[C64 Ms. Pac-Man Bounty]

15 minutes ago, carlsson said:

No idea. If that is what others call it, you can as well. I suppose the origin would be someone who captures fugitives or criminals for a bounty, which rhymes well with fixing bugs.

 

Anyway, is the $75 for the first person breaking 75,000 points and $100 to the person who breaks your personal record by the largest amount? While it probably is a difficult game, it isn't obvious if you'll hand out $75 to everyone reaching the first milestone.

I learned something new today. Thanks, @carlsson!

 

And yes, the reward goes to the first gamer to break 75,000 points and to the first gamer who beats my PB. So one gamer could collect $175 USD if they beat my PB in one run.

[C64 Ms. Pac-Man Bounty]

7 hours ago, carlsson said:

Ok, so this is a "beat my highscore" challenge with prize money to whoever succeeds. I'll admit I have never seen that before, only regular High Score competitions. To me, bounty means fixing a bug or adding a feature but I suppose you could set up bounties for just about anything.

Thank you for your reply! I must admit that I was unaware that the word "bounty" also had that connotation. Perhaps "reward" would eliminate confusion? I'm open to your suggestions.

 

I've seen several bounties for both scoring and speedrunning recently, including one for River Raid (2600; max-out the game in under 3 hours & 15 minutes), Zoo Keeper (MAME, beat certain scores) and even Super Mario 64 (Beat the All Signs category on Speedrun.com in 26:2x).

[C64 Ms. Pac-Man Bounty]

During my most recent episode of my show, Retro With Marco, I announced a bounty for C64 Ms. Pac-Man. It’s one that was in the works but was delayed due to non-gaming stuff. Anyway, I pasted the rules on Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/kRHwDdkX

 

While I announced this earlier tonight & wrote this in the link above, I’ll say it again: Please contact me with any questions you may have, along with any details I may have missed.

 

Also, I’ve since adjusted the start time to midnight ET, so late night runs starting tonight will be eligible for the bounty. Good luck to all gamers!

[Greatest C64 gaming moment?]

Wow, this is a wonderful thread filled with great achievements and memories!

 

So, in the spirit of @wongojack’s post…

 

Back in the day:

 

• Completed The Bard’s Tale (and maybe II as well, but it was decades ago so I can’t confirm the sequel)
• Finished Raid on Bungeling Bay (I recall a tip which stated that it’s best to go for the Black & Red factories first, then the Gray factory. This makes the rest of the mission a little easier.)

 

2016-Present, via emulation (I had to put gaming aside altogether back in 1999 & didn’t return until a few years ago):

 

• Archon speedrun in :57
• 79,940 in Ms. Pac-Man - It’s not that high of a score, but I find the C64 version to be more difficult than other conversions mainly because I’m convinced that Blinky is on steroids.
• 1MM on Night Mission Pinball
• 11MM on Yie-Ar Kung-Fu (which occurred by accident as I figured out a way to beat Blues & ended up playing for 3 hours before I got sleepy & ended my run)
• Finished Raid on Bungeling Bay, this time for the TG scoring record

[Sell me on some good c64 games]

A few others among the many fine titles listed so far:

 

Archon & Archon II

Summer Games & Summer Games II

Winter Games

[Todd Rogers banned from Twin Galaxies and records removed]

I wonder if we will ever see pt 3 of Ben Heck's video now? Is there a connection?

 

 

From what I gathered, there wasn't going to be a Part 3. I believe Part 2 was the last of Ben Heck's research, though I could be wrong.