+therealbountybob Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 I'll bring my 'top scores' together to make it easier to draw up the tables A subtle hint if ever I saw one Yes I've had a busy week but have had a session in space tonight. Enjoying Star Raiders, played again on Pilot and ranked Ensign Class 4 after a fairly decent go. The problem I had with docking where you could see the star base on screen but nothing was happening seems to be a case of angling the vertical position - I had it so moveing up/down would say Orbit Established or Broken or whatever it says but you could just move it up/down again and it re-established orbit! I think when I had a broken LR scanner the starbase dot is sometimes so far away that it is not on screen, probably moive around a bit and re-view it would work. Keeping at it with Time Pilot but after probably 30+ goes still not completed the first round and worse still I don't see any improvement / learning factor Anyone comppleted the first round / additional rounds will get bonus points. Interested to know what is different on 2nd round etc? We're time pilots so we can warp to Sunday 17th 2108 then at 10am UK time! LLamas are booked into the next poll 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 The 2nd round on Time Pilot seemed the same as the 1st, could be wrong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 (edited) In case others haven't seen it. This is the list of rankings for Star Raiders, it's in the original instruction manual. Rank Mission Score ROOKIE 48 - 79 NOVICE 80 - 111 ENSIGN 112 - 143 PILOT 144 - 175 ACE 176 - 191 LIEUTENANT 192 - 207 WARRIOR 208 - 223 CAPTAIN 224 - 239 COMMANDER 240 - 271 STAR COMMANDER 272 - 303 Edited June 9, 2018 by McKong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 As well as more Star Raiders I'm going to have another crack at Atari Blast to try and finish it on the default seetting (i've done it before) and play some more Blaster [edit[ 4 goes on Atari Blast and not reached the 4th stage 12-15k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Hmm, time to get more training tima... Looks here: http://www.retronagazie.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Time-Pilot-New-Record-1024x574.jpg<wow> 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 And my small improovments: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 Improved (at last) on Atari Blast 421,270 mainly by riding out the power-ups a bit more, got to Xevious level, the demo is taunting me with all the delicious levels that I haven't seen for a while so might well have more goes this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 The Tables probably missed some Star Raiders scores so please each post a summary with your next post if you have time Time Pilot 1st McKong 128,100 12pts 2nd Deteacher 83,200 11pts 3rd therealbountybob 82,000 10pts 4th slx 82,000 9pts 5th graywest 62,200 8pts 6th Sikor 61,300 7pts 7th devwebcl 54,200 6pts 8th carlsson 54,000 5pts 9th RedThunder 51,400 4pts 10th Shawn Jefferson 46,000 3pts 11th jblenkle 44,800 2pts 12th Fingolfin 43,000 2pts Star Raiders Deteacher Novice - Warrior Class 5 energy left 7,215 Pilot - Warrior Class 3 energy left 3,587 Warrior - Captain Class 4 energy left 7,225 Commander - Star Commander Class 5 E9525 McKong Novice - Lieutenant Class 5 energy left 5452 Pilot - Lieutenant Class 3 energy left 4626 Warrior - Pilot Class 5 energy left 9347 Commander - Galactic Cook Class 5 (mission failed) graywest Novice - Pilot - Ensign Class 1 Warrior - Pilot Class 1 Commander - slx Novice - Pilot - Pilot Class 3 E5,608 Warrior - Pilot Class 3 E5,616 Commander - trbb Novice - Ace Class 4 Pilot - Ensign Class 4 Warrior - Commander - RedThunder Novice - Galactic Cook Class 4 Catch-up and Improve (Season 15 Rounds 1-9) slx - Jump Man Jr 6,150 (Speed 3 - Hell Stones) carlsson - Keep On Koastin' 459 trbb - Atari Blast! 421,270 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Time pilot - small progress... Ergggh, i have not much time to training this title :/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Star raiders commander mission novice class 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) Time pilot - small progress... Ergggh, i have not much time to training this title :/ That's a great score Sikor Did you notice anything different / harder on the 2nd loop? I've hit the wall on Atari Blast - 41-42K. The gameplay is better than I first thought. I've no idea how I completed this before, perhaps I was on the easier difficulty Let's start the poll then eh?! Round 11 POLL OPEN ! Edited June 13, 2018 by therealbountybob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Yes, game was harder. But great score was on retronagazie.eu - I paste link some posts before, more than 200000 - totaly hardcore for me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) Star raiders commander mission ensign class 3 energy 9440 I was surprised to improve on Star Raiders to the point where I beat the Commander mission. The keys things for me were learning to avoid the enemies shots more, learning to use the long range scanner to help locate the star base quicker when returning for repairs, and using the tracking that switches the view to 'AFT' when the closest target is behind. This helps to stop the enemy ships from creeping up on you! Edited June 14, 2018 by McKong 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Few points more... Sadly, that i have not time to play... And play only on my short breaks from other job 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 and using the tracking that switches the view to 'AFT' when the closest target is behind. This helps to stop the enemy ships from creeping up on you! While the "auto" tracking will not let a Zylon creep up on you and kill you from behind, I still don't get the reversed controls in aft view. You'd assume that someone building a space battle ship would not risk it by expecting crews to think backwards when using the aft cannon.... Still not managed it through a commander mission alive.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 Few points more... Sadly, that i have not time to play... And play only on my short breaks from other job And you were so nearly going to get a HSC "win" You guys are doing a lot better than me on SR; had a couple of cracks at Warrior but got fried Rookie/5 and GSC/3 Think I need to get better on Pilot before advancing and pay attention to McKong's tips EVERYONE: Round 11 POLL OPEN ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Star raiders warrior mission pilot class 1 energy 9542 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Yeah I also have trouble with the backwards controls in AFT view so I always try to get the enemy ships in front of me before attacking them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 My actual Time-Pilot score is 92.400. Sleepy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Time Pilot - 68300 pts Star Raiders - Novice mission: Rookie, class 5 Well, at least I wrote down the instructions and gave it a fair chance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 And you were so nearly going to get a HSC "win" I think, that McKong results its too far to me - maybe, if i get one more week... Very little progress: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 Great TP Scores Sikor + Sleepy, I've still not been able to complete the first round, have had loads of goes... will get some more play in later between the world cup games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Finally made it through Star Raiders Commander Mission, but barely. Galactic Cook Class 5 with 6059 energy remaining, I must have played the better part of an hour and it mostly felt like work. I must have had those shields repaired a dozen times. Despite several tries never managed to beat my previous high score in Time Pilot. Made it to the UFO level and saw the boss UFO but got finished off before I could engage it. Can't fail to admire the port. Even if it's not 100% like the original, it feels like I remember the Arcade machine and that's most important! I love the community that results in great games like this 30 years after the Atari's heyday! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Few points less than McKong... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Time Pilot - 48,500 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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