Tournament Nite 6

Another Tournament already ? This was supposed to be over in Huddersfield but due to a diabetic incident I was unable to drive - so Balki kindly offered to come over to Leeds. After a splendind tea we sat down (at the new control panel) and started the tourney.

Seeing as it was supposed to be hosted by Balki, he became player 1 and we started with his first choice. I was never any good at 1942 in the arcades, but somehow managed to beat Balki quite convicingley in the end (NOTE : after much discussion we realised that we had in fact played 1943 in the arcades - almost identical gameplay though).

Next up was Bagman - a last minute choice of mine really. Neither of us had played it much and we had never seen it in the arcades. Balki sussed how the bonus points worked which basically meant he slaughtered me. We had a quick radge on Super Bagman afterwards to see if that was any good - a better game but too bloody complicated for us !

Quantum was Balki's second choice - and also one of my "reserve" choices which meant we were probably quite evenly matched. A great little game thats quite unique - maybe Quix is similar but not really. You can be doing really well then all of a suddent you've made a few stupid mistakes and its game over. I managed to win 1 game which gave me an advantage going into the last game ......

Irritating Maze. Its a maze and yes its irritating. I definately had home advantgae here as Balki had not really played this one before. The Novice level is pretty easy though so it doesn't take long to get used to it. One thing we noticed was - you don't actually get a score so its impossible to compare score. So we decided to award the point to the person who gets furthest. I managed to pip Balki on the first two games which meant I walked off with the trophy again ! 5-4 the score this time - only a matter of time before Balki picks the right mix of games and steals it off me !

The new CP is finally in place now - it sits nicely on the new box and Balki helped me attach the piano hinge to the lid so its now fully functional. Needs some woodfiller to cover up the counter-sunk screw and a dab of black paint. I will post photos when its done.

	PL1 Balki			PL2 Buks
1942	0	0		1	1
Bagman	1	1		0	0
Quantum	0	1	1	1	0	0
Irritating Maze	0	0		1	1

CPO Quality

Picked up the CPO from the university Media Servies department the other day - WOW ! The quality is superb. I supplied them with an Adobe Illustrator .ai file and they printed it on some huge printer and laminated it (both sides). they even trimmed the edges for me.

I will hopefully be drilling holes in the new CP this weekend.

Mamewah skin

Thought I'd post some piccies of the Mamewah skin I'm using. I've used about 4 or 5 different skins but finally I'm happy with these.

The first screenshot is of the main Mamewah screen. I designed all the screens is Paint Shop Pro in case you wondered. I used the "Slicker" font which is nice and clear on my TV. The yellow and red boxes are supposed to compliment the new CPO design.


Next up is the options screen. Note the cunning use of the "M.A.M.E. Masters" trophy as a watermark.

Whenever you select a game, this screen pops up displaying the buttons and joystick controls.


after the controls screen, you get a loading screen featuring a nice shot of the machine.


Next thing to do is build the new control panel and attach the new CPO.......

Tournament Nite 5

Is it another tournament already ? It certainly is......

Tourney 5 took place this evening and I can honestly say it was almost too much fun. Obviously I came off the victor sending Balki back to Huddersfield empty handed once more. Good spotsmanship from Balki as he allowed me to change my choice of games just prior to the start - I swapped Hyper Athlete for Donkey Kong as we would have run out of time (Hyper Athlete games can go on for ages and seeing as we play best of 3 games it could have been an all nighter).

Anyway, onto the results :

	PL1 Buks			PL2 Balki
Donkey Kong	0	1	1	1	0	0
Joust	1	0	0	0	1	1
Robotron 2084	1	1		0	0
Dynablaster/Bomber Man	0	1	n/a	1	0	n/a

Formatting seems to have gone up sh*t creek in the table but as you can see, thr final game was conceded after I managed to score a point which meant Balki had no chance of winning the trophy.

Next tourney should be over at Balkis in Huddersfield so maybe my luck will change.

Control Panel Overlay

I've finally sent my CPO for printing at the Media Services department where I work. It's going to be printed and laminated by them so hopefully it will be quality. Overall size is 26" by 13" which will cost approx £23.50 - not bad eh ?

I can collect it tomorrow so maybe I will start on the consruction this weekend.