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