Gorfy Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Great score! You beated the Retrocade Magazine record. Thanks, Lid. Isn't that the Mailman's record on retrocade? He'll be sure to wreak vengeance this week, then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Oh shit Oyama's in! We're all done for. Ha! Now we got both Brazilian bombers in, Oyama and Lid. We could make an awesome team of players from this hsc. Go up against the hsc's of other websites like Retrocade. I don't know if there are any others, though. In fact, I just recently found out about retrocade's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 (...) We could make an awesome team of players from this hsc. Go up against the hsc's of other websites like Retrocade. I don't know if there are any others, though. In fact, I just recently found out about retrocade's. We really have a great team of players here in AtariAge. When I was collecting high scores I found another great player. I knew him for his vast Atari knowledge but I had no clue he was that strong. I'm talking about Rom Hunter, the winner of the fourth season. I was also surprised to see Spice Ware's scores because he's a very busy (and successfull) Atari programmer. Of course there are many others. I would highlight toymailman who won 3 HSC and the knock out HSC. I didn't know Todd Rogers before checking his scores in the first HSC. I think Oyama could improve his skills at that level if he really wants to... It's great to play with everyone here. And I still didn't win a single round yet... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Well, I reached my limit at 50k....... 50,334 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 IMPROVEMENT - 7,612 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Pretty sure the game is trolling me. I was rolling along in a zen-like state with only one strike against me and hit a tidal wave of purple. 2,838 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I think I have a good tip. You can use the slow food as a type of shield, you stay behind the slow ones and keep an eye in the near track to grab the fastest foods that comes. When the shield is too close, you eat it . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Making some progress: 4,176 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Finally got the hang of it. As mentioned prior by someone else, staying in the middle and moving up and down is the best option. I've found you can get into a good groove, quickly nabbing food above and below you. Another tip, use the slow food to your advantage later on, hiding in that row and picking off food up and down and then eating it at the last moment. Saves you a lot. You can pretty much stay in the middle row and just eat whatever comes towards you that isn't a purple pickle, moving up and down as you need to. That's the best way. 6,927 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 We really have a great team of players here in AtariAge. Of course there are many others. I would highlight toymailman who won 3 HSC and the knock out HSC. And ME. The destroyer! But yeah, we have some great players here. Oyama is known for slowly obliterating all, though there were a few games last time around he just didn't play. Toy is constantly breaking new records. I tend to have fairly high scores for the most part, provided I have enough time to play. But yeah, we trash pretty much every HSC group online. There's no comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymailman Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Thanks, Lid. Isn't that the Mailman's record on retrocade? He'll be sure to wreak vengeance this week, then Yeah, that's me over there. I've submitted most of my scores over there if a game I've played is listed. Don't know if I'll have time for vengence, but I will at least get a score in. Daddy duty is quite busy with a 19 month old. Here's my boy helping to organize some toilet paper. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Yeah, that's me over there. I've submitted most of my scores over there if a game I've played is listed. Don't know if I'll have time for vengence, but I will at least get a score in. Daddy duty is quite busy with a 19 month old. Here's my boy helping to organize some toilet paper. You're busy allright :-D We have two cats to organize our toilet paper, but they're neither as time-consuming nor as cute as your boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 In an earlier post, Chuck D. Head mentioned being in a zen-like state while playing, and that's how I feel when the game's going well. I've been trying to think of tips for this game, but it's difficult to put into words. I've noticed that when I have wandering thoughts during the game, I start to screw up. So, I started to look at it as a type of mindfulness meditation. The object of the meditation is simply the color purple. Gaze at the left side of the screen (you want to see the purple pickle as soon as possible to increase reaction time). Focus on this binary decision: "not-purple or purple?" If not purple, then stay. If purple, move up or down. (This eliminates time-wasting decisions about whether to get the higher point cheeseburger instead ot the green pickle. I don't worry about the points. As long as you're surviving, you'll be scoring). Throughout this simple process, I apply some light attention to what enters my mind. As soon as a distracting thought appears, even if it's a thought about "strategy", I let it go and return full attention to the left side of the screen and the binary decision of purple/not-purple. This keeps my focus from slipping away, which seems to be the most important aspect of this game. Enjoy! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 19,921 I agree with Gorfy. The shield technic is great until 7k, good until 10-11k. But you need to Gorfy's zen-like state to go beyond this and I'm having some troubles to do it. Now I'm getting the feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Yeah, but it always comes down to a few unlucky rows of the pickles. With that score I got up there I got obliterated at the end with nearly impassable triple rows, three in succession. Stress on suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 2,600 This game clearly makes me wonder to myself, "Wonder what we're playing next week?" Definitely not my game. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Definitely not my game. Well, that's what I thought at first. Honestly, with practice and staying in the middle of the screen on the right, you should find a groove begin to develop. Just takes practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 1,931 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Man, seriously, I was basically going insane by this point. You have to be a sheer lunatic to want to go any further. Problem is that I need to wait at least a day to want to sit down and try it again because it takes so long to get really high scores. That's a lot of sitting to go through. I wish the game had some sort of Easter Egg or incentive to go further. There's just no incentive, no point bonuses, nothing. Just eat and go. Anyway, over doubled my last score, so I'm happy with this at the moment. Yet again, an unfortunate series of tight purple pickle attacks too me out. 14,690 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I think I'm out for the rest of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymailman Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Wow, people are putting up some awesome scores this week. I got a couple games in after putting baby to bed, but have not hit the "zen" mode yet. 3,333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I got to 7k last night, and I was happy with that score. I did another round and completely lost it at 2-3k. I'll try again tonight and see what happens. This definitely is a 1 to 3 tries a night game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I've found a hacked one of this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 (edited) Fast Food - 764 When does this game end? It was never posted... Edited September 24, 2012 by jblenkle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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