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Subject: Report a broken game here!

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/09/06 at 8:17 am

When reporting a game that doesn't work, please be descriptive!

Tell us:

1) The Name of the Game
2) Your browser (Internet Explorer/Firefox/Opera, etc)
3) Your Operating System (Windows, Mac, Linux, Apple IIe, etc)
4) What happened! (blank screen, didn't record score)

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Red Ant on 02/09/06 at 9:55 am

Air Skating will not play anymore for me. When I hit play I get a blank white screen.  I have IE and Windows XP Home.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/09/06 at 10:59 am


Air Skating will not play anymore for me. When I hit play I get a blank white screen.  I have IE and Windows XP Home.


I tried it both in IE and Firefox, and it works for me... sorry dude

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/09/06 at 1:10 pm


Tell us:

1) The Name of the Game 3 Card Poker
2) Your browser (Internet Explorer/Firefox/Opera, etc) Firefox
3) Your Operating System (Windows, Mac, Linux, Apple IIe, etc) Windows
4) What happened! (blank screen, didn't record score) I couldn't drag chips anywhere on the screen, ergo, couldn't get a hand dealt


confirmed...  I tried in IE too for good measure, game moved to broken category

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: gemini on 02/09/06 at 7:10 pm

1) The Name of the Game-----CONCENTRATE
2) Your browser (Internet Explorer/Firefox/Opera, etc)----INTERNET EXPLORER
3) Your Operating System (Windows, Mac, Linux, Apple IIe, etc)--WINDOWS
4) What happened! (blank screen, didn't record score)--RECORDED SCORE AS 0, scores were 78,000 something and 53,000 something, but recorded as 0

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Red Ant on 02/10/06 at 2:36 am

The following games either won't or have no option to record high scores:

(Internet explorer with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005):

Page 3:

Booya, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=149
Bowling, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=150
Bowling Master, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=151

Page 10:

Keypad Test, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=196
Kwikshot IBPRO, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=201

Page 17:

Space Dude, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=254
Spy Hunter, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=111

Page 20:

ZZ Alien Attack, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=285

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Other bugs:

Amira, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=8, if you beat the game and get a 45 you can't record the score.

Colo BJ, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=297, starts you off with no money and is unplayable.

Galaxians, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=128, bugs if the monsters get below you

Major Slant, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=209, is recording my only score as 3rd place. I am showing a champion status in that game though.  :-\\

Frogger, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=1, will not let you advance to Level 2.

Penguin Flight, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=226, does not play for after loading.

Yeti 4, http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=arcade;sa=play;game=282, does not load for me


Also, if one tries to back click through the games many register the score again and say 'possible cheating detected'.

Any chance that the "Play Something Else" button can be set to take one back to the page they were on instead of page 1?



Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/10/06 at 9:01 am


Also, if one tries to back click through the games many register the score again and say 'possible cheating detected'.


so don't do that. 


Any chance that the "Play Something Else" button can be set to take one back to the page they were on instead of page 1?


probably.  I'm going to hold off on changing that until the author releases a new version of the software, incase that is taken care of

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: FaultyDog on 02/10/06 at 4:40 pm


1) The Name of the Game    Amazon Slots
2) Your browser (Internet Explorer/Firefox/Opera, etc)   Firefox
3) Your Operating System (Windows, Mac, Linux, Apple IIe, etc)  Windows
4) What happened! (blank screen, didn't record score)  If you try to bet, it tells you to get money from the cashier. If you try to go to the cashier, it takes you back to the main page.


Same happened to me, and I'm using IE.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/06 at 4:49 pm

I saw several last night, but did not take notes.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: whistledog on 02/10/06 at 4:55 pm

Games like 501 Darts, 100m Dash and Color Boxes have reverse scoring (which means if you left the game idle for like a week, you'd have a really high score).  Any way to make it so the scoring is proper in those?

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: YWN on 02/12/06 at 1:45 am

1) The Name of the Game - Airwar
2) Your browser - Firefox
3) Your Operating System - Windows
4) What happened - Didn't record score

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: FaultyDog on 02/12/06 at 8:00 am

1) The Name of the Game MiniPool2
2) Your browser (Internet Explorer/Firefox/Opera, etc) IE
3) Your Operating System (Windows, Mac, Linux, Apple IIe, etc) WindowsXP
4) What happened! (blank screen, didn't record score) Didn't record score properly (it was 242, but it shows as 0)

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: whistledog on 02/12/06 at 11:47 am

Tested in both IE and Firefox ...

Ultimate Billiards Challenge (DUPLICATE)  "Ultbil CH" has registered scores on it.  No one has played the duplicate "Ubilli" yet

Sports Mash (DUPLICATE)  They both have registered scores on them though

Match It (DUPLICATE)  The one called "Match CH" has scores in it.  The duplicate (Which has no scores yet) is called "Match It"

Fruit Slots (DUPLICATE / BROKEN)  If you try to bet, it tells you go to the cashier, and when you do, it kicks you out of the game completely

Chunt (DUPLICATE) The one that doesn't work is the one which I have top score in.  Since the game never worked to begin with, I cheated to get that score, so I don't mind if you delete it. 

Conecrazi (DUPLICATE)  The one just titled "Conecrazi" doesn't even work.  The one titled "Cone Crazi IBPRO" works like a charm

Baccarat (BROKEN)   If you try to bet, it tells you go to the cashier, and when you do, it kicks you out of the game completely

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Luke Brattoni on 02/12/06 at 5:29 pm

^Seconding WhistleDog's earlier comment about High Scores that are actually Low Scores.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 02/14/06 at 4:36 am


1) The Name of the Game    70 Slots
2) Your browser (Internet Explorer/Firefox/Opera, etc)   Firefox
3) Your Operating System (Windows, Mac, Linux, Apple IIe, etc)  Windows
4) What happened! (blank screen, didn't record score)  If you try to bet, it tells you to get money from the cashier. If you try to go to the cashier, it takes you back to the main page.


Same thing is happening to me on Car Slots - However I'm using IE and Windows 98 SE

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/14/06 at 10:28 am

[quote author=whis

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: ktelqueen on 02/14/06 at 11:27 pm

Wheel Of Fortune..puzzle is solved but is not recognized as such  :-\\

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: whistledog on 02/14/06 at 11:36 pm


Wheel Of Fortune..puzzle is solved but is not recognized as such  :-\\


I've had that happen.  I had the puzzle solved completely, but it didn't advance.  It told me I had to spin or buy vowels even though there were no vowels left and all of the required letters were already in the puzzle

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Tam on 02/15/06 at 2:38 pm

1) The Name of the Game  Cat Vac
2) Your browser (Internet Explorer/Firefox/Opera, etc)  Internet Explorer
3) Your Operating System (Windows, Mac, Linux, Apple IIe, etc)  Windows
4) What happened! (blank screen, didn't record score) The game will not load for me. Screen just sits at "Loading"

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: whistledog on 02/17/06 at 1:09 am

1992

I lost a life tryign to beat the Level 2 boss.  When I came back, he had no life meter, and when I beat him, the game just kept going endlessly with no emenies.  It wouldn't advance me to Level 3  ???

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Red Ant on 02/17/06 at 1:37 am


1) The Name of the Game   Cat Vac
2) Your browser (Internet Explorer/Firefox/Opera, etc)  Internet Explorer
3) Your Operating System (Windows, Mac, Linux, Apple IIe, etc)  Windows
4) What happened! (blank screen, didn't record score) The game will not load for me. Screen just sits at "Loading"



Cat Vac works for me with Windows XP and IE. Several games though will stop loading, I have to hit refresh to get them to load right.

[quote author=whis

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Red Ant on 02/17/06 at 3:05 am

Max Yahtzee is apparently broke as well. I scored a 580 but when I hit save it says 671, odd considering the max score is supposedly 649.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: whistledog on 02/17/06 at 10:36 pm

I think 5D Slot MP might be broken.  According to the legend, if you get atleast 1 orange pylon, you win based on what you bet.  Well, I was getting all kinds of orange pylons and I wasn't winning anything  ???

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Red Ant on 02/18/06 at 2:22 am

Horoscope isn't even a game. It tells (surprise!) your horoscope. Astrology is lame anyways and since this isn't even a game it should be deleted.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Tam on 02/21/06 at 11:00 pm

Flash Poker C

Don't know if it happens to anyone else
when you hit submit it take you to the index
page of inthe00s

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: whistledog on 02/27/06 at 2:53 pm

How about that Crazy Sound Machine game.  There's no scoring in it.  Al you do is click icons and hear fart sounds, animal sounds, and other stupid sounds.  Quite lame  ::)

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/28/06 at 7:29 am

[quote author=whis

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Tony20fan4ever on 03/07/06 at 8:12 pm

Game: Break It
Browser:AOL 9.0
System:Windows XP
problem:game only loads up to 46 % still, I cleared my cookies and temp files, to no avail...

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: whistledog on 03/09/06 at 2:22 pm

I just found that Sag of Sai has a glitch in it.  If you beat the boss of Level 5, it's game over, and your score is registered a zero.  If you want to get a high score, get to the Level 5 boss and then purposely die  ::)

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Tony20fan4ever on 03/11/06 at 8:00 pm

Game:break it
Browser:Netscape 7.0
problem: game slows down or hesitates during play which makes the paddle too slow and you lose a life. I tried adjusting my mouse settings, it seems to be a problem with the Netscape browser...

Game:break it
Browser:AOL 9.0
problem:only loads game partially

If there was any way to make the Netscape browser run Break It better that would be great, because when it works with AOL 9.0 I have no problem with the game slowing down.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: whistledog on 04/18/06 at 12:59 am

Muay Thai is bugged.  Sometimes when you're playing, the screen freezes, while you hear the sounds of the players getting hit

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: nally on 04/18/06 at 11:37 am

1) The Name of the Game Breakout
2) Your browser (Internet Explorer/Firefox/Opera, etc) Internet Explorer
3) Your Operating System (Windows, Mac, Linux, Apple IIe, etc) Windows XP
4) What happened! (blank screen, didn't record score) Can't click on the link to submit my score.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Southern Image on 07/13/06 at 8:37 am

Somebody fix them. I wanted to play those Video Poker games, but I can't  :\'(

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: whistledog on 07/18/06 at 3:58 pm


Somebody fix them. I wanted to play those Video Poker games, but I can't  :\'(


I don't think they are fixable.  Just deletable  :\'(

I wanna play the Video Poker games too

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: HunkyDory on 07/25/06 at 9:39 pm

1) The Name of the Game: 3d Ballon
2) Your browser (Internet Explorer/Firefox/Opera, etc): Firefox
3) Your Operating System (Windows, Mac, Linux, Apple IIe, etc): Windows XP
4) What happened! (blank screen, didn't record score): Doesn't record score

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 08/03/06 at 5:55 pm

Mahjongg Sol 1- Won't record your personal scores, or display High Scores.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Tam on 08/08/06 at 2:23 pm

Game: Valentiles
Browser: IE
OS: Windows XP
Problem: Clicking start freezes the game, it remains at the start screen.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: ChuckyG on 12/04/06 at 3:48 pm

can someone give me an up to date list of which games are broken?    I'll remove the hopeless ones, and at least flag the others that have compatability issues with IE or Firefox

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Tam on 12/04/06 at 4:17 pm

Updated list of broken and non-responsive or non-recording Games in the arcade:

3 Card Poker (Broken)
3d Balloon
3d Sudoku (Broken)
70 Slots (Broken)
Air Force Slots 
Airwar (Broken)
Alpha Soup GC
Amazon Slots (Broken)
Baccarat (Broken)
Birds of C 
Blocks
Booya (Broken)
Bowling (Broken)
Bowling Master (Broken)
Car Treasure Slots (Broken)
Caribbean Poker (Broken)
Caribbean Poker C (Broken)
Chicken 
Colo BJ (Broken)
Concentrate (Broken)
Craps C
Flash Poker C
Fruit Slots (Broken)
GTA
Horoscope
Jumping Rabbit
Keypad Test (Broken)
Kong Jump 
Mahjongg Sol1
Mini Pool2 (Broken)
Parachute
Paradise Island
Penguin Flight (Broken)
Plasma
Sequencer
Shell Casino
Slingo Bonus Bet 21 Jumbo
Sound Machine
Space Dude (Broken)
Spy Hunter (Broken)
ValineTile
Wall Bounce (Broken)
Yeti 4 (Broken)
Yeti 8
ZZ Alien Attack (Broken)


That would be all of them Chucky.
I will send in a pm to you as well.

Tam




Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: ChuckyG on 12/04/06 at 4:19 pm


Updated list of broken and non-responsive or non-recording Games in the arcade:



this is good enough... I'm going to remove them all tomorrow or maybe tonight.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: nally on 12/04/06 at 5:23 pm

Yeah, Blocks just automatically redirects you to Blocks IBPA when you submit your score.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: ChuckyG on 12/04/06 at 5:46 pm

ok... they should all be gone now.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/06 at 1:47 am


ok... they should all be gone now.


Wonderful, The Arcade looks clearer now.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: ChuckyG on 12/05/06 at 8:32 am


Wonderful, The Arcade looks clearer now.


yeah, I probably should have done it sooner.  I left the old games there, just because I thought people might want to play them even without the scoring.  Probably not the case.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/06 at 11:28 am


yeah, I probably should have done it sooner.  I left the old games there, just because I thought people might want to play them even without the scoring.  Probably not the case.
Is there any chance of some new games in The Arcade?

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: ChuckyG on 12/05/06 at 11:44 am


Is there any chance of some new games in The Arcade?


I checked the site of the people wo wrote the modification, and they haven't got any new ones yet.

Unless a game is authorized by the author of the game, they won't allow it to be linked to. 

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/06 at 2:06 pm


I checked the site of the people wo wrote the modification, and they haven't got any new ones yet.

Unless a game is authorized by the author of the game, they won't allow it to be linked to. 
I can patiently wait.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: whistledog on 01/24/07 at 5:04 pm

That Video Poker game no longer works.  It used to work, but for some reason, it appears to be a totally different game now, and doesn't even give you money to bet with

I hold the top score in that game, which I don't mind losing, because with the way that game used to work, you could just type in whatever score you wanted, which I did ;D

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/07 at 2:29 am

There is definitely something wrong with Level 2 of Mahjong Connect, for when the board was down I located the same game on a gamesite, where the tiles did not disappear when making a pairing and there I made it to Level 4.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/07 at 11:43 am


There is definitely something wrong with Level 2 of Mahjong Connect, for when the board was down I located the same game on a gamesite, where the tiles did not disappear when making a pairing and there I made it to Level 4.
Can it be arranged to have a better version of Mahjong Connect for The Arcade?

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: ChuckyG on 02/21/07 at 2:44 pm


Can it be arranged to have a better version of Mahjong Connect for The Arcade?


I'll upload all the games beginning with ma today... I'm sure there will be a mahjong or two in there

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/07 at 2:49 pm


I'll upload all the games beginning with ma today... I'm sure there will be a mahjong or two in there
Splendid news, thanks

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: nally on 02/26/07 at 12:36 pm

Bricks In The Wall seems to be broke...I can click on "New Game" but I can't get it to start. Plus, the instructions are all written in German. :-\\

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: Red Ant on 02/26/07 at 12:51 pm


Bricks In The Wall seems to be broke...I can click on "New Game" but I can't get it to start. Plus, the instructions are all written in German. :-\\


Left and right arrows move the paddle, and up releases the ball. One of the power-ups (orange I believe) gives you bullets, which are activated with the spacebar.

It's still one of the lamest Breakout clones ever - controlling the ball direction off the paddle is impossible.

Subject: Re: Report a broken game here!

Written By: nally on 02/26/07 at 1:10 pm


Left and right arrows move the paddle, and up releases the ball. One of the power-ups (orange I believe) gives you bullets, which are activated with the spacebar.

It's still one of the lamest Breakout clones ever - controlling the ball direction off the paddle is impossible.

Thanks so much. I couldn't figure it out at first. And now that I can play it, it does seem a bit like Arkanoid with the capsules that fall from select blocks.

So my above posting can be disregarded.

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