Vocelli Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) Week 17 Megamania (Game 3 A) CLARIFICATION: No use of CHEATS, emulation advantages, bugs, cart frying or other variables that gives you an unfair advantage in this HSC. Please assume you have to follow the game difficulty and mode for the playing week/s. There cannot be any game enhancements or favorite settings to play in the 2600 HSC, unless you are given authorization to do so by your humble yet strict MODERATOR! Vocelli Megamania Released By: Activision Left Difficulty: A Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: Game 3 A/ Straight Bullets and SLOW Bullets Post your scores right here in this thread, and we will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone else. The deadline for posting scores is Midnight (EST) the evening of March 6, 2022 Bonus: Play Laser Blast Game 3! Break 50k for 5 Bonus Points Break 40k for 4 Bonus Points Break 30k for 3 Bonus Points Break 20k for 2 Bonus Points Break 10k for 1 Bonus point Megamania (Game 3A/ ) 89940 - MarkGriff (+50) 89570 - Evandro (+49) 75590 - JasonHRB (+48) 75080 - JasonAtari (+47) 72110 - Absalon (+46) 71240 - McCallister (+45) 69970 - OyamaFamily (+44) 69640 - JGKspsx (+43) 60500 - SkippyBCoyote (+42) 55080 - LaurenTyler (+41) 46240 - Keilbaca (+40) 43990 - Kermit (+39) 33320 - Nads (+38) 32950 - AtariSphinx (+37) 29860 - GBAG (+36) 28210 - DomBradley (+35) 28130 - Vocelli (+34) 26250 - Atari_Warlord (+33) 21540 - Atarian7 (+32) 20470 - RaymanC (+31) 17770 - DrMooCowz (+30) 16940 - FakeCortex (+29) 15720 - Maloff (+28) 14280 - ClassicGamer (+27) 14410 - TheActivisionary (+26) 8720 - AGB (+25) 8040 - RGC (+24) 7170 - JoeBradley (+23) 6100 - Krytol (+22) Laser Blast (Game 3) Bonus 50k Bonus +5 LaurenTyler MarkGriff JasonHRB OyamaFamily JGKspsx SkippyBCoyote Absalon Nads AtariSphinx Vocelli 40k Bonus 30k Bonus 20k Bonus +2 FakeCortex 10k Bonus Overall Standings Remember the TOP 32 will qualify for a NEW Challenge at the end of the season! 819 Kermit 779 AtariSphinx 772 JasonHRB 762 Nads 741 SkippyBCoyote 709 Evandro 690 MarkGriff 670 Absalon 665 JGKspsx 665 OyamaFamily 647 Dr Moocowz 644 JasonAtari 608 Vocelli 601 DomBradley 592 Keilbaca 558 Maloff 544 Atari_Warlord 537 Atarian7 524 LaurenTyler 507 Deteacher 504 TheActivisionary 500 FakeCortex 483 GBAG 460 McCallister 459 MoisesTuseto 429 Mchetzel 420 AGB 414 Roadrunner 397 CrazyClimber 326 RetroBreakout 313 RGC 249 RaymanC 248 ClassicGamer 221 CTelkin 210 Ed 174 DataFry 171 Lord Innit 141 Krytol 118 Diamonds 118 JoeBradley 97 GType 89 Atariwarlord 86 JacobZu7Zu7 58 Jblenkle 48 Nester 38 IsaiahAustin 29 DevWebci 21 BetwixtThieves 3 Capitain Classic Season 12 will have: ~ HomeBrew Weeks ~ Chosen Company Games ~ Paddle Weeks ~ Beat the leader weeks The Season should end at the end of April. The TOP 32 will qualify for the Medal Bracket Challenge. Edited March 7, 2022 by Vocelli 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 Since both of these Games can be rolled on Game 1 Settings... ...Try to conquer these GREAT Activision Shooters on a Higher Difficulty Level! Notes: Next week, we will start the HOMEBREW weeks! I will be posting the HomeBrew games on Saturday March 5th. The HomeBrew weeks will last 3 weeks. The Homebrew games will be 3 Games that have NEVER been played! It will be our 'Spring Break'! Then we will be in the home stretch with 4 - 5 weeks left. I will also be posting the info on the NEW challenge at the end of the season in March. Season 12 will end in April. Thanks! Vocelli 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Megamania (Game 3/A): 12,720 (The straight missiles and slow speed really throws off your timing.) Laser Blast (Game 3): 54,990 (I remember getting this as a child from my grandfather because he had an extra copy. Back then I didn't question those things, I accepted them!) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark griff Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 First score I always enjoyed this shooter game 84570 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark griff Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Whoops sent 5200 game as well my bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark griff Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Bonus game 51930 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonhrb Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Here's my 50,000+ on laser blast. I actually had quite a few lives left at the 50,000 point, but was happy to stop having hit the max bonus. I had this one as a kid, and for some reason absolutely loved it. I played it at a friends house, and pestered my Mum to by it for me. She eventually got it as a "twin pack" with Stampede, which I had no interest in getting, but turned out to be the far better game longer term. Looking back now, I have no idea why I enjoyed Laser Blast so much (perhaps beyond the fact that it was the first Activision game I could reach a patch score on), but playing Stampede again now, the appeal of that is still obvious. Anyway, I'll shut up now, and here's the score. Now onto Megamania 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 30,700 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Megamania 53,590 Laser Blast 60,030 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 55,080 What really takes time to get used to is the slower missile speeds. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 This week's game is a real toughie, but a fun one if you like vertical shooters! Megamania (Game 3, A/B Difficulty): 55,990 No bonus for me this week because after half an hour of trying I still couldn't get more than 2,500 points in Laser Blast and I'm tired of being frustrated 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Megamania 3/A/B = 26,250 I'm really enjoying this season of trying games on harder settings. Having said that, I couldn't get my mojo back on Laser Blast, so won't be getting a bonus. Don't feel bad Skippy, I couldn't even get to 1,000 after a half hour of trying. ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Laser Blast game 3bb: 101250 and I still have full lives. It’s a fun little Bayraktar simulator. Gonna take it to a million, thank goodness for Analogue Pocket sleep mode I am not convinced game 3 is harder than game 1, though. @Skippy B. Coyote and @Atari_Warlord, the thing to keep in mind is that Laser Blast is not a shooter. It’s a rhythm game. You hold the button while tanks scroll in then release, tap right and press fire and release, tap right and press fire and release. Boom boom boom. You get an extra life every thousand points and you get a thousand points plus every four screens. In this game I was down to one ship multiple times in the early going, but was able to build back to full lives again each time. If you are aiming your cannon at all you have no chance, you have to shoot straight down. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Megamania 69,970 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 First score: 31030. Played pretty poorly. I accidentally exited out of Laser Blast instead of unpausing because the Pocket buttons are unmarked ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 16 hours ago, jgkspsx said: Laser Blast game 3bb: 101250 and I still have full lives. It’s a fun little Bayraktar simulator. Gonna take it to a million, thank goodness for Analogue Pocket sleep mode I am not convinced game 3 is harder than game 1, though. @Skippy B. Coyote and @Atari_Warlord, the thing to keep in mind is that Laser Blast is not a shooter. It’s a rhythm game. You hold the button while tanks scroll in then release, tap right and press fire and release, tap right and press fire and release. Boom boom boom. You get an extra life every thousand points and you get a thousand points plus every four screens. In this game I was down to one ship multiple times in the early going, but was able to build back to full lives again each time. If you are aiming your cannon at all you have no chance, you have to shoot straight down. Holy heck thank you so much! Once you told me Laser Blast isn't a shooter, it's a rhythm game, I figured it out real quick. That advice made all the difference in the world! Tap tap tap, tap tap tap! Bonus Laser Blast (Game 3, B/B Difficulty): 100,080 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonhrb Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 This is yet another great game. Looking back at these games years after the event, I never cease to be amazed by how much gameplay the best programmers got from so little hardware capability. This game is another case in point, albeit this version is very hard. I've spent far too much time playing this over the past few days, and this is the best I have managed so far. I'll try some more, but don't expect to beat this one : 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 This is my best so far: 53390 This is one of the tightest groups of scores I’ve seen so far! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Man, Megamania really does have a lot in common with Laser Blast - they’re both rhythm games! But man these are some of the most infuriating enemy movement patterns ever. It has been a long time since I played this seriously, and I don’t think I’ve ever played slow shot before. Straight shot doesn’t seem harder than steerable shot, at least at my current level of incompetence, but slow shot is a lot harder than fast shot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 Just a reminder that HomeBrew Weeks will be posted on March 5th. You can check out ZeroPageHomebrew on Twitch on Friday for one of the exclusive games we will be playing! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Jeezy creezy the enemy movement patterns in Megamania are tough! By the time you get to the second Space Dice stage it's just... bonkers! Megamania (Game 3, A/B Difficulty): 60,500 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Wow, these are not games you can phone in at the buzzer. I gave them a go last night and do not have respectable scores to submit. Better clear my calendar. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark griff Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 New hi 89940 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 11 hours ago, fakecortex said: Wow, these are not games you can phone in at the buzzer. I gave them a go last night and do not have respectable scores to submit. Better clear my calendar. Laser Blast is trivial once you get the rhythm. But I can’t seem to get it with Megamania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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