Dauber Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 ABOUT EFFING TIME!!!! Thank God for drunk friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 (edited) Oh no, Pole Position. But I was just on my way to stop fun things from happening. Oh no, you ain't, you're playing POLE POSITION! For my first score, I'd record it as a DNF, sadly. But I'm just getting warmed up! Also, here are my personal tips from my own guide for this game, which you can read on GameFAQs. FUJI SPEEDWAY: After you start, slow down as you head into the first right turn, then shift into high gear as you exit. The second and third turns (left and right, respectively) can be taken easily if you ease off the gas for them. After coming out of the third turn, immediately shift into low gear, as the hairpin curve is coming, and if you attempt to go through it too fast, you'll crash into a roadside sign. As soon as you come up on the sign on the right while doing the hairpin curve, shift into high gear again, and you should be able to come out of the curve without losing too much time, but watch out for other drivers! After that, you'll go into a long right turn that seems to ease out slightly before curving again, which eventually will lead you to the home stretch, where you can floor it again. While taking the long right turn, stay on the inside of the turn as much as you can. SUZUKA RACEWAY: After you start, you'll go into a long right turn, and then a left-right-left-right set of turns, with the last turn being a real doozy, so make sure you shift gears as you come out of the second left turn. After you take that, another hard left will be coming up, so be ready, followed by yet another hard right. Then be ready for a left hairpin curve. After that, you'll ease out into a brief straightaway, before you have an easy left go into a medium right hand turn, and finally the finish line! Edited December 11, 2006 by LarcenTyler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Oh no, Pole Position. But I was just on my way to stop fun things from happening. Oh no, you ain't, you're playing POLE POSITION! My favorite part is when the giant hand drops their car and it explodes. For some reason that seems even meaner than dropping them into a deadly car race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share Posted December 12, 2006 You got me, LarcenTyler. Most of my hints are based on Gran Turismo 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Hey, is it possible to get the next three weeks worth of choices in advance somehow? I'm going to my hometown for Christmas break and am bringing the 7800 with me, but don't want to bring all my games. I see that Joust is next week, so I'll pack that in. Any idea what the others will be yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 62,960. Man do I ever suck at this game. I hate the puddles of water in the road; I can never judge where they are quickly enough to avoid them accurately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Hey, is it possible to get the next three weeks worth of choices in advance somehow? I'm going to my hometown for Christmas break and am bringing the 7800 with me, but don't want to bring all my games. I see that Joust is next week, so I'll pack that in. Any idea what the others will be yet? the other new game i got in the mail was tower toppler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 I'm actually not sure what to do during Christmas. Joust is gonna be next week, but I was considering a sort of "instant replay" between Christmas and New Year's. Basically, we'd spend about a week and a half playing the games we did best at this season and post some record scores. You could take a handful of the games we've played and set some new high scores. After New Year's, we'll run Tower Toppler and follow it up with something like Xevious or Asteroids. You guys get to decide, though. If you wanna have the replay competition, we'll do it, otherwise we'll keep the normal schedule and the next two weeks will be Joust and Tower Toppler. For that third week, post some suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 (edited) I'm actually not sure what to do during Christmas. Joust is gonna be next week, but I was considering a sort of "instant replay" between Christmas and New Year's. Basically, we'd spend about a week and a half playing the games we did best at this season and post some record scores. You could take a handful of the games we've played and set some new high scores. After New Year's, we'll run Tower Toppler and follow it up with something like Xevious or Asteroids. You guys get to decide, though. If you wanna have the replay competition, we'll do it, otherwise we'll keep the normal schedule and the next two weeks will be Joust and Tower Toppler. For that third week, post some suggestions. I'd like a replay over Christmas because I've topped my Galaga and PacMan scores since we dd those. Also, if holiday related things stop me from playing much, I wouldn't mind as much if it were the games I'd already listed scores for. Edited December 13, 2006 by Atarifever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Replay would be awesome. Lasting until after New Year. Holidays are gonna be tough for getting play time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 (edited) First off, shadow mentioned the tidbits about the Fuji Speedway and the Suzuka Circuit, but I thought I'd share some info about the Seaside Track and the Test Course. The Test Course is said to be based on the Indianapolis 500 course, yet the background clearly shows pyramids and the ground shows sand instead of grass. Weird. The Seaside Track is based on the Long Beach Grand Prix course in Long Beach, California. Also, the manual mentions that the Suzuka Circuit is in the midst of a travelling carnival, but that's actually Motopia, the track's famous amusement center. Now, the moment I've waited for. A score that I can say I got after winning the Grand Prix! (Alas I veered off course just as I crossed the line!) Edited December 14, 2006 by LarcenTyler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted December 16, 2006 Author Share Posted December 16, 2006 Atari Pro System High Score Comeptition Saddle up your ostrich, Knight. The Buzzard riders have issued a challenge that we cannot lose. We'll duel them over a lava pit on a remote world. Show them who is best, for this week, thy game is Joust. This week's game: Williams Electronics's Joust Difficulty: Intermediate, one player, switches in the B position Recommended Controls: CX-40 Atari joystick Challenge: Log a team game where both players score over 50,000 points. Congratulations to jwierer and Dauber for meeting the challenge in Pac-Man. Starting Dec 22 at midnight, CST, we will have an "instant replay" of the games we have played. That will be your opportunity to beat high scores youve logged in this competition, and perhaps to unseat the leaders for each game! This includes Beef Drop and Pac Man, so those who played the first two weeks also have the chance to top thier records as well. You do not have to have posted a score to play a particular game in the replay. The only requirement is that you play something we've run in this season at the difficulty settings we used. This is also your chance to beat the challenges if you haven't done so already. Last week's fastest driver: LarcenTyler: 68,250 points. I generally try to start at the top of the screen and work my way down during each wave. You can score a couple of cheat hits by hovering over the uppermost spawn point at the beginning of each wave. I don't worry about the eggs much, since half the time they fall into the lava pits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 What, I was the only one who raced last week? Wow. At any rate... o/~ Everybody was ostrich fighting! Those birds were faster than lightning! o/~ (Sung to Kung-Fu Fighting, and no I don't claim ownership of those parody lyrics, I heard them somewhere.) At any rate, I'm just getting warmed up. Expect a better score later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted December 16, 2006 Author Share Posted December 16, 2006 I raced a couple, but it would have looked awful strange to see the Minolta Toyota where the Pole Position II car should be... Actually, I played a couple of rounds of Pole Position II. I don't post my scores to the 7800 HSC board, since I feel like that would be unfair, but I do play the current 7800 HSC game each week. I play the 2600 and NES ones, too, if I have the actual carts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychedelicShaman Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Hey guys, 136,050 1 player. I'm sure that's easily beaten, but do we need to provide a picture? Thanks, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted December 16, 2006 Author Share Posted December 16, 2006 Hey guys, 136,050 1 player. I'm sure that's easily beaten, but do we need to provide a picture? Thanks, Matt Pictures are optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I raced a couple, but it would have looked awful strange to see the Minolta Toyota where the Pole Position II car should be... Actually, I played a couple of rounds of Pole Position II. I don't post my scores to the 7800 HSC board, since I feel like that would be unfair, but I do play the current 7800 HSC game each week. I play the 2600 and NES ones, too, if I have the actual carts. PhotoShop much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Hey guys, 136,050 1 player. I'm sure that's easily beaten, but do we need to provide a picture? Thanks, Matt we go by the honor system bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychedelicShaman Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Hey guys, 136,050 1 player. I'm sure that's easily beaten, but do we need to provide a picture? Thanks, Matt we go by the honor system bro Awesome. Thanks guys! There were 3 buzzards on the screen at once today. I nearly crawled into a fetal position on the floor from pure catatonic fear. It was intense! Anyone have any tips on killing the buzzards? Thanks:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 last night, after warming up to it a little......i only hit a score of 40,850 i know i can do a hella lot better (remember i'm the ostrich king ) i was just so damn tired.....working every friggin day at work on X-mas season wears ya down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Hey guys, 136,050 1 player. I'm sure that's easily beaten, but do we need to provide a picture? Thanks, Matt we go by the honor system bro Awesome. Thanks guys! There were 3 buzzards on the screen at once today. I nearly crawled into a fetal position on the floor from pure catatonic fear. It was intense! Anyone have any tips on killing the buzzards? Thanks:) The pterodactyls? I just get out of their way since the only way to kill them is a lance in their mouth which is next to impossible. They're not worth the risk for a measly 1000 points if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 The pterodactyls? They're not worth the risk for a measly 1000 points if I remember correctly. There's honor man. You can tuck tail and run like a coward or you can tell that pterodactyl that it should have stayed extinct. I hate the pterys with an undying passion, so I have to try for them most of the time. In the same way, I always have to take shots at Otto in Bezerk or the Hallmonsters in Venture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Wasn't there a bug in the arcade version that if you stood in a certain place, they would come out lined up perfectly and you could pick them off all day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Well I made it to wave 7 and 40,600 today. I stink at this game The saddest part of this game is NO SURVIVAL BONUS I missed out on probably hitting 50k because of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 but there is a survival bonus after the survival (or something like that) wave...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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