Heaven vs Hell Games

[OzzieLongBall]

I thought I'd start this topic to record all our close (and eventuallly, actual) Wins against these 2 monsters.. Last night I came home pretty drunk and tried the game out for the first time at about 4...i got ROCKED... 10 run ruled,  and just in awe of some of the things these guys were doing... i woke up this morning to see if it was just my being drunk, or if these guys are unbeatable.. i think it was a  combination of both.. i just lost 24-14 in the 7th... really frustrating game, I was knocking God around (his pitch count must have been 1000, i fouled off EVERYTHING) but then Abraham came in and really shut the door.. no excuses, but im pretty shitty with the keyboard, and my computer like slowed up and some key at bats leading to strike-outs for me..  i wish i knew how to post the box score, it was a real back and forth slug fest... i loaded the bases against God in the first 4 innings.. thankfully the computer still plays like the computer, and doesnt use their speed to its full potential... the game ended with a basic summation of all that team Heaven is:  the 8 hitter lines one off my pitchers face so hard that my catcher catches it on a fly (no out tho, happened so fast it must have one-hopped to the P)... Noah (i think?) then attempts to steal second, but Abraham pops up to the pitcher... b/c Noah is so damn fast, he is at second before the ball even gets up in the air, so i get the DP... nursing a 9 run deficit, moses comes up and what i think pops one up to the SS, it was moving that slow... the ball never even enters the screen, HR, game over... in retrospect the backbreaker was in the 6th inning with a 1 run lead with 2 outs, their freakin pitcher got a single which started a 9 run rally... oh what coulda been..

[ultimate7]

I will beat them eventually.  The ultimate win would be to beat them with Houston.  Once I beat them with Minn or SF, I'll try HOU.  

[BeefMaster]

i wish i knew how to post the box score

If you're using FCEUltra, hit F9 to take a screen shot - it'll show up in the "snaps" subfolder of wherever you installed FCEUltra.

[ultimate7]

Cool, I never new that

[ultimate7]

Getting better, finished a game(no 10 run) I have to figure out how to pitch with Viola, I do OK for Blyleven's 4 innings.

[Gantry]

This looks like a most exciting task.  I must play a game when I get home...

[Gantry]

Someone link me to the heaven vs hell ROM, I'll try it out and put it on the site...

[Dryden]

Lost 2-1 with Houston...

If I hadn't hung 2 pitches...  or had managed more than 1 bunt HR.

Houston is actually a good team to play with - excellent pitching, capable of striking out all 27 batters between Ryan and Scott, and a ton of fast guys who can bunt for hits and steal.

[ultimate7]

Briznock attached it to a post in the "Playing God" thread

[Gantry]

Holy shit, great ROM!   That is fun and is definitely the ultimate computer challenge.  I had no chance...

God's slowball makes me cry...

[Dryden]

Take that bitches.

A couple of things:  

1. If the starters and relievers had really good staminas, this wouldn't have happened in the 9th inning the way it did.

2. Fastball, good.  Slowball, good.  Curveball?  Not so good.

3. Just goes to prove that, as in real life, good pitching beats good hitting.

[Gantry]

Well done Dryden, you have the strikeout down pat...  10 runs is also impressive though.

[Briznock]

I didnt even realize i left their stamnia down low.
I fixed it though..... here is the new version with pitchers with ever lasting arms.

[Dryden]

For the record, I would replay this and beat it again, except that:

1. If you strike everyone out, no runs is still no runs.

2.  2 of the runs came on bunt homers, which would still happen.

Hence, I am still the king.

[ultimate7]

Quite impressive

[Dryden]

Not to steal any of Briznock's thunder, but here is a slightly more modified version - this enables per pitcher batting so that Heaven and Hell's pitchers are also lethal, while removing the pinch hitter bonus (it doesn't help Heaven & Hell any, but it helps when playing them, so it shouldn't be there.)

These are definitely the best hitters, not sure how to make the best pitchers.  Maybe if every pitch came in at 120 mph, but that might also make it easier to time them.

[Dryden]

Interesting.  Stamina of 255 is not a good thing, pitchers still tire out pretty easily...  Nightwulf, any idea why this is?

[ultimate7]

Interesting.  Stamina of 255 is not a good thing, pitchers still tire out pretty easily...  Nightwulf, any idea why this is?

Maybe throwing 120 MPH just takes a lot more out of you

NOTE: I know this is not the reason.

[Dryden]

I believe that when you hit a pitcher (HRs especially), that pitcher loses stamina no matter what.  Not sure about this, but it is what I have observed.

Um, no.

[Scroope]

I never said that.