7800 HSC Season 6 - Game 4 ^Asteroids^

[JacobZu7zu7]

Atari 7800 HSC Season 6 Game 4

 

Asteroids

 

 

 

 

Game Information

 

Game Name: Asteroids

Released by: Atari 1986

7800 HSC High Score: 334,180 Sonic R.

Settings: DEFAULT (Intermediate)

Manual: http://atariage.com/...wareLabelID=675

AMG Rating: ****1/2

 

 

 

Bonus

One week, "EXPERT CHALLENGE"... Play expert setting and create a 7800 HSC record

for this setting, and will earn the winner [+3] points, 2nd place [+2], 3rd [+1].

 

Set a 7800 HSC record for [+1] bonus point. Break a previous record for [+2]

 

 

 

Contest Ends

 

Sunday May 26th 11:00PM 'EASTERN TIME'

 

 

 

High Scores (Point Bonus! 20 players entered = +20 caps at 20!)

 

1. 89,330 StarKnight [+20!]

2. 44,670 Liduario [+19]

3. 33,240 jblenkle [+18]

4. 33,110 NIKON [+16]

5. 31,690 Northcoastgamer [+15]

6. 28,820 aftermac [+14]

7. 28,240 Gorfy [+13]

8. 27,890 atomickneedrop [+12]

9. 26,480 Mord [+11]

10. 25,150 oyamafamily [+10]

11. 21,640 chuckwalla [+9]

12. 21,570 roadrunner [+8]

13. 20,680 ahuffman [+7]

14. 16,180 darthkur [+6]

15. 16,130 Atarifever [+5]

16. 15,770 JacobZu7zu7 [+4]

17. 15,470 classicgamer_27330 [+3]

18. 15,340 Mister-VCS [+2]

19. 15,030 BSA Starfire [+1]

20. 14,770 LarcenTyler [+1]

 

 

 

Expert Bonus

 

1. 24,200 NIKON [+3] NEW record holder!

2. 21,270 aftermac [+2]

3. 21,210 Mord [+1]

4. 19,150 jblenkle

5. 17,370 roadrunner

6. 14,480 Liduario

7. 12,540 classicgamer_27330

8. 6,600 oyamafamily

 

 

 

Rankings

 

1. oyamafamily [37] (3) 2

2. Northcoastgamer [36] (3) 1

3. aftermac [25] (3)

4. Mord [21] (3)

5. darthkur [19] (3)

6. roadrunner [17] (3) 1

6. NIKON [17] (3)

8. Atarifever [11] (3)

9. Liduario [9] (1) 1

10. classicgamer_27330 [9] (3)

11. Darrin9999 [7] (2)

11. Gorfy [7] (2)

13. suaiden [5] (2)

14. JacobZu7zu7 [4] (2)

15. jblenkle [3] (3)

 

 

 

[ ] = Points

( ) = Rounds Played

GREEN = Games Won

GOLD = Seasons Won

Asteroids (1987) (Atari).a78

Edited May 27, 2013 by JacobZu7zu7

[LidLikesIntellivision]

I'm glad to be back.

 

1) 23,480 (05/14)

2) 29,640

3) 44,670 (05/15)

[Gorfy]

Just to make sure, what are the difficulty settings? I'm assuming B-B (both difficulty buttons to the left).

[LidLikesIntellivision]

Just to make sure, what are the difficulty settings? I'm assuming B-B (both difficulty buttons to the left).

We're playing in intermediate.

I'm almost sure the B-A switch doesn't affect the 7800 games.

[Gorfy]

Man, I'm so accustomed to using the shield from the current 2600 HSC that I keep pulling back and dying in hyperspace

 

Happy space-thrusting everyone

 

First submission: 23,090

[StarKnight]

First try...getting more quartes

 

16,260

[NIKON]

27,860

 

 

inp file: Asteroids1.rar

[roadrunner]

We're playing Van Halen Assteroidz - Asteroids flash game in the high score clubs section of AA.

see this thread, round ends June 1st

 

 

http://atariage.com/...ids-flash-game/

[jblenkle]

Asteroids - 18,190

[roadrunner]

21,570

 

 

INP attached, alot of bad games before i hit 21k

[LidLikesIntellivision]

29,640

It's much more difficult than Asteroids for the 2600!

 

 

[StarKnight]

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Edited May 20, 2013 by StarKnight

[aftermac]

23,840

 

[Atarifever]

So, before I spend the next couple weeks trying to suck at this game just a tiny bit less, is leeching UFOs allowed? That is esentially the primary strategy for Asteroids, but the HSC rules forbid leeching, so....

[LidLikesIntellivision]

44,670

 

[Atarifever]

16,130. I hate taking pictures of games with this type of colour on my TV. They don't look right on the cellphone (the attached picture) or the 3DS (it actually takes completely unusable pictures of this one). I'm going to have to bring my really good camera home from work if I'm keeping posting in this round.

[Northcoastgamer]

31,690

[jblenkle]

Asteroids - 19,710

[Lauren Tyler]

I've been absent from my favorite Atari system's club for too long. It's time to return with a score of 14,770!

[jblenkle]

Asteroids - 27,690

[NIKON]

33,110

 

inp file: Asteroids2.rar

[classicgamer_27330]

5470

[Atarifever]

Hey guys. Umm, I don't want to be the uber nerd, and those scores are obviously not actually in doubt, but I think a new rule this season was going to be pictures are mandatory. Did we make that one official after... everything.

[oyamafamily]

Have you ever seen the Easter Egg on 7800 Asteroids? Check it out the Hidden Credits:

 

How to make this?

1) Connect Controller 2 on the right port of your Prosystem Console.

2) After opening your 7800 Asteroids Cartridge, press Fire Button of Controller 2.

3) UP + Pause, DOWN + Pause, LEFT + Pause, and RIGHT + Pause.

4) If you do this correctly, the text "by Ethan and Greg" will appear.

 

Default KEYS on Keyboard for Prosystem Emulator Users:

* Controller 2: I (Up), K (Down), J (Left), L (Right), M & N (Fire Buttons).

* Pause: F4

 

Default KEYS on Keyboard for EMU7800 Users:

* Controller 2: Arrows to move, Z & X for Fire Buttons. Same scheme for Controller 1.

* F1 to enable Controller 1, and F2 to enable Controller 2.

* Pause: C (Color / Black & White TV Type).

Edited May 16, 2013 by oyamafamily

[oyamafamily]

Just to make sure, what are the difficulty settings? I'm assuming B-B (both difficulty buttons to the left).

 

Don't worry, Gorfy. Unless otherwise noted, let both difficulty switches on B position (Novice), which is Default on Prosystem Emulator / EMU7800. Just select the apropriate game mode (Intermediate in this case).

In 7800 Ikari Warriors, Difficulty Switches toggle background music (Ikari Warriors Theme). You could set difficulty switches to A (PRO) position to turn off background music.

Edited May 16, 2013 by oyamafamily