Yeah I was playing bases loaded for the nes completion thread for two weeks so I missed ninja gaiden 2 and narc but I had no interest in playing Trojan 
 

Trojan is fun for a quick playthrough. It becomes a slog when playing for a high score contest.

 

Trojan would work better as a 1 life high score contest IMO. Then you have that balance between skill and strategy. I liked the game but most of my score was just killing the gray knights in the elevator.

The most lucrative point pressing spot is in level 4 where you can get over 80k per life. There's a location where you can keep killing enemies as soon as they appear on the left side of the screen just by standing there and quickly pressing B. You don't know the meaning of boring until you've burned three or four lives doing nothing but repeatedly pressing B until the timer runs out.




 

Yeah I wasn’t able to get that far, maybe with more practice but just didn’t have the time.  That second boss on the third level was not easy especially with a low health bar.  Now I’m just counting down the weeks until we play Pipe Dream

 

331,400 (Game Completed)

Man you really have to put the pressure on that last boss...geez. I didn't get the "good points" enemy has found you scenario. Really don't want to try anymore if it simply comes down to that randomness. Pretty crappy way to decide a contest but oh well.

I've never even reached the final boss. I run out of grenades in the last two stages trying to deal with the helicopters and lose a bunch of health anyway, and then it's game over. I've given up.
 

The third level can be tough, especially the combo of gray knights and those little exploding balls. I figured out how to deal with them, but they can be a pain. As for the boss, just jump and slash him.

Did you find any powerups? The P icon that is hidden in a level one manhole doubles the amount of damage that you do to enemies. If you then grab the second P in level four, bosses will only take three hits to kill. It's also worth finding the shoes so that you can kill the enemies in the air for 2k points each.



 

Not going to get a score in this week (or likely next). Everything my wife deems non-essential (games) is still boxed up.

It’s not easy for sure. If you don’t have many or any bombs,you definitely have to shoot all the birds to get extra magazines or else you are hosed. That fight kind of reminds me of the helicopter boss fight in Bayou Billy.
 

I'm getting closer to being able to beat the game. I do want to beat this at some point.

It's mostly memorizing where the tougher enemies appear and quickly taking them out.

(I had to play some more because I couldn't let Richard beat me by around 1000 points.)

 

That,minimizing ammo use,and fully utilizing opportunity. 

The first four stages aren't that bad, especially because you get a health refill after stage three and an ammo refill after stage four. The last two suck. It's easy to lose health like crazy by accidentally killing prisoners. Not to mention you might as well reset if any prisoner dies on stage six if you're doing a high score run.


 

I ran out of ammo right when I was fighting the final boss. LOL. So close...

Stage 2: 46,850.

I'm out doing work in the Bay Area, but I had to at least get a score in.  

Thought I had a good strat by beating your score when you said you were done with the game and wouldn’t update your score unless you beat the game. 
Well played..... Well played! 
I for real don’t have time to play again.
 

I couldn't let you beat me by so few points. I couldn't have lived with myself.

And then I came so close to beating the game and having a good score too. If I only would have had more ammo at the boss. I was probably right on the verge of destroying it. Uggghgghgh.

I haven't been able to make it back to the final boss since. I can consistently reach stage 6.

 

Is skinny going to post a score? He better hurry.

I finally beat the game tonight! The last two stages are still a bitch. But I have a strat where I can usually reach stage 5 with full health and ammo. Always try to reach stage 4 with enough grenades to quickly kill all the helicopters or any other problem enemies, because you get an ammo refill anyway. Stock up on grenades in stage 2 and then conserve them in stage 3.

Unfortunately I didn't get the best score because I lost one prisoner. Oh well.

And tonight I rescued all the prisoners. Woo hoo. I got a score that would have made third place.

I'm glad we played this. It's pretty fun.