millerbrad

Aha! The trick to the high jump is that you need to constantly adjust the jump angle as you complete the jump. It's not just a one-press thing like all the other events. Quickly tap the button a single time to take off, then add angle as needed to get over the bar. 67,730

25,375. I remember having to hold the joystick diagonally to play this on the Atari 2600. In this case, I had to awkwardly stand sideways to play it on my cab.

Oh, hey. I found my new least favorite game. 152,660

51,220. It gets pretty tough when you loop back to the first level.

52,100. I can't figure out high jump for the life of me, but show some serious mustache power on the hurdles.

I can't even get past the second dude. And the referee scares my dog. WUN! DOO! REEEEE!! 19,200

It's a score. 26,900.

Not so fast.. 677,630!

Why I oughtta..

Hey, guys.. it's way more impressive than it sounds! It took about 700 points to make that jump. Also, I'm pretty sure I've hit the Top Ten as of today!

Woo, first place! (Given my performance on the original Metal Slug, I imagine this won't stay in first for long.) Soft dipswitch changes all applied... 378,630

Given that this month's game, Metal Slug X, was basically a remaster of MS2, I wonder if we really need MS2 here anymore?

40,425. Beer.

This seemed so much easier on the Atari 2600 when I was 8 years old... 15,550

Barreling toward that Top Ten section on the overall leaderboard!! 94,400

That medium difficulty is no joke. This game is tough when you move slower than all the bad guys. 98,000

Man, either I'm missing something fundamental at this game, or I'm just bad at it. I can't get anywhere near that leader board... 126,630

Had a lot better luck once I finally realized that using bombs was the same as taking a hit. 533,400

A little bit of an improvement. Still doesn't move me on the leader board, but gives me some breathing room. 35,060

Ugh, what an un-fun Contra knockoff. Luckily, there are hardly any scores on the table, so my trash score still gets me some points for the leader board. 10,500

I always saw this game sitting at Meijer as a kid, but never got to play it. 49,230

Man... It almost feels like cheating by starting at the highest difficulty level, beating one level, then killing that big fat bonus fly & barely surviving past that... But here it is. 138,875.

Ah, Frogger. 80% skill, 20% cheap deaths while trying to jump into that leftmost hole. 9,070.

Holy moly, I didn't realize how much of a gap in scores there was between you guys and us mere mortals. I'll just leave this here... 83,300

26,100. Wakka wakka wakka...