+jgkspsx Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 2023 HSC rules This round we play Robotron 2084 and Microvaders Beta. Round Over: Friday March 1 (full points), Sunday October 1st (rank points only) 2023 12:01am US Pacific Robotron 2084 Manual / instructions / discussion: Robotron Settings - Skill: 3 HSC Record: @SwedenLynxer (2,166,025) Description: Chain rescues to maximize points, but don't die! Scores: 1. @KidGameR186496 - 2466325 (new record) - 102 2. @agradeneu - 774175 - 100 3. @jgkspsx - 119825 - 98 4. @jeremiahjt - 118350 - 96 5. @MichaG - 113475 - 94 6. @JagChris - 96000 - 90 7. @Rick Dangerous - 89975 - 88 8. @Ninjabba - 74975 - 86 9. Your name here! 10. Your name here! Bonus Challenge: beat my initial score of 112625 for two extra ranking points! Ends 3/1 3/3. Microvaders Beta Manual / instructions / discussion: Microvaders beta Download link: Link to download Microvaders beta Settings: N/A HSC Record: First year - will check with @Songbird to see if the scores in the beta will be comparable to those of the final game. Description: In this heavily polished reworking of the Lexis secret game, try to stay more alive than the bugs are! Scores: 1. @Ninjabba - 25425 - 100 2. @jgkspsx - 23700 - 100 3. @agradeneu - 23200 - 98 4. @Songbird - 17825 - 96 5. @MichaG - 16325 - 92 6. @Rick Dangerous - 14100 - 92 7. Your name here! 8. Your name here! 9. Your name here! 10. Your name here! Bonus Challenge: provide substantial feedback about the beta to Carl in this thread. Comment here with your comment permalink for the extra point. Ends 3/1 3/3. Current season point standings: agradeneu 223 100 98 MichaG 211 94 92 Ninjabba 211 86 100 jgkspsx 198 98 100 Rick Dangerous 180 88 92 KidGameR186496 127 102 0 jeremiahjt 96 96 0 JagChris 90 90 0 Songbird 0 0 0 jblenkle 0 0 0 Any corrections please post. Please put your score in text in your post please to make my life a little easier. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 My calibration scores: Robotron 2084: 112625 Microvaders beta: 15875 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Hello, I am Atari fan since 1984 and as I just have just modified my Lynx II with McWill-LCD and GameDrive I now would like to take part in your competition. I didn't play most of the games mentioned here at all, so I am curious what the next rounds will bring. My scores so far: Robotron 27,300 Microvaders 16,325 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Robotron 47,900 Microvaders 12,800 These games are tough, I love it! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agradeneu Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) Robotron: 305,925 Edited February 16, 2023 by agradeneu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agradeneu Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Microvaders: 23,200 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 On 2/2/2023 at 10:18 AM, MichaG said: I now would like to take part in your competition. My scores so far: Robotron 27,300 Microvaders 16,325 I love how this is worded! Its like 'I now would like to take part in your competition. Prepare to be destroyed!' 😁 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 15 hours ago, agradeneu said: Microvaders: 23,200 Wow! Getting over 20,000 in the beta is quite impressive. 😀 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 @Songbird any chance of getting the beta added in Argon? It would be good exposure and would make it easier for folks to join the HSC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agradeneu Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Songbird said: Wow! Getting over 20,000 in the beta is quite impressive. 😀 I probably won't finish/complete the BETA, it is very very hard. The shooting mechanic feels partly jammed. It plays decent with the fast shots, but that effect is limited. Edited February 5, 2023 by agradeneu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 I think there is a limitation of the original code that it only allows two player shots at the same time. If I remember right the rapid fire is a bit of a trick that multiplies the same two shots. It would be a lot less frustrating if you had three shots at a time, I think. Remember, post feedback in this thread for a bonus point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agradeneu Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 26 minutes ago, jgkspsx said: I think there is a limitation of the original code that it only allows two player shots at the same time. If I remember right the rapid fire is a bit of a trick that multiplies the same two shots. It would be a lot less frustrating if you had three shots at a time, I think. Remember, post feedback in this thread for a bonus point! The game limits to 2 shots on screen, if you hit the invaders quickly, you can fire rapidly "new" shots, however if the two shots miss and travel off screen you can't fire during that time. Increasing speed of shots would help, as the shots would need less time to travel the whole screen, thus you could fire in much shorter intervalls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 39,225 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 47,075 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 72,675 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Microvaders improvement: 20450 @Songbird, is the Preview Edition compatible with the beta for scoring purposes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 No, the Preview Edition has a different powerup progression and additional enemy waves. Max scores for PE can top out around 45-50K, whereas the beta is more like 25K. My score for today: 17,825. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 11 hours ago, agradeneu said: I probably won't finish/complete the BETA, it is very very hard. For reference, the beta ends after the second big invader wave. So I suspect you're close. 10 hours ago, agradeneu said: Increasing speed of shots would help, as the shots would need less time to travel the whole screen, thus you could fire in much shorter intervals. I recognize this, and also it got slightly worse compared to the original ROM because I removed the odd "blue bounding box on a page" background that existed due to the Lexis game. So player shots now travel farther towards the upper edge of the screen than they did in the original ROM. Adding a third shot would be ideal, but ripples through a lot of the existing ROM code. I'll see what I can do about it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 Microvaders - 23700 for me, no deaths before the end screen. I think the asteroids are indestructible and I couldn’t score anything in the asteroid run. So maybe 23700 is the maximum? It is a ton of fun. Unless I hear that this is not the max score, I think I will switch over to the Preview Edition and see how well my skills transfer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 Or do you not get points for using the bomb? Hmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 It's hard to say what the max score is, but my estimate is 24-25K. The enemies are worth different points based on when you shoot them, and the powerups can affect the score as well. The asteroids screen is just a preview of what that part of the game will be like; there is no scoring or objective for the asteroids in the beta or PE cart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 New Robotron score: 41.275 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 (edited) Microvaders Beta: EDIT: 14,100 Robotron: 65,825 (a new personal best for me!) The difficulty ramps up quickly on this one! Once the start shooting at you as they swarm in from both sides it gets reeeeeeeaal tough Edited February 13, 2023 by Rick Dangerous 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 New Rotobtron Score: 55,700 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Robotron: 89,975 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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