5200 HSC Season 14 Round 2 - Donkey Kong Jr.

[Mangia-Boy]

10 hours ago, DamonicFury said:

Are you using a standard 5200 controller?  I played this a lot on a Atari 65XE back in the day and don’t recall it being an unfair challenge.  But perhaps the non-self-centering controllers make it feel that way?

I use an ultimate joystick and play via Altirra.

 

[+DamonicFury]

2 hours ago, Mangia-Boy said:

I use an ultimate joystick and play via Altirra.

 

Interesting!  I wonder where the problem is... the emulator?  The digital-to-analog conversion code that was added?  The controller potentiometer inside the console?  Dunno, but I sure recall the original computer game to be fine. 

[Mangia-Boy]

53 minutes ago, DamonicFury said:

Interesting!  I wonder where the problem is... the emulator?  The digital-to-analog conversion code that was added?  The controller potentiometer inside the console?  Dunno, but I sure recall the original computer game to be fine. 

The main reason is probably my modest skills.

[+DamonicFury]

4 hours ago, Mangia-Boy said:

The main reason is probably my modest skills.

Lol!  Yeah, it’s a more exacting game than I remembered!  I just tried a few rounds on both the 5200 and a 800XL and there really wasn’t much difference. The big difference was my lack of skills compared to when I played this game a whole lot in the mid 80s.  I did get past that third screen, but not much further.  

[roadrunner]

13,800

 

[+DamonicFury]

Congratulations to Cafeman on dominating this often frustrating game!

 

Oils Well is coming up next. 
 

Final standings:

Cafeman - 82,700  +11

rubeon - 39,800  +10

Mangia-Boy - 29,600  +9

MrTrust - 25,800  +8

jblenkle - 20,800  +7

bemis - 19,700  +6

roadrunner - 13,800  +5

[MrTrust]

Doh!  I forgot to submit my 31,100.  Not that it would matter much anyway.  Wish I had gotten into the round earlier.  Felt like I wad starting to get somewhere on it.

[phuzaxeman]

On 1/28/2021 at 6:51 AM, Mangia-Boy said:

My first try. Hope to see the 3rd stage soon.

 

 

Not that it matters, but your title screen is the 8bit (option, start, select).