theking21083 Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 (edited) NOTE: THIS WEEKS GAME HAS ENDED! Alright everybody here is what you have all been waiting for! The first game for the Colecovision HSC is... FRENZY Game Info Frenzy is the sequel to Berzerk and gameplay is similar. You are chased around a maze of rooms by various robots and your player must avoid their lasers and shoot them back to destroy them. There's only so much time the player can stay in a room before Evil Otto the smiley face of death moves in on the player to pound you into a lifeless pulp, grinning like a maniac all the while. In Frenzy there are also reflective mirrors in place of certain walls which reflects shots back and allow you to ricochet your fire. Also unique to Frenzy are four "device rooms" with a special icon in the center of the room that may be destroyed for bonus points and a special effect within that room. -This game was chosen by:Jetset and Joeybastard -Skill level 1 HSC Info -Post your scores in this thread and every couple of days I will update the leaderboard. -The cutoff for posting scores will be the following Wednesday at 2:00 A.M. Eastern. -Use the same skill level as posted so that all the scores will be acurate. -Please read the Rules and Regulations thread for a thoural description of the HSC rules. Current High Scores 1st - duncantoml (778,867) 2nd - Blackjack (138,434) 3rd - Albert (116,471) 4th - chuckwalla (65,290) 5th - theking21083 (63,398) 6th - joeybastard (43,678) 7th - jetset (34,592) 8th - Mister VCS (18,352) 9th - Ikrananka (10,032) 10th - PressureCooker2600 (6,712) 11th - edweird13 (6,221) 12th - ScottHuggins (5,942) 13th - Artlover (1,957) If you have any questions or comments please feel free to send me a PM and I will respond ASAP. Thank you everyone for joining the new Colecovision HSC. Have fun and keep it clean! Edited November 7, 2007 by theking21083 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theking21083 Posted October 31, 2007 Author Share Posted October 31, 2007 My best score so far is 9282 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 (edited) First round.. 16,680 (took me about 8 or 9 tries) I hadn't played this, but I've played Berzerk a lot... I had NO IDEA there we're so many ways to score (and die) in this game. I like it. Hey, what emu do you use? I'm using Mekaw and can't take a screenie. Edited October 31, 2007 by Blackjack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theking21083 Posted October 31, 2007 Author Share Posted October 31, 2007 (edited) I'm playing on the real hardware but I was asking about some good Colecovision Emulators in another thread and got a few. I'm not sure if you can take screenshots in them. Edited October 31, 2007 by theking21083 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Yeah, see I can take screens with Freeze SMS, but then I'd have to change the controller mapping every time I went from an sms game to a coleco game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theking21083 Posted October 31, 2007 Author Share Posted October 31, 2007 I was messing around with the MEKAW emulator and it is realy cool. You can save a screenshot by pressing the print screen button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theking21083 Posted October 31, 2007 Author Share Posted October 31, 2007 I got in a few more games before going to bed and reached a new high score of 30137. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister VCS Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 (edited) First try: 6.982. second: 9.792 played on a real CBS Colecovision with (full working) standard joystick... It is not my favorite game, but I come back again. @theking21083: what's about Antartic Adventure as the next game? You live in Alaska... Great would be River Raid! Mister VCS Edited October 31, 2007 by Mister VCS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncantoml Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 418,478 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 I will need to break out my Frenzy cart this week. I haven't played the game in YEARS, and I don't think I've ever played it on the ColecoVision (maybe briefly--never owned a CV when I was a kid). I hope it can be played with a 2600 joystick, as I am not too keen on the CV sticks, especially for games like this! ..Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theking21083 Posted October 31, 2007 Author Share Posted October 31, 2007 First try: 6.982.second: 9.792 played on a real CBS Colecovision with (full working) standard joystick... It is not my favorite game, but I come back again. @theking21083: what's about Antartic Adventure as the next game? You live in Alaska... Great would be River Raid! Mister VCS I love Berzerk but for some reason I could never get into Frenzy. I discoverd that the reason for that is the controler. I love the Colecovision controler for most games but for Frenzy I find that using the Atari 2600 controler makes the game way eaisier to control. Give it a try with an Atari 2600 controler and see if that makes the game more fun for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 418,478 The bar just went WAYYYYY up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 6344 First score.......it would be better but I'm using a keyboard so I would say it's a decent score. Berzerk is one of my all-time favorite games and I've never gotten the chance to play Frenzy until now and I've got to say "WOW!!!" This game is EXTREMELY fun and addicting. I can't believe it goes relatively under the radar among most gamers. I guess poor marketing is why it didn't get as much exposure as it's predecessor. But I've got to say, it's extremely fun and now I need to get me a copy for my Coleco (which has a broken controller). Praise Frenzy!!!! Smooth animation, great enemies, bouncing shoots, amazing level layouts, quirky music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 418,478 Jeez, I'm good but I'm not going to be NEAR that! How long did that take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottHuggins Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 First score, 5942 on the MESS32 emulator (I'm at work)... I will play on real hardware tonight to get a much better score. (JOE- send me that converted .mp4!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 I sent it yesterday! I guess it didn't get there. I'm resending now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Thanks for the Mekaw screenie info... 25,913 Man, ricochet's suck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 I hope it can be played with a 2600 joystick It can with an emulator and a stelladapter..... that's what I use. Don't know about the real hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theking21083 Posted October 31, 2007 Author Share Posted October 31, 2007 I hope it can be played with a 2600 joystick It can with an emulator and a stelladapter..... that's what I use. Don't know about the real hardware. You can play it using an Atari 2600 joystick on the real hardware. That's what I used and it makes the control for the game way better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncantoml Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 418,478 Jeez, I'm good but I'm not going to be NEAR that! How long did that take? It took a little over 4 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Improvement 33,923 Best advice: Don't piss off the big smiley face in the center Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister VCS Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 11.366 you could score points in this game AFTER you died!! ...played with a 7800 joystick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 (edited) Improvement 33,923 Best advice: Don't piss off the big smiley face in the center That's my little obsessive compulsive disorder in this game. I can't leave that room without making Mama Otto angry and then running like hell to get out Anyway, last night on the train home from work: 43,678 I'll play on real hardware tonight, I should be able to top that pretty easily. Edited November 1, 2007 by joeybastard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwalla Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 (edited) I love this game. Definately a top 10 on the ColecoVision HIT list for me. Here's one High Score I caught a pic of but i'll probably try again tonight. I used a standard CX-40 joystick as I do for most ColecoVision games. Edited November 1, 2007 by chuckwalla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister VCS Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 (edited) every better score counts: 11,834 ...with a cx-40 Edited November 1, 2007 by Mister VCS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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