AvsG Series 1 Challenge 1: Result and Aftermath

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Well the amazing first challenge has been done and dusted for over a month now and what fun it was, shamefully this is my first post about it.

Congrats to Amidststorm on his destruction of my score, I'd love to say it was close but I was trounced!!

I don't care though I enjoyed ever second and now feel like I know the game a little better.


Amidststorm - 112506227
Gmintyfresh - 064762608

So the current state of play is 1-0, I've subsequently had a few blasts on the game outside of the challenge and managed to drop a 74 million point score and I can see how the 100 might be possible.

Anyway challenge 2 is nearly over, more details about that in the next blog - I'm personally a little bit less hectic at the moment so I promise to pour more time and energy into this wonderful project.

Let the games commence!

Amidststorm's post regarding the challenge.

Hello Everyone

Been away the last few weekends so not much YT action from me recently I'm going to try and film a few this week.

1. 14 Shmups, 12 Months, £1200 #9 Twinkle Star Sprites


2. April 360 Shmup Madness #3 - Ototmedius Excellent


3. Another Stuff I've bought recently vid - A priority because I've got loads to show.

I Picked up an uncommon Saturn shooter this week called Wolf Fang, it's a fairly nice mech based shooter by Data East converted by Xing. The game is one of the sequels to vapor trail and and I've only seen the Saturn version a couple on times on eBay so I was really pleased to pick it up for £25! I've seen quite a few copies of the PS1 version but as always the Sat version is the one to have! Nearly picked up a copy of Planet Joker also - I know it's supposed to be one of the worst shmups of all time but it was really cheap.

Yet more new 360 shmups have kept me busy too namely Otomedius Excellent and Trouble Witches Neo:

Otomedius Excellent - Much the same as the previous game in the series but I think it's better. More characters, more level variation, unlockable weapons for the powerup system, and more interesting boss encounters. A special mention should be made about the soundtrack, it's pure Parodious you'd love picking out where some of those tunes came from!

Trouble Witches - I wasn't expecting much from the XBL download going by the reviews I've seen of it - boy I was wrong what a lovely little shooter for 800 points. Think Deathsmiles mixed with a large dollop of Cotton, it even feels a bit like the PS3/PC doujin release Gundemonium - but a lot nicer.

Geoff

Musings of the Mad – 02/02/11

So with a sense of dread I finally took the plunge and joined the world of Red Dead Redemption last night. I say dread approaching RDR not for any inadequacies the game may possess but for the fact that I know what starting this game means for me on a personal level. It means compulsion to the point of distraction to fully explore and conquer this game to the exclusion of all others. I’ve resisted one of my friends constant questioning of why I haven’t started the game because it's so good (Mark, a guy I know with a wealth of gaming knowledge rates it as his favourite game of all time!) and the rave reviews from the gaming press.

I‘ve been resisting the lesson history has taught me, that GTA 4 you stole my life!! Quite simply recently I’ve been juggling and completing some of the great games that have been released over the last 6 months, if I’d started RDR all those great games and experiences would have been left by the wayside. When playing GTA on release I didn’t play anything else till I’d completed the game and all the side missions that I wanted to. Having briefly wandered around the world of RDR I can tell the game has the same depth and magic that inhabits its older brother, all within it’s own epic game world.

So yes I’m glad that I cleared the boards and made time for this game because it’s going to be a long ride.

Geoff