Ikrananka Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Mountain King Armed only with a flashlight and raw courage, you collect diamonds and treasures as mystical music draws you towards the flame spirit. Deep into the heart of the mountain, you offer the flame spirit to the skull spirit, enter the tomb for its treasured crown and begin your escape. The music plays faster and faster, you must reach the top of the mountain before the bats steal your crown and the music stops. Once you have reached the top, you've become the "Mountain King" and begin another quest. Game Information Game Name: Mountain King Released by: Sunrise, 1984 Original arcade game by: N/A CV HSC High Score: N/A TwinGalaxies High Score: 29,490 by Stephen Knox (Jun 2000) Settings: Level 1 This game was suggested by: ed1475 Contest Ends Saturday, 6 April 2013 at 1:00AM EST Contest Rules The HSC rules can be found here Final High Scores 1. Northcoastgamer 334,000 [+100] 2. ed1475 139,950 [+42] 3. jblenkle 103,460 [+31] 4. darthkur 47,740 [+14] 5. roadrunner 16,900 [+5] 6. wolfman24 6,370 [+2] 7. Darrin9999 4,180 [+1] Leaderboard 1. Northcoastgamer [869] (9) 7 2. jblenkle [773] (15) 1 3. ed1475 [550] (15) 1 1 4. skosh [403] (9) 5. roadrunner [359] (15) 6. darthkur [350] ( 7. Darrin9999 [343] (12) 2 8. Ikrananka [260] (7) 9. JEFF31 [252] ( 10. NE146 [200] (2) 2 11. Mangia-Boy [164] (2) 1 1 12. Liduario [144] (7) 13. patbb [141] (3) 1 14. atariron82 [135] (3) 15. Manoau2002 [133] (4) 16. WispFollower [119] (3) 17. atariaddict82 [101] (5) 18. ChuckH [98] (2) 19. craigm71 [97] (3) 20. gavvv [85] (1) 21. sean49938 [74] (2) 22. kelman66 [66] (4) 23. mc#4 [65] (3) 24. chuckwalla [41] (1) 25. wolfman24 [20] (2) 26. sega_SHARK [15] (1) 27. Mister VCS [2] (1) [ ] = Points ( ) = Rounds Played BLUE = Rounds Won GOLD = Seasons Won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 34,440 Another glitchy one. I get flames everywhere on the mountain as the pic shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 Good grief, are there any of the more obscure games that aren't riddled with bugs. I suppose this was the nature of the industry in 1984 leading up to the crash. QA went out the window. Does this bug make this round pointless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) Is that a bug? I thought more and more flames popped up as you went through the game to make it harder to get to the finish. Edit: I believe this starts to happen when you've got less than a minute left on your timer. Edited March 25, 2013 by jblenkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) That's not a bug. It's just the level getting harder as the timer runs out. When you find the flame spirit, you need to get into the temple and get the crown. Then you need to get to the top of the mountain with the crown as fast as possible (without it being stolen by a bat, or the music stopping) . Then the game advances to the next level (level 2, level 3, etc) and the timer is reset. Edited March 25, 2013 by ed1475 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 That's not a bug. It's just the level getting harder as the timer runs out. When you find the flame spirit, you need to get into the temple and get the crown. Then you need to get to the top of the mountain with the crown as fast as possible (without it being stolen by a bat, or the music stopping) . Then the game advances to the next level (level 2, level 3, etc) and the timer is reset. Phew - thanks for the clarification guys. Glad that this is by design. Personally I have never played this game and so must try and find some time to do so while this round is active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Mountain King - 46,240 Whew! Not sure how I scored 125,360 back in the day...I have yet to make it back to the top of the mountain now or when we played this before in the HSC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Here's a gameplay video I uploaded last summer. http://youtu.be/5f24PIZnnaA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 Whew! Not sure how I scored 125,360 back in the day...I have yet to make it back to the top of the mountain now or when we played this before in the HSC. This hasn't been played in the HSC before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 I could have swore we played it last season...at least I remember playing it. Maybe it was on my own, but I rarely do that. This hasn't been played in the HSC before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 32,990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Well, flames or no flames, 85,170. Dam bats. Thanx for the info Ed, glad its not a glitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 119,850 Fun game, seems more challenging than the 2600 version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 139,950 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 190,540 From level 3 on, you must be almost perfect getting the crown back to the mountain top in 30 seconds. One slip up and you'll be collecting more diamonds. Dam bats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 16,900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoDan Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 16,900 Nice Avatar - did you use that as a joke or does atariage do that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) Nice Avatar - did you use that as a joke or does atariage do that? Thanks, I did that has a joke, if Al wants to use it for atariage that's alright by me. Edited March 28, 2013 by roadrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 225,610 Getting close to reaching level 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 30,860 Never been good at this game. Loathe those damn bats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 4180 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 47,740 Finally got the crown on top of the mountain. Now to do it twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Mountain King - 52,850 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Mountain King - 68,950 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfman24 Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 6,370 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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