+Vorticon Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Inching closer 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 oh for pete's sake, lol. i guess i'll have to step up my Blasto game! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Still not a winner, but I'm a lot closer. Gonna have to get a friend to sit down and play with me, though. I'm pretty sure Blasto was designed as a 2-player game, and solitaire mode was an afterthought. I just keep thinking how fantastic it would be to catch another tank in that chain reaction. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Even closer... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteE Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 43340 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Wow!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 sigh, lol. i give- my highest score is gonna be the best i can do. maybe ill do better in May's game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestyx Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Still nowhere close to the highest, but better than my last posting. My biggest problem playing in Classic99 is the responsiveness, or lack thereof, of the keys. I'll press fire and it doesn't fire, or I'll go in a direction and it will either not respond quickly enough, or overshoots the amount of ground I'm trying to cover forcing me to backtrack or change my plan, wasting precious seconds. chue's 44000+ is gonna be tough to beat by anyone! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Sadly I'm going to be away from my TI till after the first of May, so my last score is going to have to stand. Good effort, if I may say so myself 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Sadly I'm going to be away from my TI till after the first of May, so my last score is going to have to stand. Good effort, if I may say so myself heck yeah it was! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 We cannot remember how much we scored here in 2015.... Blasto vs Human: https://web.facebook.com/groups/ti99ers/permalink/10153739632009844/?hc_location=ufi Need to find some time to beat 44840...wow what a score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 This one is special... Score 45630 TWO players (with my son). And found a strategy how to boost up points. Still think we can do better. You need to shoot the tanks and the opposite blow up himself as much as possible as the other get 1000 points each. It seems Classic99 tank movement is slower compared to v9t9 and PC99 and others, but timewise it does not make much difference (cannot score higher). Sent from my VIE-L29 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 43340 blasto_43340.png Dude? Share your insane score strategy! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteE Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Dude? Share your insane score strategy! It's persistence - when going for a high score above 40k, you need at least 30 seconds left on the timer, so if the timer gets down that low, hit alt-8 to redo and hope you get a better grouping. Try to make efficient use of time by lining up the next shot while waiting for exploding mines. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Yup, did that to avoid hand cramping... Tried a couple of different joysticks too. I did notice a definite lag between control input and actual tank motion at times on real hardware. Need to try the original TI joysticks just for kicks and giggles One never knows... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwild Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 37520 Real TI Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwild Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 With a few hours remaining we have 12 entries! That has to be more than we've had in many months. Blasto Scoreschue 44840 (classic 99)PeteE 43340 (classic 99)Vorticon 40030JB 39560globeron 39490majestyx 37780 (classic 99)jwild 37520digdugnate 32130Opry99er 30780old cs1 29030Airshack 28160mizapf 14890 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 (edited) With a few hours remaining we have 12 entries! That has to be more than we've had in many months. Blasto Scores chue 44840 (classic 99) PeteE 43340 (classic 99) Vorticon 40030 JB 39560 globeron 39490 majestyx 37780 (classic 99) jwild 37520 digdugnate 32130 Opry99er 30780 old cs1 29030 Airshack 28160 mizapf 14890 (I am already in the next day here in this time-zone and looking forward to the next game !) For the future if persons not getting enough of playing Blasto, try to play with two players http://atariage.com/forums/topic/241547-high-score-competition-april-blasto/?p=4265864 and beat this 2-player score 45630, it is difficult, but a lot of fun and shouting "faster, faster :-)" Edited May 1, 2019 by globeron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 I *might* try again tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Yeah, I did not. End-of-the-month work to do last night and today. Some pretty bad-ass seemingly impossible scores put up on this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 With a few hours remaining we have 12 entries! That has to be more than we've had in many months. Super simple to learn, hard to master. The perfect combination for any successful game. I've trying to get into some of the modern games like Elite Dangerous and such, but the sheer number of commands and controls is just overwhelming as it will take months of constant play to get any good at them. I just don't have the time investment available nowadays unfortunately... So yeah, Blasto was perfect! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chue Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Ok, I'll start it off... 1620 on Borzork The bin is attached and I renamed it to work on Classic 99. I grabbed the original file from here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/283561-borzork/?p=4198985 borzorkc_8.bin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Super simple to learn, hard to master. The perfect combination for any successful game. I've trying to get into some of the modern games like Elite Dangerous and such, but the sheer number of commands and controls is just overwhelming as it will take months of constant play to get any good at them. I just don't have the time investment available nowadays unfortunately... So yeah, Blasto was perfect! I enjoyed playing this game more than I expected. Impressed with what they did with a single screen and crude graphics. Wishing I knew more about the programmer and the deal with Gremlin to port this 1978 arcade title to the 99/4. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Here is the MAME RPK. borzork.rpk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 First few tries on real hardware using the FG99. I did note that after a certain amount of play the console freezes to a black screen and I have to reset the system. Not sure if anyone else has experienced that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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