Highnoon "1 Loop" in 11m 13s | Speedrun [C64]
2HighNoon (1984) by Ocean
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Played by MilkToast
About the game:
The player takes over the role of the sheriff of a small town, which is visited regularly by bandits who make robberies. They rob the bank and kidnap dancers from "Saucy Sue's Saloon". You can shoot horizontally, vertically or diagonally, the bandits answer back the same way. Lifeless bodies of shot bandits or of the player are disposed of by the undertaker "Rig + Mortis" by grabbing them at their feet and drawing them into his building. After every level there is a duel with a single bandit, where you either need good reactions or quick pressing of the button. The fifth level doesn't play in the town any more, but outside in front of a cave.
(source: https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Highnoon)
About the run:
I was grinding this game for hours, but couldnt pull off a sub 11m run. There is so much RNG involved (number of Bandits, directions from where they appear) and I just hadnt the luck in all the Levels to stay on a good pace. Anyway I was really close to it and I will revisted the game in the future.
Dying is sometimes very usefull becaue it clears the screen of the bodies and the end duel only happens if the screen is cleared. Well the thing is you never really know when the last bandits are on the screen and also you cant be sure if they shot you.
Still a really great game I enjoyed revisting after more then 30 years and the music is epic as ever.
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