NEW HSC CLUB CHAMP and announcing Season 2

[Vocelli]

Lets us all congratulate

 

GORFY

 

For winning the

NEW High Score Club Season 1.

Much deserved and many years of practice!

 

Here are the final results: Please look for your name in the Medal Bracket Challenge (MBC).

THE NEW HSC SEASON 1 FINAL RANKINGS

 

1. Gorfy 367

 

2. Liduario 343

 

3. Vocelli 309

 

4. Stan 308

 

5. Oyamafamily 305

 

6. Scrabbler15 265

 

7. Deteacher 197

 

8. S.BAZ 196

 

9. NIKON 169

 

10. Northcoastgamer 150

 

11. Roadrunner 121

 

12. gamerguy 109

 

13. Darthkur 92

 

14. Classicgamer27330 89

 

15. RedTide 88

 

16. Shadow460 70

 

17. skosh 66

 

18. Toymailman 65

 

19. Larcen Tyler 57

 

20. Gamer_X 55

 

21. Zoyx 51

 

22. Mister VCS 47

 

23. CraftsmanMIKE 45

 

24. jblenkle 37 ~finishes 24 based on number of weeks played.

 

25. Mingy Jongo 37

26. JacobZu7Zu7 28

27. gavv 26

28. Amstari 20

29. Homerwannabee 16

30. Chuck D. Head 14

31. Wickeycolumbus 13

32. Pressurecooker2600 10

32. DTKofoed 10

34. Zer0Soul 9

34. W. Lefeavers 9

36. Keilbaca 6

36. sdamon 6

36. Random Terrain 6

36. Karokoenig 6

40. AtariUCLA24 5

40. Cortat G 5

42. Zeptari1 4

43. Hatefulgravey 3

43. BubsytheBobcat 3

43. hatNJ 3

46. Atarifever 2

46. Vonthedestroyer 2

46. Udonge 2

49. pis 1

49. Miss2600 1

49. exo 1

49. cparsley 1

49. Pingvinbluejeans 1

 

How that we have endied Season 1, it is time to start thinking about Season 2.

I am looking for SUGGESTIONS. Here are some of the Categories for next Season.

 

NEW SEASON 2 Ideas:

 

Top 20 Games.

We will play 3 games from the Top 100 Atari Games of all time list that have ranked in the top 20.

 

The Classics.

We will play 3 classic favorites that everyone loved at the arcade.

 

Random Selections.

We will play 3 of your random suggestions. Maybe 4.

 

Homebrews

Wow, we will play 2 homebrews. Maybe and hopefully

 

Paddle weeks

Maybe 2 paddle games

 

Rarely played games.

We will play a couple of games that are hardly played.

 

Anything goes.

 

Several special weeks

 

 

We will me starting sometime in May.

I will have the exact date in a couple of weeks.

Season 2 will last about 26-30 weeks.

 

Please FIRST congradulate our Season 1 winner!

Than I will need some suggestions from YOU! the Player.

These are suggestions only.

Thanks for a GREAT Season 1 in the NEW High Score Club!

Edited March 25, 2013 by Vocelli

[Stan]

Damn Voc, I wanted that third place! Kind of glad I didn't get it, though, because of the gold medal bracket. I prefer the game I'm playing, I would have been finished otherwise.

[Northcoastgamer]

Gratz Gorfy, well done!

[Gorfy]

Gratz Gorfy, well done!

 

Thanks, Northcoastgamer!. Congrats to you on making the top ten despite having started late in the season. It must be the Lake Erie water! (or possibly the Great Lakes beer).

[Stan]

My only suggestion is to avoid homebrews or find some way of making that a special event or something. Some of the homebrews out there can't be found anymore and I wouldn't be able to play them on my hardware. I know, yes, I can emulate, but without a nice USB joystick I'd be at a huge disadvantage, as most hardware players would. I think just the regular games are fine, but that's up to you guys. If you do homebrews, I guess for that round I'll emulate.

[Scrabbler15]

Gorfy, you da man!

 

Congratulations on a great effort this season. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

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[karokoenig]

Suggestion for a paddle game: see my avatar. GI Joe Cobra Strike. The game is underappreciated, because it takes some effort to get the hang of it. That's why it usually received mediocre reviews in the past. So why not force a couple of good players to actually dedicate some time to it via the HSC? Single player mode is quite hard.

[darthkur]

Congrats, Gorfy.

[Mister VCS]

Thank you Vocelli for your good work!

 

My wish-list for Season 2:

 

Mr. Do!

Beamrider

Ikari Warriors

Tutankham

Fatal Run

Rampage

Zaxxon

Pac-Man (!)

Road Runner

Wizard of Wor

 

...and the use of colors and pictures!

Edited March 25, 2013 by Mister VCS

[roadrunner]

Congrats to Gorfy. And thanks to Vocelli for all the time and effort running this HSC.

[Deteacher]

Congrats, Gorfy! Well played!

[NIKON]

 

Congratulations to GORFY

 

The Atari 2600 NEW Season 1 HSC Champion

[oyamafamily]

MY IDEAS FOR SEASON 2 (games mentioned in RED mean Difficulty A / Expert / PRO; for the others let's use Difficulty B / Novice)

The Classics - Dig Dug & Missile Command

Paddle Games - The Music Machine, Demons to Diamonds & Guardian

Rarely played games - Cakewalk, I Want my Mommy, Dolphin & Z-tack

Anything goes - Flash Gordon, Malagai, Space Cavern, Spider Fighter, and Turmoil

 

...and the use of gameplay videos!

Edited March 25, 2013 by oyamafamily

[ReflectionAngle]

I'd like to add my congratulations to Gorfy, my thanks to Vocelli, and my appreciation to everyone who participated. While I believe we all would all enjoy playing these games alone, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be half as much fun as competing in the NEW HSC. I discovered a lot of great games this season, and I'm looking forward to the knockout rounds and season two!

[Stan]

...and the use of gameplay videos!

 

I'll never reveal my secret tactics.

[Gorfy]

 

Congratulations to GORFY

 

The Atari 2600 NEW Season 1 HSC Champion

 

 

Wow, I didn't know there was a trophy on the line this season! Thanks, NIKON!!

 

 

Thanks to all you guys for your congratulations and for being great Atari partners

[S.BAZ]

nice job gorfy! not surprised, you,re always whoopin ass

also glad tosee u back deteacher, pullin ahead of you didnt quite seem right!

[Algus]

This sounds pretty exciting compared to some of the previous HSC contests. I think I'd like to get involved this time around.

 

Do you plan to release the list of games for the season in advance? It'd be a great excuse for me to pick up some homebrews.

[pis]

Congrats Gorfy!

 

 

 

I have never played a whole season of the HSC, and latelly i havent played at all, but i will definetly play some next season (don´t like emulation).

 

My suggestions for next season:

1. Stay away from the rare games, since they are rare for a reason.

2. No homebrews.

3. No PAL or NTSC exclusive games.

 

These suggestions is becouse a lot of us atarigamers like to play the games on the real hardware, with the real software.

 

There are still a lot of pretty common games that never has been played in the HSC, and a shitload that havent been played since ages ago.

 

Cheers!

[pis]

MY IDEAS FOR SEASON 2 (games mentioned in RED mean Difficulty A / Expert / PRO; for the others let's use Difficulty B / Novice)

The Classics - Dig Dug & Missile Command

Paddle Games - The Music Machine, Demons to Diamonds & Guardian

Rarely played games - Cakewalk, I Want my Mommy, Dolphin & Z-tack

Anything goes - Flash Gordon, Malagai, Space Cavern, Spider Fighter, and Turmoil

 

...and the use of gameplay videos!

 

Ok. I try to find my vhs-camcorder then, to film my tv while playing.

[Mister VCS]

Congrats Gorfy!

 

 

 

 

My suggestions for next season:

1. Stay away from the rare games, since they are rare for a reason.

 

 

These suggestions is becouse a lot of us atarigamers like to play the games on the real hardware, with the real software.

 

There are still a lot of pretty common games that never has been played in the HSC, and a shitload that havent been played since ages ago.

 

Cheers!

 

well spoken!

[LidLikesIntellivision]

...hmm.

I want to see homebrews in the HSC but I understand above reasons.

 

But, on the other hand, Vocelli's suggestion was to make just a few rounds.

Personally, I think it's good to have a HSC which explores many sides (paddles, rare, homebrews etc) the secret is to avoid too many games of the same type, IMHO.

And I also can say many homebrews are still available for purchase, they aren't that expensive for people who really want to play on the real thing since there are available roms too.

[Algus]

The idea of doing one or two home brews is the bait that lured me into wanting to participate in the next season though I feel for the other camp. One reason I haven't participated before was my pretty small 2600 library. I like to play on my console when I can too.

 

As long as we don't do more than 2 or 3 and they are games everyone can play, I think it would be a lot of fun.

[karokoenig]

And I also can say many homebrews are still available for purchase, they aren't that expensive for people who really want to play on the real thing since there are available roms too.

 

I'd love to get a homebew or two, but remember that shipping costs to Europe are a big letdown. At the very least, homebrew rounds should be anounced well in advance, so people have time to get the thing shipped over the pond if they want it.

[Stan]

My suggestions for next season:

1. Stay away from the rare games, since they are rare for a reason.

2. No homebrews.

3. No PAL or NTSC exclusive games.

 

I agree with the rare thing only because some people who play on real hardware don't have some of these titles, because they're rare. However, don't be fooled, some rare and hard-to-find games are quite good. Subterranea is one, though not mega rare, and some of Commavid's titles like Stronghold and Cakewalk are ace.