farther away enemies = more points

[mb3018]

I don't know if you guys knew this but the farther away an enemy is when you shoot it the more points you get. I just learned this. The red flippers for example are 300 points when they enter the tube, then 200, then 100, and about 3/4 up before they even reach the top they are worth 0 points. Sadly the expert technique from the arcade game where they get to the top and you shoot them right before they flip into your lane and catch you doesn't score you any points. You should get special bonus points for that. I love Tempest.

[VanAlphen]

Yes, I knew, however just shooting all enemies as quickly as possible will actually score less in the long run. An X amount of shot enemies will grant you a powerup, this counter is not reset until you pick up said powerup. Getting all available powerups per level will lead to big scores.

[mb3018]

That's interesting. Treasure gives you 1000 points. Beauty gives you 4000 I think. Plus you get a lot inbetween levels.

[VanAlphen]

Completing a Path Bonus Round earns about a million points. You get the PBR every 8 triangles so every triangle you collect is potentially worth over 125,000 points. You can get a triangle in almost every single level starting with level 4, there are only couple where it seemed impossible to earn one. However in those levels you can still get one through the YesYesYesYes bonus award.

[Tempest Nut]

The best score comes from striking a balance between shooting as many enemies as low as possible BUT not too quickly for all of them so you can still get a bonus round triangle and still get a Beauty 4000 points, or the YesYesYesYes bonus for 8000 by grabbing a powerup as you're exiting a web at the end of each round, just before you get the warp triangle from a powerup the powerup before it gives you a Treasure 1000 points and the next powerup after grabbing a powerup for the warp triangle will give you another Treasure 1000 points I believe?