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  1. Welcome to the first round of the 17th 5200 HSC season!  Montezuma’s Revenge tied with Demon Attack in the poll with two votes each, but won the resulting coin toss.  Play using the default settings.  Emulation is fine, as are custom controls. Pics preferred, but not required except for HSC wins and records.

     

    The high score was set by Northcoastgamer with a score of 1,306,100 points.  Beat this if you can for a bonus point!  

     

    The ROM and manual can be found here:

     

    https://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=640

     

    Round ends Sunday, January 22nd, 2023 @11pm EST

     

    Standings:

    Northcoastgamer - 2,103,050 - RECORD BREAKER 

    RB5200 - 185,650

    Mikey50 - 29,000

    Jblenkle - 26,000

     

  2. On 12/23/2022 at 11:52 AM, rubeon said:

    Aw man, I did it again: I went and left the country for the rest of the month without taking my 5200 with me!  I need a travelling case for that thing.

     

    It was 40 years ago when I opened my first 5200 on Christmas morning 1982, probably the same as more than a few people on this board.

     

    No score from me this month, but a merry, merry Christmas to the OE gang 🎄

    Hope you’re enjoying your travels!  
     

    Wishing you a merry Christmas as well!  Rooting for you in next year’s OE tournament (but not so much that I’ll make it easy for you.) 😁

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  3. On 12/11/2022 at 2:23 PM, zylon said:

    Should be right after the holidays. I used to run that too. 

    And you’re always welcome to run it again, should you want to.  🙂 

     

    On 12/11/2022 at 2:21 PM, Frozone212 said:

    I get it. When is season 17 btw?

    Hmmm, I could get the first poll up on January 2nd (assuming I get game choices from the season 16 champ by then.)  We could then start playing the night of the 8th. 

     

     

  4. On 12/10/2022 at 1:33 AM, Frozone212 said:

    so you made a HSC for the 5200 that leaves out people that use emulation or those that can't afford the actual machine? I honestly don't think this is fair to the general public. But it is your HSC. Still, might want to reconsider the real atari rule or modify it.

     

    regardless, I made a mistake coming here. Have fun with your competition

    There’s two 5200 HSC’s, one for original equipment only (title posts are marked with OE) and another where emulation is welcome (no OE in the post titles). The emulation-friendly HSC is on its traditional December break, but will be starting again in January.   Please feel free to come back and join in with season 17 then!

  5. Congratulations to RB5200 on annihilating the most aliens!

     

    And congratulations to rubeon on a decisive championship victory in Season 16.  Be thinking about what 5 games you'd like to have in the next poll when we start up again.

     

    Thanks to all who participated in this season!

     

    Final Astrochase standings:

     

    Standings:

    RB5200 - 23,531  +11

    rubeon - 11,327   +10

  6. Welcome to the eleventh and final round of the 16th 5200 HSC season. AstroChase tied with Missile Command in the poll, but won the coin flip.  Play using the default settings.  Emulation is fine, as are custom controls. Pics preferred, but not required except for HSC wins and records.

     

    The high score was set by yours truly with a score of 214,872 points.  Beat this if you can for a bonus point! 

     

    The ROM can be found here:

     

    https://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=607

     

    Round ends Sunday, November 30th, 2022 @11pm EST

     

    Standings:

    RB5200 - 23,531

    rubeon - 11,327

  7. 15 hours ago, rubeon said:

    6,020

    I was well-prepared for torture as I remember this game being nigh impossible with the stock controllers, but turns out it isn't anywhere near as bad as I remember!  It's a lot tougher than the 2600 version, though, maybe I just convinced myself the controller was the problem :-D 

     

    Don't forget you can use the keypad as well, if the 5200 stick is less than satisfactory.  I just wish they had made 5 be the down button instead of the 8.

  8. Welcome to the tenth round of the 16th 5200 HSC season. Frogger won the poll by a single vote.  Play using the default settings.  Emulation is fine, as are custom controls. Pics preferred, but not required except for HSC wins and records.

     

    The high score was set by Sonic R with a score of 29,465 points.  Beat this if you can for a bonus point! 

     

    The ROM can be found here:

     

    https://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=621

     

    Round ends Sunday, November 16th, 2022 @11pm EST

     

    Standings:

    Cafeman - 14,060

    Northcoastgamer - 13,785

    rubeon - 6,020

    bemis - 4,370

  9. 4 hours ago, rubeon said:

    11,500

    first time I've played this in absolute ages, but it's a fun game!

     

    going to read the instructions and give it another shot so I know what I am doing


    It IS a fun game!  Glad you’re giving it another try.  
     

    Things to know that aren’t fairly obvious… you have a shield that is activated by pushing down.  It can last for up to 15 seconds, but recharges fairly quickly.  
     

    You can get bonus points by building a bridge to the right using pieces generated when you hit enemies that spawn in the left.  When you cross the bridge and beat the super fast demon on the other side, the bonus points are scored based on the number of level flags earned.
     

    The only other interesting thing I can think of is that the demons will occasionally try to steal an extra life… shoot them to get it back.

  10. 11 hours ago, rubeon said:

    can't do it in the UK unfortunately, all the TV frequencies are different! no channel 3 at all.  I had to solder up an S-Video graphics circuit to get mine to work, but it's still hooked up to a tube so it looks like I remember it 🙂 

    Major kudos on importing a 5200 and modding it to work with a TV over there. 👍

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  11. Welcome to the ninth round of this 5200 HSC season!  Satan’s Hollow tied with Star Trek, but won the coin toss.  Play using the default settings.  Emulation is fine, as are custom controls. Pics preferred, but not required except for HSC wins and records.

     

    The current record was set by Cafeman with 413,200 points.  Bust it if you can for a bonus point.  

     

    The ROM can be found here in a previous HSC thread:

     

     

     

    Round ends Sunday, October 30th, 2022 @9pm EST

     

    Standings:

    phuzaxeman - 15,200

    rubeon - 11,500

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