nads Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Minor Improvement Pac-Man : 61,550 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Pac-Man 101,680 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Small improvement: 127,790 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caco Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Alicja 8000 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caco Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Liliana 7100 ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 not improved my score (Datasoft version) but having fun trying! If anyone else can compare difficulty re Datasoft to Atari Cart versions (with or without character names) please post. R4 poll will start tomorrow as we go into the 2nd week of play here first tables PAC-MAN 1st AtariSphinx 174,980 12pts 2nd McKong 150,830 11pts 3rd Deteacher 127,790 10pts 4th tompateus 110,140 9pts 5th oyamafamily 101,680 9pts 6th Fres 76,030 8pts 7th nads 61,550 8pts 8th Gury 61,520 7pts 9th therealbountybob 55,890 7pts 10th 8BIT 1337 54,800 6pts 11th chevymad 44,690 6pts 12th MagicMarc-er 32,660 5pts 13th pusakat 13,200 4pts 14th jblenkle 11,070 3pts 15th Alicja (Caco Jr) 8,000 2pts 16th Liliana (Caco Jr) 7,100 2pts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Pac-Man (Homesoft version with the title screen and intermissions): 24680 pts Not a particularly good score, but also nearly twice as much as I obtained playing the same version in Altirra, which goes to tell that real hardware or at least real controller is a must for me. Those of you who score high in the emulator probably don't use the default keyboard mapping, or else you're giving up 50% of your score by not playing on real hardware IMHO. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8guy Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 First try. Been a busy week. Datasoft version. I remember as a 12 year old my Dad being amazed I rocked 200000 points. This is a far cry from that and I think the stick was to blame!!! I also know I’ve played this game more than any other so I hope to at least crack 100k before the week is out. I haven’t tried the Atari cart version yet recently but I’m certain the ghosts behave differently in this one (this one is more unpredictable). Also as a kid I used to play to clear boards not amass points. Definitely forcing myself to get the fruit a bit more. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Best result from week #1. 41300, playing on stock 800XL with the original cartridge. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 Improved to 61,540 on Datasoft Ver. Much harder than the old file ver I had I posted above (on a boot disk), think I have a cart somewhere in my cupboard but not sure I have the will to turf everything out! Will start the next poll later tonight 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 Afer a lot of goes today made it through to some of the faster levels! 114,680 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 So, I'm not sure if I'm playing the right version or not. I thought the Datasoft version had the Galaxian as the bonus fruit, while the Atari version had that Fuji, instead. Seeing as how nobody has said one version is harder/easier than the other, I guess it doesn't really make a difference. The version I'm playing has the Galaxian bonus. Thoughts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 19620 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 4 hours ago, Deteacher said: if I'm playing the right version or not. I thought the Datasoft version had the Galaxian as the bonus fruit, while the Atari version had that Fuji, instead The version I played had the Fuji. Unfortunately my game time has been limited to try the Datasoft one. Will see if have time to try (work getting in the way!). I grew up with the Atari one so that was what I tried first. I will say joystick choice can make a difference (at least for me) where one with a short throw (time to actuation) of the direction you want is critical. I personally don't see how some can use a d-pad but maybe that's because I started gaming with joysticks first (I would love to see a real study on this with measured data). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Pac-Man (Atari): 110,550 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) 19,920 I actually crack 20k on the 5200 port of this one. We just ran it for February's game. I believe this is the cart version, only one I got anyways, lol Edited March 1, 2022 by zylon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 On 2/28/2022 at 9:05 PM, Deteacher said: So, I'm not sure if I'm playing the right version or not. I thought the Datasoft version had the Galaxian as the bonus fruit, while the Atari version had that Fuji, instead. Seeing as how nobody has said one version is harder/easier than the other, I guess it doesn't really make a difference. The version I'm playing has the Galaxian bonus. Thoughts? Datasoft version has Atari Logo's though I'm on a downloaded file version so there's no reference to Datasoft on the screen. On 2/28/2022 at 5:36 AM, Atari8guy said: First try. Been a busy week. Datasoft version. ]I remember as a 12 year old my Dad being amazed I rocked 200000 points. This is a far cry from that and I think the stick was to blame!!! I also know I’ve played this game more than any other so I hope to at least crack 100k before the week is out. I haven’t tried the Atari cart version yet recently but I’m certain the ghosts behave differently in this one (this one is more unpredictable). Also as a kid I used to play to clear boards not amass points. Definitely forcing myself to get the fruit a bit more. Datasoft version ghosts are "tougher" than the file version I posted an ATR of above, not able to confirm if that is identical to the cart version(s). Making it through the slower levels is probably key to a good go. On 3/1/2022 at 2:00 AM, AtariSphinx said: The version I played had the Fuji. Unfortunately my game time has been limited to try the Datasoft one. Will see if have time to try (work getting in the way!). I grew up with the Atari one so that was what I tried first. I will say joystick choice can make a difference (at least for me) where one with a short throw (time to actuation) of the direction you want is critical. I personally don't see how some can use a d-pad but maybe that's because I started gaming with joysticks first (I would love to see a real study on this with measured data). Yes, I've switched to a Comp Pro from my Quickshot for this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 R4 poll is open (all active posts are pinned on the HSC forum!) latest tables PAC-MAN 1st AtariSphinx 174,980 13pts # 2nd McKong 150,830 11pts 3rd Deteacher 127,790 10pts 4th therealbountybob 114,680 9pts 5th graywest 110,550 9pts 6th tompateus 110,140 9pts 7th oyamafamily 101,680 8pts 8th Fres 76,030 8pts 9th nads 61,550 8pts 10th Gury 61,520 7pts 11th 8BIT 1337 54,800 7pts 12th Atari8guy 54,480 6pts 13th chevymad 44,690 6pts 14th MichaG 41,300 5pts 15th MagicMarc-er 32,660 5pts 16th carlsson 24,680 4pts 17th Zylon 19,920 4pts 18th devwebcl 19,620 3pts 19th pusakat 13,200 3pts 20th jblenkle 11,070 2pts 21st Alicja (Caco Jr) 8,000 2pts 22nd Liliana (Caco Jr) 7,100 2pts # Top NTSC player bonus point 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caco Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 23320 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 22,390 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 51,080 on the original cart. Is this version allowed? My son scored 8260 as Player 2 (nickname bumper jumper). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 A slight improvement: 62,540. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) 37690 Playing pacman in a 8bit meeting. Edited March 5, 2022 by devwebcl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8BIT 1337 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Update: 61890 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Pac-Man - 30670 pts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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