Vocelli Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) Weeks 15/16 US GAMES! Name This Game (Game 5) M.A.D. (Game 1) Entombed (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 Name This Game Released By: US Games Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: Game 5 M.A.D. Released By: US Games Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: Game 1 Entombed Released By: US Games 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 Dec 4, 2022 Bonus: No Bonus ~ 3 Games in 2 Weeks Name This Game Scores (Game 5) 13920 - Absalon (+50) 13790 - McCallister (+49) 13580 - JasonHRB (+48) 13530 - AtariSphinx (+47) 12790 - DrMooCowz (+46) 12410 - Kermit (+45) 12070 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+44) 11760 - Vocelli (+43) 10920 - Krytol (+42) 10450 - Mchetzel (+41) 9240 - Rickster (+40) 9100 - JGKspsx (+39) 9030 - LaurenTyler (+38) 8970 - JasonAtari (+37) 8090 - Evandro (+36) 7860 - MoisesTuseto (+35) 7200 - Keir (+34) 6840 - Keilbaca (+33) 6650 - DomBradley (+32) 6030 - FakeCortex (+31) 5500 - AGB (+30) 4310 - Atarian7 (+29) 3530 - TheActivisionary (+28) 2620 - AstroRabby (+27) 2200 - AtariWarlord (+26) 2070 - ClassicGamer (+25) 580 - GBAG (+24) M.A.D Scores 15500 - Mccallister (+50) 13900 - Kermit (+49) 11900 - AtariSphinx (+48) 11800 - JasonHRB (+47) 10900 - Vocelli (+46) 10800 - Rickster (+45) 10700 - Absalon (+44) 10300 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+43) 9300 - Keir (+42) 9300 - DomBradley (+42) 9300 - Mchetzel (+42) 8800 - Krytol (+39) 8700 - AGB (+38) 7600 - JGKspsx (+37) 7100 - Evandro (+36) 7100 - JasonAtari (+36) 6400 - Keilbaca (+34) 6200 - MoisesTuseto (+33) 5900 - DrMooCowz (+32) 5700 - AstroRabby (+31) 5600 - FakeCortex (+30) 5500 - LaurenTyler (+29) 5300 - TheActivisionary (+28) 4400 - AtariWarlord (+27) 4400 - Classicgamer (+27) 4300 - Atarian7 (+25) 2600 - GBAG (+24) Entombed Scores (Rollage at 95) ROLLAGE - Nads (+50) ROLLAGE - Kermit (+50) ROLLAGE - Mccallister (+50) 71 - JasonAtari (+47) 61 - JasonHRB (+46) 54 - AtariSphinx (+45) 48 - Atarian7 (+44) 42 - MoisesTuseto (+43) 41 - DrMooCowz (+42) 38 - JGKspsx (+41) 37 - Keir (+40) 35 - GBAG (+39) 35 - Evandro (+39) 34 - Vocelli (+37) 34 - Mchetzel (+37) 32 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+35) 30 - Absalon (+34) 30 - FakeCortex (+34) 28 - DomBradley (+32) 27 - AGB (+31) 23 - Keilbaca (+30) 22 - Rickster (+29) 21 - LaurenTyler (+28) 19 - TheActivisionary (+27) 18 - Krytol (+26) 10 - AtariWarlord (+25) Overall Standings Remember the Top 24 will qualify for the end of season tourny! 885 JasonHRB 884 Kermit 884 McCallister 880 AtariSphinx 804 Absalon 798 SkippyBCoyote 776 JasonAtari 733 Dr Moocowz 719 Keilbaca 705 Evandro 700 Rickster 673 Vocelli 666 JGKspsx 653 Mchetzel 621 Atari_Warlord 616 TheActivisionary 614 LaurenTyler 597 MoisesTuseto 596 FakeCortex 586 GBAG 569 Atarian7 546 DomBradley 499 Krytol 498 AliceTwoPointOh 476 Keir 438 Chavert 402 Deteacher 398 ClassicGamer 292 RGC 277 AGB 247 Tituzzz 246 JacobZu7Zu7 235 CrazyClimber 232 RaymanC 129 JeremiahJT 119 Lord Innit 115 RetroRob 65 AdamChevy 63 p1Fq03 61 RetroBreakout 58 JeremiahK 52 RedMiller 50 Capitain Classic 40 Tripled 34 CXK 28 FiveX7 26 IntellivisionMaster 24 Nebulus 23 IzzzyWizzy 13 Jblenkle Season 13 will have: ~ 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 December 5, 2022 by Vocelli 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Oh boy, this feels like a punishment after enjoying a couple weeks of Activision goodness. Still, I am ready for the challenge! Also, it looks like someone named this game Tony! 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Once more 3 completely new Games for me. Oh my. Is it legal that I play the pal version of "name this game" called octopus? Or shall I play the ntsc version? Does somebody know about any differences? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbag Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 35 for gbag on entombed 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonhrb Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 I think this weeks games serve as a reminder of how good the programmers who made great games on the 2600 (several of which we've played this season) actually were. I don't think U.S games ever made it over to the UK in the 2600s commercial life, and the fact that they and many others didn't (we only really got Activision, Imagic, Parker Brothers and CBS* over here) is frankly probably why we never had anything like the crash that hit the U.S here in Britain. The lack of poor quality third parties meant that the quality of 2600 games over here was generally always as good as the system allowed. The 2600 instead faded out of the "front line" scene over a couple of years as 8 bit computers took over (alhough it had a surprisingly successful second life as a budget system over here later on). None of these are great imho, but Name this Game is for me by a distance the best of the bunch. It's playable enough, and the game has a decent level of challenge. In feel it amost reminds me of the early Mastertronic offerings on the C64 that started popping up a year or two later, the difference being that those retailed at £1.99 a time!. It's not a patch on what Imagic or Imagine were producing (as the last round showed!) , but it's a half decent functioning game. The other two on the other hand will both be strong contentders for worst game of the season (indeed, as it stands, they are definitely the top 2 in that category for me). They are both just sloppily done imho. Entombed is a type of game that I often really enjoy, but this is just so poortly done. In particular, the lack of ability to move diagonally really kills the flow of the game, and just makes it no fun at all. Likewise, M.A.D is some kind of poor quality cross between Missile command and Atlantis. But again, control issues kill the fun. The way you can only move in a few set positions makes it really frustrating. The basic graphics, sound and general presentation means that neither of these were ever going to be classics, but they could have both been decent with just a bit more care taken. However, the lack of that care leaves us with two rubbish games, and me with a greater appreciation of how poor quaility 3rd party games did so much to cause the crash on the other side of the pond!. *CBS also sold Coleco titles for the 2600 in the UK The T.L.D.R version of the above is : Two of these three games are rubbish (with Name this Game being uninspiring but O.K) ,games like this did probably did much to cause the crash (and the fact that they weren't sold in the U.K is why we didn't really have a crash over here), and I'm glad that U.S games never tried to sell these in the U.K! Anyway, that's enough of me moaning about this weeks games, here are some scores 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 The only one of these I own is Name This Game, which I quite like. We’ll see how I take to the rest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 16 hours ago, Jasonhrb said: In feel it amost reminds me of the early Mastertronic offerings on the C64 that started popping up a year or two later, the difference being that those retailed at £1.99 a time! Hey now, Mastertronic wasn't that bad! I loved Master Of Magic, and really enjoyed some of their simple, stupid games like Action Biker too. Otherwise I pretty much agree with everything you said. Name This Game shines compared to the other two, and is still only okay. I feel like I could really enjoy Entombed if it weren't so easy to get stuck on the walls! It's really frustrating to have 20+ make-breaks and still die because I just can't move. BTW, at first I totally thought those moving walls were just that (moving walls to be avoided) until I got trapped by one and realized I was supposed to collect them! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Here are my initial scores: Entombed - 28 M.A.D. - 4,700 Name This Game - 6,830 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evandro_ECM Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Entombed - 1B/B - 35 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evandro_ECM Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 M.A.D. - 1B/B - 7100 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Name This Game - Game Mode 5 - B/B - 9,240 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 On 11/18/2022 at 11:03 AM, Vocelli said: #13 666 JGKspsx Uhhhhhhhhhh. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Atari Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 1 hour ago, jgkspsx said: Uhhhhhhhhhh. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Atari Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Entombed (Game 1): 47 M.A.D. (Game 1): 6,500 Name This Game (Game 5): 8,970 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) Its been awhile but I couldn't pass up on posting a score for entombed. Entombed 1BB : 60 I owned this one back in the day, just before the great Atari crash. I got my copy and a couple of others ( tanks but no tanks was one ) for $1.00 each at a Sporting goods store here in Australia. We used to go there to get all the Cricket and Soccer equipment my brother and I used to play, and then one day there was this large DUMP BIN Display of Atari 2600 games. Needless to say it was an Awesome surprise! The only thing is that they all played in Black and White, knowing what I know now about PAL and NTSC it was pretty clear they bought a whole stack of NTSC games cheap to sell here in OZ to make some $$$. Ahh the memories 🤗 One last thing on Entombed, there is actually a VERY interesting back story to the programming, in particular how the MAZE gets generated... https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190919-the-maze-puzzle-hidden-within-an-early-video-game Edited November 22, 2022 by nads 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 I rarely go out of town... but when I do it is for Thanksgiving. There will not be any updates until SUNDAY or MONDAY. So, if you can.... hold off on posting until the weekend. Traveling to Greensburg PA to see my 83 year old parents. Visiting a little shop called the Warp Zone (retro games shop)... hopefully still open. Enjoy the week 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Happy Thanksgiving Vocelli! and everyone else too. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) I like Entombed but I keep getting stuck especially when I am at the top trying to get into a new maze. I keep losing when I have around 25 make breaks left. LOL Edited November 22, 2022 by Atarian7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Vocelli said: I rarely go out of town... but when I do it is for Thanksgiving. There will not be any updates until SUNDAY or MONDAY. So, if you can.... hold off on posting until the weekend. Traveling to Greensburg PA to see my 83 year old parents. Visiting a little shop called the Warp Zone (retro games shop)... hopefully still open. Enjoy the week My friend Ryan (from Greensburg, PA) says the store is still open, but just on weekends. They 'SHOULD' be open this Friday, but due to Thanksgiving the hours could differ..... 🍺👍 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Rabby Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 (edited) NTG/Octopus : Not a very good score, but am just happy to participate 🙂 M.A.D: I did OK I think :] Edited November 23, 2022 by Astro Rabby 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 MAD 6400 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 (edited) On 11/18/2022 at 6:09 PM, Keir said: Also, it looks like someone named this game Tony! Dammit. Set the bar pretty high there for LMAO, didn't ya. Hard to top, Bro. Hard to top. Edited November 23, 2022 by Rogerpoco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Has anybody caught that the music of M.A.D. is a quotation from "Carry On, Wayward Son"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 (Don't worry about these scores, @Vocelli, I will definitely post better ones next week.) Name This Game: Wow, Game 5 is hard. Entombed Are we going for pickups or distance? M.A.D. I agree this would be way more fun with a paddle. 6400 Live stream: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 (edited) I actually never knew the score rolled on this game ( never got close enough 😆 ) Entombed 1BB : ROLLAGE (100) Here are the pics one before Rollage when I was 99 Just after after surpassing 99 Edited November 25, 2022 by nads 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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