HSC19 NEW SEASON (JAN 2022) Round 1 POLL

[+therealbountybob]

Welcome to the first poll of Season 19 (Jan 2022)

 

Multi-pick polls this season so select all the games you might want to play before clicking on the vote button. Runner-up games will go into the next poll. Add your own suggestions to the games list thread.

 

Round 1 will start at the weekend or as soon as we have a wiinner?!

We'll start with 9 games to choose from then go down to 7 or 5 as we go on.

Any questions post or message, we are all friendly here

 

Links to the games below, for alternative formats try atarionline.pl

 

The Tail of Beta Lyrae

Superb scramble style game with lots of lives. We might have to make do with the version missing the gravity balls as the copy protection even on my original disk seems to corrupt the full version and cause the screen to white out mid play.

https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=3196

 

Bezerk

Classic intense action.

https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1350

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-berzerk_596.html

 

Donkey Kong

Top notch platformer, difficult for beginners but you should manage the first two screens to complete level 1 with a bit of play.

https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1727

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-donkey-kong_1673.html?version=1673

 

Pac-man

Datasoft/with intermissions, unless you only have original Atari version.

What can I say, it's Pac-man niiiiice!

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-pac-man_5987.html

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-pac-man_3857.html

 

Juno First

Very playable vertical scrolling shooter

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-juno-first_2720.html

http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2100

 

High Rise

Unusual balance and flip the pieces game, sometimes hardish to see on PAL crt tvs re the artifacting but it still plays well.

https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2021

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-highrise_2456.html

 

Serpentine

It's a snake game!!

https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2967

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-serpentine_6595.html

 

Ski-It (Downhill and Slalom)

One of my games!  We can poll the "Ski Quest" another time perhaps (all part of same game). Plenty of lives and saveable high score tables too.

Atariage thread has instructions, videos and downloads [finall version v1.4]

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/288471-ski-it-v14/

or fandal has ATR also

https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=7620

 

Arkanoid

Supports joystick but also a chance to get the jittery Paddles out?! Fandal's version has the triple ball working!

https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1314

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-arkanoid_328.html

 

[carlsson]

So are we just about to settle for the first game of the year? Currently it looks like a three way tie between Donkey Kong, Pac-Man and Serpentine unless someone who already didn't vote will resolve it.

[+therealbountybob]

OK We'll start up round 1 in the morning Sunday 10am UK time so still time to vote EVERYONE!!!

[+therealbountybob]

OK DK has won with 13 votes to Pac-Man's 11 and round 1 is open for action. You can still vote here as runner up games will be re-polled etc