+therealbountybob Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 THE GOONIES and TAPPER While the kids go for an underground adventure the adullts go down the pub... they'll be fin ! Yes, another strange HSC round is upon us!! The Goonies A decent platform game, tricky in places, but also very rewarding, atmospheric and it is beatable. You hold down fire to toggle between two moveable characters on some screens; often needing to position them first and quickly switch and then leggit! I'd recommend working out each screen as you go. If you get stuck ask for a hint or two. There are not many screens so they are designed to take a bunch of goes to get past them. As you figure each one out you will be pleased. Play with the default 5 lives [space=Pause] Scoring Full HSC points Download Fandal ATR Info Atarimania Instructions (on US Gold ver) Tapper Fire slides the beers, push up/down to change bars. L/R to walk to get glasses or collect tips. Scoring 1pt per level completed plus 1pt for each soda can round completed safely. Download Fandal XEX Rounds ends Sunday 7th June 10am UK time, bit shorter than usual but Tapper only takes a few minutes to play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 Goonies 6,105 got stuck on the skull for a while but then remembered how to finish the screen! Tapper R10 after a few goes: 66,925 so scored 9 completed rounds plus 3 successful sodas = 12pts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Tapper: round 5 completed, 2 soda can rounds completed, can't remember seeing level 6 with the alternating left/right taps before Goonies 1400 (level 1 completed, wow, that takes a very well timed dash to get past Ma Fratelli). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Goonies: 109,020 Tapper: 128,050 I love both of these. I had the Goonies as a child (begged my parents for it as a birthday gift) and felt such a sense of accomplishment when I finally figured out how to beat all 8 screens. (And I still play it about once a year, just for the feels.) The music is great, the graphics are great, the puzzles are great... just an all around fantastic title. I did four complete loops to get that score, and then I gave up because I still had lives left and had to get to bed. ? There were a few close calls when I was down to one life. Building a ladder with the skulls seems to be the most difficult screen due to the randomness of where the skulls are dropped. But you get three more lives each time you hit that screen, so... With Tapper, are we starting on beginner difficulty? I only got to round 8 and successfully completed two can screens. Edited May 27, 2020 by graywest background information :-) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Tapper 45800 Round 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 16 hours ago, graywest said: Goonies: 109,020 Tapper: 128,050 I love both of these. I had the Goonies as a child (begged my parents for it as a birthday gift) and felt such a sense of accomplishment when I finally figured out how to beat all 8 screens. (And I still play it about once a year, just for the feels.) The music is great, the graphics are great, the puzzles are great... just an all around fantastic title. I did four complete loops to get that score, and then I gave up because I still had lives left and had to get to bed. ? There were a few close calls when I was down to one life. Building a ladder with the skulls seems to be the most difficult screen due to the randomness of where the skulls are dropped. But you get three more lives each time you hit that screen, so... With Tapper, are we starting on beginner difficulty? I only got to round 8 and successfully completed two can screens. Yes Tapper play from the Start aka Beginner. The Goonies - You can dispose of skulls in the water instead of taking them all the way across! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Tapper 83750 Round 10. 9 rounds & 3 x bonus complete Edited May 27, 2020 by McKong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 ^^ If you look closely at trbb's first post, your actual score on Tapper doesn't count in this round of the HSC, only reporting the highest level reached and how many bonus rounds you successfully went through. Though I'll admit it would feel strange not to post the actual score even if it doesn't matter for standings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 10 minutes ago, carlsson said: ^^ If you look closely at trbb's first post, your actual score on Tapper doesn't count in this round of the HSC, only reporting the highest level reached and how many bonus rounds you successfully went through. Though I'll admit it would feel strange not to post the actual score even if it doesn't matter for standings. I did have to look closely, thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Tapper , i got to round 8 failed both bonus rounds 29,725 Edited May 27, 2020 by roadrunner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 8 hours ago, therealbountybob said: Yes Tapper play from the Start aka Beginner. The Gooneies - You can dispose of skulls in the water instead of taking them all the way across! Good point - I usually use skulls dropped in the upper right or lower right rooms to build the ladder. If it lands in the lower left, it's easy to dispose of. If the skull goes into the upper left, that's the most problematic for me. You can push it left into a hole, go through the caves, push it right onto the platform, and then go back to the top to get rid of it. Problem is, it takes quite a while to get there and accomplish all of that, and by that time it often "hatches" if I haven't gotten to it right away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Tapper: Round 8 with 2 bonus rounds. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Starting to figure out the Goonies. I've never played this game before. I got through the first 3 screens and I've figured out what I have to do on the 4th, but the timing is killer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 On 5/27/2020 at 7:13 AM, graywest said: Goonies: 109,020 Tapper: 128,050 I love both of these. I had the Goonies as a child (begged my parents for it as a birthday gift) and felt such a sense of accomplishment when I finally figured out how to beat all 8 screens. (And I still play it about once a year, just for the feels.) The music is great, the graphics are great, the puzzles are great... just an all around fantastic title. I did four complete loops to get that score, and then I gave up because I still had lives left and had to get to bed. ? There were a few close calls when I was down to one life. Building a ladder with the skulls seems to be the most difficult screen due to the randomness of where the skulls are dropped. But you get three more lives each time you hit that screen, so... With Tapper, are we starting on beginner difficulty? I only got to round 8 and successfully completed two can screens. Does the difficulty ramp up after you finish the game, or is it the same difficulty afterward? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Just now, Deteacher said: Does the difficulty ramp up after you finish the game, or is it the same difficulty afterward? As far as I can tell, it doesn't get any harder after you finish the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 Goonies 7,105 now I need to remember how to do the octopus screen, while trying to jump on the floating box I forgot to keep an eye on my good friend and he fell down the hole onto a spike... my bad That music is haunting me... must remember to play Tapper afterwards each time to reset to happy mode ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 15 hours ago, therealbountybob said: That music is haunting me... must remember to play Tapper afterwards each time to reset to happy mode ! ??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 2 hours ago, graywest said: ??? Nice, and much cheerier - not sure I gleaned any hints but I related to "panic in the water" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 170,050 round 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, devwebcl said: 170,050 round 10 you also need to post how many sodas you safely opened - it's 1pt per round completed and 1pt for each soda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 9 minutes ago, therealbountybob said: you also need to post how many sodas you safely opened - it's 1pt per round completed and 1pt for each soda oh ok, they were 2. (I missed one). I've forgotten how awful is level 10. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caco Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Tapper - 30950 lv 7 The Goonies - 1700 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 3 hours ago, therealbountybob said: Nice, and much cheerier I haven't checked out the A8 version of The Goonies yet (too much other stuff going on) but I see that the C64 disk version of The Goonies contains Cyndi Lauper's song in no less than 3 versions. Doesn't the A8 version cover it as well somewhere? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 3 hours ago, devwebcl said: oh ok, they were 2. (I missed one). I've forgotten how awful is level 10. Yes I can get to it every go but then usually get nowhere usually as I can't easily see who is driking etc So another r10 = 9 rounds complete +3 sodas = score of 12 Goonies also hit the wall (of water) 7,105 exactly same place, I know I've beaten this before so plenty of time, accidentally jumped onto the octopus this time!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 first tables! THE GOONIES 1st graywest 109,020 13pts* 2nd therealbountybob 7,105 11pts 3rd Caco 1,700 10pts 4th slx 1,400 9pts *includes 1pt bonus for first person to complete the game TAPPER Rounds completed+Sodas safely opened. Scoring may change. Can anyone beat round 10?!!! 1st therealbountybob 12 5pts 1st McKong 12 5pts 3rd devwebcl 11 4pts 4th Deteacher 9 3pts 4th graywest 9 3pts 6th slx 7 2pts 6th roadrunner 7 2pts 8th Caco 6 1pt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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