Rick Dangerous Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 (edited) Atari Lynx High Score Club- Mini Season: Round 16 This round we play Sky Raiders Redux. ROUND COMPLETE! Round Over: Sunday May 22nd 11:59pm EST (5/22/2022) FINAL ROUND OF SEASON! Link to manual scan: None yes Settings - Sky Raiders Redux: Start at Level 1; Continues Allowed HSC Record: None Yet Add your Score from Sky Raiders Redux! Please put your score in text in your post please, make my life a little easier. Sky Raiders Redux scores: 1. Songbird 13,500. +10 2. sdrake 7,530. +8 3. jgkspsx 6,980. +6 4. Rick Dangerous 2,610. +4 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Current season point standings 1. Rick Dangerous 87 2. doctor_shred 76 3. jeremiahjt 69 4. jgkspsx 60 5. sdrake 54 6. nightmonkeyii 43 7. neogeo1982 27 8. Songbird 19 9. roadrunner 17 10. Mr.JT 15 11. AtariSphinx 15 12. tripled79 10 13. jblenkle 4 14. Peyo 1 Any corrections please post! Edited May 24, 2022 by Rick Dangerous 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Eyyyy. I’ve been feeling bad about this one not getting more time. Looking forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted May 5, 2022 Author Share Posted May 5, 2022 1770. Great homage to River Raid! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 2110 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 6980 but I have a lot of practicing to do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 FWIW, continues are implemented by starting from a different bridge from the start screen, so it can’t be both start at level 1 and continues allowed. Unless there’s some huge point bonus for beating the game, though, I think there is no way to even be competitive if you don’t start from bridge 1. Particularly great music on this one, @Songbird! Quite a variety too. I did notice an extremely minor bug… not sure how I caused it. Bad sram write? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 So the "minor bug" is the current score is 10 points higher than the high score? I haven't seen that before. What value do you see for high score after reboot? Thanks for the kind words on the music! I really enjoyed writing all of those tunes and giving some variety both to the regular gameplay and the boss battles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, Songbird said: So the "minor bug" is the current score is 10 points higher than the high score? I haven't seen that before. What value do you see for high score after reboot? Yep! It’s too late, I blew that score away many times now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share Posted May 10, 2022 11 hours ago, jgkspsx said: FWIW, continues are implemented by starting from a different bridge from the start screen, so it can’t be both start at level 1 and continues allowed. Unless there’s some huge point bonus for beating the game, though, I think there is no way to even be competitive if you don’t start from bridge 1. Good points; I think people will naturally just figure this out as they play. The highest score you can muster wins the round! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdrake Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 5560 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 2610 Finally beat the first boss which was harder than It should have been. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Wow, I was not expecting to be top of the pack after my first try! Note that I did not reach bridge 23 on this try; that was from a previous game a long time ago. On this run I started on bridge 1, beat two bosses, then died probably at bridge 12 or so. 13500 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 On 5/9/2022 at 9:21 AM, Rick Dangerous said: 2110 Do you guys like the "file folder" look of the copyright & instruction screens? That was my idea in keeping with the anachronistic theme. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 I certainly do! It’s a really nice looking, sounding, and playing game. I think it’s a must-have. I have given up on the high score chase for right now and am trying to get as far into the game as I can. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 You definitely need to keep progressing; it's really fun to take on the later bosses. We intentionally wanted to give people multiple ways to play. You can start at bridge 1 and go for high score, continue from your last bridge to keep pushing to the next one to "beat the game" at bridge 20, or push it to the limit from bridge 21 with no saves. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 On 5/14/2022 at 12:24 AM, Songbird said: Do you guys like the "file folder" look of the copyright & instruction screens? That was my idea in keeping with the anachronistic theme. Yes; fits the game perfectly! Windows 3.1 sort of feel Can you shoot the tanks on the sides of the river, is that possible; or are you just trying to avoid them? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 8 hours ago, Rick Dangerous said: Can you shoot the tanks on the sides of the river, is that possible; or are you just trying to avoid them? I have not shot a tank yet, FWIW, and I got to bridge 18 or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Actually every object in the game is destructible; just very tricky to hit anything on the shore as you need the right kind of curved shoreline first to make that possible. We should have added in-game achievements for shooting tanks, trees, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 And also if you hit the edge of the river you crash so EXTRA risky to go after them i suppose. Good to know though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdrake Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 7530 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 Hey guys; sorry yesterday was Victoria Day so I wasn't at my desk. Will get this all wrapped up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 Great round everyone! Congrats to @Songbird for the new high score; which has been added to the Lynx High Score tables. Congrats to the season winners: #1: @Rick Dangerous (by sheer virtue of steady participation) #2: @doctor_shred a strong competitor in this and Jaguar HSC's! #3: @jeremiahjt a perennial strong player also! I hope you guys all enjoyed the quite lengthy "mini season" and now I hand things back over to @roadrunner for the Lynx HSC. It has been fun; and I look forward to playing and perhaps guest hosting in the years ahead again. In the meantime come see us over at the Jaguar HSC where i will remain host. Cheers, and congrats again the winners (everyone who participated and had fun!!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 If you want to keep running the Lynx HSC that's fine by me. I haven't been playing in these HSC's at AA for awhile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 Well it's very labor intensive and time consuming...but i'm up for it! Gotta have the Lynx HSC. I'll tell everyone what; i'm moving to South Carolina this weekend, so the next week or two will be a little hectic. Lets take a short break, and when time allows i'll get things in gear and start up another season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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