JellE Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 (edited) Contest ends at 11:30 pm ET on Friday, September 25, 2009 Trolls and TribulationsTrolls and Tribulations was released in the USA in 1984 by Creative Software Edited April 9, 2017 by therealbountybob removed html as no longer supported on forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 8,000 Well, it looks like i'll lead things off with another game that i'm not too good at. Good luck everybody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 1550, so you are not actually that bad;) I think I am going to have problems with the control of this game, and the scrolling in emulation is giving me a headache:woozy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwobby Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Please add GingerNinja's score of 7,800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwobby Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 13800 level 1 maze 3 gingerninja dylan smells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaPa Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 18,250 I need to get used to the controls. It looks to me that it has slight lag and you do one more step everytime than you should Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaPa Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 28,300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaPa Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 38,200 Looks like I'm playing alone now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaPa Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 46,500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaPa Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 60,250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 38,200 Looks like I'm playing alone now? Later my friend... just letting you (all) get some practice in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atardi Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 score : 43 050 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Ok folks first go (2nd go in ten years) 74,040 Maze 2 Level 4 How's this for a one time bonus offer (if the boss'll let me): If you beat me at this game I'll donate you a ten point bonus from my overall score, so if 3 people beat me I lose 30 points etc just to make things interesting one proviso; you have to go for all the treasures even if this means some tricky manouvers. I love this game, you get used to the movement and scrolling mimo! If your new to it, kill the Cretins at the start by pulling down to fire, recharge by pulling down on the moving floor bit. Practice your jumping around here (button to jump over, up to jump up a level then hold left or right to land) as it's safer here before going through the door to the maze part. The instructions and the review on the Atarimania link above are very good, some tips on scoring a few more points to be found here too. GAME ON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaPa Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 84,650 Let's end this round right now and gimme therealbountybob's 10 points! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgers Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Thats an interesting offer Bounty Bob. Though I imagine you are going to be hard to beat once you get warmed up. 51900 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 8600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaPa Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 100,250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 (edited) 100,250 Great score MaPa[, I'd better play again later on [Edit - 68,450 I blew it! Too much under pressure of losing all those hard earned points ] Edited September 17, 2009 by therealbountybob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 57,890. It's been awhile since I've played this one. I'm sorry if I offend anyone here, but the C64 version is much better, IMO. The controls are smoother and the background music is very nice. For the record, I don't have a system preference overall. Some games I prefer on the Atari 8-bit...some others, C64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaPa Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 57,890. It's been awhile since I've played this one. I'm sorry if I offend anyone here, but the C64 version is much better, IMO. The controls are smoother and the background music is very nice. For the record, I don't have a system preference overall. Some games I prefer on the Atari 8-bit...some others, C64. Yes, Atari version is poorly programmed. It doesn't use any ATARI hw specific features, no PMG's, no HW scrolling.. it simply uses ANTIC mode E (bitmap mode) and redraws whole playfield every "frame" therefore the ugly scrolling etc. From the manual on atarimania.com you see it was released for C64, Atari and Apple II. Looks like they did C64 version and then quick port for Apple and ATARI and both platforms using the same code But anyway nice game thanks to HSC I played it and it's good. I would never play it on my own because of the first impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 57,890. It's been awhile since I've played this one. I'm sorry if I offend anyone here, but the C64 version is much better, IMO. The controls are smoother and the background music is very nice. For the record, I don't have a system preference overall. Some games I prefer on the Atari 8-bit...some others, C64. Yes, Atari version is poorly programmed. It doesn't use any ATARI hw specific features, no PMG's, no HW scrolling.. it simply uses ANTIC mode E (bitmap mode) and redraws whole playfield every "frame" therefore the ugly scrolling etc. From the manual on atarimania.com you see it was released for C64, Atari and Apple II. Looks like they did C64 version and then quick port for Apple and ATARI and both platforms using the same code But anyway nice game thanks to HSC I played it and it's good. I would never play it on my own because of the first impression. Dear Santa, I really like this game but if someone wanted a project I wonder what the history was, as searching Atarimania this is the only game 'Creative Software' released for the Atari. Maybe they were testing the market with a conversion and it didn't do well due to piracy Does anyone know if there a batch of other C64 titles from them that we missed out on Looks like I've got my work cut out saving my points, better schedule some serious Atari time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgers Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 88650 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Well two goes at 58K and I was regretting this offer of a bonus challenge, but after a break for sustenance I got a bit further... you surely didn't think it'd be that easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecat Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 (edited) 5450.I'm too impatient and keep falling off Edited September 18, 2009 by bluecat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Slight Improvement 112,950 (Lv 3 Maze 2) re comparison to C64 game I guess this suffered, like many other games, where they crammed the game into 48K, on the atarimania instructions the author said something like 'didn't have room to make the high-score table saveable'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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