+DamonicFury Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Welcome to round three of this 5200 HSC season! Robotron: 2084 won the poll with 3 votes. Play with default difficult setting. Emulation is fine, as are custom controls. Pics preferred, but not required except for HSC wins and records. The current HSC record for Robotron was set by darthkur - 558,350 points. Bust it if you can for a bonus point! A link to the ROM and manual can be found here: http://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=660 Round ends Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 @9pm EST Standings: Nuclear Pacman - 685,850 (RECORD BREAKER) Cafeman - 466,100 roadrunner - 178,375 troff - 147,400 Hank Rearden - 91,450 zylon - 84,900 troff - 68,500 Mangia-Boy - 64,950 eegt97 - 52,325 bemis - 37,825 jblenkle - 13,625 Abel Mvada - 5250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari-dna Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) Retracted Edited February 19, 2019 by atari-dna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 187,375 for my stab at 5200 Robotron emulated on a Dreamcast, holding the standard controller in left hand, and using the fishing controller in my right for shooting. Not ideal but it works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 494,500 Original gear. Joystick coupler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 390,725 Original equipment 00314426-B718-4988-ADE4-24632FE36E70.jpeg Level 0 isn't 'default' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari-dna Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Level 0 isn't 'default' My mistake! @sdamon please remove my submission from the leaderboard and I’ll re-post a score on level 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 My mistake! @sdamon please remove my submission from the leaderboard and I’ll re-post a score on level 1 No problem, will look out for your new score submission. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 My mistake! @sdamon please remove my submission from the leaderboard and I’ll re-post a score on level 1 Honest mistake. I think it's been discussed in the past, on these 5200 menu screens, as far as picture taking is concerned, there's nothing stopping someone from playing on easy mode, and then just changing the difficulty after the fact so it looks like you played the right difficulty in your screenshot. That's why we all just have to trust each other to play it right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 The first time that I play this game with two controllers. Difficult adjustment for me, as I use my left hand normally only for pressing buttons. Great game, great choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 So, I have two digital sticks, and I decided to test out the setup that way. It actually didn't work. The Competition Pro I plugged in to slot 2, would only fire in diagonals, and the 4 cardinal directions wouldn't fire. That's when I decided to stick with the joystick coupler and two original sticks. That said I have a pretty good starting score. It was playing this game with the coupler that made me realize that the 5200 stock sticks desperately could benefit from an 8-way gate. Obviously, I'm adjusting ok to the controls, but it has to be said, that the lack of a gate is making it difficult to get precision directional shots when you need it. How many times do I want to go straight up or down, and find myself having to keep adjusting from diagonal because the lack of a gate makes it hard to be exact. What's my point? I think once I either master the analog controls with the coupler, or get my digital sticks working right, I'll be crushing that score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Any hints on playing this under Kat5200? I can never get the controller(s) configured right. I can move around, but can't figure out how to fire. I've tried configuring for both 1 and 2 controllers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegt97 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Any hints on playing this under Kat5200? I can never get the controller(s) configured right. I can move around, but can't figure out how to fire. I've tried configuring for both 1 and 2 controllers. I did not even know about the one controller method using the fire button with this game before this HSC, this does not work in kat5200, it is a bug with the emulator. That said I tried it on the real thing and don't think it is a good way to play at all. The two controller method works for me in the emulator. I use the two thumbsticks on my controller, the left one configured for player 1 directions in kat5200, the right one configured for player 2 directions in kat5200 (for firing). I lowered Sensitivity for player 2 to 75 when the left direction did not work consistently. Make sure you have player 2 input enabled and set to Joystick in the kat5200 input screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Thanks...I will give this a try, but I managed to get it going on Altirra, as well. I did not even know about the one controller method using the fire button with this game before this HSC, this does not work in kat5200, it is a bug with the emulator. That said I tried it on the real thing and don't think it is a good way to play at all. The two controller method works for me in the emulator. I use the two thumbsticks on my controller, the left one configured for player 1 directions in kat5200, the right one configured for player 2 directions in kat5200 (for firing). I lowered Sensitivity for player 2 to 75 when the left direction did not work consistently. Make sure you have player 2 input enabled and set to Joystick in the kat5200 input screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Robotron: 2084 - 7,950 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 178,375 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I keep ending right around 400,000 all week, no improvement. This version is more difficult than the 7800 game. Various factors as to why: fewer colors, clunkier movement, even with the coupler the controls aren't that great. I plan to remedy the controls this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegt97 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 45325. The colors are off on my system, I simply can't see the circles that turn into enemies until they transform. Need to look at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Robotron: 2084 - 13,625 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 625,700 Woohoo record breaker! I mounted some joysticks down with 3M command strips. That digital stick made a big difference with 8-way directional firing. I was getting frustrated with the analog fire before. better pic of screen for score: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 With one controller. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 625,700 Congratulations! Thats was a tough score to break! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troff Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 68,500 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 625,700 That's good stuff man, congorats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 congorats! *shudders at the thought of Congo rats * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 625,700 That's good stuff man, congorats! Thanks. I'm still trying to extend it, I know I can do a much bigger score than that. Finding time to play is the biggest hurdle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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