Skippy B. Coyote Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Jasonhrb said: As an aside, in one sense it's quite thought provoking that we're playing this the week after doing Asteroids. When Asteroids was converted near the beginning of the 80s, it was one of the top arcade games, being released for top dog machine in the gaming world. By the time Road Runner was released at the end of the same decade, the 2600 was hanging on as a bargain basement machine, and playing the two back to back is (for me at least) an interesting statement on how the world had moved on. To be fair though, this is a really neat game imho. It showed that there was still a bit of life in the system even at this late stage, and was probably way beyond what the people designing the first 2600 games back in 1977 would ever have thought possible on the system That's a really interesting observation, and one that didn't occur to me until you brought it up. For me the game that really epitomized the catalog of late releases on the 2600 was Secret Quest. When the Atari 2600 first came out (and for much of it's lifespan) the gaming scene was all about short arcade experiences and trying to get a high score, and Atari really excelled at that, but by the late 80's most of the gaming word had tired of high score chases and moved on to gaming experiences that took you to new fantasy worlds with stories and lengthy quests to fulfill. So here was the humble little Atari 2600 still trying to hang on and stay relevant in the face of the NES and Sega Genesis with Secret Quest, a game that tried really hard to appeal to the popular conventions of the time while still sticking to Atari's high score chase roots. It may have been a failure compared to the likes of The Legend of Zelda, but it was kind of a glorious failure and I've always appreciated it for what it tried to do. Secret Quest gets an A in my book and I really hope we play it in the High Score Club someday Edited December 10, 2021 by Skippy B. Coyote 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 25,100 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Atari Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Improvement: Road Runner (1 B/B): 71,400 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maloff76 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Realsports Boxing 1st round ko 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maloff76 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Road runner 77200 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Innit Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 First time I've played this and it's pretty good. 38100. NTSC on a PAL console. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moisés Tuseto Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Bônus round 2 Road runner 36200 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Realsports Boxing : KO in 1st round Road Runner : 71,100 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dombradley@googlemail.com Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Road Runner: 80800 Bonus round RealSports Boxing: Knockout round 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark griff Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 First score 34800 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Road Runner: 153300 I finally figured out the timing of the cannons on level 4, but now am stuck with the boulders on level 6. I may figure that out someday, but it won't be this weekend. A couple other things I noticed: - On level 1, it seems you have some control over how long it takes for the next truck to appear. I think it's a function of either how close the coyote is to the edge of the screen or how close you are to the truck when it hits the coyote. You can rack up more points on level 1 by causing more trucks to appear. Doing this, I can frequently score 65k-70k on level 1 and in a few games have had scores >80k by the end of level 2. - Starting level 3, when eating steel shot, the coyote chases you faster with a magnet. The magnet stays out until you eat the next pile of bird seed. I often avoid the steel shot, but if there is both steel shot and a pile of bird seed, I may eat both, making sure I eat the bird seed last. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark griff Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 50500 new hi 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+McCallister Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 104,500 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark griff Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 66400 wow never knew this game was out there but it’s not bad tough and challenging 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 86,600! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Road Runner: 12,100 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 13000 points for me so far. Only played this once or twice before. It's very fun! EDIT: improvement, 32800 EDIT: Much better. 65900. Level 3 flummoxes me, though - what are you supposed to do when he has the rocket shoes on??? Bonus: Round 2 knockout: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 5 hours ago, jgkspsx said: 13000 points for me so far. Only played this once or twice before. It's very fun! EDIT: improvement, 32800 EDIT: Much better. 65900. Level 3 flummoxes me, though - what are you supposed to do when he has the rocket shoes on??? Bonus: Round 2 knockout: If Wile E. has the rocket skates on, or the magnet, eating a pile of bird seed will remove that advantage from him and he'll go back to chasing you regularly. For me, I avoid eating the steel shot, unless there's a pile of bird seed right next to it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonhrb Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 A small improvement. I think there's a bigger score in there, but I tink I'll run out of time to get it 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Road Runner = 65,300 Another fairly fun game I never really played when it was new. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Road Runner: 51100 RealSports Boxing: KO Round 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Deteacher said: For me, I avoid eating the steel shot, unless there's a pile of bird seed right next to it. The steel shot is the backwards arrow? I noticed that seemed to slow me down and started avoiding it, but maybe I missed some seed. I spent some time with the NES game earlier this year. I have to say this plays a lot better - that one looks great but is horribly unfair and capricious. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGC Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Boxing bonus - Rd 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 Vocelli: Roadrunner: 54500 Me and this game just don't get along! Bonus: Boxing Rd 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evandro_ECM Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Road Runner (Game 1 B/B ) - 85.400 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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