View Solution

Marathon Mogul Achievement in Hexic HD

Marathon Mogul52 (20)

Offline Required - This achievement requires play in offline game modesSingle Player - This achievement can be obtained in single player game modes
Earn 150,000 points in a single Marathon game.

AuthorSolution
Will072
232,453
Will072
Achievement won offline
TA Score for this game: 448
Posted on 22 October 10 at 22:19, Edited on 02 June 12 at 13:56
This solution has 52 positive votes and 2 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
First of all, the only way the game will end is if a bomb explodes (or if you make a black pearl cluster or starflower of pearls). The bomb is the real problem though. So, if a bomb comes on the screen, you must drop everything else you are trying for and make sure to clear that first.

In terms of obtaining points, you should keep making starflowers. You make a starflower by surrounding one piece with six other pieces of a different colour (it is explained in the game but just thought I would add it here). Once you have two pieces, you can then use them to make other starflower pieces a lot more quickly and easily. Just continue making the pieces and when you have enough, you can make them into a cluster or a black pearl. Try to keep at least two starflower pieces on the board at one time to help you better negotiate the board. Also, if you have a special star piece as one of the 6 when you create a starflower you get extra points for that.

As I mentioned before though, just clear those bombs out straight away as these are what will stop you from reaching your 150,000 point target.

To note (as mentioned by SmokingBmbr465): you can save your game progress for later by pausing>return to title screen Next time you select Marathon mode, it will prompt you to continue your game
MisterClavicle I used this as a basis, playing until level 6 making required combos of starflowers and tri-star(white/silver) combos, then as soon as I reached level seven at 112k I just continued to create tri-star(white/silver) combos that total 10k each time you create one. I hope this helps anyone who might be stuck as prior to this solution I'd played the game through many times and always been caught out around 135k.

Good Luck!
Posted by MisterClavicle on 15 Feb 12 22:11:33
SmokingBmbr465 Also noteworthy: you can save your game progress for later by pausing>return to title screen Next time you select Marathon mode, it will prompt you to continue your game
Posted by SmokingBmbr465 on 02 Jun 12 13:51:20
Will072 I will add it on just in case anyone needs to know. Thanks. smile
Posted by Will072 on 02 Jun 12 13:55:28