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Originally Posted by pat33999
How do we play 5 lives in Asteroids? Dip switches in MAME only allow up to 4.
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I'm not the one setting the rules but I think we should play it like we always do (MARP and Arcade both have 5 ship tracks). The Dip's are set to 3 ships to start and if you can't get to 10k, that's all you get. You'll need to be able to score at least 20k (extra ships are at every 10k) to play out the full 5 ships and you'll need to count your deaths. Score ends after your 5th death.
There are other games out there where you can't set the Dips's to change the number of starting men but have tournament settings and they all work (at least for TG and MARP) as described above.
Here are the TG tournament rules for Asteroids: Starting Ships: 3
Extra ship: Every 10,000 PointsNOTE: This is the [TGTS] 5 ship variation. Once you lose your 5th ship then your game is over. Please submit your score at that point.
Timber is also a game where you can't change the Dip's to 5 man start and I think these rules are much more clear so I'm going to post them as well: This is a Single Player ONLY variation! Your scoring attempt ends after your 3rd, 4th or 5th life depending on if you earn any additional extra lives during gameplay.
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