Chris++ Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Can anyone think of a 2600 game in which you can, if you wish, only score 1 point? Dodge 'Em and the Pac-Man adaptation are the only ones I can think of. Just for fun. Y'know. CF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Can't you do this with Centipede? Shoot one mushroom and then die. How can you get just one point in Dodge 'Em or Pac-man? Both main characters keep moving once you start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted July 18, 2002 Author Share Posted July 18, 2002 Good points. I'd forgotten about the Centipede and Millipede mushrooms. You're right about Dodge 'Em, so I should scratch that one; but in Pac-Man, he stays still and just eats one dot until you move him. Of course, this only happens right when you start a game, reappear after dying, or clear a screen. CF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshk Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 I could be wrong, but I thought that in another thread that it was possible in Atlantis II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Kaboom!, Robot Tank, Cosmic Commuter, Freeway, Pitfall!(if you score and lose back down to 1), Pitfall II also like Pitfall, Ice Hockey, Boxing, Decathalon(possibly?). That should cover most of Activision's titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBERT Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Hello all: Here are some more where scoring 1-point only is possible... Entombed Bowling Pinball (harder than you think, but do-able if you get the point and tilt thereafter) Cosmic Storm Raiders of the Lost Ark (is half-a point do-able ?) Demons to Diamonds Breakout & Super Breakout Kaboom Centipede & Millipede and of course, the original that started the thread, Dodge'em Gotta go...at work now, but not that bust that I couldn't think of these. Robert T Mruczek Twin Galaxies - Editor and Chief referee Star Wars classic arcade champion (212) 366-3036 (work-day) rmruczek@doremus.com (work E-MAIL) ******************************* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBERT Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Hello all: I meant Cosmic Swarm and not Cosmic Storm...and I also forget to mention the Pacman original (blasphemy !!) Robert T Mruczek Twin Galaxies - Editor and Chief referee Star Wars classic arcade champion (212) 366-3036 (work-day) rmruczek@doremus.com (work E-MAIL) ****************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted July 18, 2002 Author Share Posted July 18, 2002 Wow -- I did miss a bunch, didn't I! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 It can take a lot of work just to score 1 point in Warlords! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 video olympics.. frogs and flies.. freeway.. (alot of those 2 player head to head games) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgel Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Don't forget about Circus Atari. Burgel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitfall Harry Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 You can catch exactly 1 egg in Big Bird's Egg Catch. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 You can catch exactly 1 egg in Big Bird's Egg Catch. I think that's about as long as I could tolerate the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitfall Harry Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Scores of only 1 point are also possible on Frogger, Frogger II: Threedeep! and Tutankham Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari freak 1 Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 What about combat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Towering Inferno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitfall Harry Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 If you score the word "I" or the word "A" in one round and hit the PASS bar for each of the other 13 rounds, you can score 1 point in Glib. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bergbros Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Uh... Play an average game of Skeet Shoot , any game where you take one shot and then hum the game out the window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Scores of only 1 point are also possible on Frogger Actually, the lowest score you can get in Frogger is 5. You have to jump to the first lane of traffic to die, and that gets you 1 point each time. With 5 lives in a game, that leaves you with a minimum of 5 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Not so. You can run out of time on your other lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Not so. You can run out of time on your other lives. Drat! Foiled again! It's been too long since I've played Frogger... I forgot about the clock. I should know better than to second-guess Ben. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitfall Harry Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Other one point wonders... Mouse Trap Custer's Revenge Wing War Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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