S.BAZ Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) 2600 High Score Club - Week 9: Bronze Medalist Pick (oyamafamily) Chopper Command CLARIFICATION: No use of cheats, emulation advantages, bugs, cart frying or other variables that would give you an unfair advantage in this HSC. No game enhancements or favorite settings are allowed for play in the 2600 HSC, unless specifically authorized by your humble yet strict MODERATORS! (Jacob/BAZ.) Chopper Command Released By: Activision 1982 Programmed By: Bob Whitehead Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B (N/A) Game Mode: Game 1 (Cadet Level) The HSC Record for Chopper Command: 999,999 first scored by D.Yancey (Original HSC Season 3 Week 29, 2006) -- MAX the score for 3 bonus points. Post your scores right here in this thread. They will be duly added to the high score list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone else. Please refer to the rules thread for further information on what is allowed and if you have any more questions about what is considered fair play, feel free to ask about it here. Have Fun ! The deadline for posting scores is 11:59:59 PM (EST) the evening of March 26th, 2017 bonus: Post A Pic for bonus point. 1) Post a picture of a helicopter from a movie or TV show (+1) 2) Tell us what this chopper, movie or TV show has in common with Chopper Command! (+1) 3) Name the actor/actress who plays the pilot (+1) 4) Post a picture of the same actor piloting a chopper in a different movie or TV show (sequels to your 1st choice don't count) (+1) --> only movies or shows that no one else has already used will count! Chopper Command High Scores (Scoring is +1 point for last place and up from there) 1. 999,999 nads (+29)(+3)(+3) 1. 999,999 oyamafamily (+29)(+3)(+3) 1. 999,999 CapitanClassic (+29)(+3)(+3) 1. 999,999 Vocelli (+29)(+3)(+4) 1. 999,999 TheHoboInYourRoom (+29)(+3)(+1) 6. 435,400 Diamonds (+28) 7. 133,500 Hyperboy (+27)(+2) 8. 112,300 snakeboy (+26)(+1) 9. 102,300 Atarian7 (+25) 11. 47,700 Jin (+24)(+3) 12. 37,900 DarQ Massacres (+23) 13. 36,900 KaeruYojimbo (+22)(+3) 14. 36,600 Allen Schweitzer (+21) 15. 31,000 Lauren Tyler (+20) 16. 27,200 roadrunner (+19) 17. 26,300 AtariWarlord (+18)(+2) 18. 24,800 Mister-VCS (+17) 19. 23,400 agb (+16)(+2) 20. 22,300 Cynicaster (+15) 21. 21,900 S.BAZ (+14) 22. 18,000 Scrabbler15 (+13) 23. 17,900 darthkur (+12)(+3) 24. 16,800 Eltigro (+11)(+4) 25. 16,400 RaccooneyDave (+10)(+3) 26. 16,100 bugcatcher88 (+9) 27. 15,800 karokoenig (+8 )(+3) 28. 15,500 Gorfy (+7)(+2) 29. 14,400 Piggles (+6) 30. 11,900 MrBubble (+5)(+1) 31. 11,200 RJ (+4) 32. 10,900 troff (+3)(+3) 33. 6,900 classicgamer_27330 (+2) 34. 3,500 jblenkle (+1) bonus AtariWarlord -- M*A*S*H* (+2) karokoenig -- Blue Thunder (+3) Jin -- Predator (+3) nads -- Airwolf (+3) Gorfy -- Apocalypse Now (+2) Vocelli -- Fire Birds (+4) darthkur -- Star Trek IV (+3) CapitanClassic -- Black Hawk Down (+3) KaeruYojimbo -- Magnum P.I. (+3) Eltigro -- Rambo (+4) oyamafamily -- Changeman (+3) agb -- Rambo 3 (+2) MrBubble -- The Core (+1) Raccooney Dave -- Batman (+3) troff -- Hawaii Five-O (+3) Hyperboy -- Speed Racer (+2) TheHoboInYourRoom -- Shin Godzilla (+1) snakeboy -- Anchorman (+1) Season Standings Through Week 7/8 (Activision Sports) 1. oyamafamily 3612. Jin 292 ^13. Vocelli 2904. Diamonds 275 ^45. S.BAZ 2636. snakeboy 258 ^5 7. CapitanClassic 2558. Tony Danger 2519. Atarian7 249 ^1 10. Gorfy 24311. darthkur 236 12. keilbaca 216 ^2 13. nads 205 ^714. Scrabbler15 181 ^915. TheHoboInYourRoom 174 ^3 16. David Ward 165 17. Hyperboy 158 18. karokoenig 15519. classicgamer_27330 15420. KaeruYojimbo 15321. agb 132 ^2 22. SpiceWare 127 22. Cynicaster 127 ^11 24. McCallister 12425. Lauren Tyler 121 ^526 AtariWarlord 119 27. toiletunes 114 ^127. Deteacher 11429. ed1475 11230. RJ 111 31. DT Kofoed 10632. Piggles 9433. bugcatcher88 91 34. Mister-VCS 88 ^1 35. DanielJSorenson 77 ^2 36. Micheloni2600 73 37. roadrunner 69 38. Harrison 65 39. Northcoastgamer 63 40. troff 5441. Eltigro 22 ^3 42. LidLikesIntellivision 38 43. Tony The 2600 2844. Morinphen 24 45. Nathan Strum 23 46. RaccooneyDave 21 47. MrBubble 2048. jblenkle 17 49. JacobZu7zu7 15 51. MayDay 9 52. NIKON 7 53. Tickled_Pink 3 54. DarQ Massacres 3 The New HSC -- SEASON 6! EXTRA INFO: Expect a variety of game selections from the '70's & '80's as well as a few Homebrews sprinkled in. There will be special rounds consisting of multiple games and lasting more than one week. Up next -- more medalist picks! Overall the NEW High Score Club Season 6 will last THROUGH August 2017.Bracket Challenge to follow -- TOP 24 players matched up in single-elimination tournament! Edited April 10, 2017 by S.BAZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Oh no. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Let the sucking begin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 A little better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Thing it has in common with Chopper Command: popularity around the same time? They were both video games for the Atari 2600. Not sure who the pilot was -- there were lots over the 11-year run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) Bonus: - Blue Thunder - it has a radar (among other gadgets), and obviously it shoots, and all for a good cause, OF COURSE! - The pilot actor would be Roy Scheider Edited March 20, 2017 by karokoenig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 This week I'm going to go for the bonus first then get to the main game later today. Bonus +3 The helicopter above is from the movie Predator and the pilot was played by actor Kevin Peter Hall, who also played the Predator in both the original movie and the sequel Predator 2. The helicopter in Chopper Command is similar to the helicopter in Predator in that they are both on a mission of mercy. In Chopper Command the helicopter is tasked with protecting a convoy and in Predator the helicopter is on a mission to rescue hostages from a group of guerrillas, but in both cases the goal is saving people. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 AIRWOLF!!! 1) Post a picture of a helicopter from a movie or TV show (+1) 2) Tell us what this chopper, movie or TV show has in common with Chopper Command! (+1) It has an Chopper and Shoots enemies in the DESERT 3) Name the actor/actress who plays the pilot (+1) Stars Jan-Michael Vincent as Hawke Looking forward to maxing this one out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Bonus: Apocalypse Now --- the classic sunset background The helicopters shoot enemies and rescue people 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Oh no. I know the feeling, I almost decided not to play this week because of how much I hate this game. Which is funny because I usually love anything that involves flying around shooting things, but there's just something about this game that never fails to give me a full tilt case of gamer rage every time I play it. Anyway, enough of my complaining... Chopper Command (Game 1, B/B Difficulty): 27,600 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 early score: 15,500 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I know the feeling, I almost decided not to play this week because of how much I hate this game. Which is funny because I usually love anything that involves flying around shooting things, but there's just something about this game that never fails to give me a full tilt case of gamer rage every time I play it. Anyway, enough of my complaining... Chopper Command (Game 1, B/B Difficulty): 27,600 This game is frustrating to me too. I think my high score is 29,000. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 This game is frustrating to me too. I think my high score is 29,000. A very good score if you ask me! My all time high score for Chopper Command is 32,500. I'd like to beat it for this round if I can, but I'm not getting my hopes up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) Vocelli: BONUS: the Movie : FIRE BIRDS +1 NIck Cage +1 It has to do with Assault Helicopters! +1 He also flies a helicopter in 'Wings of the Apache' +1 Pic 1. Fire Birds Pic 2. Wings of Apache Edited March 20, 2017 by Vocelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Bonus: 1 - Helicopter delivering a sheet of transparent aluminum to a cloaked Klingon Bird of Prey in Star Trek IV 2 - Chopper in film is a Huey 204. One in the game is vaguely Huey shaped. Both the movie and game came out in the 1980's. 3 - The pilot was George Takei as Mr Sulu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) Black Hawk Down (1993) Like the movie, the choppers keep getting shot down. The pilot is Michael Durant(right), played by Ron Eldard (left, actor). I don't think he has flown a chopper in any other movie. Edited March 20, 2017 by CapitanClassic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) Bonus: The helicopter from Magnum P.I. Flown by Roger E. Mosley (who is actually a licensed helicopter pilot) as T.C. Similarities - color scheme? Kind of a stretch, but it's primarily brown, yellow and orange and Chopper Command uses a lot of brown, yellow and orange. If that doesn't work, both were products of the 80's. Edited March 20, 2017 by KaeruYojimbo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) After watching a video of oyamafamily playing Chopper Command to figure out what people who are good at this game do that I wasn't doing I managed to improve my score a whole lot and smashed my previous all time high score in the process. Nevertheless, this @!#?@!ing game can still go @!#?@! a whole @!#?@!ing @!#?@! of @!#?@!. Chopper Command (Game 1, Difficulty B/B): 47,700 Edited March 20, 2017 by Jin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 15,900 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 15,800 I really need more practice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Here's Sylvester Stallone in a helicopter in Rambo... The helicopter shoots stuff... including, in a way, other helicopters... Here's Stallone in a helicopter in Nighthawks... Now I'll work on a score to post... lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I'll go ahead and put up this score to get on the board. Hope I will have time and ability to improve on it by the deadline. But how sporadic my game play has been lately, who knows. 16800 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) Does Rambo ever actually fly a helicopter or does he just ride in one? (i.e. not the pilot) Chopper Command - 31,400 Edited March 20, 2017 by CapitanClassic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Yeah, he flies it. And I said that it shoots down another helicopter "in a way" is that Rambo is sitting in the helicopter when he shoots the other one with a bazooka or something... iirc, it's not in this clip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 17,100 Var 3. What happens when you can actually get a higher score in a harder variant (in this case the "Commander" variant) than you can in the easier one? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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