+therealbountybob Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 TWERPS & SHADOW WORLD Twerps - Not HSC played before and I don't know it, but looking forward to it esp as it's 8.0 rated on atarimania! [Option] = pause / resume https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=3207 http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-twerps_5567.html Shadow World - played before, good game 7.6 rating on the 'mania, but think it ends or gets impossible fairly soon... we played it a while back. Super fun game for 2 players simultaneous, you start off cooperating then "accidentally" blow each other up. Bonus points for anyone roping in a frienemy Roughly: Be agressive and fly close to the orby things keeping the laser firing and pop them before they land; otherwise fly low and collect the shiny thingy from the water and fly over their spout hole and drop it on them to seal them off! Lovely job! [Space] teleports you back to your base safely! Note: OSB required - post if you need help https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2887 http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-shadow-world_4611.html Round NOW provisionally ends FRIDAY 10TH th June ??pm UK time EVERYONE WELCOME TO PLAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Be ready to grab a screenshot with Twerps, because you don't get much time at all. I made it to level 3, after a couple of "getting to know you" games. 1,066...I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Shadow World: 25,500! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Hm. It sounds like those of us playing on real hardware should prepare a tripod that is filming the game and then extract frames if we want screenshots at all since we don't have shortcut buttons on the Atari to take a snapshot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8BIT 1337 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 16 hours ago, carlsson said: Hm. It sounds like those of us playing on real hardware should prepare a tripod that is filming the game and then extract frames if we want screenshots at all since we don't have shortcut buttons on the Atari to take a snapshot. For games like this I try to make sure I have a pen and paper handy too It's funny that we're starting Twerps as I just heard Rob of Player/Missile podcast fame say he wasn't sure if Twerps was ported to the Atari (Episode 25: I somehow never listened to this podcast until recently, so I've been 'catching up') 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Yeah, jotting down the score is easy enough. I know that screenshots are highly optional but it can be fun to verify your meager scores that way. I can have oversight with 40 year old games that immediately go to the start screen and doesn't save high score, but unfortunately some developers even in the 21th century still do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzabass Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Twerps 680 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dope Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) Twerps - 1490 after first attempt. Shadow World - 123100 - I know this one very well as I used to play it a lot. Unfortunately, at least on Altirra, Wave 9 is barely playable as the whole game (including your ship and gun) slows down to the point where it is impossible to shoot down Crystal Pods. I don't know if this is an issue on a real Atari, since I don't have one... yet. Anyway, Wave 9 was my last. Edited May 26, 2022 by Dope Adding score from Shadow World 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Twerps: 1,155. Level 3. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Twerps: 1,487. This game is no joke. Don't get too comfortable, thinking it's an easy game. After level 2, get ready for some challenge! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/24/2022 at 5:08 PM, therealbountybob said: Shadow World - Note: OSB required I found an XL/XE patched version on Atarionline.pl. As far as I can tell it plays correctly? At least I scored 23700 pts and reached wave 3 using that version on my 130XE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Twerps - 647 pts. While it immediately moves to the starting screen, I found that if you start a new game and don't shoot anything, the previous score remains on the display. Thus you have all the time in the world to take a screenshot immediately after a good game. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8BIT 1337 Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Twerps: 1252 Shadow World: 52600 Both are games I definitely played as a teen. Can't say I'm particularly skilled at either but I like both of them. BTW: The version of Shadow World I'm using does not require OSB - I played it under the 1200XL Rev 10 as well as Ape Warp+ OS on my 1200XL just fine. Maybe it's been tweaked for XL? I'll include it here Shadow World.xex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Twerps: 1,529! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 (edited) Didn't get a screenshot, and need to practice some more, Twerps: 414. Update, 591. Edited May 30, 2022 by Shawn Jefferson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Shadow World: 62500 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 (edited) Twerps: 1222 level 4 Edited May 30, 2022 by AtariSphinx Added level 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevymad Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Twerps 756 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Twerps: 1,860 level 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Twerps, 1251 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevymad Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 30300 Shadow world. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 Glad you are all having fun! I'm out of Atari action for a few more days, looking forward to getting in a few goes ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 I don't realy like these two games. My highscores so far are Shadow World: 56,700 and Twerps: 1,639 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Twerps 695 Shadow World 12500 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Twerps 1143 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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