VPGL 20 - Game 7 - Hi-Diver - Closed

[JustAnotherRat]

GAME 7.... And we are jumping for joy...

VPGL 20 - Game 1 ~ Hi-Diver

Nominated by VPGL legend, RusstyT

 

Hi-Diver was released by Gottlieb in 1959 and it is a 1 player Electro Mechanical pinball machine.

Design by:     Wayne Neyens
Art by:     Roy Parker
Notes:     The backglass carries Gottlieb's famous phrase: Amusement Pinballs, as American as Baseball and Hot Dogs!

The VPX file can be downloaded here:

https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=14420

The B2S can be downloaded here:

Included with table download

The ROM can be downloaded here:

No ROM is required for this game

 

Downloads linked are just suggestions, you can play on any VPX version or the table as long as it is the same rule set (IE Pro, LE etc.). You can let us know what version you are playing and why you play that one in the thread if you like,

 

Score Submissions:

Please make a new post for each score you post, with your score as the first line of your post, along with a photo or screen shot showing your score. This game finishes Sunday 5 December 2021, Midnight Sydney time.

 

5 ball is default for this game so that is what we are playing.

No continues are allowed when submitting a score and must be played from the beginning of the game.

Game on... who will hit their head on the bard and still win gold?

 

[kane]

10,260,000

Who knows what a competitive score on this is going to be.

 

[JustAnotherRat]

No idea, but that looks impressive. 

 

[RusstyT]

2 hours ago, kane said:

10,260,000

Who knows what a competitive score on this is going to be.

Absolutely no idea Kane. This sounds like a huge score.

 

 

[kane]

4 minutes ago, RusstyT said:

Absolutely no idea Kane. This sounds like a huge score.

Nah, with 100k pop bumpers you can potentially get a million+ in just a few seconds.

[RusstyT]

5,600,000 is my highest score in the table. 

[RusstyT]

6,530,000 beat my previous best. 

[Crakkers]

4,700,060.…..... there's more where that came from....... I hope.😎

 

[kane]

16,130,000

Not easy to hit the on switch, but when you do 🤑

 

[RusstyT]

1 hour ago, kane said:

 

Not easy to hit the on switch, but when you do 🤑

 

You make it look easy Kane. The way I look at it 150 odd hits at 100K with no extra balls and assuming you had 3 lightups that's 50 hits per lightup. No wonder you are drooling mate. That is some game. I had one game with 3 lightups and it felt I was playing the lit bumpers forever.. concentrating...concentrating... finished with 4 million. I don't even know how my 6 million game happened. Well done mate that is some endurance and I you have set a high standard. I really like the top playfield in this game.

 

8 hours ago, Crakkers said:

 there's more where that came from....... I hope.😎

Welcome to the weekend Crakkers. 

 

 

[Crakkers]

2 hours ago, RusstyT said:

Welcome to the weekend Crakkers. 

 

Cheers Russty. I was a bit late to the party this week.

[RusstyT]

8,920,000 After 7,990,000 you have no idea what the score is. This was a huge game and I’m pretty happy with it. 

[Crakkers]

5,500,000.......still well short of my highscore on this one.

 

 

[legin]

3,180,000

Hoping to do much better than this, but I am struggling

[RusstyT]

4 hours ago, legin said:

 

Hoping to do much better than this, but I am struggling

Tricky game legin. Ive been learning how to trap the ball to light the poppers. I’ve been holding up the flippers up and letting the ball come down to the bottom playfield and nudging the opposite side of the cab just before the ball touches the sling. This takes momentum out of the ball and makes it easier to trap. Hitting the ball on the fly puts side spin on the ball and is likely to drain .

C

11,440,000 I’m claiming a fluke. Scored most points with one ball. That rare EM rhythm.

[legin]

4,910,000

Never thought it was possible with my talent on this one.  There's a picture of a clown on the playfield, that's how I'm playing this table, like a bloody clown.

[PPLBob]

4,520,000  This certainly plays faster than the one I got my ass kicked on this past weekend in league finals.

Stuck ball for one of the other players.... this is how SLOOOOOW the game played.

Edited November 22, 2021 by PPLBob

[RusstyT]

12 hours ago, legin said:

 

Never thought it was possible with my talent on this one.  There's a picture of a clown on the playfield, that's how I'm playing this table, like a bloody clown.

Haha. Love it! Everyone loves a clown. Sort of becomes meditative watching the ball drain until bang! I want to punch the clown in the nose..  OOPs! well he does look smug pointing to the balls. 

 

[vtdmame]

2,210,000

[Pinzealot]

3,920,000

I'm so bad at hitting the target.  If this game is about diving, then I whacked my head on the diving board.

[Pinzealot]

5,130,000

That's no clown... it's an evil spirit for sure.  

[Crakkers]

10,680,000.....took a while, but I finally beat my highscore. Didn't gain a place, but some nice insurance.

 

[JustAnotherRat]

Game 7 comes to a close meaning there is just one week left of competition.

Congratulations to kane on taking another 1st place. RusstyT stands proudly on the second tier in 2nd place and Crakkers takes 3rd place.