Opry99er Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Ghost always wipes me out in Snowflake Garden... Timing up the magic snowflake uses to keep the Snowman out of the garden is TOUGH. Need to practice more... This was a big step back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 as was last year, again you are now the sworn enemy!! Keep your enemies close! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Keep your enemies close! now we need our mutual enemy jason to join us. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 A little better... still lame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Congratulations to making Carol the third most played Intellivision game ever! (Well, in the AtariAge tracker, that is) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 (edited) Ghost always wipes me out in Snowflake Garden... Timing up the magic snowflake uses to keep the Snowman out of the garden is TOUGH. Need to practice more... This was a big step back. Make sure to visit the Practice Menu -- just press the "clear" button on the keypad from the title screen. now we need our mutual enemy jason to join us. Yeah, where is Jason? JASOOOOOON!!!! JAAAAAAAAASOOOOOON!!!! A little better... still lame. Not bad, really. It's hard to imagine that just a few short days ago, you were lamenting your poor skills and posting scores of 240 or so. My, how much you've advanced! Trust me, that sort of progress is not taken lightly by Santa! I also see that you've overcome the Snowflake Gardens. As hard as that one is, it is still one of my favourites. There is something about the design that seems very elegant to me, and that "death trap" cubby on top of the garden, yikes! :o Congratulations to making Carol the third most played Intellivision game ever! (Well, in the AtariAge tracker, that is) Thanks! Wow! That is truly an honour! By the way, what is this AtariAge tracker you speak of? P.S. The official leaderboard has been updated as well as the first post with rankings and stats. Edited December 8, 2015 by DZ-Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Oh, I refer to this post: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/233350-what-have-you-actually-played-tracker-for-2015-season-8/?p=3386647 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 (edited) Oh, I refer to this post: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/233350-what-have-you-actually-played-tracker-for-2015-season-8/?p=3386647 Wow! I did not even know about that thread! I most post my playing times there from now on, thanks. Also, I encourage everyone here to post their playing times of Christmas Carol in that thread... those 994 minutes mentioned in there are NOTHING compared to the time grips, darrin, pimp, and the rest of the gang have put on it this past week. I'm sure the real numbers would have blown everyone's mind! -dZ. Edited December 8, 2015 by DZ-Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 16,955 level 172 new hi-score for me 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 4961 a new high score for me! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 4961 a new high score for me!congrats on making it to master elf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 congrats on making it to master elf. I think I`m still a Ranger Elf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 2015 Leaderboard shows high score of 23,205, should it be 29,159? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 2015 Leaderboard shows high score of 23,205, should it be 29,159? Good catch! I was just testing you... Just kidding. The number was hard-coded into the script last year, and I forgot to update it. I've added to the leaderboard build script the ability to read the past databases (to identify the veterans); I'll see if I can make it determine the current world record automatically to avoid this snafu in the future. I'll fix it tonight when I get home. Sorry about that! For the record, Fushek is the current World Record holder, with 29,159 points. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 I think I`m still a Ranger Elf I'm pretty sure you are a Master Elf. If you complete 64 levels (all ranks) you become a Grand Master Elf, though the game won't award you the rank. In the later ROM versions, you get a "Knight" rank at that point. There is also a bug in some older cart versions that inadvertently skip over the Master rank. All that to say... CONGRATULATIONS! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I'm pretty sure you are a Master Elf. If you complete 64 levels (all ranks) you become a Grand Master Elf, though the game won't award you the rank. In the later ROM versions, you get a "Knight" rank at that point. There is also a bug in some older cart versions that inadvertently skip over the Master rank. All that to say... CONGRATULATIONS! Cool! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 Cool! Thanks! By the way, that bug I mentioned that "skips" over the Master rank, only skips presenting the marquee that awards you the rank. The game does advance through the difficulty correctly in all versions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Here is a screen shot at 14,633, this game I finished at 16,995 (see post #184). I have 6 lives left at this point, then I lose 2 on Candy Cove, then its sort of down hill from there. I was recording in between the levels, however would have much easier with an iphone holder of some sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 By the way, that bug I mentioned that "skips" over the Master rank, only skips presenting the marquee that awards you the rank. The game does advance through the difficulty correctly in all versions. my cart does that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 my cart does that Now that I think of it mine does to. I dont remember seeing the rank, just you saved christmas then started the next level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Practice makes perfect 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Finally got to play some Christmas Carol today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 my cart does that Sorry... Now that I think of it mine does to. I dont remember seeing the rank, just you saved christmas then started the next level. Really, I'm sorry about that. I did fixed it in later versions of the ROM, but it was too late for the production cart one. -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 Practice makes perfect I'll let it slide now because it's fairly obvious, but next time try to catch the "PERFECT" message itself for it to count. Finally got to play some Christmas Carol today. photo.jpg Hi-dee-ho, save2600! Welcome back!!! It's always nice to see the the same familiar faces! (though it's very thrilling to find new ones as well.) I'm updating the leaderboard right now, so get your entries ready, or they will have to wait until tomorrow morning. -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I'm updating the leaderboard right now, so get your entries ready, or they will have to wait until tomorrow morning. -dZ. That's my entry for now. All Carol'd out for the time being... heading out to see Krampus tonight! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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