Vocelli Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) This is week 9 Battlezone The year is 1999, and the nations of the earth have declared a world-wide peace plan. But there is a problem with the proposed truce. A council of military commanders has unleashed battalions of automated weapons into the countryside. These aerial fighters, flying saucers, tanks, and super-tanks will turn the world into a lifeless landscape unless you can stop them. Luckily, you've discovered an old military tank hidden inside the museum. Use your Joystick to steer the tank as you search for enemy automatons. Since your electronic periscope only gives you a front view from the tank, you'll have to rely heavily on your radar screen to detect the enemy. If you see a blip on the radar, you need to move fast! Use your Joystick to turn your tank until the enemy appears on the screen; press the red controller button to fire your turret gun. Game Information · Game Name: Battlezone · Released By: Atari, 1983 · Left Difficulty: B / Novice · Right Difficulty: B / Novice · Game Mode: Default 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 else. The deadline for posting scores is Midnight, Sunday Nov 18, 2012 ‘Post-a-Pick’~ Atari 101 ~ Get TWO bonus points if you can post a picture of a score of 101 on any game. It must be from an Atari 2600 game. ~Post the pic from any game with your score reading 101 (one hundred one). ~Post what game it is from. ~Post what your least favorite class was in school. If you can do this then you get TWO bonus points OF NOTE: You cannot use the SAME GAME as someone else. I will determine if your ‘post a pic’ counts. Remember 101. Not 1101 or 1,000,101… just 101. It DOES NOT have to be your ending score. The next Game will be posted Saturday or Sunday. Battlezone High Scores- FINAL 304000 - Vocelli (+15)(+2) ~ English 101 majoring in Towering Infernos. Yes! 190000 - Scrabbler15 (+14)(+2) ~ Sociology 101 majoring in Centipedes. Yes! 146000 - Stan (+13)(+2) ~ Geomotry 101 Majoring in Fast Food. Yes! 132000 – Liduario (+12) (+2) ~ Geography 101 majoring in Seaweed Assaults. Yes! 108000 - Gorfy (+11)(+2) ~ Speech 101 majoring in Kabooms. Yes! 60000 - Deteacher (+10)(+2) ~ Social Studies/History 101 majoring in Pac-Men. Yes! 60000 - Gamerguy99 (+10)(+2) ~ Science 101 majoring in Frog Ponds. Yes! 60000 - Classicgamer_27330 (+10)(+2) ~ History or English 101 majoring in Extra Terrestials. Yes! 59000 - NIKON (+7)(+2) ~ English 101 majoring in Bowling. Yes! 59000 - Zer0soul (+7) (+2) ~ French 101 majoring in Demons and Diamonds. Yes! 54000 - Mister VCS (+5)(+2) ~ Stenography 101 majoring in Dodge 'ems. Yes! 52000 - Roadrunner (+4)(+2) ~ Gym Class 101 majoring in Raft Riding. Yes! 51000- JBlenke (+3) 40000 - Oyamafamily (+2)(+2) ~ History 101 majoring in Circuses. Yes! 33000 – LarcenTyler (+1) (+2) ~ Science 101 majoring in Stampedes. Yes! Overall Rankings through Kangaroo (game 1. : ~Thanks Again to Gorfy! He is really helping 1. Liduario 81 2. Gorfy 78 3. Stan 71 4. Deteacher 68 5. Toymailman 64 6. Vocelli 63 7. Oyamafamily 62 8. Scrabbler15 55 9. Roadrunner 36 9. Gamer_X 36 11. gamerguy 28 11. Classicgamer27330 28 13. NIKON 27 14. gavv 26 15. Amstari 19 16. Homerwannabee 16 17. jblenkle 14 17. MisterVCS 14 19. skosh 13 20. Wickeycolumbus 11 21. Shadow460 10 22. Keilbaca 6 22. sdamon 6 24. AtariUCLA24 5 25. Hatefulgravey 3 26. LarcenTyler 2 26. DTKofoed 2 28. pis 1 28. Miss2600 1 28. exo 1 28. cparsley 1 28. Chuck D. Head 1 28. Atarifever 1 Week 7-9 = First Party Games. Atari only. Week 10-11 = Activision Week 12-13 = Imagic Week 14 = M Network Week 15= Surprise Week 16 = M Network Week 17-19 = Wild card with rarely played games Week 20-21 = Paddle games Week 22-23 = My Favorite Games as a kid Week 24-26 = The end. Anything goes. Edited November 19, 2012 by Vocelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) oops Edited November 10, 2012 by classicgamer_27330 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Oh fak this damn game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 well I'm in first for now 41,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Let's finish Atari's games with an impressive and well done 3d one. 1) 79,000 (11/12) 2) 93,000 3) 132,00 (11/16) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 The HSC's top record is 863,000 by shawnb! It happened in the 9th round of the 4th HSC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 @Vocelli, I "lead the I/O" so I have an "i" before the "o": Liduario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Bonus time! The score: 101 The game: Seaweed Assault Least favorite class: Geography Reason: bad teachers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Nice choice on the bonus, Lid! Seaweed Assault's a cool game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 BONUS: Game: Kaboom Least favorite class: Speech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Battlezone seems like a pretty good game. More challenging than Robot Tank. Score: 66,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 (edited) 33,000 Given the limitations of the Atari 2600, it was actually a good port. BONUS: Stampede LEAST FAVORITE CLASS: Science REASON: The classroom had a huge echo in it which made things louder than need be. Edited November 12, 2012 by LarcenTyler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 56,000 I prefer Robot Tank, but I can enjoy this one, too. Bonus Game is Centipede (which should surprise no one.) Least Favorite Class Sociology - It was the only course I ever dropped. It was so far away from my left-brain-ness, I couldn't bear it. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 (edited) bonus e.t (does this count) least favorite class, history and english (literature) or the class right before lunch as I daydreamed about lunch Edited November 12, 2012 by classicgamer_27330 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Let's get the bonus out of the way before I tackle Battlezone. First the pic of 101: Pac-Man: The game everyone seems to love to hate: My least favorite class was Social Studies/History...<yawn...> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 76,000 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 (edited) And my first game submission for the week: 40,000! This gets tough FAST! Still have to learn the art of dodging enemy fire. EDIT: New High Score: 60,000! Edited November 12, 2012 by Deteacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Least favorite class gym yeah freakin gym. One time when i played softball i got called out at second base. I was standing off the bag to get a head start to 3rd and was called out. That's bull. I guess in the softball rulebook a player cannot leave the base. That sucks, softball has stupid rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 (edited) Atari 2600 101 score Game: Bowling Score: 101 Least Favorite Class: English....I hated the teacher.. she was so not wanting to be there and made sure everyone knew it and was hard on all her tests. BATTLEZONE 59000 Edited November 12, 2012 by NIKON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 (edited) Game: Circus Atari Score: 101 Least Favorite Class: History Reason: I DIDN'T like studying Ancient & Medieval History, especially Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Roma. Edited November 12, 2012 by oyamafamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 89,000 Having way more fun with this one than I thought I was going to. Now basking in my stint at the top of this week's leaderboard (even if it is short-lived) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Battlezone 49,000 much more fun than Kangaroo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 For the bonus Raft Rider 101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Did anyone else used to tip pop machines in school? You need 3 or 4 people to tip the machine forward so the pop cans roll out. Free pop! The bad thing is when the machine bangs against the wall after your done. It makes a loud sound, have to run like hell afterward. This was before security cameras are everywhere and everyone has a freakin' cell phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 BATTLEZONE PARTICIPATION POINTS - 13,000 This week I will focus on 7800 HSC with the game Desert Falcon, which is more interesting than 2600 Battlezone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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