zylon Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 (edited) Our game for September is the classic Centipede, played on STANDARD. Play on real 5200 consoles, using Atari mfg controls, including the trackball. -1HSC pt for use of period analog 3rd party sticks, such as the Wico. Only modern exceptions allowed are flashcarts/SD loaders running original Roms. Pics preferred, but not required except for HSC wins and records. Round ends when month does. Current HSC record- Bust it for a bonus point! Centipede - (Standard) JacobZu7zu7 51,699 BUSTED New 67,538 phuzaxeman Final scores: 67,538 phuzaxeman +1+11=12 36,566 DamonicFury +10 21,192 Moises Tuseto +9 13,714 RangerG +8 13,457 rubeon +7 13,052 roadrunner +6 11,885 zylon +5 Current standings: rubeon - 80 DamonicFury - 79 roadrunner - 67 RangerG - 54 zylon - 52 troff - 24 Rogerpoco - 15 patroclus99 - 10 hoosierdadee78 - 9 Centipede.BIN Edited October 1, 2020 by zylon 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Game info here https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-5200/centipede_ Review here http://www.atarihq.com/reviews/5200/centipede.html Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4622533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Hell, yes, a trackball game, and a particularly great one! ?? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4622624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 13,457 So great to get the trackball back on the table! I will definitely be playing this all month ? 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4623615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 13,052 Best to avoid the spider Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4626404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 17,349 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4626472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moisés Tuseto Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 18729 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4633434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 20,338 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4635953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moisés Tuseto Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 21192 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4636388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzaxeman Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) It's been a while playing this but that crazy spider got me in the end. My all time fav 5200 game. 67,538 Edited September 22, 2020 by phuzaxeman 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4637689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Kudos to phuzaxeman on a phenomenal record breaking score! I was able to improve my own a bit, but not in a way that threatens the axeman at all. 36,566 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4640563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzaxeman Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 13 hours ago, DamonicFury said: Kudos to phuzaxeman on a phenomenal record breaking score! I was able to improve my own a bit, but not in a way that threatens the axeman at all. 36,566 Thanks bro. Breaking 36k+ on standard play isn't easy. Respect. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4640857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 There's no shame in either of y'alls game ? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4641504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 13,714 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4642982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 11,885 I'll setup October's game after work tomorrow afternoon. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4644161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 September ends with us all getting the axe in his record busting efforts.?? Some really good games put up, and this is far from an easy play. Thanks to all who played along and next month's game is coming up... Final scores: 67,538 phuzaxeman +1+11=12 36,566 DamonicFury +10 21,192 Moises Tuseto +9 13,714 RangerG +8 13,457 rubeon +7 13,052 roadrunner +6 11,885 zylon +5 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/310773-5200-oe-hsc-challenge-092020-centipede/#findComment-4644606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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