McKong Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 9 hours ago, carlsson said: Hm. The exact same happens with my NTSC 800 which makes me wonder what is happening as SIO2SD usually can load ATR images. Does one have to put this on a physical floppy disk? Edit: For that matter, the Millipede.XEX downloaded from Fandal doesn't boot on neither my NTSC 800 nor my PAL 130XE using SIO2SD. The other Millipede 1984.XEX downloaded from AtariOnline.PL with animations on the title screen (probably not PAL fixed) boots on both. I ran Mite from SIO2SD on my Pal 800xl 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gury Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Starting from 30000: 389252 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 17 hours ago, carlsson said: Hm. The exact same happens with my NTSC 800 which makes me wonder what is happening as SIO2SD usually can load ATR images. Does one have to put this on a physical floppy disk? Edit: For that matter, the Millipede.XEX downloaded from Fandal doesn't boot on neither my NTSC 800 nor my PAL 130XE using SIO2SD. The other Millipede 1984.XEX downloaded from AtariOnline.PL with animations on the title screen (probably not PAL fixed) boots on both. MITE loads (and saves!) the Hall of Fame so it might be something needing doing to keep it read/write No improvement from me on Millipede but still a fantastic game, I can see with the PAL swarm fix you can pick uo a lot more points here now, but it is less scary! I've just hooked up my Trak-Ball, feels like there's a bit of grit in there but it is even better to play: 11/10 now We'll extend this round and the ROUND 21 POLL for a couple of days, probably Tuesday evening or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 (edited) Good to see so many players, will add in the Season Catch-Up scores at some point, keep them coming This round and the ROUND 21 POLL will stay open for a couple of days, probably Tuesda [THURSDAY 6PM UK TIME] evening or so first official tables MILLIPEDE (1984) Scores from starting on default 30,000pts please! 1st Marius 503,049 12pts 2nd Gury 389,252 11pts 3rd McKong 378,811 10pts 4th graywest 367,351 9pts 5th therealbountybob 322,682 9pts 6th Caco 314,655 8pts 7th roadrunner 258,985 8pts 8th carlsson 216,371 7pts 9th chevymad 212,277 7pts 10th RedThunder 208,269 6pts 11th jblenkle 176,161 5pts 12th Sikor 163,631 4pts 13th mimo 79,586 3pts 14th slx 76,782 2pts 15th pusakat 62,826 2pts MITE (2008) 1st Sikor (2lives) 1,680 4pts * 2nd McKong 1,107 2pt 3rd graywest 319 1pt 4th roadrunner 310 1pt 5th RedThunder 20 1pt *(completed all 18 levels with 2 lives left) Edited November 11, 2020 by therealbountybob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 I won ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 13 hours ago, McKong said: I ran Mite from SIO2SD on my Pal 800xl Perhaps my device is too old? I think I bought it some 10-12 years ago. It read V3.1 on the display, but to make sure I downloaded firmware version 3.1RC2 and tried a software update which caused it to crash completely. After backing up the contents on the SD card and reformatting it with a blank config file, I got it back to working but downgraded to firmware version 2.5. Fortunately I managed to get my TL866CS programmer working so I could remove the ATMEGA32 chip and flash the 3.1RC2 firmware onto the chip which seems to have restored it to its previous versions. The XEX and ATR files that didn't load before, still don't but at least it seems I didn't lose any additional functionality. Since I have two different Atari computers exhibiting the same issue, I don't think the problem is within the Atari hardware, possibly the SIO2SD hardware if you got the files to load properly on a similar setup. Then again I see that Lotharek still sells the device with firmware 3.1RC2 so it shouldn't be a matter of firmware unless of course there are hardware differences on the device that only show up on a few image files, while most still load OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Millipede starting from 00 267,882 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Starting from 00, next time i try from 30000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 On 11/8/2020 at 9:37 PM, carlsson said: Perhaps my device is too old? I think I bought it some 10-12 years ago. It read V3.1 on the display, but to make sure I downloaded firmware version 3.1RC2 and tried a software update which caused it to crash completely. After backing up the contents on the SD card and reformatting it with a blank config file, I got it back to working but downgraded to firmware version 2.5. Carlson, did you use Basic for Mite? It is nessesary. I have very old SIO2SD and all working fine, only one things... I must use in it slowly SD card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Yes, I booted with BASIC enabled on both the 800 (with cartridge inserted) and 130XE. My SD card is a 2 GB SanDisk with speed rating 2. I doubt you can go much slower. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Are you still taking scores for this round? I played Mite a bit more - think I gave up on it too quickly last time. Once I got a little bit further into the game, I started to find it pretty addictive. My most recent score: 623. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 from 30000 now 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 18 hours ago, graywest said: Are you still taking scores for this round? I played Mite a bit more - think I gave up on it too quickly last time. Once I got a little bit further into the game, I started to find it pretty addictive. My most recent score: 623. YES! Round now ends tomorow: Thursday 12th Nov, 6pm UK time which is possibly 1pm EST! My best score (using the awesome Trak-Ball) is 345,452 I seem to crumble at the 200K ramp up, need to be less agressive and concentrate on survival!!! 15 players here and only 10 voters so lets see 'em >>> ROUND 21 POLL <<< 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 On 10/27/2020 at 1:12 AM, graywest said: It's not too bad in joystick mode. The movement actually feels pretty good. For me, it's just a little bit disappointing that Atari released such a cool trak-ball accessory and then forgot to make any games that really support it. (Except for Missile Command. And one section of Final Legacy.) If someone made a hack, that would be amazing. On 11/1/2020 at 12:42 PM, Marius said: If we need to start at 0, no problem for me. I am still trying to improve my last score. Although I did not succeed yet, I still love this game SO MUCH. Millipede is so much cooler than Centipede. Centipede supports Trak-Ball in Trak-Ball mode ? Slime - don't think the game is up to much though. There are a bunch of other games that play well with the TBall in JS mode - try encounter, Blaster is awesome, (hope this is my list for it!) Arena (I/3000), Computer War, Darts, Soccer Thorn/EMI and Gamma versions, Basketball, probably worth checking out any others with free movemenet - Juno First, Star Wars... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Small update starting from 30000 points... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 OK that's it for this round. I'm just processing the tables. Been playing MP all afternoon, managed another 300K go but too much pressure! Now I'm seeing mushrooms when I close my eyes Still time to VOTE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) Congratulations to Marius for the win on Millipede, crushing the HSC record along the way fending off a strong challenge from Gury in 2nd place Thanks again to Fandal for fixing the game for PAL systems, it's nice to play it as it was intended. Thanks also for playing MITE with Sikor completing all 18 levels, maybe I will create some more one day - they are just hard coded in the BASIC listing if anyone wants to do some, there is one line with each set of level data with the total required etc. Thanks for playing EVERYONE, great game and a lot of fun final tables MILLIPEDE (1984) 1st Marius 503,049 14pts$ 2nd Gury 389,252 11pts 3rd McKong 378,811 10pts 4th graywest 367,351 9pts 5th therealbountybob 345,452 9pts 6th Caco 314,655 8pts 7th roadrunner 258,985 8pts 8th Sikor 246,376 7pts 9th carlsson 216,371 7pts 10th chevymad 212,277 6pts 11th RedThunder 208,269 5pts 12th jblenkle 176,161 4pts 13th mimo 79,586 3pts 14th slx 76,782 2pts 15th pusakat 62,826 2pts $ bonus points for setting new HSC record and posting some great hints too MITE (2008) 1st Sikor 1,680 5pts * 2nd McKong 1,107 3pt 3rd graywest 623 2pt 4th roadrunner 310 1pt 5th RedThunder 20 1pt *(completed all 18 levels with 2 lives left) Season Catch-Up and Improve Scores McKong 18pts Java Jim Lv1 (9 stages) done 7 Captain Beeble 12,600 4 Orc Attack 5,460 7 Pharaoh's Curse 1,795 0* *no improvement on table! Gury 7pts* * based on table positon for all games in the "Tombs of Doomb!" tourney Pharaoh's Curse 1430 Pyramid Run 1390 Pharao's Quest 550 Pharaoh's Pyramid 1115 Desert Falcon 3150 Lost Tomb 5300 King Tuts Tomb 3335 Edited November 15, 2020 by therealbountybob 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 On Java Jim I meant that I cleared the first 9 screens. I think I made it to the 2nd or 3rd screen on level 2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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