I've been thinking about Chad's idea as well and I'm starting to prefer it with a minor modification.(posted 9674 days ago)It seems that a flat 100 for the original +100 for all the clones would give and 'unfair' bias to a game that had only 2 clones. Then each clone would be up for 50 points max whereas for Pacman each clone would only be worth < 10 points max.
Perhaps we should come up with a figure of 100 for the original and then say 30 points max per clone - or whatever number seems reasonable. That would give clones a lower rating than the originals, would reduce the overall points value for all the clones but still give encouragement to play the clones for those who have the time, can be bothered or are enjoying their current battle with another MARPer - eh Bil.... ;-)
BeeJay.
PS: Mark - I believe there are more than 2 distinct versions of Galaxians.
Galaxian, GalMidw and Galap1 are definitely identical or close to.
SuperG is definitely the hardest by far.
GalaPx is significantly different to the original. It plays at a similar speed, but the graphics and the enemy movements are different and shots move in the direction your ship is moving adding a new element to the gameplay.
GalTurbo - a significantly faster game than the original, faster swooping enemies etc. Definitely a change in gameplay tactics and significantly different enough to my mind to be considered a 'different' version.