WotR MAME Challenge Season 10: Game 7 - Buggy Boy Junior (1986)
  • SpookyElectric1SpookyElectric1
    mogwins said:

    neither of us are particularly competitive this season...


    And yet you're sitting in 6th position without even trying.

    Show off! ;)

  • PaulEMozPaulEMoz
    Jesus, this game plays weird after the C64 Buggy Boy. Especially the way the car doesn't automatically point forward when you let go of left or right. Don't much like using keys, either (I'm not a Speccy boy).

    Could be a tricky month, this one!
  • MayhemMayhem
    Use the mouse for steering, it's the only way I feel, I couldn't play on keys or digital stick here.
  • PaulEMozPaulEMoz
    I can't configure the mouse. I'm sure someone will now help me, but I've no idea how to do that.
  • MayhemMayhem
    What type of MAME are you using Paul? I'm using MAMEUI32 here. Right click on the game name, Properties, Controllers tab, "Enable mouse input".

    A few more games pushing the score to 87,980.
  • PaulEMozPaulEMoz
    It's MAME 0.140b. There's no front end., and no menu options for enabling mouse input. That's another gripe... modern MAME is becoming harder to use, and also harder to find. I can only ever find versions that you have to be pretty tech-savvy to use.
  • mroakleymroakley
    Best so far from tonight, 88,830
  • mroakleymroakley
    OOoohhh squeaked it 88,970
  • elyely
    PaulEMoz said:

    It's MAME 0.140b. There's no front end., and no menu options for enabling mouse input. That's another gripe... modern MAME is becoming harder to use, and also harder to find. I can only ever find versions that you have to be pretty tech-savvy to use.

    So why don't you use MAMEUI then?

  • PaulEMozPaulEMoz
    Don't know if I even knew about it. Or maybe I thought they'd stopped working on it and it wasn't compatible with new releases. Dunno.
  • elyely
    Maybe because it used to be called MAME32 I think.
  • PaulEMozPaulEMoz
    Right, that might explain it then! I'll give it a shot anyway, ta.

    If only we had someone on the forum that knew a lot about MAME, like those Tombstone fellas, that could help us out occasionally...
  • SeattleStokieSeattleStokie
    Best of first few goes: 23,150 and Can't Slow Down.
  • PaulEMozPaulEMoz
    OK, mouse is better. 42,660, Can't Slow Down, All Around the World and I Still Believe.

    It's pretty difficult though, especially as the screen often can't scroll left or right to keep up with your movements.
  • PaulEMozPaulEMoz
    No score improvement, but added the Time achievement.
  • PaulEMozPaulEMoz
    52,970.
  • PaulEMozPaulEMoz
    56,680.
  • mogwinsmogwins
    Well, it works, but it controls like absolute shite (no chance of playing on mouse without a lot of fiddling). So 7,600. It's a score.
  • mroakleymroakley
    91,150
  • SpookyElectric1SpookyElectric1
    Been a bit slack getting the scores updated on this one. Look out for a populated leaderboard on the website tomorrow chaps. :)
  • MayhemMayhem
    Whether I can get anywhere near Mr O's new score is another matter...
  • SpookyElectric1SpookyElectric1
    True to my word I've updated this game's leaderboard. I'm good to you lot, I really am.
  • elyely
    New Star Soccer Mobile and Trails Evo have rather got in the way of me playing this. Must try and find some time for a few goes.
  • abuchanxabuchanx
    SpookyElectric1 said:

    True to my word I've updated this game's leaderboard. I'm good to you lot, I really am.



    Objecion/point of order: my best section z score was 97,210
  • SpookyElectric1SpookyElectric1
    Sorted!
  • DizzyLabyrinthDizzyLabyrinth
    Best score of the few goes this morning 66,340

    Achievement got TIME
  • elyely
    51,270
    Not enjoying this one much if I'm honest, I think I'd rather it not work in MAME and love the memories of it from back in the day.
  • elyely
    Achievement got TIME
  • PaulEMozPaulEMoz
    @ely: it doesn't play anywhere near as well as the Commodore 64 version, for me. It's mostly alright... it's just when the scrolling gets stuck that it gets really annoying.
  • elyely
    It's the pop-up and general flickery nature of it that grates, maybe that's just the Emulation.
  • SpookyElectric1SpookyElectric1
    Rose tinted glasses I reckon Ely. Plays pretty much how I remember it down the arcades (albeit Margate had the 3 screen big daddy).
  • elyely
    Aye probably :-)
  • abuchanxabuchanx
    Got All Around the World

    11,030
  • stormyX73stormyX73
    Oh hell, I must gets some games of this in this week.
  • SpookyElectric1SpookyElectric1
    Last day of this tomorrow. Not much activity or love for this one it seems.
  • mroakleymroakley
    I enjoyed it
  • abuchanxabuchanx
    Bah! I had to get a new mame version.
    Post edited by abuchanx at 2012-05-30 15:52:44
  • abuchanxabuchanx
    11,200
  • abuchanxabuchanx
    21,610
    Got Can't slow down
  • abuchanxabuchanx
    36,040
  • elyely
    SpookyElectric1 said:

    Last day of this tomorrow. Not much activity or love for this one it seems.

    Sorry, never clicked with me really. Looking forward to what is next though :)

  • abuchanxabuchanx
    39,730
    Got I still believe
  • MayhemMayhem
    Which is a good point... we haven't had any spoilers for next month's game...?
  • stormyX73stormyX73
    Ooof really struggled with this one.

    28,270

    and Can't Slow Down
  • SpookyElectric1SpookyElectric1
    Mayhem said:

    Which is a good point... we haven't had any spoilers for next month's game...?


    I've had to do some play testing to get decent achievements for the next game so no teaser I'm afraid.
  • PaulEMozPaulEMoz
    I'll have another go at this today, I should really make sure I get to the end. I'll make sure Aidan posts a score later too.
  • abuchanxabuchanx
    Why not put your feet up instead,@PaulEMoz ?
  • PaulEMozPaulEMoz
    That's very considerate of you.
  • PaulEMozPaulEMoz
    Actually, the controls have fucked themselves and I really can't be bothered trying to figure out how to configure them. I find that such a pain in the arse, I want things to just work, dammit!
  • SpookyElectric1SpookyElectric1
    Time up.
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