+therealbountybob Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) Wizard of Wor Poor old Rainbow Walker, runner up again! BUT we have the awesome Wizard of Wor to play instead From the same guy Joe Hellensen who did Pac-Man and both Atari and Deluxe Invaders no less "Buckle up buttercup" erm just get into the maze, with a friend if you can rope one in and get blasting Settings Select 7 Lives and turn the TV Volume UP! (Proper game has manual firing) Round now ends Sunday TUESDAY 3rd April 10PM UK time Download XEX, Atarimania Info Bonus Pack Games I was saving these potential gems (!) for a Berzerk round but this is close enough - we can extend the round if things kick off Robot Dungeon - homesoft disk #344 has compiled version ready to run Escape from Syntron - looks like there are objects to collect - info in comments on atarimania See scoring info play for "pretzels" collected my rough map here Green Goblins - enable BASIC! Zurk Maniac! (they made me add this one in) Looks like has only 8? screens. The robots take an extra shot to be destroyed on each screen. Updated: Season 15 Current Standings Join in, Have fun, Play ATARI Edited April 1, 2018 by therealbountybob Extended to TUE 3rd April 10pm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 It appears to me that previously Wizard of Wor has been played with maximum 7 lives. What is the default and how many lives do we have this time around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 It appears to me that previously Wizard of Wor has been played with maximum 7 lives. What is the default and how many lives do we have this time around? 7 Lives - we will need them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Poor old Dark Chambers as well Mayby next time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Haha, I see now that Wizard of Wor was on my list of suggested games for this season, yet I failed to vote for it. Fortunately others did. It may have been played multiple times before in the HSC, but it is new to me as an Atari gamer. I've played the C64 & MAX versions though, which are quite different from eachother despite running on basically identical hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Another game I've not played before 28600 to start 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Same here. I had a quick attempt at lunch. Wizard of Wor [7 lives] - 25300 pts, dungeon 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) Wizard of Wor = 2,000 Esacpe from Syntron = 3,400 Green Goblins = Didn't Work Robot Dungeon =Can't remember how to load. Zurk = 1,690 Edited March 19, 2018 by RedThunder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 Wizard of Wor = 2,000 Esacpe from Syntron = 3,400 Green Goblins = Didn't Work Robot Dungeon =Can't remember how to load. Zurk = 1,690 Updated 1st post - new link for RD (was from an Anlog mag, I couldn't get the "maker" to work (on emulation) either. GG needs BASIC. I'll try and put a disk together for them all 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Sounds fun - will try tonight! If you want to try a really BAD Berzerk clone as a bonus game - Maniac! by Analog Computing http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-maniac_3134.html As a child, I had this on a pirated disk and even back then, I knew it was awful. I think I only booted it up once or twice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Wizard of Wor - 35500 pts Bonus games: Escape from Syntron - 4030 pts (this Shamus like game doesn't display latest or highest score, so be quick to note the score) Green Goblins - 1720 pts (you get more points for each treasure you pick up the more lives you've lost) Zurk - 300 pts I spent a good while trying to create a maze for Robot Dungeon, but it wouldn't load my DUNJIN.DAT file anyhow. I'll try the new download later if it works better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) Great game! One of my favorites in the arcade, even though I've always sucked at it. 69,600. Made it to the Worlord level...never made it that far before. Gonna try a couple of the bonus games before coming back to WOW. Zurk: 1,060 Edited March 19, 2018 by Deteacher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 If you want to try a really BAD Berzerk clone as a bonus game - Maniac! by Analog Computing As a child, I had this on a pirated disk and even back then, I knew it was awful. I think I only booted it up once or twice. We did check out Maniac! before as a Berzerk bonus game, it's designed to be a 2 player game, you can't get anywhere in 1 player I spent a good while trying to create a maze for Robot Dungeon, but it wouldn't load my DUNJIN.DAT file anyhow. I'll try the new download later if it works better. I had a quick look at the code but failed to see what was going on - I didn't try on real hardware though. Proably could find the Analog Mag on atarimania and see all the deatils. the one I've linked now (Homesoft) has the resulting XEX file Will be interesting to see if anyone can loop through all of the mazes in WOW Forgot to say the three runner up games on 5 votes will go into the week's poll! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) Ok, I had a round of Robot Dungeon. It is yet another game that automatically restarts so you need to know your score. I also find it bloody hard to get past the robots, in particular the ones that are indestructable. I think I'll spend most of my time this round playing the main game. Robot Dungeon - 420 pts. Edited March 19, 2018 by carlsson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) We did check out Maniac! before as a Berzerk bonus game, it's designed to be a 2 player game, you can't get anywhere in 1 player WHAT? I had no idea it was supposed to be a two player game. Well that explains a lot! First go at Wizard of Wor: 78,400 Edited March 19, 2018 by graywest 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) Well, if you are talking about this game it allows you choose 1 or 2 players. It is fully playable in 1 player mode. The second player controls one of the bad guys, and can shoot the other bad guys paving the way for player one. Actually I found this one not too shabby compared the other nominated bonus games. http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2300 Maniac! - 240 pts Edited March 20, 2018 by carlsson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dope Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) Wizard of Wor: 53300 Lost most life on Boss Fight (Dungeon "8"). Edited March 20, 2018 by Dope 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 WHAT? I had no idea it was supposed to be a two player game. Well that explains a lot! Well, if you are talking about this game it allows you choose 1 or 2 players. It is fully playable in 1 player mode. The second player controls one of the bad guys, and can shoot the other bad guys paving the way for player one. Actually I found this one not too shabby compared the other nominated bonus games. http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2300 Maniac! - 240 pts Yes that's the one - best score last time was 470 but it's not much fun for 1 player. timewarp trbb: "Maniac! is way too tough (for me anyway) but I think it might be good fun in 2 player as has head to head action. You can position your arm before leaving a screen, ready for the next." There should be the Analog mag for it with the tell all somewhere. Intereting comment on atarimania >>> sparkle - 07/09/2015 did I type this in so long ago, it is an elementary take on Berzerk, but the enemy all look human not robots and the number of hits to kill anyone is the same as the room number. simple way to cheat is do two player mode by yourself, 2nd player always controls an enemy nearest to you and control switches as they are eliminated.<<< 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Yes that's the one - best score last time was 470 but it's not much fun for 1 player. timewarp trbb: "Maniac! is way too tough (for me anyway) but I think it might be good fun in 2 player as has head to head action. You can position your arm before leaving a screen, ready for the next." There should be the Analog mag for it with the tell all somewhere. Intereting comment on atarimania >>> sparkle - 07/09/2015 did I type this in so long ago, it is an elementary take on Berzerk, but the enemy all look human not robots and the number of hits to kill anyone is the same as the room number. simple way to cheat is do two player mode by yourself, 2nd player always controls an enemy nearest to you and control switches as they are eliminated.<<< Interesting! I found the game's background in Analog issue 6: https://archive.org/stream/analog-computing-magazine-06/Analog_Computing_06_1982-05_Maniac_Pirating_djvu.txt Search for the third instance of the name "Rick Messner". Sorry, didn't mean to derail the thread with all this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 So Maniac! is a two player game in the same sense that Bruce Lee is a two player game. Well, I suppose we may have up to 5 bonus games which should be plenty enough next to the main game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 64100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Interesting! I found the game's background in Analog issue 6: https://archive.org/stream/analog-computing-magazine-06/Analog_Computing_06_1982-05_Maniac_Pirating_djvu.txt Search for the third instance of the name "Rick Messner". Sorry, didn't mean to derail the thread with all this. @graywest How do you get your Lostcat to run in Altirra ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 So Maniac! is a two player game in the same sense that Bruce Lee is a two player game. Well, I suppose we may have up to 5 bonus games which should be plenty enough next to the main game. We could always add Dark Chambers ;-] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 WOW: 93,700! Dungeon 10! Man, this gets frantic! I want 100K so bad, I can taste it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 WOW 29,600 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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