Forgive me for what I'm about to do to you.
I'm addicted.
Posted by Peter at January 8, 2004 7:05 PMOh man, I've been stuck on this game for over a month. I just don't have a blog in which to tell anyone.
I've cracked 300,000 several times and 400,000 once. If anybody knows what the hell you have to do to get the SuperStar rating at 500,000, PLEASE let me know so I can return to my normal life. :-)
Posted by: Kenny on January 8, 2004 9:21 PMYou bastard.
Posted by: Dugrless on January 9, 2004 1:23 PMAh, grasshopper: becoming the Imperial Pyrotechnist, as I have done, requires the simple gracefulness of a rosebud, the fierce willingness of an angry tiger and the intense concentration of a constipated general.
Posted by: Dugrless on January 17, 2004 9:05 PMActually what it requires is happening to be able to get a 7 or 8-launch at the right time to get a humongous bonus (120,000-150,000, or more, I guess). I haven't figured out how it decides how much of a bonus to give for a particular size launch.
Posted by: Dan Blum on January 31, 2004 10:40 AMIt's based on the number of coins collected during that launch. The more coins you pick up (number of coin icons, not total coin value) on a launch, the greater the multiplier.
And Dug... Like all PopCap games, I only play on Hard. Becoming an Imperial Pyrotechnicist at that level requires more than constipation.
Posted by: Peter Sarrett on January 31, 2004 3:23 PMI've only gotten to 500K on Hard, never on Normal, despite playing far more games of the latter. Go figure.
Posted by: Dan Blum on January 31, 2004 7:07 PM