gezkc Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 (edited) We are back for the regular HSC season, and let's start it off by riding the beam, shall we, Beamrider style... This Activision classic features progressive difficulty, and what might be a push over on the first couple of levels can be a real MAJOR challenge as the game goes on. Who will be the ultimate beamrider? Scores can be posted until Sunday, June 24th, 2012 at 10:30am Eastern time. Good luck to everyone! cparsley, Is this game now over? -- Nope, its over on the 24th. (Chris) Edited June 13, 2012 by cparsley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 We are back for the regular HSC season, and let's start it off by riding the beam, shall we, Beamrider style... This Activision classic features progressive difficulty, and what might be a push over on the first couple of levels can be a real MAJOR challenge as the game goes on. Who will be the ultimate beamrider? Scores can be posted until Sunday, June 24th, 2012 at 10:30am Eastern time. Good luck to everyone! cparsley, Is this game now over? -- Nope, its over on the 24th. (Chris) Strange - I'm sure it said June 10th before. Why the extension? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 You know, it looks weird when a post is edited by someone else instead of quoted. I'm setting myself up to have this post edited, i know it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 Im not going to edit your post RoadRunner, get back to the Beam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Im not going to edit your post RoadRunner, get back to the Beam! I'm not sure how much better i can do. 62K is my best at any version of Beamrider. I'm sitting back waiting for the next game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I'm not sure how much better i can do. 62K is my best at any version of Beamrider. I'm sitting back waiting for the next game. I think we all are. Come on cparsley, let's move on to the next game - this one finished last weekend... despite edits to the contrary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Beamrider - 85,192 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 looks like the round got "extended" since there wasn't much play until the 1st end... Shouldn't this be season 4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 So is Beamrider the poor man's Tempest? Manual scan: http://www.digitpress.com/library/manuals/intv/beamrider.pdf Overlay scan: http://www.intvfunhouse.com/activision/overlay/beam-000.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Hey, there's a lot of 60,000+ scores on here. Does anyone want to try and see if this will still work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 First try. Hopefully I can do much better. Was trying to set up my new INTV emulator on Mac. (Oh the pain.) Finally got it working enough to play a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 set a PB 36,560 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Where do you guys find the patience to drive up your scores so high in this game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Probably the only thing I'd change in this game is making regular fire the bottom button. Otherwise, great port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 First try. Hopefully I can do much better. Was trying to set up my new INTV emulator on Mac. (Oh the pain.) Finally got it working enough to play a game. Yeah, it's a pain in the ass setting up the hand controller. You better off using the keyboard for this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) Where do you guys find the patience to drive up your scores so high in this game? This games all about piling up the extra lives and getting bonus points when you hit the mothership? with a torpedo. Edited June 18, 2012 by roadrunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 46,280 You can pile up EXTRA LIVES ?!! This certainly is a tip, I needed to know... ty roadrunner . All this time, I thought those yellow things were to avoid... :\ I thought I was working on 3 total lives. That does bump the game above average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Yes, when we were playing this on the ColecoVision HSC...I started out merrily shooting those "yellow things"...until I read the instructions...oops!!! 46,280 You can pile up EXTRA LIVES ?!! This certainly is a tip, I needed to know... ty roadrunner . All this time, I thought those yellow things were to avoid... :\ I thought I was working on 3 total lives. That does bump the game above average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 46,280 You can pile up EXTRA LIVES ?!! This certainly is a tip, I needed to know... ty roadrunner . All this time, I thought those yellow things were to avoid... :\ I thought I was working on 3 total lives. That does bump the game above average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I found that reading the instruction before playing was much more helpful and saved me time. I scored over 27,XXX on my 4th game ever. Thanks, Literacy! :-) Now it's time to win that Activision patch!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 (edited) Hey, there's a lot of 60,000+ scores on here. Does anyone want to try and see if this will still work? To compare versions - For the CV and 2600 versions you need to get to sector 14 with a score of 40K or more for a patch. Edited June 20, 2012 by roadrunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 17,720 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 56,150 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 8940 How do your thumbs survive some of the scores you all are posting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skosh Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 87712 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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