7800 HSC Season 3 Round 6 Robotron 2084

[roadrunner]

 

 

settings - intermediate (default)

 

Deadline to post scores is Nov. 29th, 2010 at 11AM EST

 

 

Final High Scores -

 

 

1. schmedly (10,000,000) Rolled The Score +11 points

2. Curious Sofa (2,949,375) +10 points

3. Mord (2,196,875) +9 points

4. atomickneedrop (1,042,950) +8 points

5. roadrunner (983,450) +7 points

6. gdement (759,550) +6 points

7. Zoyx (417,650) +5 points

8. Atarifever (323,025) +4 points

9. rmaerz (246,275) +3 points

10. 4Ks (46,050) +2 points

 

 

 

Special Note - After rolling the score schmedly went on to score over 15 Million points!

 

 

 

current standings -

 

points -

 

Mord - 55

roadrunner - 42

Atarifever - 30

atomickneedrop - 29

doctorclu - 24

thursday83 - 22

segasaturn - 17

LarcenTyler - 13

rmaerz - 12

Atarian76 - 11

Curious Sofa - 7

Zoyx - 5

Bunsen - 4

kamakazi - 4

The Usotsuki - 3

FlyingTurtle - 2

 

 

rounds won -

 

Mord - 5

 

 

 

 

usual rules apply, default settings, no continues, winners don't do drugs, etc.

 

 

Good luck everyone!

 

 

any corrections please post.

Edited November 29, 2010 by roadrunner

[Mord]

Since I'm sitting around, here's to setting the bar.

 

158,300.

 

[roadrunner]

The all time 7800 HSC record for Robotron is 4,857,000 by famicommander

[roadrunner]

Some gameplay footage

 

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqUZMYh2lkA

[Hydro Thunder]

For one brief moment in time, Curious Sofa was atop the Robotron list!

 

729,975

 

And now I eagerly await Mord to post a picture of his latest score, mimicking mine but with an extra digit on the end, somewhere in the 7 mil region.

[Mord]

For one brief moment in time, Curious Sofa was atop the Robotron list!

 

729,975

 

And now I eagerly await Mord to post a picture of his latest score, mimicking mine but with an extra digit on the end, somewhere in the 7 mil region.

 

Fine fine, let me go read the manual.

[roadrunner]

For one brief moment in time, Curious Sofa was atop the Robotron list!

 

729,975

 

And now I eagerly await Mord to post a picture of his latest score, mimicking mine but with an extra digit on the end, somewhere in the 7 mil region.

 

Fine fine, let me go read the manual.

 

Eventuality we'll play a game that Mord's not too good at. lol

[Mord]

Eventuality we'll play a game that Mord's not too good at. lol

 

I can't say I'm too fond of the controls on this one. Not too many games force you to charge running into a sea of murderous robots in order to shoot back.

 

316,200 for now.

 

[The Usotsuki]

I can imagine the arcade's dual-stick controls are a hell of a lot easier on this one. Eesh. And even with THAT I do miserably (got a dual stick joypad, real good for arcade Robotron xD). Like on the order of 35K... I guess this is why I just watch (though I was playing MSX Galaga while Mord crushed everyone on 7800 Galaga...and when I got a 6-digit score in MSX Galaga I tried the 7800 version and got myself handed to me on a plate. >_>)

[Atarifever]

323,025

 

Not a bad first attempt. As you can see from the level counter, I could have done a lot better by that level, and I certainly could have made it a lot deeper into the game. Oh well, tonight probably.

[Mord]

932,550.

 

Using the two controller method certainly helps.

 

[Zoyx]

First attempt - 195475. You can see my two joystick setup. May try emulator next because I have a better dual joystick setup on my PC. Also note that I have this setup in my kitchen... that's what kitchens are for, I think.

 

[Hydro Thunder]

1,145,800

 

Edit: That wave counter is clearly not correct, btw. I take the photo after a minute or so to get my camera, etc. and it's on the attract screen. I think I was on wave 39 or so.

Edited November 16, 2010 by Curious Sofa

[roadrunner]

983,450

 

I almost got to 1 million

Edited November 17, 2010 by roadrunner

[Hydro Thunder]

1,819,450

 

Wave 67 or so

 

edited 'cause I forgot to attach the photo

Edited November 17, 2010 by Curious Sofa

[Mord]

988,275.

 

I've increased my average game score to the 800k range. I just start dying quickly and pointlessly around there. There's also some weird glitch I keep getting hit with now and then where I end up not being able to fire.

 

[VectorGamer]

246,275

[Zoyx]

417650

 

[Mord]

I've discovered the likely cause of the little no firing glitch I kept hitting before. Shows up when I'm playing two-stick style on the emulator. Pressing in opposite directions for the firing causes it. IE: pressing up and down at the same time, or left and right. On real hardware using real sticks that would be pretty much impossible to do so I guess it wasn't programmed with it in mind.

 

With this I'll attempt some more robotron by the weekend. Right now I'm kindawatchingalotofminecraftletsplaysonyoutube.

[Mord]

1,106,175.

 

Still making a lot of stupid mistakes.

 

[Mord]

I mean 1,333,175.

 

[Hydro Thunder]

2,075,000

 

Would've done better if I hadn't gotten a phone call and had to scramble for the pause button, but I'm still excited to have crossed 2 mil.

 

(edited 'cause AGAIN I forgot to hit "Attach This File" on the photo)

Edited November 19, 2010 by Curious Sofa

[Mord]

1,444,325.

 

Definitely an uphill battle this round.

 

[Mord]

2,196,875.

 

[atomickneedrop]

1,042,950