S.BAZ Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 (edited) 2600 High Score Club - Week 16: 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 special favorite settings are allowed for play in the 2600 HSC, unless specifically authorized by your humble yet strict MODERATORS! (Jacob/BAZ.) Crystal Castles Released By: Atari 1984 Programmed By: Peter C. Niday Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: Default The HSC Record for Crystal Castles: 359,763 by Atardi (Original High Score Club Season 7 Week 2, 2009) Break the record 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 May 14th, 2017 bonus: Chase the Chuckwagon That's right! It's not the most popular game but you can earn bonus points Post a score (+1) Top score: (+5) 2nd thru 5th place: (+3) Break the HSC record: (+3) ( 2,742 by the5thghost ) Crystal Castles High Scores (Scoring is +1 point for last place and up from there) 1. 152,016 Vocelli +25+1 2. 138,560 Jin +24+5 3. 127,770 nads +23 4. 110,790 classicgamer_27330 +22 5. 86,632 Mister-VCS +21 6. 78,039 TheHoboInYourRoom +20+1 7. 75,372 S.BAZ +19+1 8. 68,426 KaeruYojimbo +18+1 9. 59,253 darthkur +17+1 10. 58,339 snakeboy +16+1 11. 55,773 oyamafamily +15+3 12. 46,922 bugcatcher88 +14 13. 46,774 DarQ Massacres +13+3 14. 46,072 toiletunes +12+3 15. 43,772 AtariWarlord +11+1 16. 38,127 Piggles +10 17. 33,816 LidLikesIntellivision +9 18. 33,660 Abel M'Vada +8+1 19. 32,603 Buttons +7+3 20. 31,437 Atarian7 +6+3 21. 30,854 Raccoony Dave +5+1 22. 28,879 Scrabbler15 +4 23. 26,875 karokoenig +3+1 24. 22,743 Lauren Tyler +2+1 25. 18,112 agb +1 -- Capitan Classic +0+3 Chase the Chuckwagon bonus scores 1. 1,966 Jin (+5) 2. 1,903 oyamafamily (+3) 3. 1,655 Buttons (+3) 4. 1,590 Atarian7 (+3) 5. 1,405 toiletunes (+3) 6. 1,322 DarQ Massacres (+3) 7. 1,238 darthkur (+1) 8. 1,071 Abel M'Vada (+1) 9. 1,065 TheHoboInYourRoom (+1) 10. 1,052 snakeboy (+1) 11. 1,003 Vocelli (+1) 12. 904 KaeruYojimbo (+1) 13. 863 Raccoony Dave (+1) 14. 825 S.BAZ (+1) 15. 667 AtariWarlord (+1) 16. 460 karokoenig (+1) 17. 426 Lauren Tyler (+1) Season Standings Through Week 14 (Cartoon Weeks III) 1. oyamafamily 5902. Jin 4833. Vocelli 4434. Diamonds 4405. S.BAZ 4216. snakeboy 409 ^17. Atarian7 3918. nads 388 ^2 9. CapitanClassic 38310. darthkur 36911. KaeruYojimbo 330 ^312. TheHoboInYourRoom 30913. keilbaca 30614. Gorfy 27115. Tony Danger 25116. Lauren Tyler 235 ^117. karokoenig 235 ^118. AtariWarlord 232 ^219. Scrabbler15 226 20. toiletunes 197 ^5 21. Hyperboy 19522. agb 19023. classicgamer_27330 18124. Mister-VCS 178 ^3 25. David Ward 16526. McCallister 14727. RaccoonyDave 145 ^7 28. Piggles 143 29. Cynicaster 142 30. SpiceWare 12731. RJ 123 32. roadrunner 11833. bugcatcher88 11734. Deteacher 11435. ed1475 112 36. LidLikesIntellivision 111 ^937. DarQ Massacres 107 38. DT Kofoed 106 39. DanielJSorenson 77 40. Micheloni2600 7341. Eltigro 71 42. troff 70 43. Harrison 65 44. Northcoastgamer 6345. MrBubble 40 46. Abel M'Vada 32 47. Tony The 2600 28 48. Morinphen 24 49. Nathan Strum 2350. jblenkle 22 51. Allen Schweitzer 21 52. Buttons 19 53. JacobZu7zu7 15 54. MayDay 9 55. NIKON 7 56. Tickled_Pink 3 The New HSC -- SEASON 6 -- EXTRA INFO: Expect a variety of game selections from the late '70's to early '90'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 homebrew action! 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! Crystal Castles (1984) (Atari, Michael Kosaka, Peter C. Niday, Robert Vieira) (CX26110) ~.bin Chase the Chuckwagon (1983) (Spectravideo - Video Games Industries Corporation, Mike Schwartz - Ralston Purina) ~.bin Edited May 26, 2017 by S.BAZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Crystal Castles!? Awesome!! This game is definitely in my Top 10 favorite games on the Atari 2600, so I know I'm gonna have a great time playing this round. On my first try this afternoon I already topped my previous all time high score (which was 123,893) and hopefully I can improve it further with some more practice. Crystal Castles (B/B Difficulty, Default Settings): 138,560 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Yay!!! One I like & actually do well on! BTW, I got past the final castle BITD. It just starts over with the first castle/3 crystal balls at a higher difficulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 1) 33,816 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Yay!!! One I like & actually do well on! BTW, I got past the final castle BITD. It just starts over with the first castle/3 crystal balls at a higher difficulty. Sweet! This is one of the few Atari 2600 games I actually own a copy of too. I'm not sure whether or not I've beaten the final castle as well, but I do know that when I was playing this afternoon I did get to the point that the game started back from the first level at least once. What always gets me is the harder difficulty third level when you're up on top of a big X shaped castle roof with three elevators going down and there's about half a dozen trees chasing you like mad. I've never been able to fend them off long enough to take an elevator down and finish the level. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Crystal Castles Game 1-BB 7253 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Bonus: Chase the Chuck Wagon (Difficulty BB) 1767 Video and picture sent to S.BAZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) 2600 Crystal Castles gameplay footage by oyamafamily, presented for 2600 NEW HSC Season 1 / Week 22 (just to remember) Edited May 8, 2017 by oyamafamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Crystal Castles 14,432. This game highlights how much I need some actual working Atari hardware (in this case, a joystick or better yet a trakball). My wife may be buying me an Atari 7800 for my birthday next month . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) Score for Chase the Chuckwagon: 460 or so. I didn't manage to get the score displayed on the screen for some reason. Edited May 8, 2017 by karokoenig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) Hey Baz, Just looking at the overall table, I moved 2 places but my points from the cartoon week haven't been added Edited May 8, 2017 by nads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 68,426 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) Chase the Chuckwagon - 904 Edited May 8, 2017 by KaeruYojimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Crystal Castles 18,504 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 CC 228,783 The "final" screen (before the castles start over again) has 4 towers in a row along the back, maybe 1 on each left & right hand side, a smaller boomerang-shaped level, with a short elevator up/down to the larger foreground area. Fuzzy memory since it's been about 25 yrs since I've seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Chase the Chuckwagon 549 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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oyamafamily Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 CRYSTAL CASTLES 11,344 S.BAZ: At the ending of Cartoon Contest on this HSC Season 6, KEILBACA didn't paid attention in the special note for Popeye; his score ends with 20 (118,720) when the LEGIT scores end with 00 or 50. He used the 115,120-point glitch, and therefore broke the specific rule as I recognized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaccoonyDave Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 bonus: Chase the Chuckwagon That's right! It's not the most popular game but you can earn bonus points This is a very cruel choice. This is the most "almost good but not quite" game I ever played. You're movement is slow, the enemy movement is random, your dog get stuck on corners, most point are earned in a reflex game between mazes and dying means waiting for the time to run out while you're paralyzed. It wouldn't take much change to make this game good, but playing this game is like putting on wet socks. Playing ultiple games to get good and hopefully lucky is a feat of pure determination. Did you pick this game S.BAZ? Are you really doing this to us? What did we do to deserve this? Thou are a fair monarch, but I beg thee to tell us how we angered thou so we might never suffer thy wrath agayn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 This is a very cruel choice... HAhaha here's how I decided... I thought, "CC? How about another CC game for the bonus? ...Crypts of Chaos? nah - looks too involving. Crazy Climber? hmm... that seems to deserve a week of its own. Ah! Here we go -- Chase the Chuckwagon! It's just for bonus points anyway, lol. ...118,720... Thanks oyama, I didn't notice that! But let's wait to hear from keilbaca first in case it was a typo. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Skippy B. Coyote Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 CC 228,783 The "final" screen (before the castles start over again) has 4 towers in a row along the back, maybe 1 on each left & right hand side, a smaller boomerang-shaped level, with a short elevator up/down to the larger foreground area. Fuzzy memory since it's been about 25 yrs since I've seen it. I know exactly the stage you're talking about, and I did finish it before the game looped back to the beginning levels I guess I've completed the final castle too. Killer score by the way! Did you happen to get a picture of it? I only ask because I was pretty sure that picture or video evidence was required for high score submissions (especially ones that high) this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 No I dont take pics for the HSC, IDK how, I'm not technically savvy, which means I have to bug my wife to do it, & I'm sure she thinks I should be doing something practical/productive. Plus it's just a friendly gaming contest on an elderly console, would anyone REALLY cheat by lying about their score? I'm guessing the contest moderators would have people participate, rather than kick them out because they dont provide pics. & when the bonuses call for posting pics, I dont do that either, since (once again) it's a friendly contest that's for fun. But I will try to best it, or at least get close. I wanna see that "final" screen again! I forgot to say it's all ghosts & skeletons on that level too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 ...or better yet a trakball) . Wellll...the trackball ain't that great on this game either. It surely doesnt do as well as the arcade game, where you can zip all the way along straightaways with a flick of your hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) Vocelli: Yeah! I am back from Conferences! Crystal Castles: 120,718 Actually a GREAT port of one of my favorite games. They were able to make it challenging and strategic. I always get stuck on the 5 tree level and lose 3-4 lives.... game over! Need to figure out how to jump trees better and make it thru that level. That's my goal... get thru the 5 tree level. I also have a full size Crystal Castles in my garage! It is a great game with secrets/warps and the game actually ends. The trac-ball is GREAT! I have made it all the way to the last board using warps but have never completed that last board. Some day... bucket list. Edited May 9, 2017 by Vocelli 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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