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A 1-credit clear of the arcade game Water Match [wmatch], played with WolfMAME 0.257. Score: 59,908 - a new MARP record! Similar to the game Track & Field but the events are water-themed and the controls are two joysticks plus an action button. Does double the joysticks mean double the fun? In this case, probably not - especially if you don't have the stickers on the side of the original cabinet to explain how to control your character. INSCRUTABLE! Here are notes on controls just in case anyone's crazy enough to challenge the MARP record:
- Freestyle swim: Alternate between left stick up and right stick down, then left stick down and right stick up. Every time your character finishes a stroke and extends an arm, you should switch the sticks twice. Don't go too fast or it won't count. When you reach the wall, hit the action button to turn around and swim back!
- Canoe: Alternate pushing the left then right sticks down to paddle forward. Push the left stick down repeatedly to turn RIGHT, push the right stick down repeatedly to turn LEFT. The second canoe event can be won by just rushing forward without turning at all, and accepting the crashes. (In the International games in the second loop, you actually have to steer!)
- Rowing: Alternate between left stick up and right stick down, then left stick down and right stick up. Make your first move just as your crew-mates are about to start a stroke. After that, you can make your move quite early and it'll still count (I was switching as soon as I saw the splash of the previous stroke in the water)
- Butterfly (forward parts of swimming medley): Swirl the sticks in a circle (left clockwise, right counterclockwise)