Absalon Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 New score for off the wall: 5120 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroRob Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 One of my favourite games on Atari 2600! 😃 Mr. Do Game 1 BB: 55,800 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Improved scores: Off the Wall: 2,356 Midnight Magic: 11,945 Mr. Do!: 22,400 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Midnight Magic: 919525 I ended up running the multiplier up to the 5x max and earned 3-4 extra balls during ball one and another extra ball or two on ball five. The score I'm reporting is my ball one score, but I played all five balls since I felt the game had world record potential on Twin Galaxies. The video shows the complete 5-ball game. I'm still don't know for sure what triggers two or more extra balls, but I think there is enough evidence in this game to debunk all the theories we've come up with so far. My current theory for earning 2+ extra balls is that the following three things need to happen: 1) The current ball has to drain (i.e. you cannot queue up more than one extra ball). 2) All five of the drop targets at the top of the screen must be cleared. This has to happen after you drain. 3) At some point since you earned the previous extra ball, you need to hit the drop target with the arrow next to it. This may be completed either before or after you drain. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Amazing score kermit!! And great video too. Looks like you are in control of the ball for most parts of the game. It seems, reaching the bonus times so swiftly, is the secret to a real high Score. And you even have a rumble effect activated (the moment you loose your first ball😀) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, kermit73 said: Midnight Magic: 919525 That is an absolutely BUGNUTS score! Watching the video it seems like you got the perfect confluence of skill and the game's semi-randomized bounces, plus the mysteriously dispensed extra balls! I don't even wanna think about how long it took you to achieve that score, but way to go Kermit! 👍👍 Edit: Since you rolled the score on Ball 5 later in the game, @Vocelli should probably set a rollage score for Midnight Magic. I would have never imagined someone could actually roll it, but Kermit never ceases to amaze Edited September 2, 2022 by Skippy B. Coyote 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 MIdnight Magic improvement: 42,475 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Skippy B. Coyote said: That is an absolutely BUGNUTS score! Watching the video it seems like you got the perfect confluence of skill and the game's semi-randomized bounces, plus the mysteriously dispensed extra balls! I don't even wanna think about how long it took you to achieve that score, but way to go Kermit! 👍👍 For this game, there was definitely a lot of luck involved. On most games, when I get a really good score, I can achieve a comparable score consistently in subsequent games. That is not the case for this game, as evidenced by scoring less than 200k total on the last four balls. My second best score on this game was just over 200k. The key to running up the score this high was all the extra balls and accumulating points while it's at 5x. 10 hours ago, Absalon said: And you even have a rumble effect activated (the moment you loose your first ball😀) LOL - That would be me plugging in my phone camera so it wouldn't die before the end of the game. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 My score has the 9 in common with Kermit’s… 9275 to start with 😜 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 On 8/31/2022 at 5:38 PM, Jasonhrb said: Well, the picky musician in me just gets really irritated by the incomplete scale caused by there only being 6 sets of cherrrys in each bunch. This drives me NUTS. Give me some resolution!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 On 9/1/2022 at 8:42 PM, kermit73 said: Midnight Magic: 919525 I ended up running the multiplier up to the 5x max and earned 3-4 extra balls during ball one and another extra ball or two on ball five. The score I'm reporting is my ball one score, but I played all five balls since I felt the game had world record potential on Twin Galaxies. The video shows the complete 5-ball game. I'm still don't know for sure what triggers two or more extra balls, but I think there is enough evidence in this game to debunk all the theories we've come up with so far. My current theory for earning 2+ extra balls is that the following three things need to happen: 1) The current ball has to drain (i.e. you cannot queue up more than one extra ball). 2) All five of the drop targets at the top of the screen must be cleared. This has to happen after you drain. 3) At some point since you earned the previous extra ball, you need to hit the drop target with the arrow next to it. This may be completed either before or after you drain. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavert Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Off the Wall: 3030 Midnight Magic: 29365 Mr. Do!: 26000 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Midnight Magic (1 A/B) : 89,590 Mr Do: 21,950 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Ahhh, Midnight Magic is difficulty A… this thing doesn’t let you toggle difficulty Oh well, disqualified score: 57785 I did hit the drop target with the arrow with the skill shot so I think once I can play it right I will be in decent shape. Mr. Do is borderline unplayable with this so I guess I will focus on Off the Wall until I can get back to real hardware. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 A mixed bag of games for me this round... Off the Wall - 1,506 This is a pretty good game, but what keeps it from being great is the joystick over paddle controls. I wonder if by the time red label games came out, they were over using alternative controllers. I haven’t looked at the library to back up this theory. The power ups are awesome tho and really make this one stand out. I wish the screen was a tad taller tho bc often times the ball comes back at you so fast at the start that I miss it, and a bit more space would help. Also, I feel like the game is calling me a peasant at all times 🤣 Midnight Magic - 13,245 I’ve always wanted to like video pinball more than I do. I love challenges like these, but I’m just not so good 🤷🏻♂️ It’s interesting that the cover shows these crazy two handed controls, when we just use a simple joystick: Mr. Do! - 15,250 I don’t think I’ve spent much time with any version of this one. I have played a lot of Dig Dug tho, so the comparisons come easily. Wasn’t digging it much at first, but it’s starting to grow on me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 4 hours ago, fakecortex said: I often don't study box art closely, but I think this has false advertising more egregious than the infamous chess piece. First off you can't tilt. Second, it's not practical to use the paddles as shown. What's interesting is that if you plug in a set of paddles, the buttons do control the flippers. This would be an awesome control scheme if only there were a way to launch the ball. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 I have to say, the more I replay Midnight Magic, the more I remember why I liked it. I am awfully tempted to try to hack together a custom controller out of a 7800 Pain Line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Off the Wall: 2673 Mr. Do: 55450 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Off the Wall: 4087! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroRob Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Off the Wall BB Peasant - 1,434 😅 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 All of these games are hard! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 OTW: 7,910! Finally became a student! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 16 hours ago, kermit73 said: I often don't study box art closely, but I think this has false advertising more egregious than the infamous chess piece. First off you can't tilt. Second, it's not practical to use the paddles as shown. What's interesting is that if you plug in a set of paddles, the buttons do control the flippers. This would be an awesome control scheme if only there were a way to launch the ball. I totally agree. If they could incorporate nudging/tilting with the OG Video Pinball, why not put it in, what should have been the far superior, Midnight Magic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Armscar Coder Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 16 hours ago, kermit73 said: What's interesting is that if you plug in a set of paddles, the buttons do control the flippers. This would be an awesome control scheme if only there were a way to launch the ball. @kermit73, it has been a while since I played it, but that is how Bumper Bash works. I think it is a combination of the paddle buttons to launch the ball. Killer score on Midnight Magic, by the way. @Vocelli, Bumper Bash for paddle weeks? Mostly kidding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_79 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 31 minutes ago, Armscar Coder said: that is how Bumper Bash works. I think it is a combination of the paddle buttons to launch the ball. There's a Midnight Magic hack that uses that same control scheme here: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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