VectorGamer Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 (edited) Holiday Season Craptacular Competition begins Wednesday, December 22 at 12 noon EST and concludes Monday, January 3 at 3 AM EST Games in this tournament: Labor Day Tourney Noms Carnival Magical Spot II Rally X Rip Off Tempest Halloween Tourney Noms Centipede (3 minute Timer) Galaga '88 Bomb Bee Starship 1 Crap Titles Player Vote: M-79 Ambush - 0 Guided Missile - 3 Safari - 0 Sundance - 2 Games Moved to Flag Day Craptacular: Sundance Tournament Final Standings Calculated 01.03.11 @ 8:44 AM EST 1. rmaerz 190 2. patbb 141 3. roadunner 132 4. FlyingTurtle 37 Scores in GREEN indicate new AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record Bomb Bee You control a paddle that must rebound a ball into the colorized bricks and pop-bumpers. Game Information Game Name: Bomb Bee Released By: Namco, 1979 MAME ROMset: BombBee Dip Switches: Ball: 3; Replay: 50000; Unused: On Chosen By: Halloween Tourney Crap Title ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/536 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 171,440 Leaderboard 1. 123,260 rmaerz 2. 23,680 roadunner 3. 17,090 FlyingTurtle 4. 10,840 patbb Carnival A shooting gallery game. Fire a gun at owls, bunnies, ducks, pipes, bonus letters, and other positive or negative bonus items. Game Information Game Name: Carnival [upright] Released By: UPL, 1980 MAME ROMset: Carnival Dip Switches: Unused: On [All] Chosen By: Labor Day Tourney Nom ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/695 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 72,220 Leaderboard 1. 15,850 rmaerz 2. 11,050 patbb 3. 7,790 roadrunner Centipede (3 minute Timer) The player controls a gun that can only move in the bottom fifth of the screen. The object is to shoot a centipede that works its way down to the player area through a field of mushrooms. Other attacking enemies are fleas, spiders, and scorpions. Game Information Game Name: Centipede [1 Player, Timed] Released By: Atari, 1980 MAME ROMset: CentTime Dip Switches: Difficulty: Hard; Lives: 3; Bonus: Every 12,000; Game Time: 3 mins Chosen By: Halloween Tourney Nom ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/749 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 30,232 rmaerz Leaderboard 1. 35,155 rmaerz 2. 22,164 patbb 3. 21,381 roadrunner 4. 10,816 FlyingTurtle Galaga '88 The player's ship moves from side to side and the player attempts to shoot all advancing enemy ships. Enemy ships are in formation above, and also individual enemy ships come at the player to attack his ship. There are items to collect as they fall, and bombs to avoid from the attacking enemy ships. Game Information Game Name: Galaga '88 Released By: Namco, 1987 MAME ROMset: Galaga88 Dip Switches: Internal Defaults Chosen By: Halloween Tourney Nom ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/6522 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 116,300 LarcenTyler Leaderboard 1. 118,740 rmaerz 2. 90,230 patbb 3. 86,160 roadrunner Guided Missile Launch missiles at targets moving horizontally across the screen. Game Information Game Name: Guided Missile Released By: Midway, 1977 MAME ROMset: GMissile Dip Switches: Time: 90; Extra Play: 500 Chosen By: Holiday Season Crap Title Vote ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/1887 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 3,420 Leaderboard 1. 2,090 rmaerz 2. 1,310 patbb 3. 920 roadrunner Magical Spot II To put it in simple terms, if it moves and it is not your ship, destroy it. This game follows in the same vein as many of the early 1980's space shooters. Game Information Game Name: Magical Spot II Released By: Universal, 1980 MAME ROMset: magspot2 Dip Switches: Bonus Life: 2000; Lives: 3 Chosen By: Labor Day Tourney Nom ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/2558 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 5,034 rmaerz Leaderboard 1. 6,814 rmaerz 2. 2,885 patbb 3. 2,868 roadrunner Rally X You control a small car running around in a maze. There are of course the obvious "bad guys", namely other cars that try to force an accident with you. While you try to dodge the other cars (and there's more of them in each level!) you have to collect the ten yellow flags to get more points. There's also a timer and a fuel gauge to take into account. Game Information Game Name: Rally-X Released By: Midway, 1980 MAME ROMset: rallyx Dip Switches: Difficulty: 3 Cars, Easy; Bonus Life: 20000 Chosen By: Labor Day Tourney Nom ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/3852 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 61,460 retrorussell Leaderboard 1. 67,570 patbb 2. 40,690 rmaerz 3. 31,860 roadrunner Rip Off The player uses a tank-like vehicle to protect fuel canisters from the game-controlled "pirate" tanks. Pirate tanks hook-up and drag the canisters off screen. The game speed and difficulty increase with each successive wave until all the canisters have been "ripped off". Game Information Game Name: Rip Off Released By: Cinematronics, 1980 MAME ROMset: RipOff Dip Switches: Lives: 16 Chosen By: Labor Day Tourney Nom ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/3953 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 4,410 roadrunner Leaderboard 1. 4,050 roadrunner 2. 3,070 rmaerz 3. 1,010 patbb Starship 1 You pilot the Starship 1, from a first-person point of view, avoiding planets and shooting enemy space ships for different point values. Achieving 3500 points before time runs out earns you extended play in 'hyperspace'. Game Information Game Name: Starship 1 Released By: Atari, 1976 MAME ROMset: StarShp1 Dip Switches: Extended Play: Yes; Play Time: 90 Seconds Chosen By: Halloween Tourney Crap Title ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/4607 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: 8,000 Leaderboard 1. 2,400 rmaerz 2. 2,150 roadrunner 3. 450 patbb Tempest You control a yellow crab-shaped shooter that travels along the outside rim of a 3-dimensional tunnel, shooting enemies down the alleys of the tunnel while avoiding any coming down the alleys. The tunnel takes on many different forms, and the shooter has a special "superzapper" that enables it to kill all enemies present in the tunnel. Game Information Game Name: Tempest [rev 3] Released By: Atari, 1980 MAME ROMset: Tempest Dip Switches: Difficulty: Hard; Rating: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9; Bonus Life: 20000 [Every]; Lives: 3 Chosen By: Labor Day Tourney Nom ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/5095 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC World Record: 63,157 rmaerz Note: You may start at any level up to and including level 9. Leaderboard 1. 84,362 rmaerz 2. 75,782 FlyingTurtle 3. 66,133 patbb 4. 23,958 roadrunner . Edited January 3, 2011 by rmaerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 (edited) My favorite tournament from last season was the Flag Day Craptacular. It consisted of a diverse lineup of mainstream titles selected by the players from a pool of games that did not make the cut for the Memorial Day tourney. The tournament was then fleshed out with less than mainstream titles that would not normally be played for an HSC week along with variations of more popular titles. Here was the lineup from that tournament: Eagle (selected by rmaerz - Easter Weekend Pactacular champion) Galaga 88 (selected by FlyingTurtle - Mario Memorial Day Weekend Tourney Runner-up) Space Invaders II (selected by darthkur - Easter Weekend Pactacular Runner-up) Mr. Do's Wild Ride (selected by roadrunner - Mario Memorial Day Weekend Tourney third place) Datsun 280 Zzzap Joyman Tempest Tubes Centipede [3 minute timer] Meadows Lanes Moon Patrol (1 Life/No Bonus) Gee Bee It seems like the sweet spot for tournaments is 10 games and 1.5 weeks in duration. So with that, we have nine titles from two previous tournaments that received multiple nominations plus a vote on a crap title to fill the final spot. I think this tournament has a nice mix of titles and please vote for the final selection. Any game that receives a vote but does not make the cut will be rolled over into the Flag Day Craptacular. Any games not receiving a vote will be sucked into a black hole. Edited December 6, 2010 by rmaerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Voting ends this Wednesday, December 15 at 3AM EST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 How does the voting work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 How does the voting work? Just vote for one of the four crap titles and whichever one receives the most votes will earn the final spot in the tournament. Any other games that receive a vote will earn a spot in the Flag Day Craptacular. Any games not receiving a vote will simply disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 15, 2010 Author Share Posted December 15, 2010 Voting is now closed for the final spot and the field has been set for next week's tournament. Guided Missile occupies the last spot in the field and Sundance makes the Flag Day Craptacular grid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Tempest starting at Level 9 - 78957 Rip-off - 2270 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 15, 2010 Author Share Posted December 15, 2010 Tempest starting at Level 9 - 78957 Rip-off - 2270 Nice - too bad they don't count! Tourney starts next Wednesday, the 22nd at Noon EST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 boo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 Game on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Carnival - 7,790 Galaga '88 - 84,570 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 Carnival - 7,790 Galaga '88 - 84,570 Did you see we're back at it with another Vectrex tourney? http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/173871-2010-vectrex-xmas-tournament/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Carnival - 7,790 Galaga '88 - 84,570 Did you see we're back at it with another Vectrex tourney? http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/173871-2010-vectrex-xmas-tournament/ Yeah i seen that. I think we played 3 or 4 of those games last time. I'd like to play some Berzerk or Pole Position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 (edited) Carnival - 7,790 Galaga '88 - 84,570 Did you see we're back at it with another Vectrex tourney? http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/173871-2010-vectrex-xmas-tournament/ Yeah i seen that. I think we played 3 or 4 of those games last time. I'd like to play some Berzerk or Pole Position. Yeah but Homey don't have those... & Berzerk sucks on Vectrex... Edited December 22, 2010 by rmaerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Carnival - 7,790 Galaga '88 - 84,570 Did you see we're back at it with another Vectrex tourney? http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/173871-2010-vectrex-xmas-tournament/ Yeah i seen that. I think we played 3 or 4 of those games last time. I'd like to play some Berzerk or Pole Position. & Berzerk sucks on Vectrex... Really?? I'll have to watch some youtube clips of this game. It seems ok playing it on an emulator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Magical Spot II - 2,868 Rip Off - 2,700 Rally X - 31,860 And i had a few goes at the Vectrex version of Berzerk - 6,640 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Guided Missile - 920 Starship1 - 2,150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 Really?? I'll have to watch some youtube clips of this game. It seems ok playing it on an emulator. I used to have the Multicart and the game is as bad as they say it is being slow and all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectrexMad! Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 (edited) Really?? I'll have to watch some youtube clips of this game. It seems ok playing it on an emulator. I used to have the Multicart and the game is as bad as they say it is being slow and all... Yes indeed. Four to five levels into the game when you have lots of enemy robots on the screen, game speed slows down, and the robots become really flickery. I've have played both on the Vectrex and on an emulator, and you don't see the flickery effect on the emulator. Edited December 23, 2010 by VectrexMad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Bomb Bee - 23,680 A pretty cool breakout/pinball game. Centipede - 21,381 A little better at Rip Off - 4,050 Tempest - 23,958 @rmaerz, you missed my scores in post #17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 Got 'em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 24, 2010 Author Share Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) Bomb: 28,590 Tempest: 84,362 Centipede: 35,155 Magical Spot II: 2,658 Missile: 1,530 Rip Off: 3,070 Carnival: 14,230 Starship 1: 2,400 Is there a resemblance between the bugs in Magical Spot and Mr. Garrison? Edited December 24, 2010 by rmaerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 24, 2010 Author Share Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) Rally X: 5,300 '88: 84,590 Spot II: 3,149 Bee: 41,860 Edited December 24, 2010 by rmaerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted December 24, 2010 Author Share Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) Bomb Bee: 102,030 Edited December 24, 2010 by rmaerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Merry Christmas everyone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grwP8QvI1jY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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