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Wow, Rob Maerz clocks Vectrex Star Castle!!!

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VectrexMad!

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Jan 2, 2012, 1:35:46 PM1/2/12
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Rob Maerz puts up 1 million on Star Castle: 1,005,310.
He did it with live streaming yesterday, but videos of the stream can
be found here:

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19529455

VectrexMad!
http://www.vectrex.co.uk

hcmffm

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Jan 2, 2012, 4:50:46 PM1/2/12
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Thanks for the info, VectrexMad!, and congratulations to Rob! I guess you
(Rob) are prepared for the discipline 'Star Castle' in the VectorWars 2012,
now. ;-) How long did the game take in total? Does Star Castle have a Pause
button?

- Helmut


Robert Maerz

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Jan 2, 2012, 6:51:48 PM1/2/12
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No pause button. You have to build up enough ships so that you can
afford to have them killed off while you get a drink or whatever. I
only took one bathroom break and that was at the 900K mark.

The game was actually shorter than I anticipated. I anticipated 8-10
hours based on my previous 300K performance. But, it took me 6.5 hours
to get the million.

I will never play Star Castle again. There is no reason to. My goal
was to be the first to stream 1,000,000 and I achieved that. I won't
reclaim my title as "Destroyer of the Rings" if someone should top
it. :]

hcmffm

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Jan 3, 2012, 3:24:14 PM1/3/12
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Thanks, Rob, for the detailed info on your Star Castle record. 6.5 hours of
shooting rings, buzzing sound and flickering vectors - phew! Again, my
congratulations for this excellent effort!

- Helmut


Kokovec

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Jan 6, 2012, 4:25:23 PM1/6/12
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Very well done!
I was just thinking that bringing tying a button to the HALT pin on
the cart could pause almost any game.

Dan
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