Get the high score save if you don't have it.
 
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