CGQuarterly Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Welcome to round 3 of the 12th season of the Atari Age NES High Score League!The first 9 games have been pre-selected and entered into a random list generator. So you guys know the games, but not the order.This round ends on Sunday, August 24th.Title: SpelunkerDeveloper: Brøderbund / IremPublisher: NintendoReleased: September, 1987 (US)http://youtu.be/qluQqCthL44Rules: None.Scores so far:Current standings: 1. darthkur 40 2. asponge 25 3. DonPedro 24 4. Mangia-Boy 235(t). roadrunner 225(t). Ashkin2002 22 7. Lid 18 8. S.BAZ 109. LarcenTyler 810. Jibbajaba 411. jblenkle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) Been playing for a while this morning. Best I've got so far is 18,500. This game is very unforgiving, but I think that with some practice, one can get much better at it. EDIT: Best I got was 40,640. Edited September 2, 2014 by Jibbajaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I have to say that I've never heard of this game. Despite being exactly the right age to LOVE the NES, I'm not really that big a fan. However what surprised me was the (now) obvious similarity to the recent Spelunky. Everything old is new again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 I have to say that I've never heard of this game. Despite being exactly the right age to LOVE the NES, I'm not really that big a fan. However what surprised me was the (now) obvious similarity to the recent Spelunky. Everything old is new again. The game is more famous as an Atari 8-bit release. I think it largely flew under the radar on the NES. I am also just the right age that I was 10-12 when the NES' popularity was at its zenith, and I'm not sure that I had heard of the game back then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Wow. To say that this game is unforgiving is charitable. The character movement feels very unnatural to me. Although the gameplay, even with the quirky difficulty, is oddly attractive. This one is going to require some practice. 16,700 I pulled down the manual for this game, but it wasn't much help. Does anyone have any tips on killing the ghost? I did it once without dieing, but every other time the thing kills me even when I'm using the "phantom blaster". I haven't figured out the trick yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 7,700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Does anyone have any tips on killing the ghost?Never mind. I figured it out. For some reason I thought you had to hit the ghost with the blaster like it's a wand or something. In reality you just shoot it at the ghost and it will disintegrate even though you can't see any projectile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 10.000 at 1st attempt, without shooting once or using a bomb. I have to read the manual now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) 17000 pretty tough. I'm kinda stumped, not finding the 3rd key. these bombs must be for something though... thanks asponge, I hadn't figured that out yet either 1 hour later... ...54970 being able to kill the ghost makes a big difference. I was stumped because I thought it killed you to walk on that moving wavy pit. finally I noticed you can just walk & hop across it to get to another key. .. so now I made it to the 2nd level Edited August 14, 2014 by S.BAZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 57,160 I love Spelunker but really dislike the method of jumping from a line or ladder in this version. Having to hit the direction pad and the jump button at the exact time creates far too many cheap deaths. I much prefer the C64 version where you depress the fire button then simply move the stick in the direction you desire to jump in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted August 19, 2014 Author Share Posted August 19, 2014 I love Spelunker but really dislike the method of jumping from a line or ladder in this version. Having to hit the direction pad and the jump button at the exact time creates far too many cheap deaths. I much prefer the C64 version where you depress the fire button then simply move the stick in the direction you desire to jump in. That's probably the #1 way that I die in this game. Too bad, because there's something about this game that makes me really like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 120190 made it to level 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 23,500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 (edited) 1) 10,400 2) 12,200 3) 20,700 Edited August 24, 2014 by LidLikesIntellivision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonPedro Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 22,100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 250050 beat the game! it gives you a bunch of points (80,000 I think) and then gives you a 2nd quest which is the same (i think) except the keys are invisible 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 Holeh Moleh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 S.BAZ 250,050 +25darthkur 57,160 +18Jibbajaba 40,640 +15asponge 23,500 +12DonPedro 22,100 +10Lid 20,700 +8Mangia-Boy 10,000 +6roadrunner 7,700 +4 Current standings: 1. darthkur 582. asponge 37 3. S.BAZ 354. DonPedro 345. Mangia-Boy 296(t). roadrunner 26 6(t). Lid 268. Ashkin2002 229. Jibbajaba 19 10. LarcenTyler 811. jblenkle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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