JacobZu7zu7 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) 2600 Knockout Game 16: + 2600 HIGH SCORE CHALLENGE 2012 Our sixteenth HSC + Elimination round is Frogger SETTING: GAME 1 (DEFAULT GAME) LEFT DIFFICULTY: A(Set the DIFFICULTY switch: A) You'll lose Frogger if he's carried off-screen. RIGHT DIFFICULTY: N/A DEADLINE TO PLAY: This round has now begun, it will run a week or until Sunday, April 22nd 11:59PM EST (EASTERN TIME) Play with Atari 2600 Console, or Emulation. Any joystick or keyboard is fine! Pics are encoraged here, however I WILL accept a no pic score. Anyone can jump in and play for a High Score and Ranking, if they like... Every score will be counted for the High Score Challenge also, even if you're not entered in the Winter 2600 Knockout. Everyone starts each game with a score of ZERO, one goal is to get above 0... or get a high score, if you don't you will be eliminated and the lowest score earned of the active KO players, is safe! A KING status will be awarded at the end of every round winner, as well as rankings and points. First place gets +15 points! From there on, 1+ less... For the K.O., you need not win, just not finish LAST! Let the battle begin... THIS GAME IS ALSO OPEN FOR HIGH SCORE CLUB POINTS AND RANKING! Red font indicates out of the knockout but playing for ranking and score. Knockout players & High Score Challengers Updated to post #71 15+ - 5,613 - DT Kofoed 1st 14+ - 5,199 - Liduario 13+ - 4,063 - Deteacher 2nd 12+ - 3,999 - Jifremok 3rd 11+ - 3,759 - JacobZu7zu7 4th 10+ - 3,670 - Vocelli 5th 09+ - 3,339 - Zoyx 08+ - 3,576 - toymailman 6th 07+ - 2,813 - Gorfy 7th 06+ - 1,662 - Scrabbler15 05+ - 1,079 - roadrunner 04+ - 674 - Cortat G 03+ - 815 - jblenkle 02+ - 506 - oyamafamily Rankings after 15 rounds. Rank/Points/Player 1 (198) toymailman 2 (187) Gorfy 3 (178) Deteacher 4 (164) Jifremok 5 (159) oyamafamily 6 (149) Vocelli 7 (144) JacobZu7zu7 8 (127) cparsley 9 (123) Scrabbler15 10 (109) DT Kofoed 11 (85) Cortat G 12 (74) classicgamer_27330 13 (62) LarcenTyler 14 (55) Liduario 15 (54) Zoyx 16 (49) Fallout_002 17 (48) roadrunner 18 (38) bigbee99 19 (25) pis 20 (22) jblenkle 21 (17) Stan 21 (17) Metal Jesus 23 (15) Atarian7 23 (15) KevinMos3 25 (7) Mister VCS 26 (5) HatNJ 27 (0) phaxda Eliminated players 1st round: H.E.R.O. - phaxda 2nd round: Raft Rider - Metal Jesus 3rd round: Yars' Revenge - pis 4th round: Kool-Aid Man - HatNJ 5th round: River Raid - Stan 6th round: Rampage - bigbee99 7th round: Pole Position - roadrunner 8th round: Adventures of Tron - Zoyx 9th round: Moon Patrol - Cortat G 10th round: Kung Fu Master - Fallout_002 11th round: Fantastic Voyage - LarcenTyler 12th round: Astroblast - classicgamer_27330 13th round: Laser Gates - oyamafamily 14th round: Escape From The Mindmaster - cparsley 15th round: Kaboom! - Scrabbler15 King players 1st round: H.E.R.O - oyamafamily 2nd round: Raft Rider - oyamafamily/Deteacher/toymailman/Cortat G/DT Kofoed/Scrabbler15 3rd round: Yars' Revenge - Zoyx/oyamafamily/Gorfy/Cortat G/toymailman/DT Kofoed 4th round: Kool-Aid Man - toymailman 5th round: River Raid - Jifremok 6th round: Rampage - Jifremok/Cortat G/Gorfy/oyamafamily/DT Kofoed/Deteacher 7th round: Pole Position - Deteacher/Gorfy/toymailman 8th round: Adventures of Tron - cparsley 9th round: Moon Patrol - Gorfy 10th round: Kung Fu Master - KevinMos3 11th round: Fantastic Voyage - toymailman 12th round: Astroblast - Jifremok 13th round: Laser Gates - Deteacher 14th round: Escape From The Mindmaster - toymailman 15th round: Kaboom! - Atarian7 Someone will be eliminated from K.O. every Monday at 12:00AM EST) (Anyone without a score by the deadline, will be eliminated!) cparsley has been chosen out of the hat to select Round 15. He picked C-4 and it's the game Kaboom! (HatNJ's game choice). C-4 is X checked off the game list. A - X/2/3/4/X B - X/2/3/X/X C - 1/2/X/X/X D - 1/2/X/X/X E - X/X/3/X/X Game List: Games played on Default, unless a setting is selected by K.O. player. Frogger (Diff. A) H.E.R.O Buck Rogers Crazy Climber Pressure Cooker Moon Patrol Rampage Escape from the Mindmaster Kaboom! Enduro Laser Gates Seaquest Astroblast Reactor Raft Rider Kung-Fu Master Adventures of Tron Ms. Pacman Kool-Aid Man Pole Position Yars Revenge (6B) River Raid Wild Card A Wild Card B Fantastic Voyage Wild Card C Frogger (1982) (Parker Bros).a26 Edited April 23, 2012 by JacobZu7zu7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 Only 2 more rounds AFTER this one, until FINALS...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Kofoed Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 First run: 1075, and nowhere to go from here but up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorTat-G Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Back when I was in the Knockout, I allways had some strange thought that Frogger was going to be the Final Showdown... Aw, well, I was close! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Finally a game I played many times! I hadn't the cartridge but played with my cousin and friends. Here I put my progress through the week : 1) 1,873 (Mon) 2) 2,762 3) 2,855 4) 3,020 5) 3,296 6) 3,335 7) 3,758 8.) 3,770 (Wed) 9) 3,838 (Fri) 10) 3,859 11) 3,948 12) 5,199 (Sat) Edited April 21, 2012 by Liduario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 We are down to SEVEN ! Just one game that you are not good at could KO you. This is where I try to predict the low score of the week. But first last week... Kaboom! Wow, I didn't know I was that good at Kaboom. Go figure. I just discovered this. Good for me! I was REALLY off on my low score prediction. The worse prediction I have ever made. I predicted 18K but this is what it looked like. 6,641 - JacobZu7zu7 6th 4,096 - DT Kofoed 7th 2,715 - Scrabbler15 8th So I was way off. But look at the top scores. 26,274 - Vocelli 1st 17,573 - Gorfy 2nd 11,801 - Jifremok 3rd Hey I beat everyone. My best showing yet. Now onward. Frogger ( Difficulty A ) Now everyone has played Frogger at least once. Honestly, I hate the game. I am OK at it but I find it not to be fun. Just me. Getting over 2K points is good and cracking 3K is GREAT! Playing on Difficulty A makes cracking 3K even harder. Once those snakes appear I find myself losing my lives quickly. So I will predict the low score of the week will be 2550. On difficulty B I would say over 3K but on Difficuly A hitting the first hole can be frustrating. Plus, sometimes the Logs don't line up right and I can't even get to the first hole. Good Luck, we are approaching the finals quickly! Vocelli: 1738 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Frogger didn't make the finals, but my selection is still in play... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 First submission for me: 3,235! I was so afraid I wasn't going to make it through last week. I kept thinking there were going to be a slew of last minute entries that was going to knock me out. Kaboom was a rough week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 First submission for me: 3,235! I was so afraid I wasn't going to make it through last week. I kept thinking there were going to be a slew of last minute entries that was going to knock me out. Kaboom was a rough week. With a starting score above 3k, you should be able to take it much easier this week, 'Teach! I've been dreading this game (though not nearly as much as I dread Ms. Pacman) and now it's finally here. I'll have to work hard to stay in the competition this week. Congratulations and thanks to Scrabbler for his gritty, inspiring performance! Those of you who haven't seen his comments about the competition can check them out at the end of the Kaboom thread. Here's my first score posting for Frogger: 1,624 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 small improvement: 1,792 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 First submission for me: 3,235! I was so afraid I wasn't going to make it through last week. I kept thinking there were going to be a slew of last minute entries that was going to knock me out. Kaboom was a rough week. With a starting score above 3k, you should be able to take it much easier this week, 'Teach! I've been dreading this game (though not nearly as much as I dread Ms. Pacman) and now it's finally here. I'll have to work hard to stay in the competition this week. Congratulations and thanks to Scrabbler for his gritty, inspiring performance! Those of you who haven't seen his comments about the competition can check them out at the end of the Kaboom thread. Here's my first score posting for Frogger: 1,624 I love this game! One of the best Arcade-VCS ports, IMO. The last 2 times this was played, I was the high score of the week (cracked 4K both times.) I know this week will be much different. The competition is fierce and I'm going to have to give it my all so as not to lose my Frogger crown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Back when I was in the Knockout, I allways had some strange thought that Frogger was going to be the Final Showdown... Aw, well, I was close! I thought Mindmaster would be... hehe. I'm surprised Seaquest, Enduro are still up there, 2 great games... unchoosen yet! Would be funny to see all 3 Activision games, make the final... Edited April 16, 2012 by JacobZu7zu7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) 3,335 Edit -->; 3,758!! Nice improvement. I didn't work today. <--End of edit Deteacher said 4k?! That's a real challenge. Yes, it's been a fierce competition but how many people can achieve such a score... I hope at least 2 Edited April 16, 2012 by Liduario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 2,250 1 frog away, from glory... grrr... I lost a good 3 lives on impatience... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 This is the game I chose, so I thought I better participate - 3339. My teenager hi-score is 4016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Kofoed Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) 2513... finally getting my groove on. I fully expect reaching 3K easy, but 4K might be out of my reach on this one. Edited April 17, 2012 by DT Kofoed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Frogger - 523 Not very good at this version.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 918 My frog is too hyper. He needs to go to the Keys, find a nice swamp with a comfortable lily pad, and relax a while. Only then, should he go jumping between the 18-wheelers with all his froggy friends. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 new score: 2030 My frog is too sluggish. He needs to hop on an exercise bike, cut out the fast food, and lose 25 lbs. Maybe then he could get past that huge milk truck in fast traffic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Another beef I have with my frog......HE CAN'T SWIM!!! What kind of amphibian de-evolution results in a frog that can't swim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 2,916 Arh, less difficulty more fun plz.. lol. I made a dumb mistake, tried to dive into one of the safe zones, and I fell in water, I was an entire log off ! Otherwise I might have cracked 3ks. My frog needs to lay off the BUD-WEIS-ER and stop hooking up with all them white lady frogs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) Another beef I have with my frog......HE CAN'T SWIM!!! What kind of amphibian de-evolution results in a frog that can't swim? He can jump like noones business, but can't swim?! lol, I know, even worse he "croaks" when he falls in! I mean the water is clear blue... it's not like he's falling into a toxic pea green soup! Edited April 17, 2012 by JacobZu7zu7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) Another beef I have with my frog......HE CAN'T SWIM!!! What kind of amphibian de-evolution results in a frog that can't swim? A topic started today talks about this curious non swimming frog, among other things... http://www.atariage....wareLabelID=194 Edit --> Ooops... posted the link to the manual, wich explains the frog must pass a fast moving river. The topic link is: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/196710-kids-say-the-darndest-classic-gaming-things/page__fromsearch__1 Edited April 18, 2012 by Liduario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Suddenly I realized what happened last week. I was knocked out with my 2,296 score !!! :-o Sure, I'm not one of the remaining ko players, but that is only due to my late arrival. I play as if I had to win the tournament, not beeing knocked, placing myself higher in the rank as possible and giving all my best. Sure, my recent acquired paddles didn't arrive, but as Scrabbler I tried many ways to overcome the game challenge. I installed another atari emulator on my android smartphone to try touchscreen controls. Put the mouse upside-down, in order to move a thin wood surface . And in astroblast I posted a video of a nice control that could replace paddles -- I wonder if Scrabbler would have some interest in those controls... And, in the end, I crossed 2k, raising a little bit the bottom of the mouse leaving only the mouse's nose to lose some grip and move faster. But after that I didn't manage to improve anymore. Well that is it. I congratulate you, Scrabbler, for knocking me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 1,079 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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