Season 12 ~ Weeks 3 and 4 ~ Arcade Favorites

[Vocelli]

 

Weeks 3 and 4

Give Thanks to Atari

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

 

Asteroids (Game 14 A/)

 

 

Galaxian (Game 9)

 

CLARIFICATION: No use of CHEATS, emulation advantages, bugs, cart frying or other variables that gives you an unfair advantage in this HSC. Please assume you have to follow the game difficulty and mode for the playing week/s. There cannot be any game enhancements or favorite settings to play in the 2600 HSC, unless you are given authorization to do so by your humble yet strict MODERATOR! Vocelli

 

 

Asteroids (Game 14 A/)

Released By:  Atari

Left Difficulty: A

Right Difficulty: B

Game Mode: Game 14 A/  (Shields, Fast, extra life 20k and UFO’s)

 

 

Galaxian (Game 9)

Released By:  Atari

Left Difficulty: B or A (Your Choice)

Right Difficulty: B

Game Mode: Game 9 

 

Post your scores right here in this thread, and we will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone else.

The deadline for posting scores is Midnight (EST) the evening of Dec 5, 2021

 

Bonus: NO Bonus

2 Games to play over a Holiday.

 

 

Asteroids Scores (Game 14 A/)

(Shields, Fast, extra life 20k)

(Rollage at 99,000)

 

ROLLAGE - Kermit (+50)

ROLLAGE - Deteacher (+50)

ROLLAGE - MarkGriff (+50)

70980 - DrMooCowz (+47)

67100 - JasonHRB (+46)

54000 - Vocelli (+45)

53680 - OyamaFamily (+44)

52640 - JasonAtari (+43)

48970 - JGKspsx (+42)

47660 - SkippyBCoyote (+41)

46170 - DomBradley (+40)

39820 - Keilbaca (+39)

37970 - AtariSphinx (+38)

37730 - CTelkin (+37)

36050 - McCallister (+36)

34140 - Evandro (+35)

33990 - Diamonds (+34)

33360 - Atari_Warlord (+33)

31010 - Nads (+32)

29160 - Absalon (+31)

28380 - RetroBreakout (+30)

28070 - LordInnit (+29)

26280 - TheActivisionary (+28)

24120 - AGB (+27)

23580 - GBAG (+26)

20810 - Maloff (+25)

18290 - RaymanC (+24)

18040 - Atariwarlord (+23)

17790 - Ed (+22)

16510 - LaurenTyler (+21)

15600 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+20)

14920 - Mchetzel (+19)

13150 - Atarian7 (+18)

12880 - Roadrunner (+17)

11250 - FakeCortex (+16)

11220 - Krytol (+15)

  9680 - CrazyClimber (+14)

  7960 - JBlenkle (+13)

  6450 - RGC (+12)

  2850 - MoisesTuseto (+11)

  

 

 

Galaxian Scores (Game 9)

 

113830 - OyamaFamily (+50)

106380 - Kermit (+49)

  71680 - Diamonds (+48)

  66710 - LordInnit (+47)

  49900 - Nads (+46)

  48920 - Evandro (+45)

  47410 - Atarian7 (+44)

  47300 - DrMooCowz (+43)

  38870 - JasonHRB (+42)

  34800 - AtariSphinx (+41)

  34180 - SkippyBCoyote (+40)

  31270 - MarkGriff (+39)

  29340 - Keilbaca (+38)

  28610 - JGKspsx (+37)

  28150 - GBAG (+36)

  26280 - Vocelli (+35)

  22430 - CTelkin (+34)

  22000 - Ed (+33)

  21740 - Absalon (+32)

  21510 - AGB (+31)

  17950 - RaymanC (+30)

  17910 - JasonAtari (+29)

  18380 - Atariwarlord (+28)

  17170 - McCallister (+27)

  16460 - TheActivisionary (+26)

  16380 - Mchetzel (+25)

  15170 - Maloff (+24)

  14870 - MoisesTuseto (+23)

  14160 - DomBradley (+22)

  13930 - Atari_Warlord (+21)

  11540 - LaurenTyler (+20)

  10910 - Deteacher (+19)

  10270 - RoadRunner (+18)

    9540 - Krytol (+17)

    8280 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+16)

    6600 - FakeCortex (+15)

    5970 - RetroBreakout (+14)

    5590 - RGC (+13)

    5190 - CrazyClimber (+12)

    2170 - JBlenkle (+11)

 

 

Overall Standings

Remember The Top 32 will qualify for the Medal Brackets at the end of the season!!!!

 

107     JGKspsx 107     Kermit 105     MarkGriff 101     Deteacher 99     Nads 95     AtariSphinx 94     OyamaFamily 92     Dr Moocowz 92     SkippyBCoyote 88     CTelkin 88     JasonHRB 87     Absalon 86     JasonAtari 85     Evandro 81     Keilbaca 81     McCallister 78     Atari_Warlord 76     GBAG 72     CrazyClimber 72     RaymanC 71     Vocelli 63     Maloff 61     DomBradley 60     AGB 59     Atarian7 56     GType 51     LaurenTyler 48     Nester 44     FakeCortex 40     Krytol 39     TheActivisionary 38     AtariWarlord 38     MoisesTuseto 37     RGC 36     Diamonds 36     Roadrunner 31     Ed 28     Mchetzel 25     JacobZu7Zu7 16     Jblenkle 13     RetroBreakout 3     Capitain Classic

 

 

Season 12 will have:

~ Red Label Games

~ Gold Medal winner pick from Kermit

~ Silver Medal winner pick from IsaiahAustin

~ Bronze Medal winner pick from DrMooCowz

~ Paper Medal winner pick from McCallister

~ Winter Olympic Games

~ Suggestions and Requests

~ HomeBrew Weeks

~ Chosen Company Games

~ Paddle Weeks

Edited December 9, 2021 by Vocelli

[Vocelli]

Since many of us will be traveling and 'out of town' the next couple weeks... Here are 2 of my favorites from the Arcade.

I will not be updating much next week because I will be 'Out of Town' as well.

 

ENJOY.... and be Thankful!

 

[Atarian7]

I've had Galaxian since I was a kid, and somehow I never knew there was more than 1 game variation.  Should be interesting.

[Jasonhrb]

Two absolute belters for this week ?. On the downside, it does mean that there is no prospect at all of me improving my Popeye score. These two will take up any time I get to play this weekend, meaning there is no chance of me going back to Popeye ? 

 

And while we're at it, here's a score for Galaxians to start us off. Being the first one to submit a score, I haven't got the first clue whether this is good, bad, or indifferent 

 

 

 

Edited November 19, 2021 by Jasonhrb

[Krytol]

Asteroids Game 14, Diff A:

 

8,930

 

 

[Lauren Tyler]

Vocelli, when you get the chance, you should edit the difficulty switch settings for Asteroids.

[G-type]

@Vocelli I would like to propose a Galaxian bonus challenge: Score 3,920 in wave 1 of game 1/b. A perfect wave, where every bug is shot while diving for the max possible score.

[Deteacher]

My first offering:  Asteroids:  30,170!

Galaxian:  10,910!

Edited November 20, 2021 by Deteacher

[Deteacher]

Asteroids improvement:  57,950!  this one is a hand-cramper.  

[mark griff]

First asteroids score on this level 

46480

[+jgkspsx]

Galaxian: 16300. It’s a lot more fun if you start on level 9!

 

 

Asteroids: 14060

 

I didn’t have either of the cartridges for this round immediately on hand so I drove into town and bought them. This is probably the first and last time I would have been able to do that

[mark griff]

14560 galaxian level 9

[+jgkspsx]

Asteroids - 23280

 

Finally a passable game after, like, another hour

 

This is reminding me, game by reset game, how much better 7800 Asteroids is ?
 

The collision detection is just really off. Shots that directly hit tinyroids harmlessly pass through, and medium sized asteroids with two pixels of clearance destroy you. I regularly destroy asteroids I should have missed and vice versa. It’s a little sad. Maybe it’s because I’m playing on a 7800?

[kermit73]

Asteroids: Rollage (100,000+)

 

I was hoping to end the game at 99,990, but at 99,950, a saucer appeared and hit the 20 point large asteroid I shot at, causing me to hit a 50 point asteroid instead, rolling the score.

 

@Vocelli, I would recommend setting rollage to 99,000 for this game.

 

My strategy is to clear the right half of the screen first since the game seems to place your ship slightly to the right and it seems like you can blast away asteroids faster to the right than to the left.  If you shoot straight to the right, your shot barely wraps around the screen, but if you shoot straight left, you may miss an asteroid at the edge.  Once the right side is clear, then I aim for whatever is heading my way and try to take down the saucers when they appear. 

 

When the board has only a few asteroids or you're trying to hit a saucer, be patient and don't fire until you have a clear shot.  You can only have two shots on the screen at once, so if you miss with both shots, you have to wait for one of your shots to leave the screen before being able to shoot again.

 

I never use the thrust and always just stay in the middle of the screen.  I don't hunt saucers since I'm not very good at this technique and I found it to be more risky than just blasting away at the asteroids.  I prefer when the saucers appear when the screen is full of asteroids which act as a shield from their fire.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 21, 2021 by kermit73
Added strategy tips

[kermit73]

7 hours ago, jgkspsx said:

Asteroids - 23280

 

Finally a passable game after, like, another hour

 

This is reminding me, game by reset game, how much better 7800 Asteroids is ?
 

The collision detection is just really off. Shots that directly hit tinyroids harmlessly pass through, and medium sized asteroids with two pixels of clearance destroy you. I regularly destroy asteroids I should have missed and vice versa. It’s a little sad. Maybe it’s because I’m playing on a 7800?

It's not the 7800.  The same collision issues happen on the 2600.  I died a few times by taking down my shield a little too soon a few times, even though I should have been clear of the asteroid.  It took me awhile to get used to this timing.

 

I also had sometimes issues getting the fire button to respond.  I'm not sure if it's the game or if my joystick is wearing out.  I guess I'll find out when I start playing another game.

 

I love the old school TV.  It's the same cabinet my family had when I was a kid, although the channel display was different.  Unfortunately, I seldom got to play Atari on the good TV in the living room.  The Atari was on a cheapo TV in the basement.

 

[roadrunner]

Asteroids  12,880

Galaxian 10,270

 

[mark griff]

Wow! Kermit hell of a score that will be tough to beat

[Deteacher]

Asteroids:  76,270.  I hope to roll this one today.

[Skippy B. Coyote]

Alright Galaxian! I've always loved this game, and I'm not too shabby at it either. Asteroids will take some practice but I feel like I got a pretty good score in Galaxian straight out of the gate

 

Galaxian (Game 9, B/B Difficulty): 34,180

 

[fakecortex]

Whoops, posted bonus to the wrong week!

Edited November 21, 2021 by fakecortex

[Lauren Tyler]

Asteroids: 6,400

 

Galaxian: 2,790

 

Maybe I'll try this on real hardware.

[Skippy B. Coyote]

Asteroids (Game 14, A/B Difficulty): 46,690

 

[+Atari_Warlord]

Asteroids 33,360

 

Galaxian 13,930

 

I'm enjoying playing these games on settings that are harder than what I did back in the day.

 

 

[agb]

Level 9. 21,510

[agb]

15,670