PC Leader Board?

[Tempest Nut]

HOW can someone have over 27,000,000 in Tempest 4000 with, or, without the end of game bug not yet fixed???

VanAlphen and I both worked many hours refining the high score on the PC up to around 17,000,000 points, HOW is it even possible to add another 10 million points above the 17 million???

We worked many hours to get all the bonus rounds as early as possible, we worked on getting close to as many points as possible for each level, How can someone come along and add another 10,000,000 points to the nearly maximized high score you can get in the game???

[Deckard]

So can you actually complete the later green trail levels ? I only get the first 2 then always fail the next 5 or 6 and lose a good 5-10 million because of it.....

[VanAlphen]

So can you actually complete the later green trail levels ? I only get the first 2 then always fail the next 5 or 6 and lose a good 5-10 million because of it.....

You have to push forward to cross the gaps. You may not be able to cross all gaps but most green trail levels can be finished iirc.

It's a shame the game is still broken and can't be cleared on pc without forfeiting your score, the game softlocks after you clear the game.

I do plan to go back to it some day and get that last survival achievement. Normal runs are just not fun when you know a clear won't go on the leaderboard

[VanAlphen]

HOW can someone have over 27,000,000 in Tempest 4000 with, or, without the end of game bug not yet fixed???

VanAlphen and I both worked many hours refining the high score on the PC up to around 17,000,000 points, HOW is it even possible to add another 10 million points above the 17 million???

We worked many hours to get all the bonus rounds as early as possible, we worked on getting close to as many points as possible for each level, How can someone come along and add another 10,000,000 points to the nearly maximized high score you can get in the game???

A score that much higher than ours must be a hack or an (scoring) exploit we have missed. I kept an excel sheet to maximize my score to level 84.

[Tempest Nut]

HOW can someone have over 27,000,000 in Tempest 4000 with, or, without the end of game bug not yet fixed???

VanAlphen and I both worked many hours refining the high score on the PC up to around 17,000,000 points, HOW is it even possible to add another 10 million points above the 17 million???

We worked many hours to get all the bonus rounds as early as possible, we worked on getting close to as many points as possible for each level, How can someone come along and add another 10,000,000 points to the nearly maximized high score you can get in the game???

A score that much higher than ours must be a hack or an (scoring) exploit we have missed. I kept an excel sheet to maximize my score to level 84.

I know! We were keeping track of everything and maximizing every level along the way, even if the game end bug was fixed we would not be anywhere near an extra 10,000,000 points, and not only is he 10,000,000 over us in classic but in pure as well, which would take playing the game in pure near perfect for over two and a half hours through all 100 levels to be even close to the classic score, no one could ever match their own maximized classic score...

I fired up the game for the first time in a few years after my mother passed away in October (I thought it might help take my mind off of things for a bit). I saw someone had knocked me off the top, but then his score sunk in, and I was shocked! 10,000,000 more?!

I thought about it for a while and I just can't see how??? sure someone could get a few million more points if the end of game bug was fixed but that's still nowhere near an extra 10,000,000 points!

I can take being knocked off top by a better player, BUT, this doesn't feel like that...

[Deckard]

Yeah I knew about pushing forward to bridge the gaps but it still fails me every time at some point before the end for no apparent reason - seems broken to me if I am honest after 100s of hours playing over the years.....I will upload some videos to YT this week and see if we can work out what I am doing wrong.

[hairy_pete]

Pushing forward doesn't seem to help...

and yes, how to pump up Classic mode score to those heights also escapes me. I mean, I hold the top spots for Pure and Survival on PS4, both by comfortable margin, and I have spent quite some time in Classic to max out the Warp bonus leeching for near-perfect Restart points ... but still, I can't even come close. What are they leeching off of?

I'm about where you guys are, Pure mode at 15,7 mil, unable to do the green warps with gaps and screwed up a couple of rings, also finished on last life, so not much finish bonus. 17 mil I'd agree is doable, but 27? How?

[Tempest Nut]

I figured out on the green warps with gaps if you push and hold a button when it starts that you can speed up your forward movement just enough to bridge the gaps and beat the level, BUT, I don't remember which button I had assigned to that, I have a little red button on my controller I assigned that one thing to but, anyone can do it with a keyboard, xbox, or PSx controller, I just can remember which one it was in the "Configure Keyboard" utility, BUT it's something in there...

[Tempest Nut]

So can you actually complete the later green trail levels ? I only get the first 2 then always fail the next 5 or 6 and lose a good 5-10 million because of it.....

You have to push forward to cross the gaps. You may not be able to cross all gaps but most green trail levels can be finished iirc.

It's a shame the game is still broken and can't be cleared on pc without forfeiting your score, the game softlocks after you clear the game.

I do plan to go back to it some day and get that last survival achievement. Normal runs are just not fun when you know a clear won't go on the leaderboard

Are you just that one achievement away from an Ultra Atarian?

"Normal runs are just not fun when you know a clear won't go on the leaderboard" ya, and it sucks knowing there is no way to take the top spot back by just playing the game better...

I can't help but wonder who manages the leaderboards and if there is some way to depute a score? I know this smacks of "sour grapes" but something is not right here...

I am forever grateful for all Ivan has done for us all! but for sure the end-of-game bug should have been fixed by now, It's a real downer...

[VanAlphen]

It is something that happens with many games, some people like to find ways to enter a fake score. However it could just as well come from a rare bug. There's also the possibilty we missed a scoring mechanic but with the time we all put into the game I doubt it. Only the person with the highscore will know for sure.

[Tempest Nut]

So can you actually complete the later green trail levels ? I only get the first 2 then always fail the next 5 or 6 and lose a good 5-10 million because of it.....

You have to push forward to cross the gaps. You may not be able to cross all gaps but most green trail levels can be finished iirc.

It's a shame the game is still broken and can't be cleared on pc without forfeiting your score, the game softlocks after you clear the game.

I do plan to go back to it some day and get that last survival achievement. Normal runs are just not fun when you know a clear won't go on the leaderboard

Are you just that one achievement away from an Ultra Atarian?

"Normal runs are just not fun when you know a clear won't go on the leaderboard" ya, and it sucks knowing there is no way to take the top spot back by just playing the game better...

I can't help but wonder who manages the leaderboards and if there is some way to depute a score? I know this smacks of "sour grapes" but something is not right here...

I am forever grateful for all Ivan has done for us all! but for sure the end-of-game bug should have been fixed by now, It's a real downer...

Are you just that one achievement away from an Ultra Atarian?

[Tempest Nut]

So can you actually complete the later green trail levels ? I only get the first 2 then always fail the next 5 or 6 and lose a good 5-10 million because of it.....

You have to push forward to cross the gaps. You may not be able to cross all gaps but most green trail levels can be finished iirc.

It's a shame the game is still broken and can't be cleared on pc without forfeiting your score, the game softlocks after you clear the game.

I do plan to go back to it some day and get that last survival achievement. Normal runs are just not fun when you know a clear won't go on the leaderboard

Are you just that one achievement away from an Ultra Atarian?

"Normal runs are just not fun when you know a clear won't go on the leaderboard" ya, and it sucks knowing there is no way to take the top spot back by just playing the game better...

I can't help but wonder who manages the leaderboards and if there is some way to depute a score? I know this smacks of "sour grapes" but something is not right here...

I am forever grateful for all Ivan has done for us all! but for sure the end-of-game bug should have been fixed by now, It's a real downer...

Are you just that one achievement away from an Ultra Atarian?

[VanAlphen]

Are you just that one achievement away from an Ultra Atarian?

Yes

[Tempest Nut]

Sorry about the double post, I don't know how that happened?

[hairy_pete]

Forward+Button is something I haven't tried yet, thanks for the hint.

I've been so frustrated about these impossible warp levels (also those opaque Minotaurs can fuck right off too) that I focused on Survival recently. I had long achieved level 51 for Ultra, but had yet to beat the top score.

It's rather challenging and also feels somewhat more rewarding, playstyle needs to be quite different when every life counts. Made it all the way to 75 in my best game.