Robotron had scores that would hold in memory and scores that would reset.
Chuck
On Nov 29, 2011, at 9:17 PM, Clay Cowgill wrote:
>> A high score of only 89,000 on Tempest? Do you have a broken
>> highscore ROM?
>>
>> Or do you reset the high score daily?
>
> We wipe it periodically to give the less hardcore something to shoot for.
> We have a big cross section of players from total novice to world-record
> holders, so clearing the scores once in a while gives less experienced
> players a chance to "place" once in a while. Otherwise there gets to just
> be 'some guy' that'll dominate all the top scores and it demotivates the
> casual players. (ie, "that score is impossible")
>
> I can't think of any vector game did an "all time" vs. "daily" highscore
> table, but that's a nice solution. People like to tweet/facebook when they
> get a good score. ;-)
>
> -Clay
>
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