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   Dragonlair
   Member

   Not long ago, there were comments in the free game comments about Ricochet Infinity and Hyperballoid. It was a bit off-topic so I didn't say anything.

   This past weekend, I made a comment that I was distracted from more testing of Sunday's free game (Lost Head) because of playing with the extra levels for Ricochet Infinity.

   I'm responding to Stephen's comments. His PM box is usually full (I didn't try it) but I thought I would give others a chance to weigh in.

   Although Reflexive is now owned by Amazon.com, it is still going strong. I don't think the original developers every anticipated it continuing this long. If they had, they would probably have rankings higher than "Ultimate Legendary Supreme Master of Infinity" that is achievable with 100,000 rings.

   Stephen said that he thought some levels have been removed. I don't think so. They are still adding level sets! When I purchased the game from Amazon.com last year, the number of extra level sets was something just under 4000. Right now it stands as 4172 level sets. It further lists the number of levels at 65,415. Note that some levels are for Infinity and Some are for Lost Worlds Recharged. Both kinds will load in Infinity.

   I can attest that there are indeed 4172 extra level sets. It has taken me several months (not working continually -- wear out my hands) but I have download all of them! That includes one that is only available from the Ricochet game forum.

   I currently have 62,300 rings (I still need 500 rings for the next ranking) and I am currently playing my 731st extra level set of the 4172.

   You can also download the extra levels from the New Levels Catalog. It has 418 pages and 10/page would make the 4172 levels!

   There is a discrepancy between the number of levels involved. they claim 65,415 but my records (hand copied one by one by one...) only account for 65,406. A difference of 9. There is one set that claims 10 but actually shows 11. That may make my difference at 10.

   There have been occasional server issues where the catalog will not download from within the game. It happened a few months back. I could download from the catalog I had but I could not update the catalog!

   With 5 levels of difficulty, a "recall" aiming feature, and over 65,000 levels currently available. I personally think this game far surpasses all other similar games.

   That's why I went "public". Let others explain why they think others are the best. That's why there are so many games available. It gives everybody something!

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Hi Dragonlair, I'm sure there used to be a lot more than 4000 several years ago, then again, my memory isn't what it used to be, so I may be wrong. What I said was that some of the level sets I have from when I downloaded them manually before Infinity was released I've not been able to find via the catalogue within Infinity. This is what has led me to believe they have been removed. That said, I didn't know the external catalogue was still available, so I may find them there. Once we are settled in this new house and I'm finally ensconced in my new study I'll have to check. I've not visited it since before Infinity was released.

   I'm glad the catalogue is still available as I thought it may have impacted those that own the older games only the first in the series didn't include a levels editor.

   Infinity is still one of my favorite breakouts and i agree that it's the best breakout available; that said, i do find it very easy to play and sometimes prefer playing one called Acky's XP Breakout, which has a more traditional feel to it, is harder, has loads of surprises and also has a levels editor. Though it's not got anywhere near the brick types, modes, power ups, nor community support that Infinity has.

   I had most of the levels downloaded via my Steam version of the game (took me several months), but lost them all to a hard drive failure, so I've been slowly re-downloading them. I must back them up soon.

   I'm impressed by your catloguing. :)

   Have a wonderful Christmas Dragonlair. i hope you get something really nice. Also have a fantastic new year.

   I'm off to play infinity. :)

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Dragonlair
   Member

   I zipped my level sets (in groups of 100) as I was doing them and last night, I put a copy of the zips onto a flash drive until my next backup of the area where I put them (with other games extra levels). Zipped, the 4172 sets takes about 489 MB. The unzipped "normal" sets in the Rounds folder is 520 MB.

   That's a lot of work to lose!

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Dragonlair
   Member

   Just to show it's still active -- 2 more sets (10 levels each) were added since I shut the game down last night. I downloaded them right away! It's easy to keep up once you've got them all.

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   seewithouteyes
   Member

   where can i download a zip package with ALL the levelsets in it all at once?

   Posted 11 years ago #
6. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   cool

   I hadn't played infinity for several weeks. when i booted it up the other day after reading your comments I noticed several new level sets had been added. I've been slowly working down the list of sets adding up to around 20 every time I play. Still got a long way to go. Each time I a level set, I'll play at least one level, then you can see the percentage played. This allows me to ensure I'm not wasting my time clicking on a level set I've already installed.

   Posted 11 years ago #

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