darthkur Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 (edited) The year is 2089 and the world is a polluted radio active wasteland thanks to an unfortunate close encounter with a wayward comet. You are in possession of a newly developed radiation vaccine that can spare the few remaining survivors a horribly slow and painful death. The solution needs to be taken to a waiting rocket poised to be launched and set a satellite in orbit that will evenly distribute the radiation nullifying substance worldwide. Unfortunately there's a small army of unsavory characters that wish to rule this blasted earth and will take the serum from your charred carcass for themselves. Can you fight through their unrelenting onslaught and save humanity or will you be just another wasted road warrior smashed and battered in the gutter? Emulators are fine as is whatever controller you feel the most comfortable with. Screenshots are great but not mandatory. Settings: New Game. (default) (Only games started from the beginning count) Contest ends on: 6-8-09 at 1:00am EST. Final High Scores: 1st: xZanU - 263,325 +11 2nd: atomickneedrop - 252,350 +10 3rd: darthkur - 238,425 +9 4th: aftermac - 206,000 +8 5th: roadrunner - 195,275 +7 6th: Atarifever - 75,700 +6 7th: keitaro - 20,550 +5 Current Standings: 1st - famicommander (116) (3) 2nd - Darthkur (114) 3rd - keitaro (96) (1) 4th - xZanU (86) (3) 5th - roadrunner (78) (2) 6th - atomickneedrop (67) (1) 7th - gdement (66) (1) 8th - HammR25 (64) (1) 9th - aftermac (53) (1) 10th - AtariFever (41) 11th - suaiden (38) (1) 12th - Sauron (37) (2) 13th - doctorclu (34) 14th - Almost Rice (32) 15th - shadow460 (25) 16th - chuckwalla (22) 16th - Shannon (22) 17th - LarcenTyler (18) 17th - rockman_x_2002 (18) (1) 18th - LaserHawk (17) 19th - MrBeefy (14) 20th - Kurt_Woloch (11) 20th - ratfink (11) (1) 21st - Allan (10) 21st - theKLT (10) 22nd - Lord Thag (8) 22nd - thursday83 (8) 23rd - midnight magicman (7) 24th - Artlover (5) 24th - mightymage (5) 25th - AdeptRapier (4) 25th - bfutrel (4) 25th - Zoyx (4) Numbers in RED are accumulated points. Numbers in BLUE are number of rounds won. Link to the official manual: Fatal Run Manual Edited June 8, 2009 by darthkur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftermac Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 (edited) 76,475 First time I've played this one... seems like a very long game and it's really hard to die. Unfortunately, I forgot to buy fuel after the last round and ran out! Edited May 25, 2009 by aftermac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 (edited) 195,275 Fatal Run is one of my favorite games. It does take awhile to finish, but it's worth it to watch the ending. I made it to the end of the game. I didn't use no continues or cheat codes. I was very lucky that i didn't hit 1 road block. Sometimes it's best when you see one coming up, drive off to the side of the road. The further you get into the game the more damage the road blocks do to your car. I wrote down some notes that might be helpful. Tips- Always buy a bunch of gun ammo and fuel at the end of every level. When you upgrade to a 16 gallon fuel tank if you buy fuel first then the tank your fuel tank will be half full. Buy the tank first, but during this game i didn't buy any fuel tanks. It's cheaper to buy a new bumper or tires if they are badly damaged than it is to repair them. I didn't buy a engine until the end of level 14. 8 cyclinder cost $1,200. That was the only engine i bought. The only tires i bought were steel belt $275. I bought 20 gage armor $350 at the end of level 15. and i bought 25 gage armor $350 at the end of level 24. The only weapon i used was the machine guns. I just don't like using the dynamite. I think the machine guns last longer and are more effective. I guess it goes without saying to avoid the road blocks. Some levels there is a road block shortly after the level begins. I wrote down a couple of them - 10, 17, 20. Level 21 has 3 road blocks. Your cash never goes higher than $9,999 no matter how good i'm doing at this game. I always had at least 2 people who perished at the end of a level. Usually 2 but never more than 4. I never have been able to reach the city in time to save everybody. My personnal best is having just 1 person go up in a puff of smoke. I hope all this helps you guys out. Have fun Edited May 26, 2009 by roadrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 I must now mention another Prosystem bug. Sorry. The new controller emulation scheme, introduced starting in version 1.3d, doesn't work with this game. The buttons won't work so you can't start the game. Use ProSystem 1.3c instead. Raz0red contacted me about it a few days ago and has since found a workaround, but it hasn't been "properly" resolved yet. This game does something odd when it sets up the controllers. I need to do some experimenting on real hardware, but haven't finished building my EPROM cart yet. Unfortunately there's no perfect version - old versions are broken on some games and 1.3d/d2 are broken on some others. Technically speaking, 1.3d/d2 is definitely more accurate but something is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianC Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 old versions are broken on some games and 1.3d/d2 are broken on some others. Technically speaking, 1.3d/d2 is definitely more accurate but something is wrong. I think 1.3d2 thinks the pause button is held while starting up a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Tips- Great tips, now only if I get some time to play : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I must now mention another Prosystem bug. Sorry. The new controller emulation scheme, introduced starting in version 1.3d, doesn't work with this game. The buttons won't work so you can't start the game. Use ProSystem 1.3c instead. Raz0red contacted me about it a few days ago and has since found a workaround, but it hasn't been "properly" resolved yet. This game does something odd when it sets up the controllers. I need to do some experimenting on real hardware, but haven't finished building my EPROM cart yet. Unfortunately there's no perfect version - old versions are broken on some games and 1.3d/d2 are broken on some others. Technically speaking, 1.3d/d2 is definitely more accurate but something is wrong. Hmmmm... I can not get my game to start at all with ProSystem 1.3c. I just goes to a black screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 40,675 Got the game working, just downloaded again and viola! I really have no Idea what I am doing in this game other than driving and trying to blow stuff up. The machine gun seems pretty inaccurate, but useful. I liked using he smokescreen and oil slicks. I think I will go through and read the manual next to figure the game out. I love the little weapon/items shop, and I really have no clue as to how I am 'saving' people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 (edited) 263,325 .THE END. I never managed to save everyone in a city, though once I got the Turbo-Engine and Racing Tires I was able to rescue all but one pretty much every time. Smoke and Oil comes in real handy when there is a bump pack of cars behind. That diamond shield is great when you are using Nitro boost. Also, don't forget to arrow down to the car pictures at the shop on the bottom left and repair anything that is damaged. This took over 2 hours, so I hope the score stands up well as I can not do another run. It was a lot of fun though. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - EDIT :: The continue codes do not preserve your score or vehicle configuration so you need to leave the game running (paused) until you can finish. BARRIER TIP :: You will notice that your little radar screen has blocks that show you what is coming up and who is behind you. Barriers will show up as approaching extremely quickly, this is because they are stationary. Vehicles are moving forward so will show as coming up more slowly. This has saved me a number of times, gives you a couple seconds notice. I can not tell if the barrier placement from level to level or position to position is random or not, my guess is that it is random, so keep your eyes peeled. Edited May 28, 2009 by xZanU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 238,425 Long game indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 (edited) 75,700 I can't believe I voted for this. I am sorry. Edited June 1, 2009 by Atarifever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftermac Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 206,000 Fortunately, I'm a bit under the weather this week, and my medication numbed my brain enough to sit through 26 levels of this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 (edited) ProSystem 1.3e has been posted. It fixes the controller bug that made this unplayable in 1.3d: http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...t&p=1766481 edit: and that version had some small but annoying bugs that were fixed. Link updated. Edited June 7, 2009 by gdement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomickneedrop Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 252,350 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Sorry I voted for this and haven't played much (especially because it's so terrible and I cast the tie break). Wife and I had a baby on Wednesday so I haven't been able to sink much time into... well anything really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted June 7, 2009 Author Share Posted June 7, 2009 Sorry I voted for this and haven't played much (especially because it's so terrible and I cast the tie break). Wife and I had a baby on Wednesday so I haven't been able to sink much time into... well anything really. It's not that bad. It drags on a bit long but it's still fun. There's far worse out there. No reason to feel bad about anything and obviously real life events, especially major ones like an addition to the family, take precedence by far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keitaro Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 (edited) 20550 boring game... EDIT: Screenshot added. Edited June 8, 2009 by keitaro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 That's it for this round. Congratulations to xZanU for saving the world in record time. I hope everyone fun, or at least a challenging time with Fatal Run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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