nads Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Final game and effort for this round, Tough game with a good strategy needed to score high, sharp shooting is the key. Though I did notice some patterns.. Ms Galactopus (fixed rom) : 14,740 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Final note from me to those guys who wrote these games MASSIVE CONGRATS!! I can just imagine how many hours you spent making your vision come to reality The testing, the hurdles, the frustration but then the JOY when it all comes together! It is great to see the 2600 still alive and kicking in 2020 with these NEW games on the horizon Keep it up! 10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Doggone it! I didn't know you could save a "power up" and take it the next round. Can you save more than one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TwentySixHundred Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, nads said: Final note from me to those guys who wrote these games MASSIVE CONGRATS!! I can just imagine how many hours you spent making your vision come to reality The testing, the hurdles, the frustration but then the JOY when it all comes together! It is great to see the 2600 still alive and kicking in 2020 with these NEW games on the horizon Keep it up! Thanks mate, much appreciated and im glad you enjoyed City Defence along with the other games. Great scores by the way ? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Atari Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Armscar Coder said: @Rogerpoco and @Jason_Atari, awesome job! Not sure how many attempts led up to these scores, but they are great feats considering you have been only playing for a week or so. What warms my heart more is @Lauren Tyler posting a good score after her initial reaction. Thanks for giving it another try. @Jason_Atari, as far as the button issue goes, when starting a new level by pressing the fire button, a stored power-up should not be activated until the button is released and depressed again. I am pretty sure I tested that many times, but just to make sure I verified it again on my 2600 system this morning. I haven't gotten any similar feedback, so not sure what would be going on there. Maybe try to replicate it and let me know? Regardless, thanks for the feedback. - Armscar Coder Thanks, it's a great game you've created, definitely on my shopping list. Tried what you said about holding down the button and starting the level and it worked great. What i think was happening was i was pressing the button on 1 specific joystick of mine, the contact on the fire button was intermittent and would activate more than once. Cheers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 17 minutes ago, Jason_Atari said: Thanks, it's a great game you've created, definitely on my shopping list. Tried what you said about holding down the button and starting the level and it worked great. What i think was happening was i was pressing the button on 1 specific joystick of mine, the contact on the fire button was intermittent and would activate more than once. Cheers I realized this time around on Dragster, I only have a couple of sticks with a REALLY solid fire button, the others give little bobbles that you really wouldn't notice unless you were pretty good(Dammit, I love myself...). So that's what I was thinking, even if one didn't notice that the fire button had a "bobble", it could still be happening and "trick" the game into thinking there were two inputs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Armscar Coder Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Sneaking onto AtariAge real quick during lunch. 4 hours ago, Atarian7 said: I didn't know you could save a "power up" and take it the next round. Can you save more than one? @Atarian7, no, you cannot save more than one power-up. The stored power-up is indicated by the icon just to left of the score (what I call Hank's power pocket). If it just looks like a rectangle, it means it is empty. The other icons are somewhat self-explanatory: Dog invincibility -> dog icon Truck pause -> truck icon Double Package -> "x2" icon Fast Feet -> This is one that is a little bit of a stretch. It is supposed to be a foot sharing the shape of an "F" for "fast." If you have a power-up stored and pet Crazy Culvert Kitty, you will get another power-up chosen at random and it becomes active immediately (due to randomness, it may be the same power-up stored in Hank's power pocket). You can always activate the stored power-up by pressing the fire button, except when a power-up is already active (as described in the previous sentence). @Jason_Atari, happy to hear (and relieved) that the button issue may be on your end. Thanks for the update. - Armscar Coder 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 @Armscar Coder - I guess the problem is in later levels that darn dog moves too fast for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Doggone It!-51,514!!! Methinks this one may go down to the wire, I swear I don't think I'll "give up". 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Atari Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Looks like me and Rogerpoco have a Doggone It! duel lol Improvement Doggone It!: 52,237 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 56 minutes ago, Jason_Atari said: Looks like me and Rogerpoco have a Doggone It! duel lol Improvement Doggone It!: 52,237 We have a combined 100K+ points... Hehehe!!! GREAT Job!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Improvement! City Defense ( EXPERT ) : 19,661 Level 24 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+McCallister Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 On 9/10/2020 at 11:41 AM, Vocelli said: OK.... Moderator Judgement call. Assuming that any score over 20k, mistakenly used the glitch.... ...All current scores over 20k will have to be replayed. Sorry.... I will inform all players about the glitch who posted over 20k. Yes, my score from last week did this also, so please strike it from the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) Doggone It!-52,396! Who let the dogs out? Man...I'm holding a package. Dude moved RIGHT before the End Screen-I'm not sure I could have gotten closer to beating that level w/o beating it, that hurt. *Edit* Sorry to rattle on about this, mebbe a little more personable than the HSC typically is, but a duck is a duck, and I talk a lot(type...). I'm not all that analytical, but I've noticed many times, and *possibly* even said aloud, that Jason and I, to me, seem to be in near about the "exact same place" with relative skillsets, particular enthusiasm, etc. Is more than one thing, and can't really put a finger on it better than that, but I've thought in the past we were "kindred souls" of some kind. Anyway. In my other scoring circles, I kinda bounce back and forth, sometimes with my head up my own butt, just doing whatever occurs to me, but I DO like to compete, head to head, with an individual or group of individuals on a specific game, beating each other back and forth daily-OldManG on Grand Prix(best...Dude...ever...), Terrence O'neill on Super Monaco, Genesis/Megadrive, A couple buds on Super Mario Kart(which I actually kinda suck at, but it's fun...). I certainly don't mind to win, lol, but I really don't mind "losing" either, 'cause I don't really look at it that way-when I am in a head to head, the point to me is to push each other to wind up getting better, overall results be damned. This has been awesome! I am glad you are so good at this game, because if you weren't, I wouldn't be. If the "top score" was "safe", I may well have drifted off to something else, but in keeping at it, the game is definitely getting "easier", in the sense that I have played it a lot, and know what to expect, am actually "planning ahead" with power ups and stuff. So I hope you roll your eyes and groan when I beat your score, like I do, lol, but also like me, I hope you put a smile on your face and try again. Edited September 18, 2020 by Rogerpoco 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+McCallister Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Ms. Galactopus (fixed): 19,065 Doggone it! : 47,499 Getting closer 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Thanks to the creators for making these games and letting us play them! Don't put me in charge of any missile defense, I've always sucked at these. City Defense = 3,409 Dog Gone it! = 22,787 I avoided the cat for a couple levels until I finally realized it had the power ups. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Ms. Galactopus (fixed) - 17765 City Defence - 6369 Doggone It! - 29532 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evandro_ECM Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Dog Gone It! Game 1 B/B Record: 29.588 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Doggone It!-61,730. Am I freaking kidding me??? !!! More strategy coming up, stay tuned!!! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Doggone It!- You really need a "good start"-getting a few 2x power ups early, and using them "properly"(learning to deliver two packages with one power up)is pretty important to a good score. Fight hard, even in later levels, to finish with a pocketed power up-that seems redundant, we already know that, but I am starting to finish the levels at the 40k+ point now with a pocketed power-up, makes a big score difference, and it CAN be done. Learn the relative timing of the Kitty-if it's gonna come out soon and you are down to the last packages, there are a few instances to actually wait a sec-IMO, the 2x is the overall best power up, if you don't have one, you can take a chance and hope to(use)trade your pocketed power up and pick up a "better" one, and if you already have a 2x pocketed, if you get a 2x you'll still recieve bonus points for two packages delivered, tho you only delivered one(I think...), and any of the other three will help you complete the level "faster". So if the kitty is "close", it might be worth waiting out. Good Luck!!! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moisés Tuseto Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 City defence 8176 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Ms. Galaptopus 18,250. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Ms Galactopus 3815 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 CITY DEFENSES - EXPERT 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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