HSC19 (2022) R2 POLL

[+therealbountybob]

Welcome to the 2nd poll of Season 19 (2022)

Round 1 is still open for play until Monday 7th Jan 10pm UK time

 

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.

 

We'll stick with 9 games as we have so many players, High-Rise and Juno First got the boot from the first poll but may return later in the season!

 

 

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

 

Berzerk

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

 

Canyon Climber

2 screen platformer, fun enough and long due another HSC play but has random deaths!

https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1604

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-canyon-climber_875.html

 

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

 

Bandits

Very enjoyable wave based classic shooter

https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=3837

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-bandits_492.html

 

H.E.R.O.

Tricky cave rescuer!

https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2038

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-hero_2439.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 [final version 1.4]

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

 

[+therealbountybob]

H.E.R.O. wins the poll with 13 votes from Pac-Man and Beta Lyra with 10 each. Again I'll leave the poll open for anyone who missed it as several runner up games will go through to the R3 poll - which will start on the 2nd week of the 2 week round!