classicgamer_27330 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fakecortex Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) New Raptor ranking! @Armscar Coder Fun game!! My only complaint is that the sound for when you get hit is kind of annoying, but I know there has to be some sort of sound. Raptor - 715 Edited March 18, 2022 by fakecortex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Aardvark: 165530 From about Level 11 on, I seldom complete the board without getting killed at least once. The game can be especially unforgiving when releasing an enemy on all rows at the same time or when a caterpillar (or whatever those green bugs are) shows up on the top row with the worm. Most of my scoring comes from point pressing the early levels. I can usually hit 16-18k after the first level and at least 30k at the end of the second level. If I have time, I may continue my Easter Egg hunt to try and figure out the secret to higher scores on the earlier levels. Most of my time this weekend will be spent on Stratovox since I've not even posted a score for that one yet. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) Stratovox (1 B/B): 42,600 Improvement! Knowing the patterns is key though the enemy combinations change after dealing with the same repeating pattern can throw you off. Edited March 19, 2022 by AtariSphinx Typo 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Stratovox doesn't seem to run right on Stella 6.6 either. Lots of disappearing enemies. anybody else stuck emulating? 15650 so far, but right now it seems really tough to get any further. Oh boy, Aardvark is a challenge too. This is going to be a rough one... 9290 to start ? OK, this is going to have to be it for the night. 17910. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 3 hours ago, jgkspsx said: Stratovox doesn't seem to run right on Stella 6.6 either. Lots of disappearing enemies. anybody else stuck emulating? There is nothing in emulation which can make enemies disappear. If the same does not happen in real hardware, then it might be a setup problem (e.g. enemies flickering too much for your monitor). Can you create and post a Stella save state when this is happening? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 3 hours ago, jgkspsx said: Stratovox doesn't seem to run right on Stella 6.6 either. Lots of disappearing enemies. anybody else stuck emulating? 15650 so far, but right now it seems really tough to get any further. Oh boy, Aardvark is a challenge too. This is going to be a rough one... 9290 to start ? OK, this is going to have to be it for the night. 17910. You could try using the Phosphor effect in Stella, ALT + P 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Small improvement on Stratovox. When you hit your stride, it’s pretty satisfying. So many misses by a pixel tho ? Stratovox - 15,400 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaymanC Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Raptor: 359 Stratovox: 47,100 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 A little improvement: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 12:33 PM, kermit73 said: I cannot seem to Stratovox to load on my console with a Harmony cart. It just brings up a spinner when I select the game. On 3/12/2022 at 2:06 PM, McCallister said: Yes, there were a couple games that shared this problem. I fixed it last year by reloading the latest firmware. Even if, like my encore, it had the latest version displayed already. I finally got around to re-updating the firmware, but the issue persists. At least for now, I'll be playing Stratovox on Stella. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, kermit73 said: I finally got around to re-updating the firmware, but the issue persists. At least for now, I'll be playing Stratovox on Stella. You should report your problem to @batari. I am sure he will be interested to find out and help you. Edited March 19, 2022 by Thomas Jentzsch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 10 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: There is nothing in emulation which can make enemies disappear. If the same does not happen in real hardware, then it might be a setup problem (e.g. enemies flickering too much for your monitor). It happens when there are three enemy formations and sometimes when there are two. One of the enemies will disappear. The counter for the astronauts at the end of the level also disappears for the section of the screen where the Round Over message is displayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 1 minute ago, jgkspsx said: It happens when there are three enemy formations and sometimes when there are two. One of the enemies will disappear. The counter for the astronauts at the end of the level also disappears for the section of the screen where the Round Over message is displayed. Sounds like flicker could be the problem. As already suggested, you should enable the phosphor effect and let us know if that helped. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+McCallister Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Aardvark: 179330 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+McCallister Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 2 hours ago, kermit73 said: I finally got around to re-updating the firmware, but the issue persists. At least for now, I'll be playing Stratovox on Stella. Bummer. Is it version 1.06? Can’t remember if that was the latest or not, but it’s the one I used. Before the update, it was only a couple of games that wouldn’t load. I think they were 32k games, so the Quad games would not load either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 My first go at Raptor today. All i can say is WOW, its one of those games you can just pick up and play! Then you start to work out the strategies as you progress. Ill definitely be looking at earning the patch on this one ? Raptor : 494 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Quick improvement! Raptor : 751 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 It's been almost 2 months since I've streamed Atari (how does time go that quick!?), but planning on looking at these games for the first time and doing my score attempts on Sunday at 3 PM Eastern Daylight Time if anyone wants to watch! https://www.twitch.tv/drmoocowz 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 1 hour ago, McCallister said: Bummer. Is it version 1.06? Can’t remember if that was the latest or not, but it’s the one I used. Before the update, it was only a couple of games that wouldn’t load. I think they were 32k games, so the Quad games would not load either. Thanks for letting me know the latest version number. I had v1.05 (I somehow didn't see the newer .bin files at the bottom of the post on the Harmony thread the first time I looked for them). With v1.06, it's working. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Stratovox: 46850 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Aardvark - 17,320 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Stratovox: 57400 I also included a video link for the Raptor score I posted previously. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark griff Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 My best ardvark I can't do any better 114620 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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