+therealbountybob Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 WELCOME TO SEASON 19 OF THE 8-BIT ATARI HIGH SCORE CLUB (Jan 2022) All you do is suggest games to play, vote for games to play, play games to play, and repeat! Any questions or need any help just post, it's a friendly competition and more of a chance to explore some of the great games with a mixture of old and new and even some hidden gems, yes there are still some out there Screenshots optional, emulator players welcome. Join in please EVERYONE! All abilities welcome! First round poll starting after I've typed this, then we'll start the play at the weekend (Sat Jan 22nd) or as soon as we have a clear winner in the poll. p.s. Everything can be found pinned on the 8-bit HSC forum 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) I'll get things started with a cut and paste from my last seasons list! H.E.R.O Henry's House YOOMP! Manic Miner Great Escape Skool Daze Bruce Lee Bruce Lee ROTF (if it gets released!) Blinky's Scary School RGB Hobgoblin and hopefully Hobgoblin 2 Edited January 18, 2022 by McKong 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4986386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Hero Actris Aquatron 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4986406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 I revised my list yesterday based on which games we already played, so this is my current list in order: Trailblazer (w/ possible bonus game "Let's Hop") Mad Stone Operation Blood Joe Blade Airball Bug Attack James Bond 007 Final Legacy Aquatron Bruce Lee 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4986420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Here's my list of suggestions: Round About (Datamost) - a very fun shooter, similarities to Gyruss or Galaga, but with some twists Captain Cosmo (Nexa Corporation) - difficulty ramps well on this one, not really sure of anything else it compares to Chicken (Synapse Software) - would be fun to do a paddle games round: Avalanche (APX), Sneakers (Sirius), Kaboom (Activision), other? Pondering About Max's (Change In Heat) - impressive action puzzler, has it been played in HSC before? Salmon Run (ATX) - classic arcade-style action Shadow World (Synapse Software) - requires OSB, fun sidescrolling shooter Whirlinurd (US Gold) - multi-level action puzzler from one of the Boulder Dash guys Star League Baseball (Gamestar) - not sure how well this could be adapted to HSC play, maybe most runs scored against the "Heat - Sluggers" (most difficult) computer team? I also second @carlsson for Airball - have always wanted to give this one a serious go. Also H.E.R.O. mentioned by a couple of others - love that one. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4986468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 2 hours ago, graywest said: Here's my list of suggestions: [above] Some nice suggestions and commentary graywest 3 - yes to paddles games we have one on the first poll! 4 - we did play POM before not sure why it's not in the ratings and records, I seem to have missed a few (Bug Attack also). 5 - sports games always make a fun round, we can figure out something SLB is an amusing one Pondering about Max is very tricky, possibly the toghest game ever to be played in the HSC! I think it was Dope and myself who managed to figure out a few screens. The original game came with some superb artwork and possibly a vinyl record which both gave clues. If anyone has anything please share here? 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4986553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 I only got a single Coleco Gemini controller, so if we're playing paddle based games I hope it is one that uses the right paddle. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4986617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, carlsson said: I only got a single Coleco Gemini controller, so if we're playing paddle based games I hope it is one that uses the right paddle. A good time to get a set [EVERYONE then we can play more of them as they are fun], fairly cheap, usually fairly wobbly anyway and can be tinkered with to make them just wobbly! If that's only paddle (1) you can use it on paddle games that are 2 player, providing player 1 can be killed off! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4986658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
8BIT 1337 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) This time I'm simply going to dump a list from my faves folder (more or less). Sorted alphabetically, except the game I want to play the most, which is ... H.E.R.O. Alpha Shield Beach Head Blue Max Boulder Dash Bounty Bob Strikes Back! Bristles Bruce Lee C'est la Vie Canyon Climber Castle Hassle Castles and Keys Conan Cosmic Ark Cosmic Tunnels Drelbs E.T. Phone Home Electrician Encounter! Fast Eddie Final Legacy Flip and Flop Fort Apocalypse Frostbite 400 Ghostbusters Goonies Great American Cross Country Road Race Gremlins [5200] Hazard Run Hot Lips Jet Boot Jack [OSB] Journey to the Planets Jumpman Junior Jumpman Kennedy Approach Koronis Rift Last Starfighter Lode Runner M.U.L.E. [XL] Master of the Lamps Miner 2049er Montezuma's Revenge Moon Shuttle Mr. Robot and His Robot Factory N.Y.C. - The Big Apple Necromancer O'Riley's Mine Ollie's Follies Pharaoh's Curse Pitstop Preppie! Prince of Persia Quasimodo Rainbow Walker Realm of Impossibility River Raid Sea Dragon Seafox Serpentine Seven Cities of Gold Slime Snokie Special Delivery Spelunker Star Raiders T.G.I.F. Trailblazer Twerps Wavy Navy Yoomp! Zenji Zeppelin Zone Ranger Zorro Edited January 17, 2022 by 8BIT 1337 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4986665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) 49 minutes ago, 8BIT 1337 said: Great American Cross Country Road Race Prince of Persia Special Delivery Those three games were played between November 2021 and January 2022. While all those have their merits, surely it would feel a bit early to replay them again this year? Also we have an ongoing HSC challenge in M.U.L.E. which runs separately from the main one. Edited January 17, 2022 by carlsson Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4986704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 16 hours ago, graywest said: would be fun to do a paddle games round I second that! Super Breakout is my all time favorite. I know trbb has a nice paddle game list as well.. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4986992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelen Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 A few day's ago I was suprised I never seen this game before... Ski-It? 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4986996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Stampede (2600 port bij phaeron) Midnight Magic 2600 port by phaeron David's Midnight Magic (atari 8bit title) Superfly 1K+ 2048 SeaQuest (2600 port by phaeron) Crossfire Nerm or Bemer (Basic game) 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4987472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 1/17/2022 at 12:18 PM, therealbountybob said: Pondering about Max is very tricky, possibly the toghest game ever to be played in the HSC! I think it was Dope and myself who managed to figure out a few screens. The original game came with some superb artwork and possibly a vinyl record which both gave clues. If anyone has anything please share here? I think I made it to the fourth level at one point, playing it on my own, but yes, it's very difficult and it took me weeks to get even that far. And now I've completely forgotten what I once knew, because that was years ago... There has been one complete copy of Pondering About Max's available on Ebay for a couple of years now. The only copy I have ever seen. The packaging and artwork look amazing - I imagine that it was a total labor of love for the guy who programmed the game and put all this stuff together. And he probably made these by hand and sold a few dozen copies via magazine ads. Not much demand for Atari 8-bit games in the US in 1990. https://www.ebay.com/itm/265480441633?hash=item3dcfde0f21:g:520AAOSwyvlfY81r Wish I had a spare $600 USD to spend on something like that. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4988978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Journey to the Planets Juice Jumpman (or Jumpman Jr.) Star League Baseball Winter Olympics Beach Head Beach Head II Submarine Commander Raid Over Moscow Bruce Lee The Last Starfighter/Star Raiders II Star Trek S.O.S. Ms. Pac-Man Spelunker That'll do for now. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4989293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Deteacher said: Winter Olympics Do you mean the game from Tynesoft 1987 or actually Winter Olympiad '88 also from Tynesoft, a.k.a. Winter Challenge from Thunder Mountain? We went through all the multi-sport winter games in February 2018 in time for the last Olympic games. Since I'm logging every single minute of playing video games, I can see from my personal stats that over the course of the last 8.5 years, my list of most played winter sports games on the Atari 8-bit have been: 1. Olympic Skier - 599 min. 2. Mogul Maniac - 185 min. 3. White Circus - 172 min. 4. Ski-It - 83 min. 5. Winter Events - 75 min. 6. Winter Olympics - 62 min. 7. Winter Olympiad '88 - 30 min. 8. Nordic Ski - 5 min. with a disclaimer that I may have overlooked some game with an unusual name. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4989355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 Good suggestions keep them coming everyone Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4989509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 On 1/21/2022 at 3:16 PM, carlsson said: Do you mean the game from Tynesoft 1987 or actually Winter Olympiad '88 also from Tynesoft, a.k.a. Winter Challenge from Thunder Mountain? We went through all the multi-sport winter games in February 2018 in time for the last Olympic games. ... Actually, I was thinking about Winter Games by Epyx...totally forgetting that WG wasn't released on the Atari 8-bit. Nevermind...scratch that one off my list. 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4989721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Although it left a few things to deserve, I enjoyed White Circus as a reasonable substitute for Winter Games. I suppose the first round of the HSC will run between circa January 23 - February 6 unless we open the season with an extra long round. It would mean we're in time for an Olympic Games round as Beijing 2022 runs between February 4 - 20. We might run White Circus, Ski-It, Winter Events, Winter Olympics and Winter Olympiad '88 in that second round. How about that planning @therealbountybob? 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4989724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) Probably I'll add in a few classics and new games to the polls as we go but here are a few ideas: Vanguard Gumball Tank Commander Blue Max 2001 (new to HSC) Arex Pooyan perhaps probably due a Miner 2049'er or a Mr Robot of some sort! Lunar Leaper Threshold Axis Assassin (new to HSC I think) Other 'hi-res'/ mono games e.g. Repton (not played) Beam Rider Conan the Barbarian Tris Drol Bosconian Atari Blast! cart only but we can have it as a bonus again perhaps Fatum and Guard - Those couple of Polish shooters we played back in HSC9 Panther Ninja Commando Scooter Ollie's Follies Maybe another bash at a couple of my games, Ski-It is in the first poll, Ramp Rage or Space Fortress Omega Possible tournament rounds: Paddles games Submarine games Tetris games BASIC games Edited January 22, 2022 by therealbountybob 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-4990125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8guy Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Track & Field?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-5007639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) Now that Inufuto supports Atari, in a few weeks or months we should try some of those - a few are quite playable. Edit: 8 games now available, definitely material for at least a poll option. Edit II: I managed to convert 6 of the ROMs to XEX (still need to figure out how to handle 8K and 32K ROMs) so I could try them on real hardware. Perhaps after all these games are better on lesser capable computers like VIC-20 and MC-10 than on the A8 which supports so much more advanced graphics. But some of them probably can fit as bonus games. Edited March 6, 2022 by carlsson 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-5011392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I'm going with games that I own that we haven't played yet this year. I know some of these have been played in recent years, but there's always a chance they might spark interest again in a new season. Here they are in the order that they appear in my stereo cabinet drawer. Preppie Preppie II Maniac Miner (not the same as Manic Miner) Jawbreaker Crossfire Canyon Climber Star League Baseball Jumpman Junior Adventure II XE Montezuma's Revenge King Tuts Tomb Joust Frogger Galaxian Basketball Star Raiders 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-5055991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dope Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 On 1/17/2022 at 6:18 PM, therealbountybob said: I think it was Dope and myself who managed to figure out a few screens. Lovely times. Solving some of those screens was as fun as cleaning face with a sandpaper. Still, we figured it out after some serious struggle. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/329879-hsc19-2022-welcome-and-games-list/#findComment-5064058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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