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While playing Populous the last weekend, I wondered how many SMS games have, at least, 50 levels. Obviously, Populous is the absolute champion in that respect (more than 5,000 levels!). Other 50 or more popular games are:

What more games meet the requirement?

Teddy Boy ! 50 Rounds

I guess we should not count the games that repeat forever? It's a little unfairly to the advantage of games with small levels.

Krusty's Fun House has 57 (not counting "corridor" areas).
I have an unreleased version of Picross with about 5000 levels...
Any game using a random number generator to define the level (like Populous, Dragon Crystal, Impossible Mission, ...) will have a large number of levels, depending on how the randomness is used and how you define what constitutes a specific level; Populous make it clearer by using a RNG seed from the level number, instead of an entropy source like user inputs.

Maxim wrote

I guess we should not count the games that repeat forever? It's a little unfairly to the advantage of games with small levels.

Of course, the games that repeat a few of their levels on forever do not take part in this "contest": for that reason, I have not mention G-LOC Air Battle, because on this game, you can play hours and hours by just reassigning the points needed to challenge the last boss, and trading them for missiles instead.

By the way, perhaps the golf games that have at least 3 different fields for playing may appear here, because each hole could be consider as some kind of level. I don't rembember very well, but I think Golfamania, PGA Tour Golf & World Class Leaderboard have 4 different fields each one.

Maxim wrote

Krusty's Fun House has 57 (not counting "corridor" areas).

Thanks, added to the list =). It is a very great Lemmings-like game, but I didn't know it had more than 50 levels.

Maxim wrote

I have an unreleased version of Picross with about 5000 levels...

I love homebrew, but let's concentrate on official games first =) . Hope we can play it soon! =D.

It seems Heroes Of The Lance has 121 levels:

http://wip2.smspower.org/Scans/HeroesOfTheLance-SMS-EU

Gain Ground has 50 levels thanks to the SMS exclusive world.

BrianC wrote

Gain Ground has 50 levels thanks to the SMS exclusive world.

Great game! If only someone would add a manual scan of that game here... There's a lot of characters there, and the fun in two players mode is guaranteed =)

Rampage also has 50 levels, 5 in each different city to destroy =) :

http://wip2.smspower.org/Scans/Rampage-SMS-EU

KLAX, probably.

Probably Columns and Solomon's Key.

S.F wrote

KLAX, probably.

Alex wrote

Probably Columns and Solomon's Key.

How many levels, aproximately, could have each of these games?

I'm not sure I would include a game such as Columns where the levels are merely increases in difficulty rather than new content or objectives.

Klax has 100 levels

MARTIN_LAW wrote

Klax has 100 levels

Ok, added to the list. Thank you ;)

We could add level counts to our site pages. Would anyone be interested in working on that?

Maxim wrote

We could add level counts to our site pages. Would anyone be interested in working on that?

I accept the job =) . Tell me what I have to do.

Ron_Stard wrote

I accept the job =) . Tell me what I have to do.

PM sent.

I remember Safari Hunt having 63 or 69 levels .. O.o

The GG version of Pengo has 64 levels, which also repeat infinitely.

The SMS version of Solomon's Key has more than 50 levels:
12 constellation signs * 4 rooms = 48 levels
12 constellation signs * 1 hidden room = 12 levels
plus 4 unlockable levels (time,space,princess and solomon)
so in total 2^6 = 64 levels

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Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	SMS Games With 50 Or More Levels Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:05 pm Last edited by Ron_Stard on Tue May 04, 2010 4:36 pm; edited 8 times in total
Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	While playing Populous the last weekend, I wondered how many SMS games have, at least, 50 levels. Obviously, Populous is the absolute champion in that respect (more than 5,000 levels!). Other 50 or more popular games are: -Populous (+5,000) -Gauntlet (+200 levels) -Bubble Bobble (200) -Heroes Of The Lance (121) -Lemmings (120) -KLAX (100) -Golfamania (72) -PGA Tour Golf (72) -World Class Leader Board (72) -Krusty's Fun House (57) -Gain Ground (50) -Safari Hunt (50) -Penguin Land (50) -Rampage (50) -Teddy Boy (50) -... What more games meet the requirement?

Service.Games Joined: 15 Nov 2009 Posts: 15	Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:54 pm
Service.Games Joined: 15 Nov 2009 Posts: 15	Teddy Boy ! 50 Rounds

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14939 Location: London	Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:21 pm
	I guess we should not count the games that repeat forever? It's a little unfairly to the advantage of games with small levels. Krusty's Fun House has 57 (not counting "corridor" areas). I have an unreleased version of Picross with about 5000 levels... Any game using a random number generator to define the level (like Populous, Dragon Crystal, Impossible Mission, ...) will have a large number of levels, depending on how the randomness is used and how you define what constitutes a specific level; Populous make it clearer by using a RNG seed from the level number, instead of an entropy source like user inputs.

Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:34 pm
Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	Maxim wrote I guess we should not count the games that repeat forever? It's a little unfairly to the advantage of games with small levels. Of course, the games that repeat a few of their levels on forever do not take part in this "contest": for that reason, I have not mention G-LOC Air Battle, because on this game, you can play hours and hours by just reassigning the points needed to challenge the last boss, and trading them for missiles instead. By the way, perhaps the golf games that have at least 3 different fields for playing may appear here, because each hole could be consider as some kind of level. I don't rembember very well, but I think Golfamania, PGA Tour Golf & World Class Leaderboard have 4 different fields each one. Maxim wrote Krusty's Fun House has 57 (not counting "corridor" areas). Thanks, added to the list =). It is a very great Lemmings-like game, but I didn't know it had more than 50 levels. Maxim wrote I have an unreleased version of Picross with about 5000 levels... I love homebrew, but let's concentrate on official games first =) . Hope we can play it soon! =D.

Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:18 pm
Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	It seems Heroes Of The Lance has 121 levels: http://wip2.smspower.org/Scans/HeroesOfTheLance-SMS-EU

BrianC Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Posts: 36	Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:28 pm
BrianC Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Posts: 36	Gain Ground has 50 levels thanks to the SMS exclusive world.

Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:28 pm
Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	BrianC wrote Gain Ground has 50 levels thanks to the SMS exclusive world. Great game! If only someone would add a manual scan of that game here... There's a lot of characters there, and the fun in two players mode is guaranteed =)

Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:05 pm
Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	Rampage also has 50 levels, 5 in each different city to destroy =) : http://wip2.smspower.org/Scans/Rampage-SMS-EU

S.F Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 482 Location: Netherlands	Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:43 pm
S.F Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 482 Location: Netherlands	KLAX, probably.

Alex Guest	Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:22 pm
Alex Guest	Probably Columns and Solomon's Key.

Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:44 pm
Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	S.F wrote KLAX, probably. Alex wrote Probably Columns and Solomon's Key. How many levels, aproximately, could have each of these games?

thatawesomeguy Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 742 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:45 am
	I'm not sure I would include a game such as Columns where the levels are merely increases in difficulty rather than new content or objectives.

MARTIN_LAW Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 51 Location: Palencia (Spain)	Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:40 pm
	Klax has 100 levels

Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 4:36 pm
Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	MARTIN_LAW wrote Klax has 100 levels Ok, added to the list. Thank you ;)

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14939 Location: London	Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 9:59 am
	We could add level counts to our site pages. Would anyone be interested in working on that?

Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 5:58 am
Ron_Stard Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Spain	Maxim wrote We could add level counts to our site pages. Would anyone be interested in working on that? I accept the job =) . Tell me what I have to do.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14939 Location: London	Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 7:15 am
	Ron_Stard wrote I accept the job =) . Tell me what I have to do. PM sent.

Johnnyz Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 213 Location: Porto Alegre, Brazil	Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:36 pm
	I remember Safari Hunt having 63 or 69 levels .. O.o

Tom Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 1378 Location: italy	Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 11:18 pm
Tom Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 1378 Location: italy	The GG version of Pengo has 64 levels, which also repeat infinitely.

Cactushead Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 10 Location: Amsterdam	Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:31 pm
	The SMS version of Solomon's Key has more than 50 levels: 12 constellation signs * 4 rooms = 48 levels 12 constellation signs * 1 hidden room = 12 levels plus 4 unlockable levels (time,space,princess and solomon) so in total 2^6 = 64 levels

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