Tempest 4000 - Level 100 Battle!

[Markie]

Minter ewe CUNT! Lv 100 fails, it's killing me! Just can't quite get through it https://youtu.be/KjDWcdnppCg

EVIL!! I will get there!

[VanAlphen]

You just got to farm lives on earlier levels. Last time around I started over from the beginning and maxed lives for every level. You just need to improve your personal best on a level and then the game saves your best lives amount as well.

[Deckard]

I think every game should have an award for beating a level without being hit or dying....Always loved any of the later brain levels on Robotron when I finished one without losing a life or aceing this beauty

[Markie]

I think every game should have an award for beating a level without being hit or dying....Always loved any of the later brain levels on Robotron when I finished one without losing a life or aceing this beauty

Bloody Hell! Well played! I remember watching Jeff at one of my Retrovision events playing SG when it first came out, level 1 to 100, loosing 1 single life, it was incredible to watch! Blew my frigging mind!

[Markie]

You just got to farm lives on earlier levels. Last time around I started over from the beginning and maxed lives for every level. You just need to improve your personal best on a level and then the game saves your best lives amount as well.

Totally! I know I'm close to the end of the level, a few more lives will get me through, the thought of finishing T4K is a dream! Even I'll be amazed! I'm not that good a player, or so I thought, managed 99 levels lol

[Deckard]

Practice is everything.....and well done you !!!

[Markie]

Practice is everything.....and well done you !!!

I can't play SG for toffee! Not even sure I like playing it BUT I do really enjoy watching it played well, fascinating!

[rowan]

Totally! I know I'm close to the end of the level, a few more lives will get me through, the thought of finishing T4K is a dream! Even I'll be amazed! I'm not that good a player, or so I thought, managed 99 levels lol

You'll be amazed for sure , if not for your personal achievement of ending the onslaught of neon digital death, then

Spoiler: show

for being stuck in the game ending screen

Keep going Markie, I'm rooting for you . You can do it. I know I had to backtrack about 10 levels or so to rinse some more lives. Level 100 just keeps going and going, several times I remember wondering "how long!??!!". I was so happy to beat it, but sad it was the end.

Yeah I think I'm going to have to do another T4K run soon. It's been long enough I think that some things will feel fresh again.
What I love about it over TxK is that it's harsher, it almost feels a bit rough around the edges on "niceness", in an arcade-hardcore kind of way. Deffo the tougher challenge to best.

[Markie]

DONE! COMPLETED! THERE IS NO MORE! FINISHED! FUCK ME SO HAPPY! LEVEL 100 COMPLETED! and then the game froze but who cares lol ...


https://youtu.be/wzF7py7ZV5E

[Tempest Nut]

Congrats!!!

[Deckard]

Good on you lad !!!!!!!

[Markie]

Cheers lads! That moment when the web lights up and I went nuts! Clear run out of the web, the turret right on the other side, got this in the bag, I fist pumped for about 5 minutes lol, just mental!!
The only other minter game I have finished was Batalyx on the C64, Ancipital was another close one around the 85% area and to be honest I never thought I'd complete Tempest which makes this all the more satisfying.
It was a level that did have a little luck involved, 3x Moomoo wipes, 1x extralife and a few close calls moo-ving to the other side of the web but at no point was I panicing, it was, oddly, quite a relaxed level play, I was pretty chilled out doing it, for once it just seemed to fit perfectly. I did plan one thing, I avoided 1 early power up to try and delay the red wipe (or whatever it's called) so that it appeared in a better time which helped loads.

AND just in time too, I can rest from Tempest for a while now so I can concentrate on MooseLife VR ...

I'm so fucking thrilled, I also love the fact video games can still give me that buzz, quite like no other buzz, it's my drug of choice.

[Markie]

Additional, as of 5 minutes ago, just upped my score by 200,000 by (honest) completing level 100 without loosing a life! I just seemed to chill through the level :-) :-)

[Deckard]

Last game I finished that had me punching the air was Dead Cells on its hardest level although tbh at that level its no fun as really two hits on a 45 min run and its over....

I tend to find conquering a new piano piece is a more "gentle" way of getting a similar high.

[Markie]

Here's the unedited version of the film, the fails as well