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Space Invaders World Record

Post by LordGaz »

I heard a report once (around 1980) that the Space Invaders world record had been beaten, it was reported as two and a half million. Does anyone know if this is correct, there seems to be too much of a random factor in the enemy firing to make this believable. Thanks.
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Mark Longridge

Post by Mark Longridge »

Highest proven MAME score is 41,260 by Franklin Cruz.<p>

Highest score at Funspot was 48,480 by Perry Rodgers, set in the
summer of 2000.

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Guinness Record was by Sonny Shum, he scored 29,090.

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Of course higher scores are possible, but I think the limit would be
around 200K. Over 2 million is pure BS.

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Joe Ledesma

Post by Joe Ledesma »

I think anything is possible on Space Invaders, sorry. :)

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BeeJay

Post by BeeJay »

Hmm.... when I was back in high-school in '80 I watched one of the
guys I went to school with score 70k on Space Invaders Part 3.

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However, I have yet to see the particular version of Space Invaders
Part 3 that we had in the local arcade.

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After completing the 1st stage it gave the opportunity for entering
your name.

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The stage number was included in the graphics of the protective bases.

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Every 3rd stage the invaders didn't move and you had a time limit to
shoot them all - with 1000 bonus points for getting them all within
the time limit.

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The "rainbow" bonus was worth 1000 points and consisted of the screen
being "split in 2" vertically by a zig-zag line and then filled in an
anti-clockwise spiral from the middle of the screen by what looked
like stylised paw prints.

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The motherships alternated between 300 point standard motherships,
assuming you were counting your shots, and 500 point flashing
motherships.

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It was far-and-away the best version from a player perspective
because it never got impossibly difficult and had the best bonuses
for the "rainbow" bonus. It was also the only version I saw that had
the 1000 point timed stages every 3rd stage.

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Cheers,
BeeJay.

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Mark Longridge

Post by Mark Longridge »

I just played "Space War Part 3". It seems just as you describe
beejay.

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You can download the roms from here:

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http://www.andywarne.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/techpage.htm

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I could only get it to work in mame32 version 35, so of course
it also works with mame35 dos version and the TG versions based
on mame35.

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Play the rom as invadpt2.

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Mark

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Mark Longridge

Post by Mark Longridge »

Looks like that web page is out of date.
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Space War Part 3 is actually already supported in the recent
versions of mame as "spacewr3".

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Graham Hawkins

Post by Graham Hawkins »

According to KLOV the record (for non-stop play) is "38 hours and 37
minutes and an accumulation of 1,114,000 points (111 roll overs,
averaging three rolls an hour)".
http://www.klov.com/S/Space_Invaders.html

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But what is the "Stratford Record"??

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Joe Ledesma

Post by Joe Ledesma »

I'd assume it was a name of a town/city, but I don't really know :)

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BeeJay

Post by BeeJay »

Space War III - hm.... I'll have to check that out sometime soon
since that was the version of Space Invaders I most enjoyed playing
as a "ahem"... youngster.....<p>
BeeJay.

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