Atari5200 Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 (edited) This round is going to be a special round, thanks PressureCooker2600 for helping with this. The game is Joust. All rules will apply for our HSC, but instead of competing with each other...we will be competing against players from the 7800 HSC who will be playing the same game. At the end of the round, the HSC with the highest total points scored will be crowned the winner. Competition time frame will be based from the 7800 HSC, so that means the ending bell will sound on 3-09-2008 So lets get going, Joust is a ton of fun and lets show them what the 5200 HSC participants are made of!!! FINAL LEADERBOARD: 03/10/2008 Atari 5200 HSC participants and scores in no particular order. Atari5200: 122050 Lord Thag: 132800 DoctorClu: 411250 Shannon: 275150 midnight8: 145100 BydoEmpire: 53350 Total combined score for the 5200 HSC is 1,139,700 points Atari 7800 HSC participants and scores in no particular order. DoctorClu: 190700 atomickneedrop: 225300 aftermac: 47850 shadow460: 130800 Atarifever: 102000 DracIsBack: 43100 Mitch: 50100 gdement: 133800 bigmo: 39050 Total combined score for the 7800 HSC is 962,700 points. This makes the 5200 HSC the winner of the competition. Congrats to all involved and thanks to the 7800 HSC for the challenge, it was fun. Edited March 10, 2008 by Atari5200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 (edited) Edit: got 122,050 Edited February 9, 2008 by Atari5200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Edit: got 122,050 Standard difficulty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 132,800 on standard. That pterry wave around 125,000 is a pain in the arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Difficulty levels... 5200 Novice Skilled <------ Advanced Expert 7800 Beginner Intermediate <------ Advanced Expert I take the levels we need are Skilled/Intermediate. (Skilled is the standard on 5200 version) My honest opinion, a FAIR duel would be Advanced/Intermediate based on how the gameplay feels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Difficulty levels... 5200 Novice Skilled <------ Advanced Expert 7800 Beginner Intermediate <------ Advanced Expert I take the levels we need are Skilled/Intermediate. (Skilled is the standard on 5200 version) My honest opinion, a FAIR duel would be Advanced/Intermediate based on how the gameplay feels. 157,350 on Advanced. (Joust, especially 8-bit Joust, has been a favorite for years.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted February 10, 2008 Author Share Posted February 10, 2008 it was following normal HSC rules which would be default difficulty or higher. So you can go higher if you want, but not required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Got on a roll... 275,150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight8 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 (edited) updated 95950 my first crack at this game in years 76,650 pic i dark sorry. gonna play some more Edited February 12, 2008 by midnight8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Great idea for HSC! I don't have the cart, though, so I'm going to have to bring up the low-end on emu (or quickly ebay a cart!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Do I get to play double agent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 (edited) Do I get to play double agent? Well, I know I have a 5200 self and a 7800 self. Of course with Joust we could have dragged in every Atari system except Jaguar. My score... 169,400 Edited February 14, 2008 by doctorclu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Do I get to play double agent? Yes, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Haven't had too much time to play: 53,350. Atari800Mac isn't leting me take a screenshot at the moment, not sure what's up, though the score obviously isn't much to write home about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Anyone here playing Expert difficulty? I've hit over 130K on expert in the 7800 camp. I'd help you out, but I don't play the easy version of Joust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 (edited) Of course with Joust we could have dragged in every Atari system except Jaguar. Ah man, that would have been awesome. I think next month we should all do one more, with Ms. Pacman. and invite the 8-bit, Lynx, and 2600 clubs to join (is there an NES version?). Because of the difference in the numbers of users, we could do highest average score. And because that would make low scorers feel like they shouldn't include their score, we could ask players to commit before the competition started. Edited February 21, 2008 by Atarifever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 would work out nice but there's not an official HSC for the Lynx, just a thread right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I forgot how hard JOUST is. It's been year's since I've played it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 (edited) would work out nice but there's not an official HSC for the Lynx, just a thread right? If we throw down the gauntlet, they'll be there. Edit: <---- I've already started. Edited February 22, 2008 by Atarifever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 If we throw down the gauntlet... That's the coolest quote ever for a game challenge!!! ....yes....i'm a dork.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 (edited) If we throw down the gauntlet... That's the coolest quote ever for a game challenge!!! Thanks. I felt pretty dorky while saying it. So seriously, anyone else up for this? I checked and Jess Ragan can even use his silly little NES if he wants. Edited February 24, 2008 by Atarifever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 So seriously, anyone else up for this? I checked and Jess Ragan can even use his silly little NES if he wants. I would do this on the 2600 and 8-bit for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I'm down like a clown!!!! I forgot about the NES HSC!!! Let's get the ball rolling to see if all our other compatriots will go with this idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) I'm down like a clown!!!! I forgot about the NES HSC!!! Let's get the ball rolling to see if all our other compatriots will go with this idea. That would be a lot of fun. Who are you planning on asking? I think a special HSC posting needs to be made for the ST for Joust. Joust is on every Atari platform (except Jaguar).. that is the neat part. Edited February 25, 2008 by doctorclu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I thought it was going to be Ms. Pac-Man. We were going to start it after this is over. I'll ask Ze_ro for the 2600. Get Goochman and Atari5200 on board. See if vdub wants to play. Lynx will be onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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