Since I've been mentioned here I'd better respond as well.(posted 9385 days ago)Were the MARP Tournaments % points based then I would probably have invested a little more time into Bomb Jack to try to recoup the little bits of finesse that were/are still missing from my Bomb Jack gameplay. For my 24 hour marathon, I suspect the only setting I had different from TG was the extra life counter as I prefer the enemy patterns you get on the TG settings to those on the Easy setting.
Could I ever get to 70 million on TG settings - I would expect the answer to this is yes as per QRS's comments re number of lives wasted after 24 hours but I had spend 6 months learning the game prior to my 24 hour fund raising event for Telethon back in '84 (or was it '85). However, I think in order to get there I would definitely need a proper arcade Joystick setup so I can use my right hand for flapping instead of my left hand as I'm much quicker flapping or firing with my right hand (years of practice with arcade machines setup for left- hand joystcik right hand buttons I guess).
Does anyone else remember going to a machine setup the wrong way around and crossing their hands/arms over to play the game with the usual joystick and button hands?!
BeeJay.
PS: There used to be a recording at MARP that was done on the very hardest settings and reached around the 5 million mark so I think a 10 million recording on TG settings would definitely be possible.... eventually.