Marius Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 This game absolutely is amazing. 196520 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4475841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) Oh my!!! Finally above 200k 201920 if I saw this correctly Extra life at 20000 70000 120000 170000 220000 Not been there, but I suppose 270000.... Still not sure what the spy ship is. Is it perhaps that red one that gives you 200, 300 or 400 points? (And what makes that you get 400 points? I have still not figured out how...) Edited March 7, 2020 by Marius added 220000 points for bonus life (have at this time 256120 points as max) 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4475847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slx Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 24 minutes ago, Marius said: Still not sure what the spy ship is. Is it perhaps that red one that gives you 200, 300 or 400 points? (And what makes that you get 400 points? I have still not figured out how...) I remember there being an on-screen score when hitting a red ship but it was too frantic to really see what number it was. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4475853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slx Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 98.930 (and the red ship I saw was 300 points only) This is a real "just one more game" and most of the time it gets a little better. Is there any way to force a restart? 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4475857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Yes, press start which pauses the game,then press option 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4475868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) I guess this message is Spy Ship Sighted. I believe now that this is the Spy Ship. You can score different points. I have seen 200, 300, 400 and 800. 800 Happens when this thing explodes together with an asteroid. 200, 300, 400.... it is still not clear how to influence this score. First I thought it had to do with how near the spy ship was when it's hit... but that does not have any influence on the score. But I seriously doubt it that this works genuinely right in the game. Even when you completely ignore this ship, you will not get into RED CONDITION sometimes, and sometimes you get in RED CONDITION even when there was no SPY SHIP SIGHTED message at all, or even when you did shoot the Spy Ship. So I hope that is fixed in the updated version. Or perhaps someone can confirm that this 'RED CONDITION' is random in the a8 version (and not linked to the spy ship). Edited March 7, 2020 by Marius Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4475876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 From what I understand, the spy ship will take a couple passes by you before flying off. Yes, allowing it to get away is supposed to cause a "condition red." I've also heard that staying on a level too long will also trigger a condition red. My best guess is that in the beginning levels, it takes longer to get to condition red. Once you get to level 8 (blue bases) it doesn't take as long. These are just by best educated guesses from my observations in playing. Do not take it as gospel. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4475884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 My wrist hurts as never before... but it was worth it haha. Colors went amazingly beautiful in round 14. Really fabulous on PAL. 256120 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4475978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 7, 2020 Author Share Posted March 7, 2020 I seem to have found my sticking point as had another good go but still ended on round 19, might need to take a pause mid go be able to drink a cup of tea and have a biscuit to recharge the batteries! Minor improvement to 400,820 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4475989 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gury Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 My best try so far... 71200 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4476155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 241,310! Round 13. My little tip (for the higher levels): If you have a battle formation chasing you down, try to lead them into an asteroid or a mine. I lucked out on one level where there was a large cluster of asteroids on screen...the whole fleet crashed into it, scoring me a nice little bonus. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4476167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Speaking of hints and tips. What I do is this. Especially on the higher levels (from round 8 and up, where the bases do defend themselves with missiles)... I shoot the two cannons that are on one side of where the missile is coming out. That makes it much easier to shoot the base from the missile side. On lower rounds this is also a good idea. Sometimes you want to demolish the base as soon as possible (in case of "RED!") and then it is handy that you already shot these two cannons. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4476190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slx Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Very little improvement to 98.690, as always lost my last ship on level 7. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4476192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoatofCar Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 21100. Will try again if I have time! Love this port! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4476220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 (edited) 443110 Edited March 8, 2020 by McKong 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4476474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMarc-er Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 93,480 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4476583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 295,220! Round 16! 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4476648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 8 hours ago, McKong said: 443110 Wow Amazing! By the way is this the 64K version? My Top 5 screen looks quite different. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4476725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slx Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 101.100 still level 7 but close to clearing it. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4476728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slx Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 "Just one more..." 115.750 (reached level 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4476744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Marius said: Wow Amazing! By the way is this the 64K version? My Top 5 screen looks quite different. Yeah 64k PAL. It's a decent score but well short of the winning scores from last time we played. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4476823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 340,890! Not sure my hands can take another round today. 5 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4476842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8isa1 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 104560 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4476979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pusakat Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Finally got to play this on a real Atari 65XE, which I just bought just last month. Also made an SIO2PC-USB cable recently, so I can play on a real machine now instead of in emulation. Here's my score on the 8-bit: 50,630 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4477207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, pusakat said: Finally got to play this on a real Atari 65XE, which I just bought just last month. Also made an SIO2PC-USB cable recently, so I can play on a real machine now instead of in emulation. Here's my score on the 8-bit: 50,630 How do you like the real thing? I much prefer using a real Atari 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/302712-hsc17-round-4-bosconian/page/4/#findComment-4477232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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