Project Slow Bullets: Learning Berzerk In 1 million Points

Playing MAME set 2 (slow bullets) with infinite lives setting out to learn the ropes of berzerk by playing to 1 million points (using pause button over multiple days). 

• Learned from Grant- TwitchTV
• First 100k – Youtube
• 200k- Youtube
• 300k- Youtube
• 400k- Youtube
• 500k- Youtube
• 600k- Youtube
• 700k- Youtube
• 800k- Youtube
• 900k- Youtube
• 1 million!- Youtube (approximately 2000 mazes and 13.5 hrs of total gameplay)
• Detailed commentary during the experience- Click HERE
• Project Fast bullets – HERE

Summary of Tips

Beginner

• Shoot at head over barrier
• Shooting at feet under barrier
• Stay to left of robot to shoot on vertical

Advanced

• Leaving middle robots, in a bowl, for Otto
• Ducking below horizontal shots is faster than going above due to body length
• Take angle shots over long distance
• Shoot to NE angle when on left side of vertical wall
• Shoot to NW angle when on right side of vertical wall

Master

• Know when to run to alternate exits on low number of robot screens, sometimes not shooting at all
• Run on least busy parts of maze to avoid robot traffic
• Use player movements to guide robots into walls or each other

Extreme master

• Surviving maze starts when surrounded by robots in 180 degree arc. Prioritizing which to shoot first and exact path to maneuver to avoid getting tagged by angle shots
• See the Gunslinger Maze Start tips HERE

Click HERE to return to the Berzerk Tutorial