darthkur Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 (edited) You are the lone human in an endless maze of homicidal robots. Their sole mission is to reduce you to a blasted cloud of scattered molecules. You must avoid their deathly clutches and searing laser fire to find an escape route. But beware not to delay too long in your search of an exit for their maniacal leader "Evil Otto" will come bounding out after you, intent on pounding you to dust. His shielding is impenetrable so you would be wise to run away from him at all costs. As if that were not enough you must beware of the walls themselves for they are electrified and will burn you to a crisp at the slightest contact. So be wary, aim well and keep running. Emulators are fine as is whatever controller you feel the most comfortable with. Screenshots are great but not mandatory. Settings: Level 1 (default) Contest ends on: 12-8-08 at 1:00am EST. Current High Scores: 1st: LaserHawk - 13,130 2nd: midnight magicman - 12,870 3rd: Cafeman - 11,320 4th: darthkur - 9,040 5th: doctorclu - 8,260 6th: chuckwalla - 4,800 7th: BydoEmpire - 3,300 Current Standings: 1st - Doctorclu (97) (4) 2nd - darthkur (92) (4) 3rd - Mike5200 (60) 4th - Shannon (39) 5th - Atari5200 (38) (1) 6th - Bydoempire (33) 7th - phuzaxeman (22) (2) 8th - midnight8 (13) 9th - bohoki (10) 9th - Hex6500 (10) 9th - Laserhawk (10) 9th - Lord Thag (10) 9th - shadow460 (10) 10th - Phantom (9) 11th - Cafeman ( 8 ) 11th - JetSet ( 8 ) 12th - RXD (7) 13th - Goochman (4) Numbers in RED are accumulated points. Numbers in BLUE are number of rounds won. Edited December 9, 2008 by darthkur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzaxeman Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 (edited) great calculations for the rankings....would be nice to see the current rankings for the most wins too. Edited November 25, 2008 by phuzaxeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 (edited) great calculations for the rankings....would be nice to see the current rankings for the most wins too. A good idea. The stats are in blue above and shall be from now on. EDIT: Actually I am now very glad you mentioned this. It made me go back and check everything out and I discovered I had a couple figures incorrect. They are all now fixed. Edited November 25, 2008 by darthkur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 The red accumulated points - how is that calculatd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 The red accumulated points - how is that calculatd? The accumulated points are garnered from what position a participant finalizes in on each round utilizing the same scoring formula as the 2600 HSC uses: Highest Score: +11 points 2nd Highest: +10 points 3rd Highest: +9 points 4th Highest: +8 points 5th Highest: +7 points 6th Highest: +6 points 7th Highest: +5 points 8th Highest: +4 points 9th Highest: +3 points 10th Highest: +2 points 11th and onwards (Participating): +1 point I started adding up the scores for this Season starting at Round 22 and will continue until mid Feb where a new Season will commence. * * = Full details in first post of this thread: http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=134312 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzaxeman Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 You are the lone human in an endless maze of homicidal robots. Their sole mission is to reduce you to a blasted cloud of scattered molecules. You must avoid their deathly clutches and searing laser fire to find an escape route. But beware not to delay too long in your search of an exit for their maniacal leader "Evil Otto" will come bounding out after you, intent on pounding you to dust. His shielding is impenetrable so you would be wise to run away from him at all costs. As if that were not enough you must beware of the walls themselves for they are electrified and will burn you to a crisp at the slightest contact. So be wary, aim well and keep running. Emulators are fine as is whatever controller you feel the most comfortable with. Screenshots are great but not mandatory. Settings: Level 1 (default) Contest ends on: 12-8-08 at 1:00am EST. Current High Scores: None Current Standings: 1st - Doctorclu (97) (4) 2nd - darthkur (92) (4) 3rd - Mike5200 (60) 4th - Shannon (39) 5th - Atari5200 (38) (1) 6th - Bydoempire (33) 7th - phuzaxeman (22) (2) 8th - midnight8 (13) 9th - bohoki (10) 9th - Hex6500 (10) 9th - Laserhawk (10) 9th - Lord Thag (10) 9th - shadow460 (10) 10th - Phantom (9) 11th - Cafeman ( 8 ) 11th - JetSet ( 8 ) 12th - RXD (7) 13th - Goochman (4) Numbers in RED are accumulated points. Numbers in BLUE are number of rounds won. not that it matters but as of 9/2/08 i had 4 wins(check leaderboard)....then i won the frogger II (which was after 9/2)...for a total of 5 wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 not that it matters but as of 9/2/08 i had 4 wins(check leaderboard)....then i won the frogger II (which was after 9/2)...for a total of 5 wins. When tallying up the stats for this "Season" I only went as far back as Round 22, which took place last February. This Season will end this coming Feb whereas a new one will then commence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 8,820 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaserHawk Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 LaserHawk wrecks this many kwazy robots!! 13,130 LaserHawk now hunts more Kwazy robots!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Well done Lazerhawk. My score 6590 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 (edited) Game continues to be very hard. 11,320. Edited December 6, 2008 by Cafeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 (edited) This game doesn't really save your high score once you start a new round, does it? Let's enrich this contest with some tactics talk. I usually lose my lives in the opening moments of some stages where there is a robot ambush, and one of two things happen -- either I shoot in the wrong direction, or a robot shoots me on the diagonal. I am not good at identifying the diagonal danger zones, and most times there isn't enough time to get out of the way once I see it coming. Hide behind walls and lead robots to their own death (walls/shots/collisions with each other). Move up/down or left/right behind a wall and lead the robots to ram each other or shoot each other, and then quickly retreating across the screen to the exit, shooting any that are left. You aren't going to get a good score unless you clear lots of screens and get the bonus points; however it is never worth dying over just to pick up bonus points. Learn how robots shoot. Robots shoot lower than you when shooting horizontally; they shoot from the right side when shooting vertically. Thus, a tactic is to go up while a robot on the other side of a wall follows you upwards. You can shoot over top a wall, hitting robots at the top of their heads, and their shots are lower on-screen and thus don't clear the wall. If you must head downward, you must be more careful. For Vertical situations, since the robots shoot on the right side, I found I can straddle an electified wall and yet not hit it, and still be able to be missed by descending shots and get my own shot off to kill the robot. One big problem when you are in a tight situation is your shot will hit the robot's shot in an endless stalemate. Since you can get 2 shots off , a good strategy is to fire 2 shots upwards/downwards and then move to the right. The robot will follow you, thus its shots will be to the right a bit as well, and you shots will clear and find their target. Finally, The Three Robots Rule -- Once there are 3 robots or less on screen, in a very short time Otto makes his appearance and you better get moving. If you get to a new screen with only 3 robots, MOVE! Edited December 6, 2008 by Cafeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 (edited) 8260 Edited December 1, 2008 by doctorclu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Last night, I was having a fantastic game and got to about 7.5K with 3 lives left. Then it started -- the shots were too fast, I was ambushed, Otto appeared before I could get out of the way, etc -- and I didn't even beat my own posted high score. CRAP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwalla Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Still love the computerized speech 4800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaserHawk Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Well done Lazerhawk. My score 6590 Thanks doctorclu, the kwazy robots are one of my favorites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 This game is awesomely hard! LaserHawk, you are definitely a Berzerk master with your score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaserHawk Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 This game is awesomely hard! LaserHawk, you are definitely a Berzerk master with your score. Thanks! I guess I just had one of those "good runs" I tried to up the score and didn't git it done. It IS a hard game! (whew!!) And "Krazy Shootout" in a number of ways is harder IMHO because of the scoring system. If you duck out of a room in "Berzerk" and leave any robots intact its ok but in "Krazy Shootout" you're penalised by having to complete 3 more levels before scoring resumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 9,040 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I've done much better in the past, but 3,300 is all I could muster this time around. But hey, I feel good that the 5200 is the first console I've played in weeks. Thanks for the strategies Cafeman - I'll see if I can squeeze in a few more games later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Has anyone else noticed that you can reverse Otto if you stand inside a left exit's doorway? I sometimes use this to clear the screen of distant robots, since he aligns with your vertical position - send him to the right side, then move up to where his line-of-movement will take out a distant robot on his return leftwards. Pretty cool glitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight magicman Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 (edited) Argh! This is the best I could do. Nowhere near my personal best. 12,870 Peace Edited December 8, 2008 by midnight magicman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 That's it for this round. Congrats to LaserHawk for his victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Current High Scores: 1st: LaserHawk - 13,130 2nd: midnight magicman - 12,870 3rd: darthkur - 9,040 4th: doctorclu - 8,260 5th: Cafeman - 8,140 6th: chuckwalla - 4,800 7th: BydoEmpire - 3,300 My high score was 11,320 -- not 8,260! I even put a screenshot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 Current High Scores:1st: LaserHawk - 13,130 2nd: midnight magicman - 12,870 3rd: darthkur - 9,040 4th: doctorclu - 8,260 5th: Cafeman - 8,140 6th: chuckwalla - 4,800 7th: BydoEmpire - 3,300 My high score was 11,320 -- not 8,260! I even put a screenshot! Oh nuts. My apologies. I don't know how I missed that. Might be time to change the prescription on my glasses. I'll correct this immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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