Vocelli Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) Weeks 3/4 Games with Balls Off The Wall (Peasant) Midnight Magic (A/) 1 Ball Challenge Mr Do! (Game 1) CLARIFICATION: No use of CHEATS, emulation advantages, bugs, cart frying or other variables that gives you an unfair advantage in this HSC. Please assume you have to follow the game difficulty and mode for the playing week/s. There cannot be any game enhancements or favorite settings to play in the 2600 HSC, unless you are given authorization to do so by your humble yet strict MODERATOR! Vocelli Off The Wall Released By: Atari Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: Peasant Midnight Magic Released By: Atari Left Difficulty: A Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: Game 1 1 Ball Challenge ~ Take your Pic once the Screen Reads ‘BALL TWO’. Your pic MUST have the words ‘BALL TWO’ to qualify. (Of note… If you get the extra ball… you may continue to play until you get to ‘BALL TWO’. Once you get to ‘BALL TWO’ take that pic… that is your score. Mr Do! Released By: Coleco Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: 1 Post your scores right here in this thread, and we will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone else. The deadline for posting scores is Midnight (EST) the evening of Sept 11, 2022 Bonus: No Bonus ~ 3 Games in 2 Weeks Off The Wall Scores Game Mode: Peasant B/B 13802 - DrMooCowz (+50) 13193 - JGKspsx (+49) 12660 - SkippybCoyote (+48) 9930 - AtariSphinx (+47) 8500 - McCallister (+46) 8292 - JasonHRB (+45) 7910 - Deteacher (+44) 5120 - Absalon (+43) 5040 - AtariWarlord (+42) 4838 - JasonAtari (+41) 4790 - Kermit (+40) 4390 - Atarian7 (+39) 4350 - Keilbaca (+38) 4207 - AliceTwoPointOh (+37) 3869 - JeremiahJT (+36) 3750 - GBAG (+35) 3604 - MoisesTuseto (+34) 3562 - Evandro (+33) 3550 - ClassicGamer (+32) 3424 - Mchetzel (+31) 3409 - DomBradley (+30) 3345 - Tituzzz (+29) 3330 - TheActivisionary (+28) 3220 - Rickster (+27) 3192 - FakeCortex (+26) 3106 - Vocelli (+25) 3030 - Chavert (+24) 2702 - LaurenTyler (+23) 2356 - Krytol (+22) 2200 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+21) 2008 - RetroRob (+20) 1958 - CrazyClimber (+19) 1843 - ClassicGamer (+18) 1560 - RGC (+17) 1374 - RaymanC (+16) Midnight Magic Scores Game Mode: Game 1 A/ 1 Ball Challenge ~ Take your Pic once the Screen Reads ‘BALL TWO’. Your pic MUST have the words ‘BALL TWO’ to qualify. (Of note… If you get the extra ball… you may continue to play until you get to ‘BALL TWO’. Once you get to ‘BALL TWO’ take that pic… that is your score. Rollage at 950,000 919525 - Kermit (+50) 405355 - Tituzzz (+49) 304045 - SkippyBCoyote (+48) 255955 - Absalon (+47) 222115 - JGKspsx (+46) 208380 - AtariSphinx (+45) 186185 - Deteacher (+44) 166020 - AliceTwoPointOh (+43) 145150 - JasonHRB (+42) 145150 - JasonAtari (+42) 135730 - Keilbaca (+40) 123985 - McCallister (+39) 89315 - LaurenTyler (+38) 82085 - AtariWarlord (+37) 55385 - Rickster (+36) 53310 - Mchetzel (+35) 50420 - TheActivisionary (+34) 48650 - DrMooCowz (+33) 32980 - Vocelli (+32) 30750 - DomBradley (+31) 29365 - Chavert (+30) 26410 - JerehianJT (+29) 25195 - GBAG (+28) 19325 - ClassicGamer (+27) 13915 - MoisesTuseto (+26) 13245 - FakeCortex (+25) 13000 - Atarian7 (+24) 12525 - Evandro (+23) 11945 - Krytol (+22) 9375 - CrazyClimber (+21) 6885 - RaymanC (+20) 1315 - RGC (+19) Mr Do! Scores Game Mode: 1 B/B 85850 - RetroRob (+50) 74150 - Kermit (+49) 49250 - AtariSphinx (+48) 47350 - JasonHRB (+47) 46550 - SkippyBCoyote (+46) 40550 - CrazyClimber (+45) 38250 - Absalon (+44) 37550 - McCallister (+43) 36150 - AliceTwoPointOh (+42) 29100 - AtariWarlord (+41) 28350 - MoisesTuseto (+40) 27050 - Evandro (+39) 26900 - DomBradley (+38) 26000 - Chavert (+37) 25500 - Keilbaca (+36) 25150 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+35) 23350 - JasonAtari (+34) 22500 - Deteacher (+33) 22400 - Krytol (+32) 21950 - Vocelli (+31) 21250 - JeremiahJT (+30) 20850 - JGKspsx (+29) 19350 - RaymanC (+28) 17950 - TheActivisionary (+27) 17450 - DrMooCowz (+26) 16100 - FakeCortex (+25) 15950 - Mchetzel (+24) 15600 - ClassicGamer (+23) 12800 - LaurenTyler (+22) 12050 - Rickster (+21) 10500 - GBAG (+20) 7700 - RGC (+19) 4850 - RedMiller (+18) Overall Standings Remember the Top 24 will Qualify for the end of season tourny! 110 AliceTwoPointOh 104 AtariSphinx 102 Deteacher 96 Tituzzz 92 Kermit 91 McCallister 90 Dr Moocowz 89 Absalon 85 RaymanC 82 JasonHRB 82 Vocelli 77 JacobZu7Zu7 75 Atarian7 73 JasonAtari 72 Evandro 70 Lord Innit 65 AdamChevy 65 Chavert 63 p1Fq03 62 Keilbaca 60 RetroBreakout 59 DomBradley 58 JeremiahK 58 SkippyBCoyote 55 Rickster 54 FakeCortex 50 Atari_Warlord 50 Capitain Classic 50 GBAG 48 Mchetzel 45 JGKspsx 45 LaurenTyler 45 MoisesTuseto 45 TheActivisionary 40 ClassicGamer 40 Tripled 36 RGC 34 CrazyClimber 34 CXK 34 JeremiahJT 34 RedMiller 28 5X7 26 IntellivisionMaster 24 Krytol 24 Nebulus 13 Jblenkle Season 13 will have: ~ Gold Medal winner pick from Kermit ~ Silver Medal winner pick from JasonHRB ~ Bronze Medal and Paper Metal winner picks from AtariSphinx/SkippyBCoyote/McCallister ~ Challenge Week ~ Request Week ~ Halloween Games ~ Request Weeks ~ Featured Company Weeks ~ Paddle Weeks ~ Homebrew Holiday Break weeks… Featuring 4 Homebrew Games! ~ Beat the leader weeks The Season should end at the January, 2023 The TOP 24 will qualify for the End the Season Challenge. The End of Season Challenge is: Major Leagues Survivor 3 Strikes Tourney ~ The Top 12 Players will Qualify ~ It will last 4 Rounds (No more or no less) ~ 3 Games per round and 2 weeks per round ~ Receive a STRIKE by finishing in the bottom half of scores for each game. ~ The GOAL… Just survive by not getting 3 strikes. ~ Any Player NOT receiving 3 strikes by the end of the 4 Rounds, gets to pick a game for Season 14. ~ The Top 4 Ranked players from Regular Season will have a hand in picking the 3 games each round. (The Major Leagues will last 8 Weeks) Minor Leagues Survivor Tourney ~ The Players who are ranked 13-24 in Regular Season will Qualify. ~ It will last 4 Rounds (No more or no less) ~ ONE game per round and ONE week per round. ~ Finish in the bottom half in scoring for that game and you are automatically eliminated. ~ ONLY the last remaining Player will get to pick a Game for Season 14! ~ The TOP 2 ranked players will get to pick the game each week. (The Minor Leagues will last 4 Weeks) Edited September 12, 2022 by Vocelli 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 I just picked up Midnight Magic again, since the previous one I had was PAL. Hopefully I'll fare better this time. The other two, it's Stella for me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Off the Wall (Peasant) = 5,040 Midnight Magic 1A one ball = 82,085 Mr. Do! = 29,100 Love the crazy story in the Off the Wall manual, although the game play is lacking. It needed to be a paddle game. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Off The Wall: 1,494 (I agree, this needs to be a paddle game.) Midnight Magic (1/A One Ball Only): 5,495 (Might boot up my Sears Tele-Games Arcade to see if my latest cartridge is NTSC.) Mr. Do!: 10,700 (This was a fairly decent port given the limitations. What I don't get is why Coleco handled Mr. Do!, but Parker Bros. handled Mr. Do's Castle.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Midnight Magic (1/A One Ball Only): 25730 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 By the way.. The german translation of the manual is quite funny. "First, use the arrow to shoot the targets" 😅🤣 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) Wow...never played this before. It's really growin on me. Midnight Magic (1/A One Ball Only): 255955 (With extra ball unlocked and bonus times x3) Edited August 26, 2022 by Absalon 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Off The Wall: 3979 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) Midnight Magic: 58,220. It's like playing pinball on the moon! Just realized that my score, posted above does not say "ball 2" on it, so you can disregard that one and use this score: 58,165. It's pretty much the same thing. Edited August 27, 2022 by Deteacher 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) Midnight Magic: After about a hundred resets I got this score. Got the extra ball, game went all nutsy in an array of blue colors. Was pretty cool..... Off The Wall: Is a little crazy, not quite sure what's going on, but I was just trying to keep the ball in play for the most part. Mr. Do: No clue what's going on here. Tried to shoot the nasties and when I couldn't do that I was dropping pumpkins on them? 🤷♂️ Tonight was the first time I ever played all three.... 👍🍺 Midnight Magic (1/A One Ball Only): 48,990 POINTS!!! Off The Wall (1/B): 2,470 POINTS!!! Mr. Do (1/B): 12,050 POINTS!!! Edited August 27, 2022 by Rickster8 Added in more scores. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 A little bit better on Midnight Magic.... 👍 Midnight Magic (1/A One Ball Only): 55,385 POINTS!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Off The Wall: 2,702 Midnight Magic 1/A: 89,315 (I did REALLY well, managed to get a 3x bonus before losing my bonus ball.) Mr. Do!: 12,800 (Not much in terms of improvement. I gotta read up on strategies.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Midnight Magic: 186,185! Scored 2 extra balls and got the multiplier up to 3x! I think that's the best I'm going to be able to do...it's just too frustrating to get a good ball going. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 I just picked up a Mr. Do cartridge! Great timing! I don’t remember if I have Midnight Magic or Off the Wall where I will be tonight, but I do have a Concerto cartridge… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) Off the wall 1958 Probably just a participation trophy 🏆 not crazy about this game... *edit, put wrong score Edited August 28, 2022 by Crazy Climber 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Mr Do 40550 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Starting off this round with Midnight Magic, which is a game that definitely has a spot on my top 10 personal favorite Atari 2600 games list! Even having to press reset dozens of times over for the Lance Armstrong challenge I still love this game, and the potential to earn bonus balls to keep playing before reaching ball two is going to keep me coming back to it until either the round ends or my reset switch breaks; whichever happens first Midnight Magic (Game 1, A/A Difficulty, 1 Ball Challenge): 142,085 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 And a starting score for Off The Wall Off The Wall (Peasant, B/B Difficulty): 6,962 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Mr. Do: 22,500! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 To me Mr. Do! always felt like the developers who created it were sitting around one day and thought, "Ya know, Dig Dug is a really great game but it's just too much fun to play. Is there some way we could take Dig Dug and make it infuriatingly frustrating instead of fun?" And thus Mr. Do! was born. Though, I have to admit that after playing it for the past hour for the HSC it's kinda starting to grow on me. It's still really frustrating, but I'm starting to appreciate it's strategic elements. Who knows, by the end of the round I might actually like it Mr Do! (Game 1, B/B Difficulty): 33,950 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 First crack at these games: Midnight Magic (1 ball challenge) : 48650 - I remember getting this one at a Big Lots for $1 several years ago! Mr. Do : 17450 - I'd rather be playing Dig Dug. Off the Wall : 13802 - This one grew on me! The magnet ball power up seems overpowered! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tituzzz Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 my weeks of deprivation begin now. no drinks no food and no women. only VCS points count :)) Midnight Magic: 67575 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I played Mr Do on difficulty A and then realized the challenge was for B. I didn’t notice any difficulty change whatsoever and I don’t see anything in the manual about difficulty switches. Does anybody know what it affects? It seems the game select is what matters. I got to a better score on difficulty B than I had gotten on A anyway. 20850. It feels a lot more random than I remember Mr Do being in other versions, but it is fun. Why is the death tune so out of tune? It’s pretty creepy. I guess the whole game is kinda creepy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tituzzz Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 finally salvation after many many frustrated moments 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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