+therealbountybob Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 The poll was tied so we'll play the unlikely team of... GYRUSS + BLOCK ON LEGS: FIRST STEPS Need to find the secret connections between the two games, good luck there folks! Both games will be full points. Rounds now ends Tuesday 26th May 4PM UK time. GYRUSS We now have a bug fixed XEX version of the classic space warping shooter thanks to Wilheim Download XEX / Download+Info on atariage thread BLOCK ON LEGS: FIRST STEPS v1.1 of my horizontal scrolling multi level platformer. Unique gameplay mixed with some classic platfoming and plenty of lives! (you bounce the opposite direction if your body is touching the platforms). Settings: Play from level 1 and see how far you get; for a bonus tackle each individual level using the "start level" feature. Play on any speed you find comfortable. No using "[F]fly" mode but you can use any of the other the features e.g. [9]basement or [Option] spawn etc if you are struggling. I'll play on Randomizer so that will give me levels in any order (the much harder ones are 12-20). Details and superb instructions (artwork by RedThunder ) on the link below. or Download from Fandal: ATR Have fun and enjoy this great game (Gyruss is not bad too!!!!) EVERYONE WELCOME TO PLAY JUST POST A SCORE! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Shame I was hoping for JSW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share Posted May 10, 2020 1 hour ago, McKong said: Shame I was hoping for JSW Will be part of one of the round 10 "tournament round" poll options Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) Gyruss 86500 124500 Edited May 10, 2020 by McKong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pusakat Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Gyruss: 73,000 Blocks with Legs: 149 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Block on Legs - 355 pts (cleared level 1, didn't finish level 2) Gyruss - 32350 pts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Oops...I posted this on the wrong thread. Blocks on Legs: 654! Almost finished level 3. I like it a lot and the hommage to VCS Pac-Man is a nice touch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Gyruss 24.600 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Gyruss 31050 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Gyruss 74900 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Bol 125 Not a scooby ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 11 hours ago, Deteacher said: Oops...I posted this on the wrong thread. Blocks on Legs: 654! Almost finished level 3. I like it a lot and the hommage to VCS Pac-Man is a nice touch. That should get it a few more eyeballs I'll have to start pretending that was intentional !! 5 hours ago, mimo said: Bol 125 Not a scooby ? Well you made it onto the scoreboard without one! Checkout the manual but just jump up through the platforms until you are on them before jumping across. The only trick on the first screen is to make the floor appear (pink lines) and try different jumps to get the gems. You can press Start to restart the level from scratch. The more you play the more familiar the dynamics become and it will soon click in. BOL will save scores to disk so emulator users make it read/write. Had a bash at Gyruss (had to resort to one of my better sticks!) 141,800 232,600 2 warps to Earth 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Gyruss: 66,650! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 BOL reminded me of another game and I couldn't put my finger on it. Then finally, it came to me. This has a very "Journey to the Planets" vibe to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Deteacher said: BOL reminded me of another game and I couldn't put my finger on it. Then finally, it came to me. This has a very "Journey to the Planets" vibe to it. That's high praise indeed, JTTP is a cult game, it is on Dope's list for the season so if he plays again I'll poll it sooner rather than later! BOL 580 Now do you believe Atari is alive?! So I play BOL for the first time in ages, I remember level 8 is real killer and level 12 was the original end screen so that was difficult too, so I fire it up, active the randomizer (my handicap) and then BING Level 8 which I eventually managed followed by Levle 12 - ARGH! The levels could probably do with a few more tweaks but you can use your lives to learn the tricky bits. IF ANYONE WANTS TO CHANGE THE LEVELS OR CREATE SOME NEW ONES LET ME KNOW, IT'S NOT TOO TRICKY (I would have to import them back into the game). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 I like Bol, definitely going to put some more time in on this one (and RTFM) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 hour ago, mimo said: I like Bol, definitely going to put some more time in on this one (and RTFM) That's great mimo If anyone points out any overly unfair bits of the levels I can make some updates as we go perhaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Gyruss - 56,650 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Gyruss 42.650 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Bro Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 (edited) Gyruss 116950 Edited May 12, 2020 by McKong Bro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Block On Legs - 125 (Didn't get out of Level 1) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 10 hours ago, jblenkle said: Block On Legs - 125 (Didn't get out of Level 1) From memory - Get one of the grow pills and when you are big jump up and use your head to make the pink lines into platforms. You can drop off a long way without losing a life. Jump up through the platforms that are lowest to get on top of them - use them to reach the gems with a flying leap. Will check later. There are several ways of doing each screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 81300 gyruss 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 This growing and shrinking also reminds me a little of the somewhat psychedelic C64 game Alice in Videoland. It is probably more than 30 years ago I played it. Somehow I doubt it is on any Atari developer's list of games to port... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pusakat Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Gyruss: 83,600 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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