Vocelli Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 (edited) Week 5 Gold Medal Pick By Kermit Battlezone (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 Battlezone Released By: Atari 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 18 2022 Bonus: Play Combat by Atari bonus game by Kermit Bonus rules: Post your highest single player score from any game on the cartridge. You may choose ANY of the 27 game variations, any difficulty switch setting, and any ONE joystick (i.e. you get to choose which tank/airplane to use, but you are not allowed to use a second joystick to maneuver the opponent). Choose the configuration which will maximize the number of times you can send your unmanned opponent spinning. Bonus points are awarded as follows: Top score = 5 points 1 point below top score = 4 points 2-3 points below top score = 3 points 4-5 points below top score = 2 points 6+ points below top score = 1 point Battlezone Scores Game Mode: 1 440000 - Kermit (+50) 308000 - Vocelli (+49) 193000 - LordInnit (+48) 130000 - AtariWarlord (+47) 122000 - SkippyBCoyote (+46) 107000 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+45) 99000 - McCallister (+44) 87000 - RetroRob (+43) 86000 - JasonHRB (+42) 82000 - AliceTwoPointOh (+41) 82000 - AtariSphinx (+41) 80000 - Keilbaca (+39) 76000 - Rickster (+38) 65000 - Tituzzz (+37) 64000 - Absalon (+36) 60000 - LaurenTyler (+35) 59000 - Evandro (+34) 58000 - JasonAtari (+33) 55000 - MoisesTuseto (+32) 51000 - DrMooCowz (+31) 49000 - TheActivisionary (+30) 49000 - Mchetzel (+30) 48000 - CrazyClimber (+28) 44000 - FakeCortex (+27) 44000 - Chavert (+27) 43000 - JGKspsx (+25) 43000 - Krytol (+25) 42000 - RGC5 (+23) 41000 - GBAG (+22) 40000 - Deteacher (+21) 40000 - Atarian7 (+21) 34000 - DomBradley (+19) Combat Bonus Scores See Special Instructions 51 - Mccallister (+5) 48 - Rickster (+3) 47 - Kermit (+2) 46 - Deteacher (+2) 45 - JGKspsx (+1) 45 - AtariSphinx (+1) 45 - Absalon (+1) 44 - SkippyBCoyote (+1) 43 - JasonHRB (+1) 43 - RetroRob (+1) 39 - LordInnit (+1) 38 - LaurenTyler(+1) 35 - DrMooCowz (+1) 34 - Vocelli (+1) 34 - Mchetzel (+1) 30 - AtariWarlord (+1) 29 - ClassicGamer (+1) 29 - JasonAtari (+1) 26 - DomBradley (+1) 24 - RetroRob (+1) 24 - Krytol (+1) 23 - TheActivisionary (+1) 22 - Chavert (+1) 21 - RGC (+1) 19 - Evandro (+1) 14 - FakeCortex (+1) 10 - Moises (+1) Overall Standings Remember... The Top 24 will qualify for the end of season tourny!!!! 244 AtariSphinx 232 AliceTwoPointOh 231 Kermit 223 Absalon 223 Deteacher 219 McCallister 216 JasonHRB 200 SkippyBCoyote 199 Dr Moocowz 190 JasonAtari 176 Keilbaca 174 Tituzzz 170 Atari_Warlord 170 Vocelli 169 JGKspsx 167 Evandro 158 DomBradley 156 Chavert 149 RaymanC 145 MoisesTuseto 139 Rickster 138 Atarian7 138 Mchetzel 134 TheActivisionary 133 GBAG 133 JacobZu7Zu7 130 FakeCortex 129 JeremiahJT 128 LaurenTyler 122 ClassicGamer 119 CrazyClimber 100 Krytol 91 RGC 70 Lord Innit 70 RetroRob 65 AdamChevy 63 p1Fq03 60 RetroBreakout 58 JeremiahK 52 RedMiller 50 Capitain Classic 40 Tripled 34 CXK 28 FiveX7 26 IntellivisionMaster 24 Nebulus 13 Jblenkle Season 13 will have: ~ 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 19, 2022 by Vocelli 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 Kermit not only won the Regular Season 12 but also finished first in the Tourny! His pick is Battlezone.... One of my favorite games... I Rolled the score as a kid... but with hand pain as an adult, I just hope to break 200k. ENJOY! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) Battlezone is one of those games I've always liked, but have never been very good at because I've never found a way to mitigate the "random bad luck" factor of having tanks spawn to your sides or behind you and shoot you before you even have the chance to turn and shoot them. A lot of the time the game just decides that you're going to die now and as far as I can tell there's literally nothing you can do to avoid it, so scoring well at Battlezone feels like a matter of just playing it over and over and over until you get a lucky run where the game decides that for once it's not going to sodomize you while pouring sugar in your gas tank this time. Other people have gotten some pretty bonkers high scores in Battlezone though, so maybe there's just a secret strategy to it that I don't know about? 🤔 Battlezone (Game 1, B/B Difficulty): 110,000 Edited September 8, 2022 by Skippy B. Coyote Score improvement 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 36,000 One of the things I dislike about Battlezone is that you can be shot from the side or behind and not be able to do anything about it. This is why I sometimes prefer Robot Tank. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Some strategies I use in this game: When the tanks are to my left or right, I'm usually just backing up, waiting for an enemy tank to fire, waiting for their shot to go off screen, then moving in to take a shot. Opponents can collectively only fire one shot at a time and there is a short delay between each shot. Backing up will usually avoid their fire and the delay gives you enough time to safely take them out. The worst place for an enemy tank to be is directly behind you. When this happens, I will "go with the grain" to steer the enemy my left or my right. The yellow supertanks move the same speed as you, so if they're relative position isn't changing, don't fight it and move the other direction. When the airplanes appear, I generally try to steer them off screen. I only take a shot at them if they move to the center of the screen after they've taken their shot. Doing anything else too often results in them crashing into me. When possible, I try to steer them into an opponent tank. With only a few exceptions early in the game (when it's still just the blue tanks), I do not take any shots at the saucers. They're difficult to hit and they divert your attention from the much more dangerous supertanks. The game is limited to putting only two opponents on the map at any given time. If one of them is a harmless saucer, you have only one deadly opponent to contend with. Here's the game I posted on Twin Galaxies about a year ago. When posted, the 439,000 was the top score. It was beaten a few months later when someone posted a score of 1.9M. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Battlezone score update! I've been trying really hard to beat my all time personal best high score of 126,000 but just haven't quite been able to get there yet. I am getting pretty darn close though! Battlezone (Game 1, B/B Difficulty): 122,000 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 60,000 Personally, I think they did a good job with this one. They knew they couldn't replicate the 3D vector style, so they went with an electronic periscope view instead. The 3D effects are nicely done. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Bonus time! Combat: 44 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 First offering...40,000! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Combat Bonus: 46! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 I think that same game is going to be used 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 26000 I don't have much experience with this one, I was a robot tank kid haha. Hopefully I'll get some time to play more this week!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 My position on Robot Tank vs Battlezone is that I am really glad that both exist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 (edited) Ok, I start with battlezone (Game 1, B/B Difficulty): 48000 Edited September 11, 2022 by Absalon New Score soon after 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonhrb Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Battlezone is fab. For me, I think it's the first real belter that we've had this season. In terms of playing it properly (IE, actually avoiding enemy shots!) I think I'm only just getting the hang of it, but it's a fantastic game. I'm tight on time this coming week, but really hope I can try and improve further on this. And I'm really enjoying the combat challege too. There's something almost theraputic about it, and in terms of the wider game, it's easy to see the appeal of playing this with a friend even now. Anyway, I'll stop blathering on now . . .here are some scores : 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 Combat bonus: 38 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Battlezone: 370,000 Combat: 47 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 43000 to start with in Battlezone. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Combat 45 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroRob Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 I like both games. Today I achieved 71,000 in Battlezone game 1 and 24 in Combat (playing game 27 for the first time). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tituzzz Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Uh, That is not my game 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 (edited) I like Battlezone, I’m just not so great at it. I can’t seem to dodge fire to save my life. I did read the manual tho- Crazy to think all this fighting happened back in 1999...what a crazy year BZ - 44,000 Haven't had enough time to find a preferred game for Combat, but wanted to throw a score up anyway. Combat (game 1) - 14 Edited September 15, 2022 by fakecortex formatting 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Probably just some participation points this week for me, unfortunately. Battlezone: 51000 Combat: 35 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) Game is hard, but fun.... 👍 BATTLEZONE - GAME 1 - DIFFICULTY BB - 76,000 POINTS!!! Edited September 15, 2022 by Rickster8 Updated with a better score 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 New score for battlezone (Game 1, B/B Difficulty): 64000 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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