+jgkspsx Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 9 hours ago, Atarian7 said: Is Crate Challenge like the Stack game or Klax, homebrews for the 2600? It’s inspired by the great Alex Herbert’s Man Goes Down which was in turn based on Fall Down for the TI-84: Which may have been based on something else? My favorites in the genre are Downfall for the Jaguar and Tower & Shaft for the GBA. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Today's (06/22/2023) totals: SFC / SNES 1) CB Chara Wars: Ushinawareta Gag - 10 minutes 2) Undercover Cops - 30 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 Today's (06/23/2023) totals: Arcade 1) Drift Out '94: The Hard Order - 15 minutes SFC / SNES 1) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie - 10 minutes 2) Sonic Blast Man - 15 minutes 3) The Peacekeepers - 20 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 25, 2023 Author Share Posted June 25, 2023 Atari 8-bit: Eliminator - 8 min. Meteor Storm - 7 min. Repton - 5 min. Rockball - 16 min. Sky Blazer - 7 min. This HSC round begun with 2 games and has now grown to 5, extended by an extra week in order for people to play them all. Rockball was very generous with an extra life every 5000 pts so I patched it in order to not give any extra lives at all. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 (edited) Here are my times for this past week (June 19th through 25th) on classic systems... Gameboy Color: Grimace's birthday - 7 min. MSX: Commando - 10 min. TI-99/4A: Burger Time - 10 min. This week, I played Grimace's birthday which was actually put out by McDonalds recently, but still is a Gameboy Color game playable on that system if you manage to put it on there (there is no physical release). It's a jump'n'run game with a few twists in which you have to collect purple milkshakes as Grimace. Then I replayed "Commando" and "Burger Time" but only for one game each. In Burger Time, I still managed to clear all 6 levels ("patterns") on the first go. While the first pattern is comparable in complexity to the arcade version, the subsequent ones become much simpler and not so big a challenge. Somehow I got that version which also displays a coffee cup instead of the endless ice cream cone sometimes, and fixes some sound issues, but the enemies actually seem to be less smart than in the arcade. "Commando" was the usual slow affair on the MSX, but I still didn't manage to finish the first level. Edited June 25, 2023 by Kurt_Woloch 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 Atari 2600 Kaboom! - 53 minutes Sheep It Up! - 21 minutes Solar Fox - 152 minutes Stay Frosty 2 - 47 minutes I scored 6,363,200 on Solar Fox. I played Racks 1-255 and 1-48. I didn't get interrupted this time, but I just ran out of steam or got cocky. When I lost it happened really fast. I lost 4 or 5 lives in a short amount of time. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Just one game again... SNES TMNT Turtles in Time - 300 min (A discord server I'm part of has a monthly challenge where they will donate $10 for every streamer that beats a retro game picked for that month. This month was Turtles in Time. I tried on the default difficulty setting, but failed. So then I fiddled with the settings and beat it on easy. But hey, a win is a win.) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 SNES - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - 5-1/2hrs, completed. Legend of the Mystical Ninja - 20min NES - 1942- 90min 1944- 50min via my hackbox Dragon- 10min (Nice Code release) Parodious - 30min 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Not much for me this week: Arcade: Galaga '88 - 15 minutes Atari Lynx: California Games - 95 minutes Super Nintendo: Return of Double Dragon [Retrobit US release] - 25 minutes The balance will be restored this coming week, I think... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 My lavish, extensive, lengthy time for the week: NES: Doraemon - 2 min. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_of_Sipan Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 I played 7800 games again Atari 7800: Donkey Kong Jr.-15 min Galaga- 5min Wizard’s Dungeon- 35 min Dragon’s Havoc- 60min Got to the last boss of Dragon’s Havoc this week but couldn’t beat it. Dragon’s Havoc is dang hard. Good thing it has unlimited continues. Overall really enjoyed the game and it is impressive that it is only a 48k cartridge. Level 7-2 has cheap difficulty though in the first part of the level since you pretty much cannot beat it coming in without having done it before because of the hidden breakable blocks in the walls. If you don’t know where they are and memorize the sequence you are screwed. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 13 hours ago, Atarian7 said: Atari 2600 Kaboom! - 53 minutes Sheep It Up! - 21 minutes Solar Fox - 152 minutes Stay Frosty 2 - 47 minutes I scored 6,363,200 on Solar Fox. I played Racks 1-255 and 1-48. I didn't get interrupted this time, but I just ran out of steam or got cocky. When I lost it happened really fast. I lost 4 or 5 lives in a short amount of time. Great score Atarian7. solar Fox is my only game this week. 149 minutes. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Week of 6/19/23 - 6/25/23 Atari 2600 Sheep It Up - 40 Stay Frosty 2 - 180 Commodore 64 Miner 2049'er - 50 Total time = 270 minutes I really enjoy SF2 so I spent most of my game time on the HSC, though I did play a little Miner 2049'er to celebrate my 49th birthday. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 21 minutes ago, Keir said: I really enjoy SF2 I like the game but I couldn't get past level, was it 8 or 9? I don't remember now. But I didn't spend much time on it. I think I will try playing this game on a regular basis. I did the same thing with Hunchy 2 and now I know every level. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neogeo1982 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Atari 2600 Centipede - 35min NES Ninja Gaiden - 25min Sega Dreamcast Dead or Alive 2 - 90min Soul Caliber - 30min 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayler Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 The fugoid curve of Pinball and Mechs continued all through last week. It is quite surreal to play as a mercenary where one of the scenarios takes place in Russia... SNES Battle Pinball - 58 min Front Mission: Gun Hazard (jpn, Aeon Genesis translation) - 356 min 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Today's (06/26/2023) totals: Game Boy 1) Castlevania Legends - 10 minutes 2) Kung Fu Master - 20 minutes 3) Mach Go Go Go - 15 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 SNES- Space Megaforce- 45min UN Squadron- 10min (kinda sux) Drakkhen- 15min (really sucks) Ultima- Runes of Virtue- 30min (sucks) Sonic The Hedgehog- 5min (no idea what this is a hack of, but it sucks) NES- King's Knight- 15min Hero Quest- 15min (really sucks) Genesis- Vapor Trail- 30min 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 27, 2023 Author Share Posted June 27, 2023 Here's the summary for Week 25, running from June 19 - 25. We logged 2748 minutes of eligible play, playing 51 games on a total of 14 systems. Top 10: 1. Front Mission: Gun Hazard (JPN, Aeon Genesis translation) (SNES) - 356 min. (#3) 2. Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (SNES) - 330 min. (#1) 3. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 301 min. (#4) 4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES) - 300 min. 5. Stay Frosty 2: Stay Frostier (Atari 2600) - 227 min. 6. California Games (Atari Lynx) - 95 min. 7. 1942 (NES/Famicom) - 90 min. 7. Dead or Alive 2 (Dreamcast) - 90 min. 9. Sheep It Up! (Atari 2600) - 61 min. 10. Dragon's Havoc (Atari 7800) - 60 min. (#8) Pre-NES top 10: 1. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 301 min. (PN#1) 2. Stay Frosty 2: Stay Frostier (Atari 2600) - 227 min. (PN#7) 3. Sheep It Up! (Atari 2600) - 61 min. (PN#8) 4. Dragon's Havoc (Atari 7800) - 60 min. (PN#2) 5. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 53 min. (PN#4) 6. Miner 2049er (Commodore 64) - 50 min. 7. Centipede (Atari 2600) - 35 min. 8. Wizard's Dungeon (Atari 7800) - 35 min. 9. Rockball (Atari 8-bit) - 16 min. 10. Donkey Kong Jr. (Atari 7800) - 15 min. (PN#10) Top 10 systems: 1. SNES (16 games) - 1279 min. (#1) 2. Atari 2600 (5 games) - 677 min. (#3) 3. NES/Famicom (8 games) - 237 min. (#2) 4. Dreamcast (2 games) - 120 min. 5. Atari 7800 (4 games) - 115 min. (#5) 6. Atari Lynx (1 game) - 95 min. (#8) 7. Commodore 64 (1 game) - 50 min. 8. Game Boy (3 games) - 45 min. 9. Atari 8-bit (5 games) - 43 min. (#10) 10. Genesis (1 game) - 30 min. (#8) 10. Arcade (2 games) - 30 min. (#7) Two SNES games starting on F fight for first place (sorry, I didn't manage to alliterate further) with FFMQ giving room for FMGH (yeah, we're in acronym land now). On the pre-NES side, SF on the 2600 is ahead of SF2SF on the 2600. The SNES receives a lot of attention this week and easily maintains first place on the systems list. No changes to the 1000, 5000, 10000 Minute Clubs. With one week to go before mid-season stats, we have 13 games with more than 1000 minutes played each this year, of which 3 also exceeded 5000 minutes. At least two of those should be obvious, but the exciting thing is how close they'll be to each other after next week. Another sneak peek is that 1070 games received any minutes at all this year, which equals 9.2% of all games ever entered. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Today's (06/28/2023) totals: Game Boy 1) Wave Race - 25 minutes Game Boy Color 1) Resident Evil Gaiden - 10 minutes SFC / SNES 1) Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures - 10 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Today's (06/29/2023) totals: Game Boy 1) Wave Race - 10 minutes Genesis / Mega Drive 1) Last Battle - 10 minutes 2) Cyber-Cop - 20 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Today's (06/30/2023) totals: Game Boy 1) Wave Race - 25 minutes NES / Famicom 1) Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu - 15 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I just got back from the beach. It will be a short week for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Atari 5200- for my HSC Missile Command- 2hrs Missile Command+- 20min 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Atari 2600: Qyx - 200 minutes (we can't get enough of this game) GORF Arcade - 50 minutes Lode Runner - 24 minutes Looking forward to getting more gaming in during the long weekend! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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