CGQuarterly Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 (edited) Welcome to round 1 of the 10th season of the Atari Age NES High Score League! I'm going back to 2-week rounds this season. I am also going to make up a list of games for this season based on people's recommendations, but I played this game for the first time over the Winter break, and I found it to be surprisingly entertaining. So I thought it would make a cool HSC game. This round ends on Sunday, January 13th. Title: American Gladiators Developer: Incredible Technologies Publisher: GameTek Released: October 1991 (US) http://youtu.be/ZVSnWCw0F9M Rules: None, really. You can play the game in any order that you like. Probably best to figure out which events are the easiest for you, and play those first to maximize your score. Scores so far: WispFollower 808 Skosh 759 cparsley 462 Jibbajaba 310 asponge 307 roadrunner 282 classicgamer_27330 159 darthkur 155 asponge 138 jblenkle 117 Liduario 110 Current standings: None. Edited January 19, 2013 by Jibbajaba 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I've never played this game before either. Here's my first shot: 138. If anyone's interested I grabbed an FAQ with the controls for each event: ---POWERBALL--- DIRECTIONAL PAD: Move right, left, up, or down. START: Pause button A BUTTON: Pick up game balls, put them in baskets. ---ASSAULT--- DIRECTIONAL PAD: Move up, down, left, or right. START: Pause the game. B BUTTON: Picks up missile launchers. A BUTTON: Fires missiles. ---JOUST--- DIRECTIONAL PAD: move left or right, positioning of your jousting stick. A BUTTON: jump in-between battles, attack with jousting stick at mid-level. A BUTTON + DOWN: attack with jousting stick at lower level. A BUTTON + UP: attack with jousting stick at the head. B BUTTON + LEFT: guarding position. ---HUMAN CANNONBALL--- DIRECTIONAL PAD: Move right and left on the platform. Move up and down on the rope (when you get the Clenched Fist item). A BUTTON: Jump on rope, charge off rope. ---THE WALL--- DIRECTIONAL PAD: Controls which direction you are gonna climb. START: Pauses the game B BUTTON: Controls left hand. A BUTTON: Controls right hand. ---THE ELIMINATOR--- Part 1 - Platforms: Dodge balls while jumping from platform to platform. If a ball touches you, you get knocked around. These are to knock you off the platforms. DIRECTIONAL PAD: Move right and left. DOWN: Duck, deflect balls away from you. START: Pause the game. A BUTTON: Jump (The longer you hold it, the higher you jump). A + LEFT/RIGHT: Control the direction you jump. Part 2 - Hand Bike: Move right and left while dodging balls. If a ball touches you while you're on the bike, you fall. START: Pause the game. LEFT OR RIGHT: Move left or right. DOWN: Duck, deflect balls away from you. Part 3 - Moving Treads: Same as platforms, only they are controlling the direction you move. DIRECTIONAL PAD: Move left or right. START: Pause the game. A BUTTON: Jump Part 4 - Sliding Handbars: Tests your timimg. Jump from handbar to handbar on your way to the floor. START: Pause the game. A BUTTON: Jump off the handbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 282 I'm not doing good at human cannonball and wall but the other 3 events are pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Opening shot... damn wall 281 pts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 You're kidding me, right? American Gladiators? I might have to give everyone a head start and sit this one out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 New score: 368 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 You're kidding me, right? American Gladiators? I might have to give everyone a head start and sit this one out.. Have you tried it? It's pretty fun. The Genesis version sucks, but the NES game isn't half bad. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Have you tried it? It's pretty fun. The Genesis version sucks, but the NES game isn't half bad. Chris Watching the video, it looks like it might be entertaining. Perhaps we'll see if I can set aside some time and give this one a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WispFollower Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Wall = no fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 I'm dying to see the final "eliminator" round, but can't get past the wall. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I actually like the SNES/Mega Drive versions, as it is basically precisely like the show (instead of this mini-game hodge podge) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 High score list updated in the OP. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 462 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 310. Can't get past that wall! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I used to suck baddd at this game.......been years since I played it.....have to give it a another whirl in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 For my first game: 110 points... 1) 110 (01/09) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Here's another attempt: 307. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 This round ends tomorrow. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WispFollower Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 What time is the cut off point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 What time is the cut off point? I'll log in first thing Monday morning and post a reply here stating that the round is over. Any posts that make it in before that will count. So basically anything that you can post before bed tomorrow night. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 155 I've always really sucked at these types of games. Just give me something to blow up and I'm happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skosh Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 759 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WispFollower Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 The Joust on level two is insane! I think I lost almost ten lives on one guy. I tried everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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