+therealbountybob Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Chopper Hunt Don't worry Buried Buck$ fans Chopper Hunt is a later version of the same game! From the comments it's either a re-release or might have some improvements, it has a higher rating than Buried Buck$ on atarimania. Either way let's put it through a HSC session and see what we can find Info Atarimania Fandal has XEX Round closes Sunday 23rd December 10am UK Time Round 20 remains open for catch-up scores from rounds 1-20 (until the end of this round) Have fun! p.s. still working on Ski-It v1.2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) 6207 8403 31033 35353 Edited December 10, 2018 by McKong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 It was all going well then I sprung a leak - even if you have loads of choppers left it's curtains I didn't remember being able to shoot up or the shooting thingy that appears so now I need to check BB again! Not the most exciting game but worth a few goes. The BB atarimania comments mention the exploding routine in an Antic/Analog mag, if anyone knows which one pllease let me know and I'll see if I can use it 80,109 (11) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youxia Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Oh, we can play the old rounds for extended time, nice. So, in theory, I can still win the whole season Could you please update the leaderboard when you have a minute, so I can see how many points I need for that 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I've never played this one (or Buried Bucks) before, but I'm starting to get the hang of it after a dozen tries. Are there instructions around anywhere? I think I've figured out the basics, but I want to see if I'm missing anything. 78,958 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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carlsson Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) The review for Buried Buck$ in Electronic Fun with Computer & Games, October 1983 wasn't overly positive. Paul Backer rated it 2.5/4 and found it to be boring, going too quickly from ridculously easy to impossible and that despite the graphics are good, it doesn't help gameplay. Perhaps Chopper Hunt was reworked to have a more even difficulty ramping and features? I haven't played either so I can tell, but I suppose one idea is to play both versions separately and see for yourself how much differs. Tom himself posted back in 2009 regarding Buried Buck$ and Chopper Hunt: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/132851-hsc-5-contest-21-buried-bucks/?p=1705220 Aha, Chopper Hunt was also released for the C64, while obviously Buried Buck$ never was. Perhaps that prompted them to update the game as it was simultaneously ported. The entry on MobyGames says: You are still a helicopter but now the treasure you are after looks different for each level. For example, level one you are after barrels of oil, level two is green money bags, level three is nuclear symbols (uranium, I suppose), etc. You must still bomb the ground to dig a hole to reach the treasures and the plane is still dropping giant clods of dirt to fill in the hole, and maybe bury you. When you gather a treasure, you must still land on your base to claim it. If you are destroyed before you return to base, you drop the treasure. You can only carry one treasure at a time. After you collect all the buried treasures, you move on to the next level. There background has also been spruced up. There are mountains, a cloud and a sun. The plane has been altered from a bomber to a fighter jet. https://www.mobygames.com/game/chopper-hunt Edited December 11, 2018 by carlsson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 The BB atarimania comments mention the exploding routine in an Antic/Analog mag, if anyone knows which oine pllease let me know and I'll see if I can use it The Atarimania comments on Chopper Hunt includes a link to Tom Hudson's web site where he mentions the routine was found in ANALOG Computing #8, so go ahead and look it up! http://analog.klanky.com/8bit.htm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 It was all going well then I sprung a leak - even if you have loads of choppers left it's curtains Chopper Hunt 80,109.jpg I didn't remember being able to shoot up or the shooting thingy that appears so now I need to check BB again! Not the most exciting game but worth a few goes. The BB atarimania comments mention the exploding routine in an Antic/Analog mag, if anyone knows which oine pllease let me know and I'll see if I can use it 80,109 (11) Level 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) £20,289 48,037 Level 8 66,772 l10 I never knew there was a version called Chopper Hunt and I did'nt know you could shoot up. Anything else hidden in there ? Edited December 13, 2018 by RedThunder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Shoot a PM to Tom and ask him, though he hasn't been online for 3 years. As the lead developer he should have some idea what is different beyond what I quoted from Mobygames. I tried to find online instructions but drew a blank, despite I looked for both Atari and C64. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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carlsson Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Chopper Hunt - $15268 For comparison I played both versions of the game. It might be so that the placement of treasures is a little less random in CH than it is in BB. Shooting upwards in CH yes, otherwise they seem rather similar (and I got exactly as far in BB as I got in CH). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I only have BB. 12,873 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 94839 Level 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Thanks for the posts everyone, some good info as usual from carlsson @Zylon BB is ok too, thanks for playing. @graywest you fill your boots, tell you what we'll leave the catch-up round open until the END of this round just to make it interesting 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Managed to rope in another player for a two player game. Second helicopter a rather nice shade of green :-) Each player plays a round and if completed the next play has a go, and vice a versa. This game would of been cool if both players were scraping on the same screen together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 7,032 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Managed to rope in another player for a two player game. Second helicopter a rather nice shade of green :-) Each player plays a round and if completed the next play has a go, and vice a versa. This game would of been cool if both players were scraping on the same screen together. Take a look at Shadow World it's great fun 2s up. I think the game didn't let 1 player get too far we did play it here a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Chopper Hunt - 16,610 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) Imagine a version with a smaller helicopter so you coukd really get tunneling. I've always liked tunneling and flood game. I really ought to learn to code Buried Bucks destructive landscape model would make avgreat worms type clone. Or a side on sinking ship game that you got escape with all the corridors, rooms getting flooded ss you move up the screen. and Mrs RT 42748 on Chppoer Hunt Edited December 13, 2018 by RedThunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Buried Bucks destructive landscape model would make avgreat worms type clone. I understand there have a been a couple of Scorched Earth clone attempts, see also this recent thread though none has been completed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) 137530 Level 16 Edited December 13, 2018 by McKong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Chopper Hunt - 20185 pts, level 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Just thought I'd login to post a "bl**dy hell Mckong" Checked out the Scorched Earth link above - the game Michael Jones' Battle Trivia Page 6 PD Disk #DS35 has a round of this among other mini battles; it's fun if you have a couple of people on each team - even non game players can just about handle it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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