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Heres mine...

Helter Skelter
Sorcery
Felix in the Factory

Jesus!!!

Starting to get the hang of it a bit better now.

Heres my first couple of goes...

Lol! Ive tried several times and still havent equaled my original score!

Been playing this each day so far and this is the best score I've managed so far.
I suspect this will not be one of my favourite games...

Wow! Just played this just now, this evening when I was tired.
Utterly hopeless! Couldn't keep up with the ball at all.
Just a measley 81500 points.
Going to try again tomorrow morning first thing and see how much difference it makes...

Couple of tips:
First job is to activate the magnet powerup. This enables you to aim the ball and also helps you collect other tokens.
After that, the extended bat helps as does the wrecking ball.
Those three powerups can be combined.

Knowing about the unused token bonus at the end of each level helps...

1st Not sure : Makes invisible blocks visible
2nd Not sure : Destroys badies on screen
3rd Not sure : 3 missiles (destroy everything in their path)

Oh boy this one is zippy, anyone know what star key (adjust position) does? It allows you to aim the ball before it launches. Also it allows you to implement the upgrade selected in the box at the bottom right. Would you explain how to do this, please? I cannie get it to work! As you collect the U ...

FourthStone wrote: ↑

Tue May 14, 2019 7:41 pm

fwibbler wrote: ↑

Tue May 14, 2019 7:58 am

Had to press ever key on the board to find it but finally found it.

Which key was it? I feel like I'm missing something here

Its the }] key next to the Enter key.

Never actually liked this one BITD, preferred Arkanoid on the Speccy.
However, this one seems a tad easier.

FourthStone wrote: ↑

Tue May 14, 2019 7:28 am

Oh boy this one is zippy, anyone know what star key (adjust position) does?

It allows you to aim the ball before it launches.
Also it allows you to implement the upgrade selected in the box at the bottom right.

Ok, I got it now.
Had to press ever key on the board to find it but finally found it.
So, my first score first thing in the morning so I may struggle to beat it.

I cannot get the '*' key to work...
I've tried using the Default mapping and the Logical one without success.
Any thoughts anyone?
Thanks.

(Edit)
I've setup the user keyboard mapping so that the @ key is now the * key, which works on the BBC when I press it, but still no joy in the game itself...

Finally got to have a go at this one today and here's my score for it...

I remember buying this years ago after reading a great review of it (I think it was in Electron User) and being profoundly disappointed at how crap I was at playing it!
Time has not been kind to my reactions and my score is therefore like the tadpole (very small indeed).

Finally made it out of the 3rd level.
Turns out there are only 3 levels then it loops back to the 1st again.
This time there are flying skulls but no other differences.
Got to level2 (2nd time around).

Small increase in previous score.
I find that playing it first thing in the morning works best for me

So close to catching you Fourthstone!

I always rather lied this game but not sure why.
Its probably nothing special technically and the collision detection is not the best but anyway... Just to get my name on the scoreboard for now.

Well, thank heavens I get another life every 10000 points. That'll come in handy I'm sure!

Had one of my best ever goes at this this morning and got what I thought was a fantastic score until I saw the rest of them
Must try harder still!

Its taken me ages to complete Cave 19.
Cave 20 looks easy but I just cannot get past the spider quick enough to stop it killing me.
Think this will be my last attempt (unless I get bored at work later )

Can't even remember what cave I was on, but its a real bugger.
Dont think I'm going to get further than this.

I thought cave 15 was impossible and then cave 16 came along and zapped my remaining lives in the wink of an eye!

Grrr! Thought I'd made it to the top of the score chart at last.
That cave 13 is a real killer for me.

Cave 8 is a bugger. Lost lots of lives at the start of that one then lost the rest on cave 10.
Getting further each time though.

This is a great game, can't believe I missed it BITD.