Omega Race strategy

hatrick

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The Zookeeper strategy thread inspired me to create an Omega Race strategy thread.

I'm curious what strategies some of the better players use in the game.

My high score is a pathetic 210,000 and my only strategy is to try not to die.

Do you meet the enemy ships head on? Sneak attack from the back? How do you handle the death ships?

It would be great to see some youtube vids of a good strategy.
 
I usually try to clear part of the field from mines and I camp in that territory so I can maneuver. I find strafing works best for the chaser ships, and I always attack from behind. My top score is right around yours, so I'm no expert.
 
200k is a pretty good score IMO!

I think I got 300k and moved on to another game at the arcade and that was probably a year ago so I don't even remember too much but I did see John McAllister get like 500k-600k at the Kong Off so he'd be a good guy to chime in.
 
200k is a pretty good score IMO!

I think I got 300k and moved on to another game at the arcade and that was probably a year ago so I don't even remember too much but I did see John McAllister get like 500k-600k at the Kong Off so he'd be a good guy to chime in.

Yeah, I thought I was OK at about 180K, then John got about 400K in his first game on my machine. Chalk up another high score to ELF. I don't think he really ever posts on KLOV. One thing I have noticed about his play in general, his shots are accurate. He wont shoot unless it will hit something. Not a "spray and pray" type.

Anyhow, back to us mortals...I attack from behind as well. The first few levels I can pick off the attack ships head on, one by one for maximum points. After that its sneaking up from behind and killing as many as possible. I try and get that rear one really fast as he spawns into an attacker and that should keep the front attacker from freaking out too quickly.

Fun game. Make sure you have a billtronix spinner!
 
I'm stuck in the 350k range... I'd love to see John play because I just don't "get" what to do at that point.

I attack from the front for the first 3 levels then I go for the rear. :) I'm a flyer in this game so I move around a lot. I also try to take out the mines as soon as they are dropped.
 
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