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Posts posted by DamonicFury
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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
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We have a tie between Demon Attack and Montezuma’s Revenge.
Montezuma’s Revenge won the resulting coin toss and will be our first game of the season. Demon Attack will be part of the next poll, along with the other games that got votes.
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Poll closes Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @11pm EST
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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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6 hours ago, rubeon said:
After thinking about the 5 games for a bit, I figured I'd mix in a few that I have never played, but have wanted to:
- Caverns of Mars
- Demon Attack
- Gorf
- Montezuma's Revenge
- Super CobraExcellent choices! I’ll get them in the first poll at the start of the year.
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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.
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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!
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Season 15 Champion - rubeon
Season 16 Champion - rubeon
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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
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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
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Congratulations to Cafeman for leaping the most lilypads. Astrochase is coming up next.
Final standings:
Cafeman - 14,060 +11
Northcoastgamer - 13,785 +10
rubeon - 6,020 +9
bemis - 4,370 +8
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New poll is up (last one of the season):
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Poll closes Sunday, November 13th, 2022 @11pm EST
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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
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.
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Congrats to phuzaxeman on destroying the most demons. Thanks also to rubeon for jumping in and playing a round.
Frogger is up next. Hope it’s a bit more popular.
Final standings:
phuzaxeman - 15,200 +11
rubeon - 11,500 +10
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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
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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.
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Poll closes Sunday, October 30th, 2022 @11pm EST
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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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1 hour ago, phuzaxeman said:
1493 stock
Very impressive!
Sure do love to see that RF fuzz on a CRT, the way the gods intended it to be.
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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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