Justin Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 Elevator Action Arcade / MAME Controller: JOYSTICK / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Bonus Pts for Additional Player set to 10,000 Pts Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / MAME / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST November 14, 2020 Objective Play for the highest possible score using the difficulty settings defined in the challenge. Post a photo or YouTube video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between November 1st through November 14th, 2020. Screen captures are not allowed as they are more easily manipulated for falsified scores. Multiple submissions are permitted. The player with the highest score at the end of the competition is the victor! Eligibility Anyone can join in. All players are welcome! Play Rules Games may be played on real hardware, Flashback / Mini console, or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following all rules and game settings defined in the challenge. Choosing between real hardware or emulation, and choosing which controller to play on is part of formulating your strategy. Enhancements, rewinds and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. Difficulty Level Bonus Points for Additional Player (Dip Switch A) set to 10,000 Points. Fair Play Your integrity is everything. Players should play fairly, be honest, and have fun! Falsified scores will result in your immediate removal from the site. It goes without saying that we will not allow cheats, hacks, cartridge frying, enhancements, rewinds, deceitful photo manipulation, subterfuge, or any other unfair advantage. Everybody hates a cheater. More To review detailed rules on how to play, please visit the High Score Squad page here: Message Welcome to our 91st Squad Challenge, and our VERY FIRST EVER MAME SQUAD CHALLENGE! We break the ice with Elevator Action, the 1983 arcade hit from Taito. Can you assume the role of a super secret spy to infiltrate a 30 story building filled with elevators and enemy agents who appear from behind closed doors? Elevator Action is a terrific arcade game that has never made it to enough Atari game systems. We're jumping into MAME for the first time in High Score Squad and if you need help with Emulation, please ask! There are enough kind and knowledgable people in the forums who will be here to help you get up and running. If you're new to Emulation, be sure to stop by our Emulation forum. Instructions are provided below, ROM is not provided for this game but is easily found on the net. You may play this game using emulation (MAME) through whatever means necessary, through "arcade classics" mamecades, or play on real hardware using an original arcade machine. And a special WELCOME to all our new Members playing in this Squad Challenge! Good luck to everybody participating! NOTE: Another great Squad Challenge is right around the corner! elevator.pdf Atari Creep, MaliciousCarp and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 I've saved a few old motherboards from the dumpster I would enjoy turning into a MAME machine. Probably ME and XP era?? I'm not sure. One is AMD and the other is Intel. It would be neat to see if they will fire up. One, though, I have to finish removing all the AGP port pins because someone, before throwing it away, ripped the port off but left the pins behind. It will still work once those have been removed. Both have built in video. This might be double the fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 Interesting choice. Going to have to find a rom for this one, Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 Is it alright if we play on arcade compilations? This game is on Taito Legends on XBOX. MaliciousCarp and Papa Pete 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaliciousCarp Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) 45 minutes ago, HDN said: Is it alright if we play on arcade compilations? This game is on Taito Legends on XBOX. I hope so, that is how I would prefer to play as well! Edit: did a quick search - it is also available in the arcade archives on PS4! I might go that route as well. Edited November 2, 2020 by MaliciousCarp Found more information. HDN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 We will have to ask @Justin and see, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 2 hours ago, HDN said: Is it alright if we play on arcade compilations? This game is on Taito Legends on XBOX. I think we need to do a little research first. For a given compilation, do we know if it's an authentic ROM? Has it been changed in any way for the platform? If we can answer these questions with a YES, NO, then we should be fine. Example: Atari games on the Nintendo DS Atari or Activision compilations are 100% untouched ROM files running in an emulator. I will see if I have this ROM setup myself in MAME. I'm happy to share the ROM file if anyone needs it and also I can help setup MAME (including any of the various menu front-ends. socrates63, Justin, HDN and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) My MAME front end of choice is MAMEUI. Download it here: http://www.mameui.info/ This and ROM files are all you should need, as this frontend comes with MAME as part of the package. Here is the game working on my PC. Edited November 2, 2020 by RickR HDN, Justin and socrates63 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 I love Elevator Action from the setting to the music to animation. One of my favorite arcade games as a kid. Justin, RickR and HDN 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 First score = 4000. I don't remember the details of this one. I just remember you have to keep going down. I may have to break down and read a manual or something. socrates63 and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted November 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 56 minutes ago, RickR said: I think we need to do a little research first. For a given compilation, do we know if it's an authentic ROM? Has it been changed in any way for the platform? If we can answer these questions with a YES, NO, then we should be fine. Example: Atari games on the Nintendo DS Atari or Activision compilations are 100% untouched ROM files running in an emulator. I will see if I have this ROM setup myself in MAME. I'm happy to share the ROM file if anyone needs it and also I can help setup MAME (including any of the various menu front-ends. Correct. You can emulate this game by any means necessary so long as you're playing the original ROM. 👍 Original arcade machine and arcade legends machines are also acceptable. MaliciousCarp and HDN 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosweargamer Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, Justin said: Correct. You can emulate this game by any means necessary so long as you're playing the original ROM. 👍 Original arcade machine and arcade legends machines are also acceptable. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the Taito Legends compilations use original ROMs and should count. HDN and RickR 1 1 The No Swear Gamer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtJuo040EOCTVziObIgVcg Host of The Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaliciousCarp Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 What are the other dip switch settings? 10,000 points for bonus What about number of lives? And difficulty level? Justin and HDN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 2 hours ago, MaliciousCarp said: What are the other dip switch settings? 10,000 points for bonus What about number of lives? And difficulty level? I don't know, but I'm going to call someone a "dip switch" as a much cleaner version of what I have been using. socrates63, Sabertooth and MaliciousCarp 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaliciousCarp Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 33 minutes ago, RickR said: I don't know, but I'm going to call someone a "dip switch" as a much cleaner version of what I have been using. I need to start adopting British insults. In a recent video, YouTuber Atomic Shrimp called someone a "Silly old sausage". I added that one to my arsenal right away! RickR, socrates63 and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) 6,300 RetroPie to the rescue -- 3 lives and additional at 10k seem to be the default. I didn't mess with any settings although I might fiddle with the display to fix the overscan. I had to look up what the goal of the game was and read up a little on wikipedia. You must enter all the red doors to collect secret documents in order to finish the level (building): Quote If Otto tries to leave the building without collecting all the documents, he will be transported to the highest floor that still has an unopened red door and must work his way back down. Edited November 2, 2020 by socrates63 MaliciousCarp, RickR and Justin 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 14,450 The d-pad on the Xbox360 controller sucks. I need to see if I can get an adapter for my arcade controller to work. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 Here is my score: 15,750 after two nights of game play. Thanks. :O) RickR, Justin and socrates63 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 Well...the board I had tried was an AMD board, 128 MB of RAM, 20 GB HDD, and I used the built in video but Windows 98 did not like the SATA drives (couldn't see the hard drive or optical drive) so I couldn't access format.com or Windows setup and Windows 7 I think laughed at the RAM size. I have no XP install disks. So...I'll have to try something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 On 11/2/2020 at 8:57 AM, nosweargamer said: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the Taito Legends compilations use original ROMs and should count. It turns out I have a copy of Taito Legends on XBOX. I'll give it a try sometime this week just to compare. HDN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 I haven't touched MAME in about a year and I totally forgot how to get it up and running lol. RickR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, Marco1019 said: I haven't touched MAME in about a year and I totally forgot how to get it up and running lol. I hear you. I decided to upgrade to the latest version yesterday, but forgot how to do it. Try the MAMEUI link above as it makes things pretty easy. Everything you need (except game ROMS) is in one download package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 4 hours ago, RickR said: I hear you. I decided to upgrade to the latest version yesterday, but forgot how to do it. Try the MAMEUI link above as it makes things pretty easy. Everything you need (except game ROMS) is in one download package. I forgot to add that I'm on Mac OS. I believe the link referenced above is Windows only, though I could be wrong. I know there is WolfMAME for Mac OS but I have to look into that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 6 minutes ago, Marco1019 said: I forgot to add that I'm on Mac OS Whoops! Sorry. Try these tips for MAME on MacOS: https://retrogamesultra.com/2019/02/24/running-the-mame-arcade-emulator-on-mac-os-x/ Marco1019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosweargamer Posted November 4, 2020 Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 18550 Took me a while to get used to this one. Pulled out my PSP to play the Taito compilation it has. So you're playing a spy of sorts in this one? Is this by any chance inspired by the recent passing of Sean Connery? socrates63, HDN and Justin 3 The No Swear Gamer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtJuo040EOCTVziObIgVcg Host of The Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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