Atari Tempest, close to 500,000 mark

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Atari Tempest, close to 500,000 mark

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I decided to start a serious training at Tempest. I have this game for 10 years but never play regularly to hit nice score and improve seriously my gameplay. My first goal, reach the invisible levels. They start at level 65 and i was at level 54 in the light blue levels.
I was close to 500,000 points mark but my hands start to shake, miss it by few points, try again 5-6 games and stop playing for today :)
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If you know well vids from 80's, you know Tempest is not ''shoot all you can'' game. It have a great firepower but essentialy it's a game of concentration, reflex, speed, reaction, strategy and ''finesse'' :)
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How long is a game that gets to that scoring level? I always remembered Tempest as being a very short game; well at least for me since I wasn't ever any good at it.
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necro_nemesis wrote:How long is a game that gets to that scoring level? I always remembered Tempest as being a very short game; well at least for me since I wasn't ever any good at it.
Not very long, about 15 minutes :)
I would like to make nice youtube video in the future. Only cheap videos are available.
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HAL-9OOO wrote:
necro_nemesis wrote:How long is a game that gets to that scoring level? I always remembered Tempest as being a very short game; well at least for me since I wasn't ever any good at it.
Not very long, about 15 minutes :)
thats pretty good!!
Ill have to go see that......I only last 2-3 minuits!!! :lol:

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Magneto wrote:thats pretty good!!
Ill have to go see that......I only last 2-3 minuits!!! :lol:
Maybe you need a new strategy.

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Just made 508,000 and it take 40 min. Of course, i use the continue play feature and play about 10 games. My heart beat fast and strong, i have the impression i just run 20 minutes :lol:
Incredible game when you practice every day, it change completely the dynamic between the player and the game, those classics game can give you the ''feeling of god'' when you start controlling all the action around the screen :P
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Donnes-tu des leçons privées Max?

J'ai encore de la misère dans les os##@$%ies de tableaux rouges...

Et félicitations!!
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Toeckeder wrote:Donnes-tu des leçons privées Max?

J'ai encore de la misère dans les os##@$%ies de tableaux rouges...

Et félicitations!!
Salut, je peut te donner qque tips qui peuvent aider:
-Quand un flipper s'en viens, tiens-toi proche d'un pulsar pour faire les deux en même temps.
-Garde l'espace libre autour de toi le plus possible, c'est a dire 2-3 case de chaque cotés, c'est la zone de confort.
-N'attend pas après les flippers, va les chercher en restant dans ta zone de confort
-Garde des petit bouts de spike pas trop loin de ta zone de confort, ca augmente ton firepower, mais pas des long car ca protège les pulsars.
-Tire seulement quand il le faut, comme si les munitions était limiter, quand tu te sens en controle
-Pratique régulièrement tous les jours :) ou presque sinon tu n'avanceras pas beaucoup
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I reach the invisible waves at Tempest. I dream about that accomplishment since i was 16 :) Greatest video game based on reflex, timing and visual attention, no patern here ;)
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J'ai fait 300K+ hier, mon nouveau record!!
Je crois avoir enfin acquis la twist pour les niveaux rouges...
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Ahh Tempest, faut pas lâcher sinon ca se perd un peu ! En fin de semaine, je n'ai pas passé les rouge au début de la soirée mais je me suis repris après qques parties !! Plus jeune je jouais tout les jours et je maintrisais les games bien mieux qu'aujourd'hui.
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Je me demandais, mes setting sont bonus au 10k et easy difficulty, as-tu les même settings ?
C'est ''un peu'' plus facile a apprendre :-)
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