+DamonicFury Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Welcome to the sixth round of the 15th 5200 HSC season! There was a four-way tie in the poll with votes each, and Miner 2049er won the resulting die roll. Play using the default settings. Emulation is fine, as are custom controls. Pics preferred, but not required except for HSC wins and records. The high score was set by darthkur with a score of 200,730 points. Beat this if you can for a bonus point! The ROM and manual can be found here: https://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=637 Round ends Sunday, April 3rd, 2022 @9pm EST Standings: jeremiahjt - 60,720 bemis - 35,060 rubeon - 28,560 IICCEEMMAANN - 28,355 mark griff - 18,170 jblenkle - 17,880 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Whew, I only had this cartridge and Space Invaders in the last poll. I am glad this one won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark griff Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 My first score 12470 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Miner 2049er - 17,880 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 My first score is 24,835. This is the first time I have ever made it past the fourth station before. The fifth station looked pretty difficult, but I did not last long enough to really tell. How many stations are there in the first zone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 16 hours ago, jeremiahjt said: How many stations are there in the first zone? There are 10 unique levels/stations. Then they repeat at a higher level of difficulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 hour ago, DamonicFury said: There are 10 unique levels/stations. Then they repeat at a higher level of difficulty. So zone 2 just repeats all levels from zone 1, just with a higher difficulty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 17 hours ago, jeremiahjt said: So zone 2 just repeats all levels from zone 1, just with a higher difficulty? Exactly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark griff Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 18170 great game but the controller gives me a headache Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark griff Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Hey Guys quick question what emulator did you use to download to the games I have a windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Minor improvement to 25,045. I picked up the martini possession again on station five just to see if it would kill me like last time and it did. I was confused by that so I went and read the instructions and found out that Bounty Bob is allergic to some martinis on the fifth station. Good to know, so I will not try to get that possession again. I would like to make it past the fifth station before this round is over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Another small improvement to 26,580. I got tired of playing the first four stations just to lose all my lives quickly on the fifth station, so I went looking for a level select code. What do you know, Miner 2049er on the 5200 does indeed have a level select code. I have now got pretty close to beating the fifth station, but the time gets me before I can finish it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Finally made it past station five. New score of 29,345. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Made it past station six, unfortunately I scored no points on station seven since a mutant organism pops up out of nowhere at the beginning. Oh well, new score, and maybe final one, of 32,695. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 New poll is up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 New score of 48,110. I was on station ten and I had it beat, but the non-centering joystick kept Bounty Bob moving right off a platform to his death. I really wanted to get through the first zone. I still have time though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 I finally did it. I made it all the way through the first zone. I lost my last life on the fourth station of zone two. I guess the mutant organisms do not stay weak quite as long as in zone one so my route from the first zone was no longer fast enough. My score is now 60,720. I am happy with that score. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IICCEEMMAANN Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Love this game! 28,355 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Could someone who hasn’t voted yet please do me a solid and break this tie? Getting tired of flipping coins and rolling dice to decide the winner of every poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 1 hour ago, DamonicFury said: Could someone who hasn’t voted yet please do me a solid and break this tie? Getting tired of flipping coins and rolling dice to decide the winner of every poll. Yep, we need another user to vote for Mountain King. I could always log in using my wife's login and vote. Or you could let the person with the current high score in this round (i.e. me) choose the winner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 28,560 Truly a great game, and the more you play the better it gets. Once you figure a level out, optimizing your approach really keeps you playing. I was pretty close to figuring out level 5, but just ran out of steam. A+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bemis Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 35,060 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 Congratulations to jeremiahjt on learning how to beat all 10 levels of this classic game for the first time! No mean feat, especially on the non-centering standard controller. Congratulations! Many thanks to the voters who heard my plea and gave Gyruss a clear win! Lots of space shooting action coming right up! Final standings: jeremiahjt - 60,720 +11 bemis - 35,060 +10 rubeon - 28,560 +9 IICCEEMMAANN - 28,355 +8 mark griff - 18,170 +7 jblenkle - 17,880 +6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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