Pac-Man Championship Edition 5:00 Championship Mode 497,350

So close to that magic 500K mark I can taste it. I ran this score this morning and got all excited because it made me #1 in the U.S., until I checked and saw pacmantab got a 501K I wasn't aware of last week! So congrats to him... I have to keep trying, because I see several mistakes, including breaking my string at the end not once but twice (cost me 18,200), and missing eight to ten ghosts on the eating stages. This currently sits me at #7 on the all-time leaderboard (#5 if you toss out the glitched top two).

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[tiltosaurus]

Nice work. How often are you able to repeat this opening? I've tried just about everything with subtle timing variations but always seem to get weird stuff coming out at the 4:45 mark (e.g. blue-red, red-blue).

I'm probably starting 40 to 50 games an hour now, and I'd estimate that 85% I discard within the first minute due to a random start. I feel like I'm wasting all of my energy on restarts and then I'm sorta drained by the time I get a 100k game by the 3:30 mark. Suggestions?

[StephenElPMCE]

I can repeat it pretty well, but there are days when I can't get an opening to save my life. I often run into problems very early. At around 4:40 on the third energizer, if the blue guy goes up instead of backwards and to the right, I pretty much have to give up because nothing else will fall into place at that point. The other big starting point snag can be at 4:33 when I pause before I eat the energizer. I can get a dozen or so different results depending on the timing of that. Drives me nuts!

[StephenElPMCE]

I've found that trying to turn early so sparks fly really helps me nail the third energizer. Sometimes it can take me an hour or so to get warmed up enough to get past the first three minutes.

Like you, I probably discard a good 85% or more of my starts, so don't feel discouraged; I'd bet most of the good players are doing the same.

I don't know what your high score is, but don't be afraid to play through games just to get experience with the higher speeds.

[stonefry]

Did you tear your hair out after this run? Seriously though, nice job. I'm #9 now, but my skills seem to be diminishing. I am losing hope of ever breaking 500k. BTW, what time do you play, I have never seen you online.

[StephenElPMCE]

I literally jumped up and down after this run, though I was kind of let down after I watched it and counted all the missed points.

[senobeya]

Good job!

We are waiting for your joining 500K club :D

[StephenElPMCE]

Thank you!

[pitobayola]

dude that MUST be a PRISSLES WORLD RECORD

[Edel99]

WOW! Nice run! I'm stuck at 200k... I just have to learn my patterns and I think I go out of my way sometimes to eat some ghost which, most times, only serves to through me off!!!

[djapana2000]

shouldn't it read Pacman CHOMPionship?

[tiltosaurus]

I'm topping out at 382k right now. I've actually had some games where I eat the clovers but blew both eating stages. An average start for me seems to be around 58k (in the opening eating stages) with the high 60k and 70k+ games being kind of rare.

It certainly seems like right now my biggest obstacle is trying to link together the opening of the key stage without a suicide. Anyway, I might join TwinGalaxies forum since Youtube doesn't seem conducive to detailed discussion.