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Author Topic: December 2019 - SWIV  (Read 15397 times)

Offline NinjaKat

December 2019 - SWIV
« on: November 29, 2019, 12:14:18 am »
OCS/ECS Game of the Month for December, 2019, is SWIV!
Yes, we have decided to allow SWIV again for December as potentially a lot of members missed out in November... and it is such as great game!

SWIV is a 2D vertically scrolling Shoot 'em up game originally released in 1991 for the Commodore Amiga.

Information:
  • Amiga Hardware: OCS/ECS
  • Release Year: 1991
  • Disks: 1
  • WHDLoad: Yes
  • Players: 1 or 2 (simultaneously)
  • Copyright: The Sales Curve
  • Developer: Random Access

Links to game information and the manual:

Please refer to the 'Game of the Month Rules and Participation' post for information on how to participate!  Good Luck!

Also point out for this game whether you are playing one or two player.
To qualify for the game of the month, you must play single player.
« Last Edit: December 03, 2019, 10:59:22 pm by NinjaKat »
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Offline quantum8

Re: December 2019 - SWIV
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2019, 10:45:03 pm »
Kicking off with 559620!

Offline NinjaKat

Re: December 2019 - SWIV
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2019, 09:14:38 am »
Awesome work Jacob, that's going to be a tough one to beat!
My Amigas:
A1200, ACA1233n-26.67, Gotek, IDE2SD 32GB, WB3.1.4, HID2AMI (Gaming)
A2000, Gotek, A2091 SCSI, SCSI2SD 32GB, WB3.1, HID2AMI (Apps & dev)
NinjaKat console - mini arcade cabinet powered by Amiberry/Raspberry Pi 4
A500 Mini

Offline NinjaKat

Re: December 2019 - SWIV
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2019, 10:13:26 pm »
Gave it good go tonight, almost broke my joystick I think!  Gets insane after the Xevious-style spinning panels section..  that's an impressive score Jacob and will be hard to beat!

Tonight's run, which I think is my best, is 424860

I'll keep trying though, if my joystick is up to it!

Single player, Heli mode.

« Last Edit: December 03, 2019, 10:51:59 pm by NinjaKat »
My Amigas:
A1200, ACA1233n-26.67, Gotek, IDE2SD 32GB, WB3.1.4, HID2AMI (Gaming)
A2000, Gotek, A2091 SCSI, SCSI2SD 32GB, WB3.1, HID2AMI (Apps & dev)
NinjaKat console - mini arcade cabinet powered by Amiberry/Raspberry Pi 4
A500 Mini

Offline quantum8

Re: December 2019 - SWIV
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2019, 09:41:46 pm »
Oooh nice! I'd better not rest on my laurels  ;D

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Re: December 2019 - SWIV
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2019, 12:51:16 am »
You guys must be ninjas  8) (Or I have not trained enough yet). I only managed to get 81800 point thus far, but Im reporting it as a score anyway since it is now the 3. best reported score. Lets see if I can improve it. Turns out Im better on real HW than using emulation. I must say its a great shooter that I didn't know about before.
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Re: December 2019 - SWIV
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2019, 08:53:19 am »
The game is afoot!  8)
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Re: December 2019 - SWIV
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2019, 08:40:01 am »
I managed to get some repetitions in so I improved my score a bit to 247120. What a great arcade feely game !
Kind Regards

Christian A. Givskov

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Re: December 2019 - SWIV
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2019, 10:40:26 pm »
Well done!

I managed to get some repetitions in so I improved my score a bit to 247120. What a great arcade feely game !
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Offline NinjaKat

Re: December 2019 - SWIV
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2019, 11:44:06 pm »
Gave it another good bash tonight and got my high score so I am happy with that!
Still cant get enough of this game!

444770 - Heli
My Amigas:
A1200, ACA1233n-26.67, Gotek, IDE2SD 32GB, WB3.1.4, HID2AMI (Gaming)
A2000, Gotek, A2091 SCSI, SCSI2SD 32GB, WB3.1, HID2AMI (Apps & dev)
NinjaKat console - mini arcade cabinet powered by Amiberry/Raspberry Pi 4
A500 Mini

Offline quantum8

Re: December 2019 - SWIV
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2019, 02:59:09 pm »
It's a fun one for sure!

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Re: December 2019 - SWIV
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2019, 07:03:46 am »
I was at it a bit more this weekend.  Now I am at 281190, after fixing my Good Old Competition Pro joystick  8)

Very fun game.
« Last Edit: December 17, 2019, 03:42:46 am by Zorglub »
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Re: December 2019 - SWIV
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2019, 09:40:48 am »
Well, my daughter and I fired up the A2000 and had a bash at SWIV a game I loved many moons ago! Just shows you how bad a game player I am! Best we could do in about an hours playing was 50000! Could not even make the chart!

Ohh well! Hope we do better with the next one!
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Offline NinjaKat

Re: December 2019 - SWIV
« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2020, 08:34:09 pm »
Great month, great game!

Final Scores:
1st quantum8 559620 (awarded OCS/ECS Gamer of the Month December 2019 Award!)
2nd NinjaKat 444770
3rd Zorglub 281190
My Amigas:
A1200, ACA1233n-26.67, Gotek, IDE2SD 32GB, WB3.1.4, HID2AMI (Gaming)
A2000, Gotek, A2091 SCSI, SCSI2SD 32GB, WB3.1, HID2AMI (Apps & dev)
NinjaKat console - mini arcade cabinet powered by Amiberry/Raspberry Pi 4
A500 Mini

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Re: December 2019 - SWIV
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2020, 08:46:00 am »
Congratulations all!

Great month, great game!

Final Scores:
1st quantum8 559620 (awarded OCS/ECS Gamer of the Month December 2019 Award!)
2nd NinjaKat 444770
3rd Zorglub 281190
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