Vocelli Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) ~ WEEK 32 ~ Gyruss DOUBLE POINTS WEEK 2 CLARIFICATION: No use of CHEATS, emulation advantages, bugs, cart frying or other variables that gives you an unfair advantage is allowed in this HSC. Before you even consider using such non-sense a PM must be sent to me, the Moderator, to ask for clarification on any such advantage or rules and if any of the above variables are allowed. So assume you cannot use any of the above variables to play in the 2600 HSC until you are given authorization to do so by me, your humble yet strict MODERATOR! Gyruss Released By: Parker Brothers Left and Right: B/B Game Mode: Game 1 Post your scores right here in this thread, and I will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone else. The deadline for posting scores is Midnight the evening of December 22 2013 Bonus BEAT THE LEADERS! If the overall rankings change so will the people involved in the bonus)6 possible bonus.~ Beat NorthcoastGamer and get 3 bonus points~ Beat Liduario and get 2 bonus points~ Beat SBAZ and get 1 bonus point Notes:~ If NorthcoastGamer gets 1st (first) place this week, he gets 3 bonus points plus 3 more bonus points for beating Liduario and SBAZ or a total of 6 bonus points.~ If Liduario gets 1st (first) place this week, he gets 2 bonus points plus 4 more bonus points for beating Northcoastgamer and SBAZ or 6 bonus points.~ If SBAZ gets 1st (first) place this week, he gets 1 bonus point plus 5 for beating NorthcoastGamer and Liduario or 6 bonus points. Gyruss Scores 1 Million - NorthcostGamer (+50) (+6) 862700 - Liduario (+48) (+1) 396200 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+46) (+1) 377200 - SBAZ (+44) 331000 - Zoyx (+42) 316600 - Karokoenig (+40) 265200 - Scrabbler15 (+38) 230900 - Gorfy (+36) 214900 - Oyamafamily (+34) 213400 - Vocelli (+32) 199400 - Darthkur (+30) 182800 - NIKON (+28) 181600 - Centiqueen (+26) 179300 - Miss2600 (+24) 178900 - Botbird (+22) 169300 - LarcenTyler (+20) 138200 - Keilbaca (+18) 127100 - Fallout (+16) 122600 - Spiceware (+14) 93700 - Roadrunner (+12) OVERALL RANKINGS THROUGH SOLAR FOX: Potential Gold Medal Bracket 1. Northcoastgamer O 783 2. Liduario Y 773 3. S.BAZ 707 4. Gorfy Y 651 5. Zoyx O 598 6. Vocelli Y 569 7. Oyamafamily 514 Bubble Players 8. Scrabbler15 475 8. Darthkur 475 Potential Silver Medal Bracket 10. Karokoenig 466 11. Keilbaca 384 12. Spiceware 379 13. Snakeboy 360 14. Botbird208 249 15. Larcen Tyler 216 16. CraftsmanMIKE 207 Potential Bronze Medal Bracket 17. Roadrunner 206 18. Mister-VCS 201 19. NIKON 200 20. Classicgamer27330 173 20. Miss2600 173 20. Fallout002 173 23. Aftermac 172 24. Khryssun 152 25. Shinobiedo 137 26. jblenkle 119 27. Ferghead 118 28. Jacobzu7zu7 95 29. Skosh 93 29. RJ 93 31. The Smirk 84 32. Red Tide 83 33. Centiqueen 80 34. Serious 50 35. WickeyColumbus 44 36. Vaughan 42 37. KeyboardCowboy 30 37. G.Sampson 30 39. Weird Paul 27 40. AtariBrian 25 41. Zeptari1 24 42. Stan 22 43. Gray 21 44. Star Knight 20 44. Chuck D. Head 20 46. Turnquest 19 47. Yarjr 15 48. Atarian7 14 49. DoctorTom 12 50. DTKofoed 11 51. Wolfman24 11 52. Ahuffman 6 53. BillyHW 5 54. Darrin9999 4 54. W.Lefeavers 4 54. Algus 4 54. Dan I 4 54. Ashkin2002 4 59. Atariano 2 60. BSA Starfire 1 The Last Weeks of Season 2 is Upon us Remember the top 24 players make the Fun and Furious 'Medal Bracket Challenge' at seasons end. Only Weeks 32 and 33 remain. Both are Double Points and Beat the leader weeks! Edited December 23, 2013 by Vocelli 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Not a bad game. It does take quite a while to get interesting, though - and then gets punishing really quickly. On the board with 67,000. I had one game a little over 80k, but didn't let go of the fire button fast enough, so the game started over and I have no pic. First tip: Watch out when you lose your last life. The game restarts vey easily and you lose your score. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Are we playing with 3 spaceships or 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Are we playing with 3 spaceships or 5 My score was achieved with 3. How can you choose between 3 and 5? Difficulty switch? I set it to B/B, like Voc said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 My score was achieved with 3. How can you choose between 3 and 5? Difficulty switch? I set it to B/B, like Voc said. Press F1 to select game and # of spaceships 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Press F1 to select game and # of spaceships Oh, now you mention it... there is two "game 1" settings... there's a novelty. Well, let's wait for Vocelli court of law decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 1) 200,000 I used 3 lives. I lost the pic and it is easy to lose pics for this game... Watch out to not fire after dying. 2) 286,400 3) 862,700 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Last time we played, it was only 3 lives. Just turn on the game and play. 98200 for my first attempt... using 3 lives. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 It is 3 lives. Please 3 lives. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botbird208 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Good start for me! 108800 3 lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 169,300 So what happens when you reach Earth? You do a chance stage and start over. Wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 104,300 Played the arcade version of this game a lot. . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 First attempt: 85100 This version takes some getting used to graphics wise...I am so used to playing the arcade version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 3 lives: 95,800 Never played any version of Gyruss before. Not yet sure if I like it or not. I know I don't like the absence of sound effects and the non-stop silent movie soundtrack :thumbsdown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I have played the 5200 version in the HSC last year. After that I played a bit the Coleco version, I guess (oh memory ) Then, I had to play the 2600 version too! It's almost 6 months ago but it helped me for today score. Before joining the HSC, I thought I knew Atari games well. How wrong I was. There are lots of games I never had played before! Gyruss is a crazy looping shooter! You must get double shots and avoid those rocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 177100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 (edited) Commander Vocelli, Sir! I want to complain about the fact that we are sent into battle with inadequate equipment. Three ships when it could be five... You were saying, Sir...? I could stick those extra ships where...? Oh... Yes Sir, right away, Sir! Three lives! New score, made it to Mars: 169,800. Or was that Jupiter? Anyway, a meditative game. First tip: When the meteorites are introduced, keep moving. They seem to aim at your position, so if you don't hang out too much, they'll keep missing you. Edited December 15, 2013 by karokoenig 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Gyruss is a hot title at HighScore.com. I played several versions for the recent contest & have been enjoying it very much. Before Saturday night I have played only 1 game of Gyruss 2600 in my life! I've mostly played it on NES. The arcade and Game Boy Advance versions kick ass! I like the music thing. Usually 2600 games don't have a music soundtrack, or it has only one voice so it is fun to hear a more complex musical score in a 2600 game. That's a big reason for why I love Mr. Do's Castle !! Admittedly though, in a shooting game the sacrifice of sound effects is probably a bigger hit to the shorts. If only Parker Bros had gotten a hold of the Pitfall II innovation for this one! but the decision I think is fairly successful in giving the game somewhat of the feel of the arcade game. more than anything I miss the little on-screen bonus point values for blasting a formation of ships. to me that makes the game feel a little bit incomplete. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 First attempt - 138,200 Not a bad little game. I never played the 2600 version before (well longer than 5 min, due to me dying on the first formation...) I kept dying there because I am not used to this game, always played the arcade version. My score on the arcade is over 100k as well, so I feel I can do a *lot* better at this game... I should be able to roll it honestly. I'll stream this game soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 93,700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 117,400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 286,400 I'm back to everyday gaming and posting! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING: Lid, for top Solar Fox score and moving within 10 points of first place :thumbsup: the Baz, for breaking 700 overall :thumbsup: Oyamafamily, for breaking 500 overall :thumbsup: Mister-VCS, for breaking 200 :thumbsup: Roadrunner, for breaking 200 :thumbsup: NIKON, for breaking 200 :thumbsup: CraftsmanMIKE, for breaking 200 :thumbsup: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING: Lid, for top Solar Fox score and moving within 10 points of first place :thumbsup: the Baz, for breaking 700 overall :thumbsup: Oyamafamily, for breaking 500 overall :thumbsup: Mister-VCS, for breaking 200 :thumbsup: Roadrunner, for breaking 200 :thumbsup: NIKON, for breaking 200 :thumbsup: CraftsmanMIKE, for breaking 200 :thumbsup: ...and Gorfy for never forgetting to congratulate people - holding the family together, so to speak. And for a pretty amazing performance as well. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 114,100 i actually own this game but never played beyond a few mins, its pretty good for 2600! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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