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El Héroe Oscuro June 14th, 2014 12:05 PM

Year of Gaming - Week #1: Pac-Man - Waakawaakawaaka!
 


http://i.imgur.com/JHTU3sE.jpg
P A C - M A N
- Week #1 -

Think you have what it takes to be PokeCommunity's best gamer? Prove yourself in PC's Year of Gaming Challenges! Each week a new game will be picked to see who has what it takes to get the highest score in a game ranging from old school to current modern classics. The people with the top 3 scores will be given emblems due to their abilities. If you have a recommendation on what we should play next, send me a VM/PM and we'll see what we can do!

Quote:

"The player controls Pac-Man through a blue maze, eating pac-dots (also called pellets) and fruit. When all pac-dots are eaten, Pac-Man is taken to the next stage. Four enemies (Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde) roam the maze, trying to catch Pac-Man. If an enemy touches Pac-Man, a life is lost and the Pac-Man itself withers and dies. When all lives have been lost, the game ends. Pac-Man is awarded a single bonus life at 10,000 points by default."

Rules

ᗣ. To access the game, check out this link and click "Play Pacman": http://www.webpacman.com

ᗣ. After losing your last life, take a screenshot of your score and comment below with it.

ᗣ. You have an unlimited amount of tries to get the high score. However, only the top 3 scoring members will obtain an emblem.

ᗣ. You have one week to participate in this challenge, meaning the last date to send an entry will be June 21st, 11:59 PM ET.


Standings


1. Brendino - 52,680
2. acatfrommars - 44,490
3. Satoshi Ookami - 41,230
4. Penta Penguin - 38,140
5. Ozymandias - 34, 680
6. Orpheus - 33,140

7. Guildmaster Wigglytuff - 24,230


Austin June 14th, 2014 12:37 PM


I'm not very good at Pac-Man. This is probably the best I can do. :P

Yukari June 14th, 2014 3:52 PM

This is a great Idea elheroeoscuro! Buuut I think I'd be nice to at least give everyone a participation emblem. And I would like to point out that the Pacman game you picked out is painfully difficult. The ghosts move far faster then they should in the first level. And the AI is far less forgiving then in the original Pacman, and does a lot of nasty tricks like trapping you in a corner.

Anyway here's my score.
http://i60.*.com/15qq4nr.png

El Héroe Oscuro June 14th, 2014 9:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orpheus (Post 8301093)
This is a great Idea elheroeoscuro! Buuut I think I'd be nice to at least give everyone a participation emblem. And I would like to point out that the Pacman game you picked out is painfully difficult. The ghosts move far faster then they should in the first level. And the AI is far less forgiving then in the original Pacman, and does a lot of nasty tricks like trapping you in a corner.

That's always a possibility I guess. I thought it would be cool to have the emblems limited so there's a sense of pride in which one wins one, but we'll see. Also, I literally just grabbed that off of the Interent; if you can find a better, easier copy that would be great! Although if it's hard for you, I'm sure it's hard for everyone, making it pretty even across the playing field.

Satoshi Ookami June 15th, 2014 8:43 AM

PACMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!
I'm so in! I'm so in game!

Yukari June 15th, 2014 9:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elheroeoscuro (Post 8301488)
That's always a possibility I guess. I thought it would be cool to have the emblems limited so there's a sense of pride in which one wins one, but we'll see. Also, I literally just grabbed that off of the Interent; if you can find a better, easier copy that would be great! Although if it's hard for you, I'm sure it's hard for everyone, making it pretty even across the playing field.

It's frustration though, and just takes away the fun of the challenge. Though this seems to be the most commonly circulated copy of Pacman I did manage to find an emulated port of Pacman that can be played here. It's an emulated port of the original Pacman to the gamegear, and is a lot easier then the other copy. (Would have been nice to find an emulated copy of the arcade game... Oh well. :() But it's legal, you can play it online, and it's off a site I trust and use all the time.

Satoshi Ookami June 15th, 2014 12:06 PM

http://i.imgur.com/A6fiXDh.png

Had >29k but I didn't manage to screen that one... the screen disappears too quickly.

Brendino June 15th, 2014 11:53 PM

Grumble grumble... lost a 53,000 point run after pressing the print screen button too slowly. I know there used to be another version of this with a proper game over screen, but I wasn't able to find it anywhere. Oh well, I'll probably just keep trying as the week goes on.



EDIT: Managed to crack 50K again after a dozen or so attempts. Don't know if I'll end up trying to get any higher than this, though.


El Héroe Oscuro June 17th, 2014 10:51 AM

5 days left! Keep up the great work everyone!

Dreg June 20th, 2014 4:58 AM



This is one of my weakest games, and I'm very surprised I hit over 10,000. I'm normally terrible at Pacman.

acatfrommars June 20th, 2014 12:36 PM

Pacman is so hard. :c


Ozymandias June 20th, 2014 6:07 PM

i thought i was gonna be at number three but bruce banner pushed me down ;_;

http://i.imgur.com/mEmRBid.png

Satoshi Ookami June 21st, 2014 7:44 AM

Damn it, new challengers :/
http://i.imgur.com/SETw21L.png

(We should all get emblem xD)


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
I got 46540 and wasn't able to screen it!!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

It won't be eligible, right...? :(

EDIT: Ok, not 46540 but at least I got to the second place.
http://i.imgur.com/WZSf0yl.png

Austin June 21st, 2014 1:04 PM

I did slightly better, but still not enough to make any difference in placing. I'm obviously really bad at Pac-Man.


El Héroe Oscuro June 21st, 2014 10:22 PM

Congratulations to acatfrommars, Satoshi Ookami, and Brendino for winning the Pac-Man challenge! Emblems will be given out shortly! Tune in tomorrow for challenge #2!


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