We must establish universal rules for this game (i.e. not only for olympiads). If marp rankings are to be ordered according to score, then Phil Lamat’s proposal (1 million for every spare life at the end) appears to be the most effective solution. I would only modify it in one respect: the bonus life found in a pot (the little knight) should not count because it not always turns up and getting it is just a matter of luck, not skill. Also, repeating at will last level of round 2 should be banned (I managed to score 1,258,900 with that method) or, alternatively, a marathon ranking should be added beside the regular (“tournament”) ranking. If a player happens to arrive at the end of the level without the magic weapon and is sent back to the beginning, then the points he collects in the repetition of the level should be subtracted from his final score.(posted 8788 days ago)François, I did not mean to be offensive when I said “farce”, sorry... but I’m also sorry that Blost, who exhibited the best gameplay, ended up third: this is what I actually meant.
Why haven’t I played with you? Well, the main reason is that I wasn’t happy with your decision to use mame55 as this suffers from too many bugs and slowdowns. I think that for official competitions the last final version should be used (in this case 0.36 final, which is very stable), unless of course the roms are changed (which is not the case of Ghouls) or a given game is only available on later versions.
Anyway, congrats to you, Blost and Innuendo, for you are all very good Ghouls players ;-)
Michele