Steve W
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The "Official" (Friendly) Battle of the Arcades Thread
Ken (Athometech) and myself have been hard at work (kind of), getting this ready for a March debut. While the tech details are ironed out by Ken (score submissions, streaming details, etc), I figured I would at least get the overall guidelines posted now that they are official so folks can plan ahead if they would like to participate. So without further adieu....
Battle of the Arcades Rules:
- You must have either 8, 9 or 10 players on your team
- ALL players MUST play EVERY game title and submit a score
- Your location must possess at least 8 of the tournament games in dedicated form, no more than 4 titles can be emulated either via "xx in 1" or MAME cabinets. Popular titles were chosen to aid in accommodating arcades meet this criteria.
- You are NOT ALLOWED to play one game for more than 1 HOUR. If you can play a title on the settings listed, for at least 45 minutes, your game should be timed. You should alert your team captain to accommodate this 1 hour timed game. As this contest will be done via honor system, this is the responsibility of the team itself to manage the games of its participants. For example, using a kitchen timer with an alarm set to 1 hour at start of game, etc.
- You must have the ability to stream from your location with at least one cam pointed on the overall arcade itself during tournament hours. Questions on streaming should be directed to Athometech.
- This tournament will take place on Saturday, March 24 2012, beginning at 12:00pm est and ending at 11:30pm est. No scores submitted before or after this time will be accepted.
- Please PM your arcade name and the names of your players (with captain) to: Steve W or AtHomeTech prior to March 1st along with the list of dedicated tournament games that will be onsite and a list of the games that you will need to emulate/how they will be played (MAME/xx in 1, etc).
- The following are the games and settings to be used for each game (it is the responsibility of the arcade to set these correctly using online resources for dips/options):
Centipede
Difficulty: Hard
3 Lives
Bonus Life @ every 12,000 Points
Special Rules: Use of spider trapping of any kind is not allowed
Donkey Kong
3 Lives
Bonus Life @ 7,000 Points
Frogger
5 Lives
Bonus Life @ 20,000 Points
Galaga
5 Ships
No Extra Ships
Difficulty: Rank D
No Rapid Fire Allowed
Special Rules: The trick to stop the enemies from firing is not allowed
Mario Bros
3 Lives
Bonus Life @ 20,000 Points
Difficulty: Medium
Moon Patrol
5 Patrol Cars
Bonus Car @ 10,000 Points
Ms. Pac Man Turbo
3 Lives
Bonus Life @ 10,000 Points
Pole Position
Game Time: 120 Seconds
Laps: 4
Practice Difficulty: "C" Rank
Extended Lap Difficulty: "G" Rank [75 - 51 - 57 - 61]
Robotron:2084
5 Lives
No Extra Lives
Difficulty: 5
Sinistar
3 Ships
First Extra Ship At: 30,000
Additional Extra Ship Points Factor: 30,000
Difficulty: 5
Continuous Fire: Yes
Special Rules: Use of the infinite life trick is not allowed
Track & Field
Difficulty: Normal
1 Event Loop. The game ends after the High Jump.
Special Rules: "Tool usage" of any kind to assist in game control is not permitted.
Zoo Keeper
3 Lives
Extra Life after every Escalator Stage
Novice Animal Speed: 39
Expert Animal Speed: 30
No Hit Mode: No
Special Rules: You may only land on the Top Platform Three times MAX during the Coconut Stage.
Ken will get everything together soon so you know how you will be posting scores, etc.
In the meantime, any questions related to these rules feel free to PM me or post here.
Ken (Athometech) and myself have been hard at work (kind of), getting this ready for a March debut. While the tech details are ironed out by Ken (score submissions, streaming details, etc), I figured I would at least get the overall guidelines posted now that they are official so folks can plan ahead if they would like to participate. So without further adieu....
Battle of the Arcades Rules:
- You must have either 8, 9 or 10 players on your team
- ALL players MUST play EVERY game title and submit a score
- Your location must possess at least 8 of the tournament games in dedicated form, no more than 4 titles can be emulated either via "xx in 1" or MAME cabinets. Popular titles were chosen to aid in accommodating arcades meet this criteria.
- You are NOT ALLOWED to play one game for more than 1 HOUR. If you can play a title on the settings listed, for at least 45 minutes, your game should be timed. You should alert your team captain to accommodate this 1 hour timed game. As this contest will be done via honor system, this is the responsibility of the team itself to manage the games of its participants. For example, using a kitchen timer with an alarm set to 1 hour at start of game, etc.
- You must have the ability to stream from your location with at least one cam pointed on the overall arcade itself during tournament hours. Questions on streaming should be directed to Athometech.
- This tournament will take place on Saturday, March 24 2012, beginning at 12:00pm est and ending at 11:30pm est. No scores submitted before or after this time will be accepted.
- Please PM your arcade name and the names of your players (with captain) to: Steve W or AtHomeTech prior to March 1st along with the list of dedicated tournament games that will be onsite and a list of the games that you will need to emulate/how they will be played (MAME/xx in 1, etc).
- The following are the games and settings to be used for each game (it is the responsibility of the arcade to set these correctly using online resources for dips/options):
Centipede
Difficulty: Hard
3 Lives
Bonus Life @ every 12,000 Points
Special Rules: Use of spider trapping of any kind is not allowed
Donkey Kong
3 Lives
Bonus Life @ 7,000 Points
Frogger
5 Lives
Bonus Life @ 20,000 Points
Galaga
5 Ships
No Extra Ships
Difficulty: Rank D
No Rapid Fire Allowed
Special Rules: The trick to stop the enemies from firing is not allowed
Mario Bros
3 Lives
Bonus Life @ 20,000 Points
Difficulty: Medium
Moon Patrol
5 Patrol Cars
Bonus Car @ 10,000 Points
Ms. Pac Man Turbo
3 Lives
Bonus Life @ 10,000 Points
Pole Position
Game Time: 120 Seconds
Laps: 4
Practice Difficulty: "C" Rank
Extended Lap Difficulty: "G" Rank [75 - 51 - 57 - 61]
Robotron:2084
5 Lives
No Extra Lives
Difficulty: 5
Sinistar
3 Ships
First Extra Ship At: 30,000
Additional Extra Ship Points Factor: 30,000
Difficulty: 5
Continuous Fire: Yes
Special Rules: Use of the infinite life trick is not allowed
Track & Field
Difficulty: Normal
1 Event Loop. The game ends after the High Jump.
Special Rules: "Tool usage" of any kind to assist in game control is not permitted.
Zoo Keeper
3 Lives
Extra Life after every Escalator Stage
Novice Animal Speed: 39
Expert Animal Speed: 30
No Hit Mode: No
Special Rules: You may only land on the Top Platform Three times MAX during the Coconut Stage.
Ken will get everything together soon so you know how you will be posting scores, etc.
In the meantime, any questions related to these rules feel free to PM me or post here.
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