Rickster8 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) [ Intellivision HSC Season 15 ] (Game 9) Happy Trails Happy Trails by Activision 1982 Dag nab it! That mangy critter Black Bart's robbed the stagecoach from Culver City and all heck's broke loose. ROM Download Link http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/21514/intellivision/Happy-Trails-1983-Activision.html Game Manual Link - Click link below then go to 'Games' then 'Manuals' and scroll down for Happy Trails http://www.intellivision.us/intvlibrary/index.htm High Score Club Record 181,406 gezkc - SET NEW RECORD +3 Game Setting GAME 1 (STANDARD MAZE) Game Scoring - +13 [1st place], +12 [2nd place], +11 [3rd place], +9 [4th place] down to +1 pt for participation. +2 Game Winner Incentive. Additional bonus points listed below. Join the "Activision Trailblazers" Score up to 40,000 and earn Activision Patch points [+2] "HAPPY TRAILING" Earn 20,000 and receive one point [+1] Contest Ends SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH 11:59:59PM EASTERN TIME Bonus Game Loco-Motion ROM Download Link https://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/21543/intellivision/Loco-Motion-1982-Mattel.html Game Manual Link - Click link below then go to 'Games' then 'Manuals' and scroll down for Loco-Motion http://www.intellivision.us/intvlibrary/index.htm High Score Club Record SET NEW RECORD +2 Game Setting PLAYERS CHOICE - PLAY WHATEVER SPEED YOU WANT. SET RECORD FOR HIGHEST SCORE REGARDLESS OF LEVEL SELECTED. +1 GAME WINNER INCENTIVE. Game Scoring +7 1st place +6 2nd +5 3rd +4 4th +3 5th +2 6th 7th or lower, +1 participation point (MAIN GAME SCORES) Happy Trails 166,112 - gezkc [+13][+2 GAME WINNER INCENTIVE][+2 ACTIVISION PATCH AWARDED] 30,163 - lupovax [+12][+1 HAPPY TRAILING] 21,219 - mark griff [+11][+1 HAPPY TRAILING] ---------------------------- 19,607 - Rickster8 [+9] 16,522 - fakecortex [+8] 9,502 - sprazzi [+7] 8,994 - wolfy62 [+6] (BONUS GAME SCORES) Loco-Motion 74,325 - gezkc [+7][+1 GAME WINNER INCENTIVE][SET NEW RECORD +2] 38,250 - mr_me [+6] 29,415 - lupovax [+5] 24,000 - wolfy62 [+4] 20,270 - Rickster8 [+3] 12,330 - sprazzi [+2] 11,405 - mark griff [+1] 5,480 - fakecortex [+1] Overall Rankings After Space Spartans 1 Rickster8 159 2 Mark Griff 101 3 Sprazzi 83 4 lupovax 82 5 mr_me 73 6 gezkc 64 7 wolfy62 61 8 gar0u 49 9 IntyFanMatt 33 10 ed1475 31 11 fakecortex 18 12 CParsley 15 13 Ace24 12 14 RogerPoco 11 15 t0spmad 10 16 Gernot 9 17 jblenkle 7 18 JacobZu7zu7 5 18 roadrunner 5 Games Won 5 Rickster8 - Motocross x3 / Space Hawk / Space Gunner / Space Armada / Super Pro Decathlon x4 3 mr_me - Bomb Squad / Space Battle / Space Spartans 1 RogerPoco - White Water 1 IntyFanMatt - Dreadnaught Factor 1 Sprazzi - White Water 1 lupovax - Super Pro Decathlon 1 mark griff - Pitfall GOLD 1 gezkc - Tropical Trouble Sneak Preview: Horse Racing Edited September 27, 2021 by Rickster8 Added in scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 An early start to this game since Space Spartans has been such a dud.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Well, lol, you can prolly expect anyone good at one of these to prolly be good at the other!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 My First Happy Trails Entry. I used to be absolutely dreadful at this game, now I'm just meh.... ? Actually I'm pretty happy with this score not playing it for a few months.... ? GAME 1 - 13,020 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 I've never played Loco-motion before but it looks a really interesting game. I'm a big fan of Happy Trails but I can see this has a bit more to it tactically. Here's my best attempt so far. I'm going to be away for a week so won't be able to get any more tries in for a while. Loco-motion: 29,105 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 And my first Happy Trails effort. I totally messed up halfway through this game and went down to 1 life so I'm surprised I managed to hang on for a fairly decent score! Happy Trails: 125,461 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 23 minutes ago, gezkc said: I've never played Loco-motion before but it looks a really interesting game. I'm a big fan of Happy Trails but I can see this has a bit more to it tactically. Here's my best attempt so far. I'm going to be away for a week so won't be able to get any more tries in for a while. Loco-motion: 29,105 Are you taking a train or a covered wagon to go away for a week? Have fun! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 6 minutes ago, wolfy62 said: Are you taking a train or a covered wagon to go away for a week? Have fun! Haha, thanks Wolfy! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gar0u Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Never played either game, but listened to the Intellivisionaries talk about them both for about 40 hours. Will have to give them a try. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprazzi Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 (edited) Will you believe it? Never played them too LM 12330 HT 6742 Spoiler Edited September 13, 2021 by sprazzi 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupovax Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Happy Trails - Game 1 - 15,055 Loco-Motion - level 4 Disk- 29,415 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 My First attempt at Loco-Motion: I'm NOT very good at it.... ? Disc Level - 18,655 POINTS!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 (edited) Quick Happy Trails / Loco-Motion Update: (Up to post #12) Happy Trails 125,461 - gezkc [PATCH AWARDED - BONUS POINTS +2] 15,055 - lupovax 13,020 - Rickster8 6,742 - sprazzi Loco-Motion 29,415 - lupovax 29,105 - gezkc 18,655 - Rickster8 12,330 - sprazzi Edited September 20, 2021 by Rickster8 Formatting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Solid Locomotion score for me. 24,000 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 (edited) Happy Trails to me! I really need to get better than 10k before I quit on this one. Accidentally loaded the picture twice. I better stay away from technology and stick to retro video games. 8,994 Edited September 18, 2021 by Rickster8 Fixed,,,, :-) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprazzi Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 (edited) HT update: 9502... Just one of those games I guess...? Edited September 19, 2021 by sprazzi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 (edited) Overall Rankings After Space Spartans 1 Rickster8 159 2 Mark Griff 101 3 Sprazzi 83 4 lupovax 82 5 mr_me 73 6 gezkc 64 7 wolfy62 61 8 gar0u 49 9 IntyFanMatt 33 10 ed1475 31 11 fakecortex 18 12 CParsley 15 13 Ace24 12 14 RogerPoco 11 15 t0spmad 10 16 Gernot 9 17 jblenkle 7 18 JacobZu7zu7 5 18 roadrunner 5 Edited September 20, 2021 by Rickster8 Formatting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 Games Won Update: 5 Rickster8 - Motocross x3 / Space Hawk / Space Gunner / Space Armada / Super Pro Decathlon x4 3 mr_me - Bomb Squad / Space Battle / Space Spartans 1 RogerPoco - White Water 1 IntyFanMatt - Dreadnaught Factor 1 Sprazzi - White Water 1 lupovax - Super Pro Decathlon 1 mark griff - Pitfall GOLD 1 gezkc - Tropical Trouble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 Loco-Motion Update: Minimal improvement.... ? Disc Level - 19,570 POINTS!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 A slight improvement on my Loco-motion score: 33,880 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark griff Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Happy trails first score I use to love this game when I was younger and always thought it was tough. I have my activism on patch from back in the day somewhere score 15234 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupovax Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Happy Trails - Game 1 - 20,739 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Loco-Motion - 5,480 Speed 3 Slow First time playing, next time will be a bit faster. And I gotta make sure I pop in my Happy Trails cart before the week is through... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Locomotion 20635 disc speed Intellivision hardware 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 I can't believe I've never played Loco-motion before, but having read a bit about it now, it seems Mattel were forced to launch it with virtually no fanfare and at a discounted price because Happy Trails had already come out and been a big success. I guess it explains why I missed it at the time - I didn't even know it existed! Having played the two games now, there are lots of things I like about Loco-motion but I have to say I still prefer Happy Trails. The ability to change direction in Happy Trails is a massive difference between the two games and I much prefer being able to do that over the random "panic" button in Loco-motion. I also think Happy Trails has better controls - speeding up and moving tiles feels snappier and the graphics and colours are more pleasing (to me at least!). There's more strategy involved in Loco-motion because of the variety of enemies and situations you can find yourself in, but I personally prefer Happy Trails' simpler gameplay. Anyway, enough of my blabbering, here's my latest scores for the two very similar but different games: Happy Trails: 146,144 Loco-motion : 74,325 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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