Just Rocked 575,000+ on Asteroids

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I was well on my way to my goal of 1,000,000 on Asteroids but had to quit to get some sleep. Gotta teach some 5th graders bright and early tomorrow. I had a nice surplus of ships as well but started to get the shakes and pulled the plug. I should have started the game earlier. Oh well.
 
What strategies are you using?

Yeah, spill it, man. My high score is only like 28,000. I know a lot of people hang out on each screen and hunt ships, but I play straight through. Maybe I need to start lingering. 575K is amazing. Whatever you're doing, I need to give it a shot.
 
I never have any luck with lurking in this game. My high score is 32,000, but I don't play it regularly.
 
I was well on my way to my goal of 1,000,000 on Asteroids but had to quit to get some sleep. Gotta teach some 5th graders bright and early tomorrow.

Bring your machine into class and give them an intro lesson to classic arcade games. Maybe tie it into math somehow. You'd be the best teacher ever! ;)
 
I was well on my way to my goal of 1,000,000 on Asteroids but had to quit to get some sleep. Gotta teach some 5th graders bright and early tomorrow. I had a nice surplus of ships as well but started to get the shakes and pulled the plug. I should have started the game earlier. Oh well.

I can't even score 30k on Asteroids. GREAT Score!!
 
Asteroids deluxe is just so much more fun than doing the high score technique on asteroids. Gets boring. around 75,000 on asteroids deluxe. Much higher on asteroids. "Do you have pac man? no. Donkey kong? no. Asteroids? Naw, but my dad gets them sumthin awful. Can't even get off the toilet some days."
 
Yea, Im definitely interested in how you play it. I usually play a couple games every time Im in the gameroom, with a score usually around 25-35k (have broke 100k once, but never again)
 
I bet you use the flying vertical technique. Leave a couple asteroids then go on the hunt for saucers.
 
I bet you use the flying vertical technique. Leave a couple asteroids then go on the hunt for saucers.

Bingo.

I've become really, really good at destroying asteroids and maneuvering around the screen. Then I'll leave a couple of asteroids (usually after the fourth wave) and thrust vertical until a tiny saucer comes out. Then I'll try and time it right and fire off four shots to destroy the saucer for 1,000 points. But, after around 10 waves or so, the tiny saucers seem to come out VERY fast. Sometimes only after around 20 seconds after the start of the wave. I have to destroy the asteroids as fast as I can because when that first saucer comes out and there's a lot of asteroids still left it becomes very difficult to survive.

Anyone know of links on how to become a marathon Asteroids player? I've only found a few techniques online and would love to see videos of expert players.
 
You should come over for a game;)
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You should come over for a game;)


Nice!!

Just out of curiosity do you know how long it took for each of those scores? It took me around 1 1/2 hours for 575,000 points. I've looked at other marathon scores and one was almost 19,000,000 and it took him 36 hours. I don't see how they can keep up that type of score in that amount of time. Obviously you can't slow the game down any. Ideas?
 
You should come over for a game;)


Nice!!

Just out of curiosity do you know how long it took for each of those scores? It took me around 1 1/2 hours for 575,000 points. I've looked at other marathon scores and one was almost 19,000,000 and it took him 36 hours. I don't see how they can keep up that type of score in that amount of time. Obviously you can't slow the game down any. Ideas?

lots of crack cocaine ......or a bunch of mountain dew .
 
Didn't time the 500k game. I accually walked away with prob 15 ships left, had to go to post office, It was at least a few hours. I used to score millions in the early 80's. My fingers were pretty tired after a half a million.
 
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