Skippy B. Coyote Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Jin, thanks for mentioning Lock N Chase! After about 5 games, I broke 30,000. Definitely a great game! Sent from my iPhone directly into your brain using Tapatalk Awesome! At this point, after 45 minutes or so of playing, my high score is 26,190. I didn't think that was good enough to warrant taking a picture, but breaking 30,000 is pretty impressive! The police AI in this game is really tough and difficult to predict, but I like the random bonus box mechanic. Sometimes you get 250 points, sometimes you get 4,000. It adds an element of randomness to the game that is pretty cool and unique. Anyway, great score and glad to hear you're having fun playing Lock 'N' Chase too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 1) Atlantis. Highest score 1,394,730 (Rolled the Score at 1:00:20 mark). Video and statistical table to check out! 2) Frontline 3) Gorf 4) Juno First 5) Lady Bug (homebrew) 6) Spider Fighter 7) Suicide Mission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Beamrider. Score 101,940 points / Sector 25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Beamrider. Score 101,940 points / Sector 25. Does that gameplay footage look slowed down to anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_8bit_gamer Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Drangon Fire has me by the fiery balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24Fanatic365 Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Drangon Fire has me by the fiery balls. I love that game! You can really burn through men quickly on this one. Pun intended, of course! Lol! Sent from my iPhone directly into your brain using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Today I've been playing: Venture Venture II: The Abysmal Abyss (homebrew hack) Venture 3 (homebrew hack) Wolfenstein VCS: The Next Mission (homebrew hack) It's been a very adVenturous day around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Wolfenstein VCS: The Next Mission and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring have been ordered (Jin Effect?) and shipped. Can't wait to play them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Wolfenstein VCS: The Next Mission and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring have been ordered (Jin Effect?) and shipped. Can't wait to play them. Congratulations on the purchase! I'll be really looking forward to hearing what you think of them, especially your reaction to the Lord of the Rings manual. After playing Wolfenstein again this morning I continue to be impressed by what an astoundingly good Venture hack it is. Aside from some similar gameplay mechanics it doesn't even seem like the same game. Having to find a gun, collecting bullets, finding health packs to heal yourself, and having to figure out the hall guard movement patterns make it a very different (yet very fun) experience. Plus there's a real honest to goodness ending, and a secret bonus level to find! I think you'll enjoy it a lot. As far as what I've been playing goes, I just got done playing Gravitar for the first time. I picked up a pristine copy of it from a local game store for $2 this afternoon and I can really see why so many people love this game! It's like a cross between Lunar Lander and Asteroids, and a very challenging one at that. The visuals are really nice for a 1983 release too, with lots of color and attention to detail. I picked up Freeway and Video Pinball along with it, as well as a beautiful Actiplaque-free copy of Pitfall! to replace my old copy that had a heavily plaqued label, so I'll have to spend some time trying those out in the not too distant future. Today was a great reminder of one of the things I love the most about collecting for the 2600: The ability to walk into a game store, spend $5, and walk out with 4 fun new games play. Systems just don't get any cheaper to collect good games for than the Atari 2600! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) Does that gameplay footage look slowed down to anyone else? I think it doesn't. On Stella Emulator which I'm using to play 2600 games, the speed of game Beamrider keeps constant, even on sectors with more enemies (considering Framerate adjusted to nominal frequency - 60 Hz on NTSC Format). But when I played Beamrider into Activision Anthology on Game Boy Advance Emulator, the speed decreased significantly with numerous enemies on the gamefield (at my own eyes, and on later sectors). Edited July 10, 2015 by oyamafamily 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Parachute and Princes Rescue on the Harmony. My first time playing Parachute. I like the game, but could do without the sound. I turned down the valume after the 5th game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) River Raid. One more video to check out (it's ready to watch). Edited July 11, 2015 by oyamafamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Broke out the paddles today... Solar Storm Super Breakout Kaboom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 H.E.R.O. - One more video and statistical table to check out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Other 2600 which I played recently: Cosmic Commuter Crackpots Freeway Ice Hockey Keystone Kapers Laser Blast Megamania Oink Plaque Attack Pressure Cooker Edited July 12, 2015 by oyamafamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24Fanatic365 Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 (edited) Just discovered Stay Frosty 2 for this week's HSC game! The original was pretty cool, but Spiceware really amped it up for the sequel! I also finally downloaded Toyshop Trouble, and that is one heck of a homebrew, as well. Sent from my iPhone directly into your brain using Tapatalk Edited July 13, 2015 by 24Fanatic365 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariTexas Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Beany Bopper, Missile Command, and Dragster the last couple days.............going to change it up tonight.............just not sure which games yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomaios Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Was Playing some Juno First earlier. I tried playing some Trak-Ball games, but there's something wrong with my Trak-Ball. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 H.E.R.O. - One more video and statistical table to check out Nice! I guess when you play on the random level generator the bonus for the bombs and time is similar to level 20? Before I realized that you can't die from a bomb in mid air, I perfected this technique of flying off narrow platforms (away from bombable walls) in a perfect horizontal line. What you have to do is first push up on the stick and then circle over to push away from the wall. Sometimes I have to close my eyes to make sure I am actually doing it in the correct order, but it works when you get it right. It gets you far away from the wall and helps avoid creatures below the area where you might fall. Also if you are already running, you can take off without a delay by pushing diagonally up. This is less useful as the game gets to its higher levels, but it saves some time here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Played some Stay Frosty today to help think of cooler weather in the middle of July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Just finished what turned out to be an epic game of Defender. Game 8A. Made it to Wave 120ish and a score of over 750,000 before I screwed up for the last time. That game really needed extra lives more infrequently than every 10,000 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Nice! I guess when you play on the random level generator the bonus for the bombs and time is similar to level 20? Before I realized that you can't die from a bomb in mid air, I perfected this technique of flying off narrow platforms (away from bombable walls) in a perfect horizontal line. What you have to do is first push up on the stick and then circle over to push away from the wall. Sometimes I have to close my eyes to make sure I am actually doing it in the correct order, but it works when you get it right. It gets you far away from the wall and helps avoid creatures below the area where you might fall. Also if you are already running, you can take off without a delay by pushing diagonally up. This is less useful as the game gets to its higher levels, but it saves some time here and there. Thanks very much. Depending on level used during the Game 5 match, you get 20 to 1000 bonus point per power unit remaining after you rescue a miner (20 points on Level 1 and the maximum of 1000 on Level 20). The only bonus points which are the same for all levels are: 1000 points by rescuing a miner, and 50 points per dynamite remaining at the ending of level. Eventually, I have to make and present my statistical tables when I score points which are extremely difficult to reach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomaios Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Played some Dodge 'Em earlier. Even my wife was intrigued and had a go. Finally got too frustrated with the too precise controls and played HERO instead. Yeah, maybe I just know the latter better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambouis de l'Atari Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Up from the bed, I just did a Star wars Empire strikes back on variation 16, the most difficult. Very brutal, fast paced and epic. And I even managed to break my personal record with a score of 984 ! A day well started Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbeliever Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Last night, played a round of Pitfall! and scored low...so low. I need some practice...but a great game! Love the original platformers on the Atari 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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