ROMSet: Robotron


Internal Settings


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Extra Man: 0 No Extra Men


Turns Per Player: 5


Fancy Attract Mode: Yes


Difficulty Of Play: 5 Recommended


Special Rules: None

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Submitters should use MAME version 183 or higher, preferably 183 or 220.

Submitters should name their inp and zip file in the following manner:

xxx_yyy_score_zzz

Example:

elf_bosco_588800_w183.inp inp
elf_bosco_588800_w183 zip file
so name the inp the same as the zip

xxx your initials
yyy rom name
zzz version of wolfmame
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M.A.M.E. - Robotron: 2084 - [Solid Blue label] Points [Tournament Settings] - 256,175 - Andrew Barrow
M.A.M.E. - Robotron: 2084 - [Solid Blue label] Points [Tournament Settings] - 107,375

ROMSet: Robotron


Internal Settings


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Extra Man: Every 25000 Recommended


Turns Per Player: 3 Recommended


Fancy Attract Mode: Yes


Difficulty Of Play: 5 Recommended


Special Rules: None

--=**FOR POTENTIALLY FASTER VERIFICATION**=--

Members of the adjudicating user base who assist the community in MAME INP file analysis have requested that submitters consider the below community recommendations -

Submitters should use MAME version 183 or higher, preferably 183 or 220.

Submitters should name their inp and zip file in the following manner:

xxx_yyy_score_zzz

Example:

elf_bosco_588800_w183.inp inp
elf_bosco_588800_w183 zip file
so name the inp the same as the zip

xxx your initials
yyy rom name
zzz version of wolfmame
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M.A.M.E. - Robotron [Solid Blue label] - Points [Marathon Settings] - 2,264,450 - Mark Hoff
M.A.M.E. - Robotron [Solid Blue label] - Points [Marathon Settings] - 1,948,825 - Mark Hoff
M.A.M.E. - Robotron [Solid Blue label] - Points [Marathon Settings] - 103,450 - William McEvoy
M.A.M.E. - Robotron [Solid Blue label] - Points [Marathon Settings] - 127,400 - Jason Newman
M.A.M.E. - Robotron: 2084 - [Solid Blue label] Points [Marathon Settings] - 20,000,000 - John McAllister

Goal- Any score received from wave 1 up to the end of Wave 100. (Meaning- The challenge has a finite ending at the completion of wave 100, but reaching wave 100 is not a requirement for submission.)


Lives setting- Any from 3 up to 20


Difficulty setting- Any from 0 up to 5


Bonus Lives- Any from 20K up to 25K


Romsets- At time of writing this track wolfMAME only allows 1982 Blue. Future versions will also have 1987 patched blue and 2015 Tie-Die, which will be acceptable for this challenge.





Footnotes:


Robotron was designed by a group of programmers known for making VERY difficult games intended to quickly extract coins from the player's pocket. Stepping into the Robo-arena, all players experienced the sense of intimidation yet only a select few experienced the sweet taste of triumph. Robotron is like a dynamic version of chess which will will get the adrenaline flowing like very few games could back in the Golden Age arcade. Robo can be enjoyable for friendly competition at all levels of difficulty. This NOOB challenge will get the player started off on the right foot and maybe even help realize the true challenge is not against Robots....it is against yourself.

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Submitters should use MAME version 183 or higher, preferably 183 or 220.

Submitters should name their inp and zip file in the following manner:

xxx_yyy_score_zzz

Example:

elf_bosco_588800_w183.inp inp
elf_bosco_588800_w183 zip file
so name the inp the same as the zip

xxx your initials
yyy rom name
zzz version of wolfmame
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Goal: Score at very end of wave 40, which marks the successful completion of all 40 hard-coded waves designed in the game.





Settings:


--Extra Man Every- 25,000


--Turns Per Player- 3


--Difficulty of Play- 5 or higher





Romsets Allowed:


--Any official release from VidKidz (Larry DeMar/Eugene Jarvis)


--2015 Tie-Die


--1987 Patched Blue


--1982 Blue (at time of writing wolfMAME only supports blue, but it will change in future)


--1982 Yellow/Orange


Note- The gameplay, enemy dynamics, and wave layouts are 100% identical across the romsets.





Illegal:


--Using any form of pause to halt the game code, either hardware or software. Game code must be actively running for the whole scoring session.

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Members of the adjudicating user base who assist the community in MAME INP file analysis have requested that submitters consider the below community recommendations -

Submitters should use MAME version 183 or higher, preferably 183 or 220.

Submitters should name their inp and zip file in the following manner:

xxx_yyy_score_zzz

Example:

elf_bosco_588800_w183.inp inp
elf_bosco_588800_w183 zip file
so name the inp the same as the zip

xxx your initials
yyy rom name
zzz version of wolfmame
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ROMSet: Robotron

Internal Settings

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Extra Man: Every 25000 Recommended

Turns Per Player: 3 Recommended

Fancy Attract Mode: Yes

Difficulty Of Play: 3

--=**FOR POTENTIALLY FASTER VERIFICATION**=--

Members of the adjudicating user base who assist the community in MAME INP file analysis have requested that submitters consider the below community recommendations -

Submitters should use MAME version 183 or higher, preferably 183 or 220.

Submitters should name their inp and zip file in the following manner:

xxx_yyy_score_zzz

Example:

elf_bosco_588800_w183.inp inp
elf_bosco_588800_w183 zip file
so name the inp the same as the zip

xxx your initials
yyy rom name
zzz version of wolfmame
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