Gorfy Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 27,870 I can't get past this point. I just crash repeatedly in the same place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 (edited) Guys - one thing to note... The bottom half of your ship does not check for collisions with the terrain (I actually had to purposely implement this, after finding out that the arcade version is like that). This may help in certain areas, especially the maze at the end Bob Edited December 11, 2016 by PacManPlus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyBritish Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 59740 and wow what a game.. Normal mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 (edited) Scramble (Atari 7800): 94,530 Taking the lead! I'm still struggling with randomly losing all my lives on Stage 3 every round, but Bob's tip definitely helped a lot with meteor avoidance. I seriously need to save up and buy a real cartridge of this game at some point soon, since it's quickly becoming one of my favorite games on the system. Edited December 12, 2016 by Jin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Scramble (Atari 7800): 94,530 Taking the lead! I'm still struggling with randomly losing all my lives on Stage 3 every round, but Bob's tip definitely helped a lot with meteor avoidance. I seriously need to save up and buy a real cartridge of this game at some point soon, since it's quickly becoming one of my favorite games on the system. Nice score, JIN. I'm already done with my 90,000-point score and waiting for the next round. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Nice score, JIN. I'm already done with my 90,000-point score and waiting for the next round. Thank you Oyamafamily! I think I'm done for this round too. As much as I love playing Scramble it is really mentally exhausting trying to get through four waves in a row to get a high score. I'm happy with my score, but a little burnt out for now. I'll be looking forward to seeing what game we get to play next on Wednesday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIO2 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Nice job Jin. I probably won't challenge that score. I about hammered my buttons to death last time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) 62,170 72,970 ok, getting better now Edited December 13, 2016 by S.BAZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) ...and a leaderboard for now until the official one appears: 120,680 Jin 90,460 SIO2 90,000 oyamafamily 72,970 S.BAZ 71,020 Dauber 59,740 JonnyBritish 47,420 Lauren Tyler 26,460 Trebor 27,870 Gorfy Edited December 13, 2016 by S.BAZ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I know I said I was done after my last score, but apparently I just don't know when to leave well enough alone. Scramble (Atari 7800, Normal Difficulty): 120,680 I'm done now though... for real this time. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Awesome scores, guys! (and thanks for the compliments JonnyBritish!) I was actually never good at this game... I had to disable collision detection when I was testing it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIO2 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Beautiful game Bob. Nice that Jin decided not to really embarrass me there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Beautiful game Bob. Nice that Jin decided not to really embarrass me there. I don't think I could have embarrassed you if I wanted to. It took me 8 hours of intense practice, to the point that I actually started hallucinating weird motion aftereffects when I looked away from the screen (more info on that here), to get that score. So I don't think I'll be trying for a 100k+ score in Scramble again anytime soon. It really Scrambled my brain! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 This round is open until December 21th 2016 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) I'm sorry, please forgive me for laughing, but I actually read that out loud as December twentyfirth. Also, thanks for the compliments guys! Edited December 14, 2016 by PacManPlus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 36,330 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 ... Is that the reflection of a Storm Trooper helmet in the top right corner of your picture? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 This round is open until December 21th 2016 ! Awesome, I almost missed this one. Can I use the older PMP 8-in-1 cart on my 7800? My Concerto has a bad habit of corrupting any 7800 ROMs I try to load on it. P.S. That's one heluvan impressive score Jin. Did you use that new 7800 Eladdin controller you mentioned picking up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 P.S. That's one heluvan impressive score Jin. Did you use that new 7800 Eladdin controller you mentioned picking up? Thanks buddy! Sadly I don't own a physical copy of Scramble yet, but it's definitely at the top of my gaming wish list. For this round of the HSC I played it via emulation on the Wii using a Wii Classic Controller. As far as the controller from Edladdin goes, it was actually just finished being built today and will be shipping out later this week, so I should get it in the mail sometime next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Thanks buddy! Sadly I don't own a physical copy of Scramble yet, but it's definitely at the top of my gaming wish list. For this round of the HSC I played it via emulation on the Wii using a Wii Classic Controller. As far as the controller from Edladdin goes, it was actually just finished being built today and will be shipping out later this week, so I should get it in the mail sometime next week. That's slick! I thought you were using the original system because it was on a CRT. I wondered how you got the output so crisp. Even my AV modded 7800 has the slightest amount of bleed to it, but gorgeous picture nonetheless. I really need to fire up the Scramble on my PMP multicart and see how it compares to the 2600 homebrew, which I've gotten addicted to as of late. If it's anything like the 2600 version, I'll probably make it to near the end only to crash in a certain little room in the Base stage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 That's slick! I thought you were using the original system because it was on a CRT. I wondered how you got the output so crisp. Even my AV modded 7800 has the slightest amount of bleed to it, but gorgeous picture nonetheless. I really need to fire up the Scramble on my PMP multicart and see how it compares to the 2600 homebrew, which I've gotten addicted to as of late. If it's anything like the 2600 version, I'll probably make it to near the end only to crash in a certain little room in the Base stage. Emulation on the Wii does make the graphics in Atari 7800 games look really bright and crisp, with very clean well defined pixels on a CRT TV. I think it looks a lot more natural than the pure digital look of emulation on a modern LCD/LED monitor, but it is different enough in appearance that it was a bit startling when I got my first real Atari 7800 system in the mail this week and tried it out. I got a composite modded 7800 from Video61, and while the picture does look great the colors are still a bit more dull and drab than what you see when playing the games via emulation and the pixels aren't quite as clean around the edges. I'm still thrilled to have it though, and really looking forward to being able to compete in future HSC weeks using real original hardware. And yes, I did get a Pro-Line controller with it just so I could experience what most Atari 7800 owners in the US were stuck with using back in the day. It is pretty rough on the hand muscles but not quite as bad as I was expecting, at least not for Ms. Pac-Man and other games that don't use the buttons much. Anyway, getting back on topic, good luck with Scramble for the 7800! I think you'll find the scrolling to be a fair bit smoother and flight controls more precise than in the Atari 2600 version. It's a great game! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIO2 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I like the old hardware myself but my wife got me a Raspberry Pi 3 as an early xmas gift. I tried some 7800 games with Lakka. At first I was not thrilled until I got into the video options and turned on HW Bilinear filtering for a smoother image. Now I can tolerate it. Still prefer the original hardware though for controller options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Scramble - 13,460 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 I have a Scramble cart on the way, hopefully I get it today and can squeeze in a score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Here's my late submission. 023520 high score. I finally beat the dreaded meteor stage and made it to the Base before my ship got destroyed. Same exact room that always kicks my ass on the 2600 version. PMP 8-in-1 Multicart. Difficulty: Normal. PS - Sun just set at 5:15pm local time on the shortest day of the year. Winter has officially arrived. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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