High Score Club 8.16 - James Bond 007

[Ze_ro]

Important Note: This weeks competition is over and no further scores will be accepted.

 

You are Bond. James Bond, 007, the world's most famous secret agent. Renowned for your cool and confidence (not to mention your biting wit), you've been selected by the British Secret Service for three clandestine, utterly critical, and nearly impossible missions.

 

These will be accomplished at the controls of a specially designed multi-purpose craft that boasts extraordinary capabilities. It has the properties of a car, a plane, and a submarine. And it's equipped with the latest weaponry. We think you'll find it more than adequate.

 

In brief, Mr. Bond, this is what lies ahead. First stop, Las Vegas in Diamonds Are Forever. No casinos, here. Rather, you've got to cross the desert in the dead of night. A very romantic place, indeed, when you're not being shot at.

 

In Moonraker, you'll recognize your old nemesis Hugo Drax and his poison satellites. From your position on the lake, you must stop the satellites from ever reaching Earth.

We know you like a change of scenery, Bond, so the next stop is Sardinia in The Spy Who Loved Me. Stromberg's underwater laboratory is your destination in this one. We're confident you'll know just what to do when you reach it.

 

Good luck, Bond. And Bon Voyage!

 

 

Game Information

• Game Name: James Bond 007
• Released By: Parker Bros, 1983
• Left Difficulty: N/A
• Right Difficulty: N/A
• Game Mode: Novice

Post your scores right here in this thread, and I will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone elses. The deadline for posting scores is Wednesday December 8th at 1:00 AM (Central Time, UTC-6).

 

Challenges

• Design a Scene - Come up with a short game (that is, a description and/or screenshot mock-up) based on another James Bond movie that could theoretically work as part of an 8-bit game like this one and you get 4 bonus points.
  • Deteacher [+4]
  • Miss 2600 [+4]
  • Scrabbler15 [+4]
  • lastkill3r [+4]
  • JacobZu7zu7 [+4]
  • toymailman [+4]

 

Current High Scores 24,550 (Deteacher) [+11] 16,500 (toymailman) [+10] 13,200 (Scrabbler15) [+9] 7450 (oyamafamily) [+8] 7400 (roadrunner) [+7] 1050 (JacobZu7zu7) [+6] 700 (4Ks) [+5] 500 (Miss 2600) [+4] 500 (Mangia-Boy) [+4] 450 (lastkill3r) [+3] Best Tips Scrabbler15 [+2] TwinGalaxies Top 3 45,550 (Scott Stilphen) 450 David B Yancey (Game 1, Difficulty B)

Current Standings toymailman [214] JacobZu7zu7 [189] Scrabber15 [175] Deteacher [172] oyamafamily [163] roadrunner [82] Miss 2600 [80] zylon [61] Zoyx [55] Jifremok [54] Chuck D. Head [52] LarcenTyler [44] SeaGtGruff [33] Mingy Jongo [31] keilbaca [30] ClassicGMR [29] pis [21] HatefulGravey [17] lastkill3r [14] doctorclu [13] rmaerz [12] Pioneer4x4 [12] Mangia-Boy [11] dooglehead [9] MrJimbo [8] Mister VCS [7] satan165 [7] 4Ks [5] madbutscher [4] ed1475 [2] littleman jack [2] pacmanplayer [2] MIKE5200 [2] Austin [1] SpaceDice2010 [1]

 

Scoring Points in James Bond 007

• Diamond - 50 points
• Frogman - 200 points
• Space Shuttle - 200 points
• Poison Bomb - 100 points
• Submarine - 200 points
• Torpedo - 100 points
• Spinning Satellite - 500 points
• Rapid Rocket - 100 points
• Fire Bomb - 100 points
• Mission Accomplished - 5,000 points

 

Hints and Tips

The Manual

 

As always, you really should read the manual. In case you don't have the manual, AtariAge has a typed copy available online. It doesn't provide any specific hints, though it does have some pretty in-depth explanations of the levels that should prove helpful.

 

Scrabbler15

 

1. On the beginning level, avoid being shot by the enemy that comes out on the left by pushing the joystick left to back up past the enemy. To avoid being shot by the enemy that comes out on the right, push the joystick right at the first opportunity to get out of range. Of course, all this has to be done in conjunction with jumping over the fire.
   
2. On the water level, the shots at the beginning spread out in the water to kill your guy. Once you get to the frogmen, the shots don't spread out anymore. At that point, only the frog man is the water hazard.
   
3. The frogman can be hit by first jumping out of the water and then dropping a bomb from mid-air. You have to make sure there are no enemies above your head when you try this.
   
4. When jumping up to land on the oil rig, pay attention to the ground terrain under the water. Once you find the spot where jumping gets you on the oil rig, this jump can be made successfully, even when the sky is not lit up to show the location of the rig.
   
5. To land on the rig: Jump straight up, at the highest point push right (to clear the front of the rig), then push left as the ship starts to descend.

 

--Zero

[Deteacher]

As always, I like to get the bonus out of the way first. Hope you all enjoy!

 

Edited December 1, 2010 by Deteacher

[Deteacher]

And my first submission for the week: 7,250!

 

I think the frogmen are impossible to shoot.

 

[Miss 2600]

I've never seen a James Bond movie, so I had to do a little research and go with an obvious one:

 

 

 

 

I'll have to see if I have this on my CD-Rom as I don't own this cart.

Edited December 1, 2010 by Miss 2600

[oyamafamily]

HERE'S MY SINGLE SUBMISSION FOR PARTICIPATION POINTS - 7,450

 

 

Since James Bond 007 is not one of my favorite games, my goal is to beat David Yancey's score: only 450 points!!

[roadrunner]

7,400

[roadrunner]

An interesting review of this game on youtube.

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0k2d7la_jc

[Miss 2600]

I don't think I'll be playing this one much. Too many things shooting at me! It's tough to play with computer keys, too.

 

500

 

Edited December 2, 2010 by Miss 2600

[Deteacher]

Don't give up, Miss 2600. It's actually pretty fun...especially when you get into the later levels. Lots of challenge as you progress.

 

New High Score for me: 19,750! I got up to the 3rd mission.

 

I'd like to make a suggestion that the game is considered "rolled" when you complete the 3rd mission, regardless of the score. Here's my reasoning:

 

On the second mission, you don't advance until you destroy three spinning satellites (the pink things that streak across the sky.) You could, in essence, stay on level 2 forever and just rack up points by shooting everything except the satellites.

 

To show you completed the game, just take a screenshot of your agent rating (it should be 006 on novice...you can only get 007 on the expert level.) Maybe that could be a tie breaker if multiple people complete the novice mission.)

 

What do you all think?

 

[Scrabbler15]

1050

 

My uncle had this game in the '80s. I wasn't any good at it then, either.

[4Ks]

400

 

Fun, but rock-solid-HARD!

[4Ks]

700

 

Kinda stinks that you can't shoot the enemies.

[Deteacher]

Teacher....DE-Teacher: 24,550! All three missions complete with 006 Agent Rating:

 

Edited December 4, 2010 by Deteacher

[Scrabbler15]

Here's my James Bond game concept:

 

007 Mountain Climber - The game takes place on the "For Your Eyes Only" cliff fortess.

 

James starts the game hanging on the safety rope. The rope is attached to the mountain with ten pitons at different points. The bad guy climbs down the hill and starts banging on the first piton to knock it loose. James swings back and forth (ala Pitfall) and throws pitons up to knock out the bad guy. After a bad guy is knocked out, James uses his shoelace to climb the rope by moving the joystick up and down (ala Decathalon). Then the next bad guy comes out to pound the pitons. If James climbs all the way to the top before all the pitons are gone, the round is cleared (bonus points) and the next round begins with less time for climbing between knocking out bad guys.

[Scrabbler15]

8200

[oyamafamily]

Because of low participation index on this 2600 HSC Contest, I would like to recommend highly the following game for the next HSC weeks:

OINK! (Activision).

Edited December 7, 2010 by oyamafamily

[Scrabbler15]

13,200

[lastkill3r]

Bonus:My link

My link

 

Score: 450.

 

I think for score as horrible i don't need picture.

[Scrabbler15]

My tips:

 

1. On the beginning level, avoid being shot by the enemy that comes out on the left by pushing the joystick left to back up past the enemy. To avoid being shot by the enemy that comes out on the right, push the joystick right at the first opportunity to get out of range. Of course, all this has to be done in conjunction with jumping over the fire.

 

2. On the water level, the shots at the beginning spread out in the water to kill your guy. Once you get to the frogmen, the shots don't spread out anymore. At that point, only the frog man is the water hazard.

 

3. The frogman can be hit by first jumping out of the water and then dropping a bomb from mid-air. You have to make sure there are no enemies above your head when you try this.

 

4. When jumping up to land on the oil rig, pay attention to the ground terrain under the water. Once you find the spot where jumping gets you on the oil rig, this jump can be made successfully, even when the sky is not lit up to show the location of the rig.

 

5. To land on the rig: Jump straight up, at the highest point push right (to clear the front of the rig), then push left as the ship starts to descend.

[Mangia-Boy]

My score: 500 points.

[JacobZu7zu7]

MY BONUS: Baised on A View to a Kill. (1985)

 

Level 1... James Bond 007, starts of in "Siberia Russia", A snowy level with James bond being pull through the snow on sled by Siberian Husky's... goal of the level is to locate a hidden, "Microchip" in the snow and avoid,

Soviet Troop fire.

 

Level 2. After Bond discovers the Microchip in Russia, He starts the next level in San Francisco USA, this round, Bond must stop a KGB agent from destroying an oil rig. Goal, find critical documents in a limited amount of time, "serching rooms" (before KGB's Pola Ivanova) destroys the oil rig!

 

Level 3. Final Battle, Catch a ride onto the helicopter, by getting the right moment to jump onto a rope and aboard the plane and once there, battle and attempt to free Sutton (who's been captured by Zorin)

 

THE END.

Edited December 8, 2010 by JacobZu7zu7

[JacobZu7zu7]

1st score: 550 1,050

Edited December 8, 2010 by JacobZu7zu7

[toymailman]

First my score:

 

16,500

 

Then my James Bond game description: Moonraker

It has come to the attention of the British Secret Service that the moon is quite a dirty and disorganized place. They assign their best agent, James Bond, to go tidy things up.

 

The first stage has James Bond fighting his way up to the moon in a Shuttle craft outfitted with lasers. He uses the lasers to shoot the Aliens vessels that are trying to stop him. The Aliens have learned of Bond's mission and are partial to the way things are on the moon.

 

The second stage takes place on the moon, provided our hero has survived. On the moon, Bond must destroy the Alien base so he can get to the task at hand without interruption. Bond is equipped with a 9mm pistol and must netralize all the Aliens in the base so he can set it to self destruct.

 

Once the Alien base is destroyed, Bond can return to the shuttle and aquire the rake that was provided for him. He then begins to rake the moon and the faster he finishes, the more bonus points will be awarded.