High Score Battle #52! - Devil's Crush

[raskulous]

NOTE TO EVERYONE, THE WEBSITE IS ALL-NEW AND YOU SHOULD NOW SUBMIT YOUR SCORES ON THE SITE WITH THE FORM. POST IN THE THREAD AS WELL TO SPUR ON DISCUSSION.

HIGH SCORE BATTLE #51! Devil's Crush

Site is updated! Here’s our current battle details:

BATTLE #52
Game: Devil's Crush
Platform(s): TurboGrafx 16 / PC Engine
Challenge Type: High Score
Game Details: Full Game, 1 credit, fast speed
When: Dec 1st - Dec 14th, 2025
Chosen By: raskulous

I’ve updated the website with the new game, we must exorcise the demons!

Good luck everyone, please submit your scores via the website on the main page, or by video by replying directly to this post!

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RULES

1. Competitions last two weeks, and close @ midnight on the final day.
2. Post screenshots in this thread as proof.
3. The winner from the previous competition chooses the next game to play.
4. You cannot choose twice in a row. 2nd place will choose if someone wins twice in a row.
5. If there’s a tie, the person that submitted the high score first gets to choose.
6. Games must be high score compatible (think “arcade style scores” like Pac-Man, or Spy Hunter, not Super Mario).
7. Emulation is okay (MAME is often the best for high scores).
8. No save state manipulation (pausing to take a break is fine though).
9. Submit scores as soon as you get them! To keep the competition rolling and fair, do not hold on until the last moment to submit.

Points will be awarded for the entrants, based on the position finished. This is to encourage wider participation, and the points will be posted on the website after each battle is complete.

POSITION	POINTS AWARDED
1st Place	10 Points
2nd Place	7 Points
3rd Place	5 Points
4th Place	3 Points
5th Place	2 Points
Any honest attempt:	1 Point

Overall, we should keep it simple. This is just a good time, not a crazy official high score competition! Game plays should ideally be short and fun so people that can’t invest hours into this can still compete. Obviously we are working on a trust based system here, so don’t ruin it for the others!

Here’s a simple website I made to keep track of the competition.

 

[raskulous]

I'm retiring from this one.. got 45m on my first ball!

 

[ColonelKurtz]

Wish I saw this post earlier... I love this game and know some tricks to get ultra high scores that most people aren't aware of. In fact there's a way to get a 100 MILLION point bonus but the setup is sort of tedious. There's some high score competitions on youtube that describe the trick in detail.

Another interesting detail is you can change the balls color but it's still totally unknown how to get the pink ball to spawn. I wish this game had more people playing it so there would be better documentation.

I know the competition is almost over but if anyone wants to know a way to get a really high score quickly you can do so by chaining perfect bonus games on the same ball. Some of them are a lot tougher than others though (and you lose your castle blocking the drain when you exit) so it's easier said than done.

I've tried to get to games ending to play (yes the game DOES end at 999999999pts) since its a challenge on RetroAchievements but ive only been able to get to ~250000000pts or 25% of the way there. That took me SO MANY HOURS too since I was trying to play intentionally cautious.

One of my favorite games ever. No other pinball game comes close to this in terms of fun or quality - not even Aliens Crush.