Season 13 ~ Week 6 ~ Silver Medal Winner Pick

[Vocelli]

Week 6

Silver Medal Pick

By JasonHRB

Beamrider  (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

 

Beamrider

Released By:  Activision

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 25 2022

 

Bonus:

Dodge ‘Em (Game 1B)~ Atari

Play this fabulous Atari Game....

Score 1080 (The Max Score Possible for +5 Bonus points!)

800+ Points for +4 Bonus Points

600+ Points for +3 Bonus Points

400+ Points for +2 Bonus Points

200+ Points for +1 Bonus Points

 

 

 

Beamrider Scores

Game Mode: 1

 

114320- JasonHRB (+50)

  63340 - Keilbaca (+49)

  62664 - Kermit (+48)

  57696 - Evandro (+47)

  51536 - LaurenTyler (+46)

  41520 - DrMooCowz (+45)

  41276 - AtariSphinx (+44)

  38122 - SkippyBCoyote (+43)

  33552 - Rickster (+42)

  33250 - AGB (+41)

  31802 - McCallister (+40)

  31600 - GBAG (+39)

  28292 - Absalon (+38)

  24900 - Atarian7 (+37)

  23368 - AliceTwoPointOh (+36)

  22716 - Tituzzz (+35)

  22060 - Vocelli (+34)

  22040 - FakeCortex (+33)

  20140 - MoisesTuseto (+32)

  19130 - DomBradley (+31)

  17350 - CrazyClimber (+30)

  16050 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+29)

  15894 - Mchetzel (+28)

  15620 - JasonAtari (+27)

  13204 - AtariWarlord (+26)

  11078 - TheActivisonary (+25)

  10016 - RGC (+24)

    9982 - JGKspsx (+23)

    4512 - Krytol (+22)

    3112 - ClassicGamer (+21)

  

Dodge ‘Em Bonus Scores

Game 1B

 

+5 BONUS for a Perfect Score

1080 - JasonHRB 

1080 - AGB

 

+4 Bonus

  842 - JasonAtari

  823 - Kermit

 

+1 Bonus

  344 - DrMooCowz

  338 - Tituzzz

  335 - Mchetzel

  258 - Evandro

  246 - AtariWarlord

  246 - Vocelli

  245 - FakeCortex

  242 - LaurenTyler

  225 - AtariSphinx

  222 - RGC

  218 - JGKspsx

  209 - Absalon

  209 - DomBradley

  206 - Rickster

  206 - SkippyBCoyote

  206 - RetroRob

  205 - Keilbaca

  202 - TheAtivisionary

  201 - AliceTwoPointOh

 

Overall Standings

 Remember The Top 24 will Qualify for The End of Season Tourney at the end of the Season

286	AtariSphinx
283	Kermit
273	AliceTwoPointOh
268	McCallister
260	Absalon
259	JasonHRB
247	SkippyBCoyote
246	Deteacher
231	Dr Moocowz
224	JasonAtari
220	Vocelli
218	Atari_Warlord
215	Keilbaca
211	Tituzzz
202	Evandro
195	JGKspsx
184	Chavert
180	Rickster
178	DomBradley
178	JacobZu7Zu7
178	MoisesTuseto
169	Mchetzel
165	TheActivisionary
164	LaurenTyler
159	Atarian7
158	FakeCortex
155	GBAG
149	RaymanC
147	CrazyClimber
129	JeremiahJT
126	Krytol
123	ClassicGamer
119	Lord Innit
115	RGC
114	RetroRob
65	AdamChevy
63	p1Fq03
61	RetroBreakout
58	JeremiahK
52	RedMiller
50	Capitain Classic
40	Tripled
34	CXK
28	FiveX7
26	IntellivisionMaster
24	Nebulus
13	Jblenkle

 

Season 13 will have:

~ 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.

Edited September 26, 2022 by Vocelli

[Vocelli]

Next up is Beamrider.

 

A great pick by Jason HRB.

 

JasonHRB finished with the Silver Medal in the Tourny last season.

He also finished in 2nd place in the Regular Season.

GREAT JOB!

 

Good Luck to all!

Edited September 15, 2022 by Vocelli

[Jasonhrb]

Thanks for letting me pick a game for this season's HSC. Beamrider is one of my favourite 2600 games, and I think deserves to be better known than it is. I actually played the C64 version of this first, as I had it on a compliation called Softaid (a charity compilation released to raise money for victims of the Ethiopean famine) when I was a kid. I really liked it then, and was surprised later to learn firstly that there was a 2600 version, and secondly how good it was. It's just a very good blaster with a few more nuances than some similar games. It starts pedestrian but soon ramps up to a fun and frantic pace!

 

Dodgem is a bit of a sentimental favourite of mine, as (along with Combat and Space Invaders) it forms part of a trio that made up my first ever video games. I got my Atari for Christmas 1981 (I think, although it might have been '82), and my parents had bought it used (not that I cared, I was just delighted to have one!). Like everyone then, I really wanted the Atari for Space Invaders, and got that for Christmas as well (I don't know if that came with the Atari or my parents bought it separately), and Combat was the pack in game. The original owners had obviously bought Dodgem at some point as well, so they were the three games I had when I first got the Atari. I really liked it, and played it a lot as something that worked for a quick game when I wanted to play but didn't have much time. I thought that dynamic made it a good choice as a bonus game.

 

Anyway, that's more than enough from me, here are some scores*:

 

*The Dodgem score is the max 1,080. You can tell the score has rolled over as there is no zero at the front as there would be if I just scored 80. Hopefully this is enough for the score to count

 

Edited September 15, 2022 by Jasonhrb

[Crazy Climber]

Beamrider first blood

8380

First time I've ever actually "tried" to play this game (longer than just testing a cartridge) and I have a new appreciation for it. Definitely more fun than I rhought. 

 

[Lauren Tyler]

Beamrider: 51,536 (My dad loved watching me play this one.  I miss you so much dad.)

Dodge 'Em: 242 (I can do better than that.)

[Rickster8]

Wow this version of Beamrider is ALOT harder than the Intellivision version.... 😵

 

 

BEAMRIDER - GAME 1 - BB DIFFICULTY - 20,950 POINTS!!!

DODGE 'EM - GAME 1 - BB DIFFICULTY - 206 POINTS!!!

 

 

Edited September 16, 2022 by Rickster8
Added in another score.

[Skippy B. Coyote]

Wonderful game pick with Beamrider, @Jasonhrb! Beamrider is one of those games that's just a ton of fun and exactly the sort of frantic fast paced twitchy shooter I love... unfortunately for me it's also a game I'm not too good at so this might be a "one and done" round for me 

 

I know it's definitely going to be a one and done round for the bonus game Dodge 'Em, because I had never managed to break 200 points in it before and after banging my head against the wall with it for half an hour to finally get to 200 points I can safely say that I never, ever want to play this godforsaken game again 

 

 

Beamrider (Game 1, B/B Difficulty): 38,122

 

 

 

Bonus

Dodge 'Em (Game 1, B/B Difficulty): 206

 

 

[+jgkspsx]

Ahh, another 2600 game I don’t have. This is at the top of my list but the going price is just too much for me. It’s Concerto time.

[Crazy Climber]

There is a pattern for Dodge em, I cant remember it though. I learned about it when playing it for this very same high score club back in 2006 I believe...

 

Anyways, if you figure it out its easy to max the score...but what was it??? No idea, Im barely cracking a few hundred now haha

 

 

[Absalon]

It"s my first time playing beamrider. First flight to sector 04: 4222

[Crazy Climber]

So just realized I've been shooting the extra lives lol. Reading the manual helps!! Hahaha

[Jasonhrb]

On 9/16/2022 at 2:44 PM, Crazy Climber said:

There is a pattern for Dodge em, I cant remember it though. I learned about it when playing it for this very same high score club back in 2006 I believe...

 

Anyways, if you figure it out its easy to max the score...but what was it??? No idea, Im barely cracking a few hundred now haha

 

 

I don't know about the single car mazes, but I have found a pattern for the two car mazes that seems to work. I've tried to set out the steps below.  :

 

1) Clear the dots in the first quarter maze of dots on the outer lane

2) Go to the next lane in and clear dots from three of the four quarters

3) Go to the next lane in and clear dots from all four quarters

4) Go to the innermost land and clear dots from all four quarters

5) Use the slow speed as needed to line up the enemy cars so they are both in the 2nd lane from the inside and will go to the inside lane at the next opportunity, then go out two lanes at the point where you go straight to the quarter of dots that are not cleared.

6) When that quarter of dots is cleared,go back to the outside lane and clear the remaining dots

 

With the exception of step five, the whole thing is done in high speed. For step 5, you have to use the two speeds to line up the enemy cars at the right point so that you can do the double lane transfer at the right point to go to the uncleared quarter of dots. This is the one part of the process that is a bit tricky.

 

I haven't found a pattern that works in the same way for single car mazes, and have to take each one of those individually.

[agb]

Dodge’em. Rolled 1080

[Jasonhrb]

On 9/16/2022 at 8:46 AM, Skippy B. Coyote said:

Wonderful game pick with Beamrider, @Jasonhrb! Beamrider is one of those games that's just a ton of fun and exactly the sort of frantic fast paced twitchy shooter I love... unfortunately for me it's also a game I'm not too good at so this might be a "one and done" round for me 

 

I know it's definitely going to be a one and done round for the bonus game Dodge 'Em, because I had never managed to break 200 points in it before and after banging my head against the wall with it for half an hour to finally get to 200 points I can safely say that I never, ever want to play this godforsaken game again 

 

 

Beamrider (Game 1, B/B Difficulty): 38,122

 

 

 

Bonus

Dodge 'Em (Game 1, B/B Difficulty): 206

 

 

Stick with Beamrider @Skippy B. Coyote . It's an absolute belter of a game imho, and one that becomes more instinctive as you play it. The key is remembering what you need to shoot, and what you just need to avoid. The "avoid" stuff is all green or brown which makes it easier. And for high scores, you need to try and rack up lives in the early rounds, and get good at hitting the motherships. If you have enough lives, the mothership can be worth much more than the rest of the level combined. The trick is to get as many of the green things homing in on you as you can close to where you wan to take your shot. When one is just about to get you, switch a lane and blast the mothership. If need be, unload more than one torpedo to clear any remaining green obstacles in yoru way.

 

If last season is anything to go by, we're pretty evenly matched skills wise, so I suspect you have a much bigger score in you for Beamrider than you have got so far

[agb]

23,558 Beamrider 

[gbag]

12,648 for beamrider

[Absalon]

Bonus Score : 209

[Absalon]

I don't feel the vibe of the game, but I get better ....Beamrider : 10472

[oyamafamily]

Hi Guys and Gals.

Just to let all participants know, I'm not participating in the current 2600 HSC season, and I will be absent in the rest of this season, which started with Vanguard.

Instead, I'm having more fun with games on other systems, like SEGA, NES/Famicom and Atari 400/800/XL/XE.

[Evandro_ECM]

wrong shipping sorry

Edited September 19, 2022 by Evandro_ECM
wrong shipping sorry

[+jgkspsx]

Beamrider first real try: 9982. So close to 10k.

 

[+jgkspsx]

Dodge ‘Em has always felt like the window for changing lanes is too narrow. It seems very rare to successfully make a last minute change like the computer constantly does.

 

218 to start.

 

[Tituzzz]

What a game!!! I love it. Here is my first score, but Not the last :) (i hope so) 

[AtariSphinx]

Beamrider (1 B/B): 25,410

 

First time playing this one.  At first could not see why so many people like this one.  Feels like a 3d Astroblast but you are stuck on rails.   After playing it for a bit it is really fun and challenging!  Will need some better strategy and practice if will get better.

[AtariSphinx]

Bonus: Dodge'm (1 B/B): 225

 

Getting on the board.