All registered members can now enjoy the latest new BoM feature, a full-fledged arcade system (8 games available at the moment). You can access it via the "BoM Arcade" link in the board navigation bar on every page, to the right of the "Calendar" link and to the left of the "New Posts" link. This is in the row just below the private messages count on the top right of every page.

Comments, questions, etc. - post them all here. Wasting time here just got a little easier. :shake:

As if wasting time on the BoM wasn't easy enough already. :shake: :heh:

Keep the other games, I'm addicted to Tetris again!

Nice games! Harder than they look. Too much concentration, need to rest now. :coffee:

Don't...need...more...time...wasters...gaaaaaahhhh h....*zonk*

Tetris.
Tetris.
Tetris.

I knew there was a reason I hid my tetris console.

Addiction. :D

What, no classic Tetris music?

Great, I'm gonna get fired from my job for sure now.

:(

I just knocked a bunch of people off the top! :D

Time for bed :)

And not only that, I picked up the Orange Box for $20 on the way home!

We want a tower-defence game, we want a tower-defence game!

Congrats on your King of the Arcade status, BTA. :D

Barmy, I'll be adding more games as soon as I have some free time on my hands.

How disappointing! I fully expected to be toppled from the top already. C'mon people let's keep it interesting! ;)

I blame BoM Arcade for completely ruining my chances of getting anything done today!

This really is interesting. Haven't managed to claw my way into the top positions yet, but I'm certainly working on it.

And I'm convinced BTA is cheating on that awful spaceship game (yes I'm bitter; I crash immediately just about every time)!

You may refer to me as Buzz rather than BTA when discussing the Moon Lander game :lol:

Congrats on your King of the Arcade status, BTA. :D

Barmy, I'll be adding more games as soon as I have some free time on my hands.

If time is a problem, it seems your administrator has plenty of free time on his hands, seeing that he is current leader in four games. ;)

/me bows low to BTA!

Just noticed on the leaderboard that Caradhras has an Average Score of 0.8.

BTA may be good, but even he is not averaging better than first place!

Man, that Space Invaders is just a grind. I could play that for eternity if I chose to; I just gave up after 200K...

I can't believe my Simon score was beat already; I don't think I could duplicate that effort again... Good job martaug!

I agree on the Space Invaders. Once I got past Keneth's score, I just let it go -- too boring.

Wow, Faye, you have a great result in Tetris. :)

Thanks. Too bad it doesn't have the classic tetris music though, that'd be super. But I'm pretty sure someone will top that score soon, lol.

Just noticed on the leaderboard that Caradhras has an Average Score of 0.8.

Truth be told, I suck at these games... I find Simon mesmerizing but I won't try it any time soon since I was so focused last time that I almost fried my brains trying to remember all the sounds and colours. :D

Oooo... Atmer is within 22 seconds of toppling my Moon Lander score. Maybe time for old Buzz to climb back in the cockpit tonight :)

Oooo... Atmer is within 22 seconds of toppling my Moon Lander score. Maybe time for old Buzz to climb back in the cockpit tonight

Not anymore :p

Nice! Topped me by a pretty wide margin too! I like goals to achieve :)

I like goals to achieve

I wonder why I have the strange feeling that, pretty soon, I’m gonna have to land in the moon a few more times… :mommy:

I'm still trying to break your snake record, but I think my snake got dyslexic or something. Go figure it. :shake:

simon is actually harder on the computer screen. i can memorize the diff sounds as 1,2,3,4 & punch them back in on a simon machine much better than having to move the mouse thumbball around

I seriously doubt anyone can remember a sequence of 38 without writing them down. :shake:

by doing sounds its like playing chords on a guitar, if you start to think of it like that it gets to be easier. used to know a guy in school who could bet any of us playing simon & kept his eyes closed the whole time.



edit. HEY! i think i just figured out why that 5th fret button on guitar hero always gives me so much trouble!!

I seriously doubt anyone can remember a sequence of 38 without writing them down.


Prepare for my score of 100!

Not that I'd be writing 'em down or anything...

punch them back in on a simon machine much better than having to move the mouse thumbball around

Well, I had a hard time with my touchpad on my laptop (didn't have my mouse with me) when I started sweating (somewhere around 15) and my fingers didn't move so adequately and I started losing my renowned touch! :D

I think I reached my limits at that game, I got such a headache, I'm not sure I'll try to beat the new record (and I don't believe I couls anyway).

I support Decados, if anybody can do it, I believe he can! ;)

Buzz is back on top! With that high gravity and high engine impulse at those higher levels, I've found it's harder to take off and not smash into the rock above than it is to just land on the pad...

Damn you Buzz, :p I knew I’d not wake up being the champ. :nolike:
I’m gonna give it another try later on, not enough time right now. :tie:

You’re right about the take off; I’ve lost all my lives in my last run by smashing my ship on the above rock. :aww:

Is that Buzz as in Buzz Aldrin or Buzz Lightyear? :p

Either would work :D But Aldrin is obviously most appropriate for moon landings :)

Bugger. I'm best at Snakes, but still hopeless at that!!

In fact, I'm not crap, you guys just have too much free time! So there!

That's the truth, BA. To reclaim his title, 'Buzz' spent almost 50 minutes on that Lander game! His patience with these repetitive games impresses me more than his (admittedly high) skillz.

Heh. True; I possess very high patience. Not only that, but that 50 minutes was just the winning attempt - it takes many more than one try to succeed. :)

Finally managed to find the time to make an serious attempt to take my rightful top place at Asteroids back. It's annoying that dying once might lead to a nasty chain reaction, especially if one of those little bastard ufo's are anywhere near the center of the screen. :)

BTA played Breakout for 1 hour and 39 minutes - cripes!

Yeah, it's almost the same as Space Invaders: Just a grind. Only the additional challenge is the mouse leaves the window sometimes and you lose control of the paddle.

After I originally surpassed Faye's score I stopped being careful and tried to keep as many balls on the screen as possible. Eventually I lost them all instead :)

My wrist actually started to hurt at the 1 hour mark, lol.

My wrist actually started to hurt at the 1 hour mark, lol.

:jawdrop: Double-meaning alert...

That's some old-school games you got there, Tal. Any plans to introduce Pacman anytime soon?

Quite possible. I'll be adding plenty more games soon, just have a few other priorities to deal with at the moment.

Gauntlet would be pretty cool too...

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I've added a few more games today, so go beat my high scores. :p

Gauntlet would also be a freaking sweet addition, Tal.

Bubble Bobble? Oh, dude, does THAT bring back memories... so many hours of playing that in a second state...

Haha, I have that game on my calculator...

I've tested a version of Gauntlet 2 but it's so buggy that I won't add it, since wall clipping (and not being able to get back in) and getting trapped inside areas without keys to open them is probably not by design... but then, I never played the original, so those could be "features"... though I doubt it. :shake: Maybe I can find a better version at some point.

Holy Bubble Bobble! My God, I played that so much as a kid.

I think bubble bobble keeps bugging quite a lot, the bubbles fly oddly and sometimes I get killed without touching anything. One time the game even crashed when I lost a life leaving the dragon stuck.

That's the "random luck" feature. :shake:

I like the Cutie Quake game. Any chance you will be adding some more?

Yea, I'll probably add a few new ones every week, so keep checking back. ;)

I don't get the Cutie Quake... Sometimes after ~50 shots the gun won't fire any more, but there are times when I've shot over 70 rounds... What gives?

I don't get the Cutie Quake... Sometimes after ~50 shots the gun won't fire any more, but there are times when I've shot over 70 rounds... What gives?

I don't know how many times have you missed when this happened?

Not many as far as I know... My accuracy wasn't that bad.

Yeah, I've noticed the random gun malfunction as well. It happened to me twice now, I think it happens after too many misfires or shooting too fast.

Oh btw, BTA: I challenge you to a game of pinball!

To be honest, 7up pinball is pretty lame, I've seen better ones, but it's still cool to have on the site.

Moon Lander is nearly a good game - but argh - repitition. It's pretty easy when you've got the hang of it.

Gah, so many games! To think I was once second on the leaderboard- I don't think I'll be reaching such dizzying heights for quite some time (if ever again).

Is anyone else having a problem with Cutie Quake not saving their score? The last two times I tried to submit score, it gave me a message that my score will not be submitted. And then the score was gone. :(

This seems to be a common issue with the arcade but no one knows all the exact cause(s) why it happens. A few general pointers on how to avoid it are:

Tick the "Remember me" box when you log in
Don't use the refresh or back buttons in your browser to start a new game
Only play 1 game at a time (don't have more than 1 game open in browser tabs)
Aside from the notice you mentioned, do you see any other errors when this happens?

No, that was the only message I received. However, it is possible that I would have used the back button, rather than using the link. I guess that'd explain why it decided not to allow some scores.

I seriously doubt anyone can remember a sequence of 38 without writing them down. :shake:

:evil::evil::evil:

Anyway, would be nice if there were more strategy-based games and less grinding or twitch games.

hey tal how long does the tic-tac-toe go on? i'm at 150 games & no end in sight.

You can finish it at any time by clicking on the "tic-tac-toe" title on top of the game area.

thanks didn't think to do that:doh:

It's not exactly obvious, took me a while to figure it out too.

I think Tic-Tac-Toe should go. The machine "AI" is not and it's really nothing more than a test of masochism to see how long you can keep slauthering the machine (except for the very rare tie). I figured I'd just go for 125 wins and the computer only tied me 16 times in that time period. Lame.

That's probably on purpose, because otherwise the AI would always either tie or win... and that wouldn't be much fun to play.

I've removed the 7up pinball since the flippers didn't work properly... you get 2 new games instead. :D

Moon Lander is nearly a good game - but argh - repitition. It's pretty easy when you've got the hang of it.It gets very difficult to take off without smashing into the rocks above as the gravity increases enough. It's not too bad landing, but not easy either.

Very repetitive though, yes.

I've removed the 7up pinball since the flippers didn't work properly... you get 2 new games instead. :D

Damn you, that was my highscore! :D

To be honest, the other pinball isn't that great either, I suppose chances for Adams Family Gold are slim?

There's a lot of junk to sort through with these games and good ones that work with our arcade aren't overly plentiful... but I'll keep looking.

Destroy All Humans has the wrong scoring. Is there a way to make the lower score better? Or maybe subtract the actual timer score from 10000 or somesuch? As it is it makes no sense. Whoever can sit around the longest not capturing humans is the leader.

Love the alien's cackle when he picks up a human though! Priceless! :lol:

Fixed. ;) Time alone isn't the only thing impacting the score, apparently.

OK, who else thinks that BTA is spending WAY too much time in the arcade? 13 High Scores!!!!:jawdrop:

Can't we just award him Grand High Pubah:hippy: status & get it over with? He obviously is The Man when it comes to classic games.:clap:

BTA: Congrats on the bowling! :)
I was wondering if you would get the perfect score by the time I got back from vacation... Bravo! :clap:

Thanks! :) It's not easy to be that precise for what? 12 frames?

I've just added 3 new games... have fun. ;)

How do you reload on office paintball?

Just click on the reload button. ;)

The RELOAD button at the bottom starts flashing when you're out of ammo.

I'm afraid that if I venture into the arcade I'll never find my way back out. I have enough time wasters as it is. It's sad, when I think about it actually...

But in general, very cool addition Tal. :thumb: I just hope somebody starts schooling BTA so he gets off his "ooh, look at me I'm the super-dooper champion" pedistal. Ah! A bounty! 10 shillings to the man brave enough to become the NEW Tiny Pinball champion... :p

Quick question. Does anyone know of a way to slow down the games? There are a couple that go way too fast on my computer so I really have no chance to make any kind of decent score. Thanks.

DR, well, just replace some other time wasters in favour of the BoM arcade. :p

dmc, catbert tells me that there's not much that can be done about it. If the game is old (and most of these are) today's computers can be significantly faster and since Flash goes by the CPU clock speed (or the game's FPU was set very high to compensate for the slowness at the time it was made), the games speed up. Use this program (http://files.filefront.com/cpugrabzip/;7896080;/fileinfo.html) to overload your CPU to the point where the games will run normally.

Btw, in which games do you experience this?

Hmmm...a Cap & Trade scheme....interesting... :p

The galaga game and tetris mainly (there may be others as I tried a couple of them only once).

I'm really irritated by the arcade. I got over 29,000 on the Towerball and it just said it would not record my score, with no reason. Grrrr.

You've seen this (http://www.sorcerers.net/forums/showpost.php?p=647861&postcount=61) I assume?

Yeah, I was in compliance but it still didn't matter. Oh well.

Hopefully the next version of the arcade will fix these issues...

If you get the message about your score not being saved, use the "back" command in your browser.
This way your score will get submitted again.
(I'm using Mozilla Firefox and this worked the one time I got the message, I don't know if it it works with other browsers too.)

Definitely worth a try if it happens to anyone.

All hail the new King of the Arcade! :kneel:

Yeah, but my Hexxagon score is better because I did it in less time, and the Arcade recognizes that. I want my little Hexxagon patch under my name. ;)

Well, 58's only possible due to a hole in the programming anyway, so technically it shouldn't even count. :p

The badge is probably awarded to the latest winner with the same score.

Can't I whine for a patch? -- Jeez, it's the only one I have left after BTA and kmonster decimated the arcade.

About time someone knocked BTA off the top of the mountain. :shake:

About time someone knocked BTA off the top of the mountain. :shake:

Yes, I'm aiming to shoot down his Cutie Quake record. :evil: I was SO CLOSE yesterday but he survived by a single point. :grr:

Hehe! Sheesh I didn't know it was such a big deal me sitting up there :lol: I just like the competition :)

I've just added 4 new games.

Hehe! Sheesh I didn't know it was such a big deal me sitting up there :lol: I just like the competition :)

Nothing personal, it's just that we suckers are viewing your many records with envy. ;) Our envy will shift to kmonster as long as he keeps the King of the Arcade title. :)

Man that Mahjong was killing me last night! Three times I got down to two tiles: One on top of the other! :lol:

Don't you hate it when that happens. :D

Anybody else get a LOT of impossible Mahjong boards? I'm surprised at how many times 4 of the same tile in the first and second tier comes up given how many tiles there are total.

Usually every third board or so has that top tile covering at least two of the same type and with no others showing on the board. I tend to just hit reset.

Mahjong is rather addictive. Took me a while to figure out how it works (never played it in RL). :)

I only wish the tiles were a little larger...

You can play any game in full screen; just click "(in new window)" in the game listing and it'll open a resizable window to play the game in.

Heh, never thought of that. :doh:

:thanks: Tal.

Np.

I have been playing Castle Defense all afternoon and evening, yet I have not been sitting at my computer since early afternoon. I just periodically come back when the explosions stop to start the next level.

I'm not sure if I can lose; I haven't added any defenders since I stopped directly playing, yet my castle is unbreachable without any direct influence from me... I may just have to shut it down and lose my score which is over 14 million now. :lol:

I'm enjoying the Mahjong and have to agree it's tough! I have played in RL before, and computer versions are actually making me spoiled, but this version is really tough lol. Thanks for the games!

You're welcome! To be honest, this version annoys me because it's such a rare event that you can make it to the end and clear all the tiles, even with pre-emptive resetting to get a version that at least looks like you can clear the centre and flanks early (which usually turns out to be an illusion too). The Taipei from the MS Entertainment Pack back in the day got me spoiled...

I also can't figure out how it applies the bonus in the end. I finished a game in 5 minutes yesterday (cleared all the tiles), but I got a worse score than with a game that took me over 30 minuts earlier. :hmm:

I also can't figure out how it applies the bonus in the end. I finished a game in 5 minutes yesterday (cleared all the tiles), but I got a worse score than with a game that took me over 30 minuts earlier.
Is that so? I was wondering about that. The funny thing is until I played at lunchtime at work, I didn't realize the score and the time were displayed so I didn't really know how long I was taking. That dark green color didn't show up on my monitor at home until I made gamma adjustments to my display driver (my monitor is showing it's age; the brightness and contrast on the monitor controls are already way up).

5 new games just added, have fun!

The 100m running highscores are wrong. Faster running should yield a better, not a worse place. It would also be nice if we had more detailed scores in the highscore table, there's a big difference between 9.6 and 9.99 seconds.

I think the maze one is also screwed up, as I got a high score for it, but it took me quite a while to get through it.

On the 100m one, I ran a 9.77 and a 9.24, but got 10 for the first and no credit for the second.

The poker game is a bit dumb.

I've reversed the scoring for those two, but as far as accuracy goes, that can't be changed.

Once we go over 100 games I'll take out the worst ones.

Thanks for the games, Tal.

That was a good idea.

I had a bunch of fun! :)

I'm glad you like the arcade!

I've changed the layout in the arcade a bit (I think it's more convenient by default now) and added 7 new games today.

Heh, I've stopped trying to try all the games some time ago... and every few weeks, there are more. :shake:

Tal, I'm blaming you when I start being late for my lectures because I played around in BoM Arcade :p

I miss the "in new window" option, the ability to play games in an increased window size which was removed with the last update.
Most games are more fun if you don't have to play them in a small part of the screen.

Good catch, I didn't even notice that was missing. I'll revert to the previous layout until I add it to the new one.