MichaG Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 14 hours ago, carlsson said: It would also be nice if Vanguard supported diagonal movement. I don't know if that is on purpose that it doesn't, or a shortcoming. I've died so many times because of this. Maybe it's because you fire into the direction where you fly and they didn't want to implement diagonal shooting... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 Vanguard improved to 110K out on the boss at the end of the 4th round. The game is fairly straightforward' practice and over time you can figure out some good strategies for each section! Only 1000pts for the end of level boss is a real rip-off considering the thousands you get on the level itself 😦 Does anyone here want to review anything or write something for the next Pro(c) Atari Magazine, I think we have another 20 pages to fill then we can release a new magazine, it's been a year or so! Doesn't have to be professional I can help if needed? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 5 hours ago, therealbountybob said: Only 1000pts for the end of level boss is a real rip-off considering the thousands you get on the level itself 😦 It should be that you can get between 1000 and 8000 pts where the longer you wait to kill the boss the more points you get. That's how it works on the 2600 and 5200 versions but I think the timer may be running slow as I also had trouble getting big points there too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 3 hours ago, AtariSphinx said: It should be that you can get between 1000 and 8000 pts where the longer you wait to kill the boss the more points you get. That's how it works on the 2600 and 5200 versions but I think the timer may be running slow as I also had trouble getting big points there too. Always takes me a while more a case of survival so perhaps I need to go for the kill sooner! Been playing Gyruss but failing to return to the home planet! 249,150 small improvement - just need to survive more and take less risks getting the bonuses. Anyone else noticed anything different about the fixed version - think I was robbed out of several chance stages with missing waves and possibly towards saturn more rings of ships just materialising around the middle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 15 hours ago, AtariSphinx said: It should be that you can get between 1000 and 8000 pts where the longer you wait to kill the boss the more points you get. That's how it works on the 2600 and 5200 versions but I think the timer may be running slow as I also had trouble getting big points there too. I figured out the scoring for the final boss. There are red horizontal lines at the bottom of the screen. You start with 1 and every second or so they add another red line. Each line is worth 1000 points if you kill the boss at that moment. You can wait until there are 8 of them but good luck squeezing in between the boss and the bottom red lines! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 (edited) Vanguard: 78,380 Got much better at the stripe zone! Edited September 20, 2022 by AtariSphinx Update score 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 OK we'll stick to the original 3 week plan and wrap this up at the weekend I'll not be playing after tomorrow so you can all have a clean run at the two high scores, might try and complete Gyruss Earth in the morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 21 hours ago, therealbountybob said: Always takes me a while more a case of survival so perhaps I need to go for the kill sooner! Been playing Gyruss but failing to return to the home planet! 249,150 small improvement - just need to survive more and take less risks getting the bonuses. Anyone else noticed anything different about the fixed version - think I was robbed out of several chance stages with missing waves and possibly towards saturn more rings of ships just materialising around the middle May be we discussed this lasy time we played Gyruss but 1st game after loading can get "Perfects" on all the bonus stages (those that I did) but 2nd play not all the waves if ships appear in full - also on 2nd go had more ringers around Saturn plus had the dreaded bug - end of wave leftovers not shown in middle until you lose a life on the meteorite. Improved to 281,950 on that 2nd go with lots of regular wave bonues , but still no Earth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 (edited) Vanguard: 37,170 Gyruss: 67,350 So long, Harley Rockets! Much like Luthor in the Vanguard commercial I, too, destroyed the Gond! Edited September 22, 2022 by graywest 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Vanguard: 60,010 Gyruss: 43,650 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) OK we'll wrap up this round here with that trbb guy taking the wins on both games! Thanks for playing and we'll start up the next round right away! final tables re-done on post below! Edited November 1, 2022 by therealbountybob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Oh well, I forgot to play those games once more but am somewhat pleased with 4th place on Gyruss. It seems a couple of regulars, e.g. McKong, didn't participate at all this round. Last time we played Gyruss (May 2020), 57K would have been enough for 17th place and AtariSphinx' 103K had been 14th place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Razzie.P Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Gyruss - 124,650 It's 3:08AM now, according to Google, so I think I squeezed this in before the deadline. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Razzie.P said: Gyruss - 124,650 It's 3:08AM now, according to Google, so I think I squeezed this in before the deadline. Not too strict here, it's all about participation and enjoying the games Table updated above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Hu, I thought we play until today? I've got Gyruss 75,750 and Vanguard 68,200 points... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 9:43 AM, MichaG said: Hu, I thought we play until today? I've got Gyruss 75,750 and Vanguard 68,200 points... sometimes i'm not sure where I'll be or what access/time I have to update things so it may vary when the round starts / ends! Scores added above, thanks for playing everyone. Two good games 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 37 minutes ago, therealbountybob said: Scores added above, thanks for playing everyone. Two good games Thank you, you're doing a great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 re-done final tables as I'd still missed Razzie.P's Gyruss score - sorry!! GYRUSS Bonus HSC HSC Player Score Points Points Total therealbountybob 281,950 12 12 Razzie.P 124,650 1 11 12 AtariSphinx 103,400 10 10 MichaG 75,750 9 9 graywest 67,350 8 8 carlsson 57,050 7 7 8BIT 1337 53,400 6 6 Deteacher 51,500 5 5 chevymad 49,850 4 4 RedThunder 36,700 3 3 VANGUARD Bonus HSC HSC Player Score Points Points Total therealbountybob 110,000 12 12 AtariSphinx 78,380 1 11 12 Deteacher 69,840 10 10 MichaG 68,200 9 9 Razzie.P 52,350 8 8 8BIT 1337 40,150 7 7 graywest 37,170 6 6 carlsson 35,190 5 5 RedThunder 12,640 4 4 chevymad 3,090 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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