Lode Runner™ for Atari 2600

[Thomas Jentzsch]

I don't have the game available now, where is your problem?

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Found a version which let me choose a level.  

 

You have to make the top right player go right at his ladder. For doing so, you have to position yourself close to the top of the bottom right ladder.

[PengPeng0118]

On 5/25/2024 at 5:28 PM, Pitfall Harry said:

 

I've never played Lode Runner on the Atari VCS.  But completing 150 levels, Wow!  That's a heck of an accomplishment.  I hope there were still countless hours and beers left for you when you were done.

 

The closest thing I've done by way of comparison is taking Seaquest to it's limit of 999,999 points.  I don't recall how many levels I had to plow my way through to turn that trick, but I have the whole game recorded on VHS tape. So I guess I could look that up if anyone is interested.

 

 

-Ben

It would be so cool to see Seaquest maxed out! I know there is a bounty for $250 over on Twin Galaxies.

https://www.twingalaxies.com/bounty/seaquest-max-out/

Edited May 28 by PengPeng0118

[Pitfall Harry]

9 hours ago, PengPeng0118 said:

It would be so cool to see Seaquest maxed out! I know there is a bounty for $250 over on Twin Galaxies.

https://www.twingalaxies.com/bounty/seaquest-max-out/

Oh, cool!  Thanks for the heads up.  I'll see if I can collect the $250.  But if they insist on keeping my tape, they can keep their money.

 

 

-Ben

[PengPeng0118]

11 hours ago, Pitfall Harry said:

Oh, cool!  Thanks for the heads up.  I'll see if I can collect the $250.  But if they insist on keeping my tape, they can keep their money.

 

 

-Ben

Not a problem! Oh, its a little different nowadays no need to physically submit anything . As I understand it the way you would approach this situation is you would digitize the VHS recording and upload it to their website. I saw one guy simply point a video camera/smart phone at a tv while his VHS tape of a past performance was playing. Then he just uploaded that video file. 

 

I personally would recommend utilizing a computer with a webcam to point it at a tv playing the vcr tape and record it that way. Won't have to worry quite so much about battery life and storage capacity that way compared to if you used a camcorder or smartphone.

[Pitfall Harry]

7 hours ago, PengPeng0118 said:

Not a problem! Oh, its a little different nowadays no need to physically submit anything . As I understand it the way you would approach this situation is you would digitize the VHS recording and upload it to their website. I saw one guy simply point a video camera/smart phone at a tv while his VHS tape of a past performance was playing. Then he just uploaded that video file. 

 

I personally would recommend utilizing a computer with a webcam to point it at a tv playing the vcr tape and record it that way. Won't have to worry quite so much about battery life and storage capacity that way compared to if you used a camcorder or smartphone.

 

Yeah, I might just do that.  Thanks for the tip!

 

 

-Ben

[Dionoid]

On 5/26/2024 at 8:42 AM, Thomas Jentzsch said:

Found a version which let me choose a level.  

Actually there's an easter egg in the game which lets you unlock all 150 levels at once. However the unlocking is only temporary while your session lasts. And during the temporary unlocking, your score won't increase and your progress won't be stored to SaveKey. So you can't use it to boost your score

 

Spoiler

To (temporary) unlock all 150 levels, there is an easter egg in level 1. In that level, first collect all gold. Then, instead of using the escape ladder, dig a hole in upper-left tile of the screen and jump through. Then quickly dig a hole in the tile you just landed on and repeat this until you dig a hole in the lower-left tile of the screen. Now jump into this hole (while the upper-left tile is also still a hole) and you'll die immediately and brought back to the menu where you see all 150 levels are unlocked. Note that you have to dig quickly to be able to unlock the easter egg.

 

 

 

Edited June 17 by Dionoid