Atari5200 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 (edited) Hello Hello, once again, time for another 7800 HSC competition. This time we are going to stray from commercial releases and go with a homebrew. This months competition is B*nQ, the Q-bert homebrew. SCREEN SHOT Competition will end on 10-26-2008 So lets get cracking and get that high score!!! LEADER BOARD: Updated 1:37pm est. ratfink: 1068095 Allan: 402825 AtariFever: 59165 HammeR25: 59125 Darthkur:49185 Suaiden: 16405 gdement: 14420 Edited October 8, 2008 by Atari5200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Woohoo, a one handed game. The final bin can be found here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Here's my score. I know it sucks but I'm trying. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 I don't have this game (yet), looks like I wait until next round : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suaiden Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Pretty low so far. I REALLY need to invest in a joystick-- or better, a 7800. 16405 bonq16405.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 59,125 Good enough for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 49,185 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Here's my score. I know it sucks but I'm trying. Allan Yeah, over 402k with 8 lives in reserve is atrocious. How can you show your face in public? Well, at least I can try for a distant 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 4,625 I rule at this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratfink Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 Great game but like the arcade version a tad too easy. I pretty much gave up after hitting 1,000,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suaiden Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 Great game but like the arcade version a tad too easy. I pretty much gave up after hitting 1,000,000. I want to cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 How long did you have to play to hit 1,000,000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratfink Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Maybe 2 hours? The game doesn't get any harder after level 7 or so. It's just more of the same and the extra lives start adding up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Great game but like the arcade version a tad too easy. I pretty much gave up after hitting 1,000,000. Yikes. I have to get real good, real quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Maybe 2 hours? The game doesn't get any harder after level 7 or so. It's just more of the same and the extra lives start adding up. Just like the arcade Are you also able to play on expert level indefinitely? I really wanted to add FHMC b*nQ options but that would have taken longer. I guess on expert I could have kept ramping up stuff even though the arcade doesn't. Or at least started killing off the number of discs. I think one of the harder levels is the first level with black sided cubes with only two discs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I think one of the harder levels is the first level with black sided cubes with only two discs. That's my "make or break" level. It either takes too many of my lives and I die the next time I make a mistake, or I come through with all lives intact and roll on through level 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratfink Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Maybe 2 hours? The game doesn't get any harder after level 7 or so. It's just more of the same and the extra lives start adding up. Just like the arcade Are you also able to play on expert level indefinitely? I really wanted to add FHMC b*nQ options but that would have taken longer. I guess on expert I could have kept ramping up stuff even though the arcade doesn't. Or at least started killing off the number of discs. I think one of the harder levels is the first level with black sided cubes with only two discs. Fewer discs is a good idea. Maybe even no discs at all by level 20 or so. I think I ended up at level 25 or so? Lost count. It stops counting at 9, of course. A pattern also develops at some point: first a red ball, then the green color-reversing guy, then Coily and then the two purple guys show up in the opposite corners. So you know who's coming and when and you can be prepared for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 14,420 Better. I made it to level 2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 (edited) By the way, is it odd that I prefer the 2600 "board finish" music. Q-Bert 2600 was the first game I ever bought for myself as a kid, and I loved it. I think the 2600 music ending on the up note just sounds better than the more complicated ending at the end of the 7800 (and I assume arcade) version. Edited October 4, 2008 by Atarifever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 First one for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 (edited) 25,290 Did a lot better this time, but the end was frustrating. I got to the first level with black blocks. After losing some lives I was 2 hops away from beating the level. And I jumped off the maze instead. I've always hated the controls in this game (at least the home versions anyway). The arcade is probably just as awkward, but I've never played it. I get it right 99% of the time, but it only takes 1 mistake to die. The whole concept of Q-Bert should have been made rectangular, but I guess it wouldn't have looked as cool. Edited October 9, 2008 by gdement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 2050 Sorry, but I really hate the controlls. Needs diagonals!!!!! U/D/L/R don't cut it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 119,035 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 And I think I finally figured it out. I figured it out half way through this game, so I'm hoping to top this a few times before the deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 (edited) I figured it out alright. I see what the earlier poster meant about it being too easy. I could have played forever. However, there was level 7-1. See, I'm colour blind, and two of the colours there (including, sadly, the "change to" colour) look the same to me. It's nearly impossible for me to distinguish if all the blocks are the right colour, and so I ended up dying a lot while going through trial and error. I lost my entire bank of lives but one on that level, so I doubt you guys will see me topping this score as 7-1 will always kill me off. Edited October 14, 2008 by Atarifever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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