darthkur Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 (edited) Into the danger zone we must venture! The Evil Master has been causing terror throughout the lands. Once a peaceful kingdom, it has now been overrun with his twisted minions. As the realms best marksman you have been selected to accompany and watch over your friends as you journey through hot, arid deserts, formidable lava fields, dark, frigid caves and humid jungles. You'll be accosted by creatures from all sides so your aim must be true or your allies will fall prey to the Masters attacks. If your bolts find their mark more than not then you will be aided by additional volunteers. Cunning and a good memory is necessary in order to chose the right path to the Evil Master's castle. Beware of the enemy archers upon his dark fortress. They will stop at nothing to prevent you lowering the drawbridge and entering. Once inside you'll not only face his "pet" dragon but the vile Master himself. Will you be victorious or will the land fall to eternal darkness? Emulators are fine as is whatever controller you feel the most comfortable with. Screenshots are great but not mandatory. Settings: N/A. (Use of either the light gun or controller is up to the player.) Contest ends on: 7-20-09 at 1:00am EST. Final High Scores: 1st: famicommander - 1,444,000 +11 2nd: darthkur - 1,363,000 +10 3rd: keitaro - 970,000 +9 4th: atomickneedrop - 874,500 +8 5th: Dauber - 780,500 +7 6th: Mingy Jongo - 571,000 +6 7th: roadrunner - 490,500 +5 8th: doctorclu - 215,000 +4 9th: thursday83 - 172,000 +3 10th: aftermac - 112,500 +2 11th: xZanU - 80,000 +1 Current Standings: 1st - Darthkur (140) 2nd - famicommander (136) (4) 3rd - keitaro (119) (1) 4th - xZanU (108) (4) 5th - roadrunner (92) (2) 6th - atomickneedrop (83) (1) 7th - aftermac (70) (1) 8th - gdement (66) (1) 9th - HammR25 (64) (1) 10th - AtariFever (53) 11th - suaiden (38) (1) 12th - Sauron (37) (2) 13th - doctorclu (34) 14th - Shannon (33) (1) 15th - Almost Rice (32) 16th - shadow460 (31) 17th - chuckwalla (29) 18th - LaserHawk (20) 19th - LarcenTyler (18) 19th - rockman_x_2002 (18) (1) 20th - Kurt_Woloch (16) 21st - MrBeefy (14) 22nd - thursday83 (12) 23rd - ratfink (11) (1) 24th - Allan (10) 24th - theKLT (10) 25th - Lord Thag (8) 26th - midnight magicman (7) 27th - Artlover (5) 27th - mightymage (5) 28th - AdeptRapier (4) 28th - bfutrel (4) 28th - Zoyx (4) 29th - mimo (1) Numbers in RED are accumulated points. Numbers in BLUE are number of rounds won. Link to the official manual: Crossbow Manual Edited July 20, 2009 by darthkur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 490,500 Tip - The best path to take is - Green, Blue, Blue, Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 490,500 Tip - The best path to take is - Green, Blue, Blue, Red Nice Tip : ) I've not played this one in a long time. I have a Light gun so will run with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftermac Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 112,500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Here's a map. http://www.atari7800.org/hints/cbmap.jpg Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Gotta play this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 Here's a map. http://www.atari7800.org/hints/cbmap.jpg Mitch Nice. I never knew about that. I always wondered how convoluted all the pathways were. Clearly shows that roadrunner's path is the most direct route. I'm glad someone out there has the patience to make that. Along with the two Pitfall maps it certainly has made these games a lot more enjoyable by taking away the endless frustration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Not sure why, but Crossbow is not working on my CC2. I updated the binary, and I checked another game that uses the 78SC_Big load (Alien Brigade) and that other game loaded fine. Giving me an MMC error of 08. Any idea what could be going on with that? Speaking of Alien Brigade, interesting game. How do you activate the light gun for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 Not sure why, but Crossbow is not working on my CC2. I updated the binary, and I checked another game that uses the 78SC_Big load (Alien Brigade) and that other game loaded fine. Giving me an MMC error of 08. Any idea what could be going on with that? Speaking of Alien Brigade, interesting game. How do you activate the light gun for that? Sure wish I had a CC2 so I could help out. Being that I don't, I have no clue. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mingy Jongo Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 (edited) Only 3rd try. I'll get more Edited July 9, 2009 by Mingy Jongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mingy Jongo Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 780,500....unfortunately, the screen went back to gun/stick before I could get a pic.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 80,000 It's been a while since I used the light gun. Maybe I need to sit closer to the TV! : ) Will try again this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 (edited) 490,500 Tip - The best path to take is - Green, Blue, Blue, Red Good advice. Worked. Dathkur, thanks for the kind words. Thanks to Mitch on another thread I got this working. My first score... 160,000. I think my gun needs aligning. A little later I scored.... 215,000 Edited July 10, 2009 by doctorclu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted July 11, 2009 Author Share Posted July 11, 2009 1,363,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famicommander Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 1,444,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomickneedrop Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 874,500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thursday83 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 (edited) 172,000. I think I better buy a new light gun from Video 61 or something, this one is just strange in it's aim.....hard to be accurate when the gun isn't exactly shooting what you are pointing at.... Edited July 15, 2009 by thursday83 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 172,000. I think I better buy a new light gun from Video 61 or something, this one is just strange in it's aim.....hard to be accurate when the gun isn't exactly shooting what you are pointing at.... Sadly that's typical for those guns. Buying another one will just get you more of the same. You're better off abandoning the gun sight and simply fire the gun at arms length and adjust your aim by the impact marks on the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 The "Best Lightgun" from Best Electronics is considerably more accurate than the Atari lightgun. Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 The "Best Lightgun" from Best Electronics is considerably more accurate than the Atari lightgun. Mitch I didn't realize there was a difference. I will have to get one of those soon then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thursday83 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 The "Best Lightgun" from Best Electronics is considerably more accurate than the Atari lightgun. Mitch Thanks Mitch, I knew I had read that somewhere before. I will get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keitaro Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 (edited) 970000 Edited July 20, 2009 by keitaro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 That's it for this round. Congratulations to famicommander for taking first place. I hope everyone had fun unleashing a flurry of bolts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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