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.

--=**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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More community info on the MAME verification process:
Sample MAME Verification Process

Community Wiki Exploring MAME History for the TG Rules:
Exploring MAME history for TG rules