Deteacher Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) Guide your brave explorer 'Winky' through the depths of different dungeon levels while collecting 'treasures' from each room and avoiding the dreaded 'Hall Monsters'. Shooting the various room occupants is not necessary, but it will add some additional points to your score. Game Information: Game Name: Venture Manufacturer: Exidy/1981 Romset: Venture (Version 5, Set 1) Dipswitches: Starting lives: 3. Extra life at 20K Chosen by: kane ROM Location: http://www.romnation...on-5-set-1.html Bonus Time: Post a pic (idea stolen from Vocelli.) Name a video game from any platform with the word "venture" in it, besides Exidiy's "Venture." Note: the word "venture" can be part of a longer word. For example, Atari 2600's "Adventure" would count (but not anymore.) Post a screenshot of the game along with your submission and get 3 bonus points! Once a game has been submitted, it cannot be submitted by anyone else. Players who've earned the bonus: patbb: Antarctic Adventure NIKON: Sonic Adventure darthkur: Aztec Adventure Mangia-Boy: Adventures of TRON mr. toast: Adventures of Robby Roto bigbee99: Adventure Island roadrunner: Adventure On A Boat Deteacher: The Amazing Adventures of Mr. F. Lea BillyHW: Abobo's Big Adventure M.A.M.E. Offender: The Adventures of Bayou Billy Fallout_002: Adventureland asponge: Adventures of Lolo 2 Kloverz178 The Adventures of Batman and Robin Classicgamer_27330: Adventures of Lolo 3 JohnnyBlaze: Spica Adventure kane: Adam's Venture cynicaster: Magical Cat Adventure Mingy Jongo: Kirby's Adventure ommode-ky: Aquaventure Contest ends on Saturday, March 2nd at 11:59 p.m. High Score Table: 1. 110,610 JohnnyBlaze [+18] 2. 70,030 bigbee99 [+17] 3. 38,780 patbb [+16] 4. 36,900 kane [+15] 5. 35,280 Deteacher [+14] 6. 34,200 Cynicaster [+13] 7. 34,110 kloverz178 [+12] 8. 32,600 darthkur [+11] 9. 31,260 M.A.M.E. Offender [+10] 10. 29,660 Classicgamer_27330 [+9] 11. 29,160 Fallout_002 [+8] 12. 26,110 ommode-ky [+7] 13. 11,990 roadrunner [+6] 14. 11,970 Mingy Jongo [+5] 15. 11,250 BillyHW [+4] 16. 11,110 asponge [+4] 17. 10,130 Mangia-Boy [+4] 18. 9,600 NIKON [+4] 19. 8,780 Jblenkle [+1] 20. 160 mr. toast [+4] Points Leaderboard: 1. patbb [99] 2. kane [89] 3. M.A.M.E. Offender [85] 4. Deteacher [78] 5. bigbee99 [67] 6. Cynicaster [60] 7. Fallout_002 [56] 8. hepcat [51] 9. NIKON [46] 10. darthkur [45] 11. asponge [43] 12. Mangia-Boy [35] 13. JohnnyBlaze [31] 14. kloverz178 [24] 15. Classicgamer_277330 [20] 16. Jblenkle [15] 17. Vocelli [14] 18. roadrunner [14] 19. onmode-ky [11] 20. Beaver On The Wood [9] 21. Wispfollower [8] 22. BillyHW [6] 23. Liduario [3] 24. mr. toast [2] 25. Homerwannabe [2] 26. MisterVCS [1] Edited March 3, 2013 by Deteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 @ Cyn, this is the "gotta reset it" game.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 @ Cyn, this is the "gotta reset it" game.... No, that was bowling when he didn't get a first frame strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 32,600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 Game on folks! Be sure to check out the bonus challenge. I got the idea from Vocelli in his Atari 2600 HSC. Something a little different...and should garner some bonus points for you all. Check out the points leaderboard and PM me with any errors. Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 (edited) 840 ...Joystick problem Bonus : Antarctic Adventure Edited February 24, 2013 by patbb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 (edited) Edited February 24, 2013 by NIKON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 11,990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Never played the arcade version of this before, and just about the only thing I remember about the 2600 version is that it came in one of those weird looking Coleco cartridges. Played a few credits last night. The controls are freakin' horrifying. And it's quite maddening when a pixel of your bow touches a dead enemy that is taking like 45 seconds to disappear, and you die. I wonder how many Venture cabinets had fists put through their glass? I only played for a few minutes and I was ready to donkey punch my MAME cabinet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Bonus point: Aztec Adventure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 OMG, so many ColecoVision memories! I don't think I've ever played the arcade cab though. And for the Bonus Point, not only will I post a screenshot, but I'll do one better and post the actual game! http://abobosbigadventure.com/fullgame.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Never played the arcade version of this before, and just about the only thing I remember about the 2600 version is that it came in one of those weird looking Coleco cartridges. Played a few credits last night. The controls are freakin' horrifying. And it's quite maddening when a pixel of your bow touches a dead enemy that is taking like 45 seconds to disappear, and you die. I wonder how many Venture cabinets had fists put through their glass? I only played for a few minutes and I was ready to donkey punch my MAME cabinet. OMG tell me about it. Those dead enemies are a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Adventures of TRON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Hey, do I get a bonus point for my avatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. toast Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Well, looks like I have to download this one. Looks ok so far... and how could we forget about this guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 31,440 Adventure Island for my bonus B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 (edited) Never played the arcade version of this before, and just about the only thing I remember about the 2600 version is that it came in one of those weird looking Coleco cartridges. Played a few credits last night. The controls are freakin' horrifying. And it's quite maddening when a pixel of your bow touches a dead enemy that is taking like 45 seconds to disappear, and you die. I wonder how many Venture cabinets had fists put through their glass? I only played for a few minutes and I was ready to donkey punch my MAME cabinet. Yeah, the controls are very sticky...makes for some serious frustration. While I can sympathize (and I've been known to smack my machine around from time to time) please don't destroy your own machine over this game. Edited February 25, 2013 by Deteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Adventure On A Boat (Atari 8 bit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 (edited) I'll put my bonus submission in first: The Amazing Adventures of Mr. F. Lea My first score: 14,710! Edited February 25, 2013 by Deteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 Managed to get to level 3: 35,280! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. toast Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 That was one hell of an exciting game. 160 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 12,430 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 10,130 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Managed to get to level 3: 35,280! I have almost past the 3rd level. That is my goal for right now. I was one room away. I had cleared all of the rooms minus the one in the middle with the bats. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Ahhhh!!! It is literally torture playing this fn game. If I deemed it necessary to quit playing video games for some reason, I would lock myself in a 4 foot by 4 foot cubicle and force myself to play Venture for 8 hours straight. After such agony and annoyance I would have no choice, I would have to quit!! Don't you just love the delayed controls? Aren't they great? Oh, and how about that little pause in movement every time you change directions? That's an even better feature this game has. What about when you exit a room and a big goon-like head gets you because he's sitting RIGHT next to the door? I love it when I die that way!! But I think the best thing in this game is when you're in striking distance of an enemy, you aim and shoot and your enemy scurries away, making it absolutely impossible to hit him. I love it when that happens. In all honesty, I find Venture for the Atari 2600 was ten times more enjoyable than this crappy arcade version. Oh yeah, my entry(and probably last) score ------------->31,260 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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