May 2018 Game of the Month

[Phase]

Once you have the center post on the lower level its time to go for the extra ball. You want to max out the board and get into the alien mouth. From bottom to top I think there are 5 round lamps then a 7X then a 5000 then 9 eyes.

The center post you get by destroying the 2 sets of 3 aliens that pop up and down toward the top right and left. I can't remember 100% but you have to destroy nine or 3 sets or something.

[Damon Plus]

One of my fave TG-16 games. It is easy enough to sit back and play relaxed without having to worry about losing your ball too easily (like in Devil's Crush). Graphics are really cool. It's too bad that the bonus stages get annoying quickly.

[GoldenWheels]

Man, I got up to about 16 mil last night and it felt like it took an hour. Got a couple extra balls and that kept me going for a while. But I gotta say...I was getting bored by the end. This may be the best score I can generate.

And I am just the shits at these bonus rounds. All I seem to get is bad ricochets and dead drops. I'm not sure what is more frustrating, losing a ball on like the second shot in a bonus round or losing the ball with like, two things left to hit to complete the entire round. 

[crazydean]

Man, I got up to about 16 mil last night and it felt like it took an hour. Got a couple extra balls and that kept me going for a while. But I gotta say...I was getting bored by the end. This may be the best score I can generate.

This is the biggest reason I'm not playing it much. I play on "fast"; I can't imagine playing on "slow". Overall, I enjoy the game, but it just feels tedious after 20-30 minutes.

[GoldenWheels]

I know it was kinda voted down or whatever, but maybe it should be Game(s) of the Month. As in, two games of differing types, shooty/pinball, racing/action, whatever. That way we'd have a plan B.

I could be sucking at Hellfire (as I suck at Hellfire) and you guys could be making fun of me. That'd be way more fun.

[geise]

I know it was kinda voted down or whatever, but maybe it should be Game(s) of the Month. As in, two games of differing types, shooty/pinball, racing/action, whatever. That way we'd have a plan B.

I could be sucking at Hellfire (as I suck at Hellfire) and you guys could be making fun of me. That'd be way more fun.

Will think about it going forward. Only problem is months that we might have RPG's going on. I guess if it's an RPG and just a quick play shooter or platform game it won't affect much since it's a full month. Plus it could give a nice break into the RPG being played. Some just don't have the time to commit to even an RPG for a full month plus another game. People like me. I might be in the minority though.

Regarding this current GOTM I am happy to see some people playing. I just got back from out of town and will start posting scores soon. When I get better haha!

[crazydean]

Best so far

[geise]

Nice! Hopefully I'll have a forum to post a score tomorrow!

[seieienbu]

I've probably played more Alien Crush in the last few days than, well, ever.  I feel like it's a good game that's just worse in every way than it's far better sequel.  If I'd played Alien Crush before I'd played Devil's Crush I might think differently.  As it is, I got Devil's Crush as a kid but didn't play Alien Crush until downloading a rom around 2,000.  I didn't own the game until a few years after that.  With all that said, I've gotten a score just shy of 2 million and will likely play again this weekend.

I've gotta admit though, the music to Alien Crush is fantastic.  It's some of the most fitting tunes you'll find in any video game.  It perfectly matches the mood of the game.  It's ominous and creepy and adds a layer of tension to the already somewhat disturbing Giger inspired graphics.  It's somewhat reminiscent of Legendary Axe 2 in that regard.  The only possible complaint you can have towards the soundtrack is about the length and if the worst complaint you have is that you want more of it?  That's not a very big complaint.

Alien Crush remains one of the 3 orange label games I don't have a case for.  I really should break down and buy a set from Sparky to help the OCD collectard in me have a complete row of said orange label games...

[Gypsy]

I've kind of wanted to play this but every time I have the time to play anything it ends up being Yakuza 6. :/

[seieienbu]

I played again and got about 2.5 million.  At the end of the month I'll put my highscore in the highscores thread.  It may very well wind up being 2.5M though as I failed to even break a million several games in a row afterward.

[geise]

I would like to start this again, but not sure if we have enough people viewing the forums that would want to participate in this again. If you would like for me to get this started up again please post a reply here. If there's still interest I'll get this going again.

[KingDrool]

Do it!

I was excited to see this thread, until I noticed it was from a year ago! 

[Necromancer]

I'll play.  Dooo eeeet!

[KingDrool]

No joke: it's been a year. Let's get a May 2019 game going. HuCard, preferably.