+therealbountybob Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Ms. PACMAN If anyone missed round 1 join in here and post a score for DK Jr if you want to for some bonus points. Can't believe we've not played this since the start of Season 8?!!! Fandal xex XEX & ATR (v1) atarionline.pl ROM atarimania Settings: Take the default level (red/green cherry), extra man at 10K, the full instructions are on atarimania Bonus Challenges: again myself and McKong will just play these for fun so the rest of you can bag the bonus points highest score on the first screen in 1 life highest score on first man HSC8 trbb said: Big Tip - you can hold the diagonal and Ms.P. responds nicely The game needs a couple more tweaks: If you leave the attract mode on and start it stays on whatever background colour! I played on dark green which was ok apart from couldn't see the wandering fruit (just the top bits over-lapping the walls). The other thing that would be nice is to make it start when you press fire! Last time we played Marius was looking into versions of the game but not sure where we got to with that so post any comments or issues. GAME ON! ROUND ENDS WEDS 15th FEB 2023 8pm UK time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caco Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 First steps: 29,760 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 @therealbountybob I was thinking, maybe we could have a new rule for this season. How about the players finishing in the top two or three in a round don't qualify for the bonuses? That way we can offer plenty of bonuses to keep it interesting 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) Ms. Pac-Man: 53,140 Ms. Pac-Man (first screen - 1 life): 11,170 Wow - this version is HARD! I'm used to the 7800 port, and in this one, the ghosts become little cruise missiles very quickly! For the first level score, I think I ate 3 ghosts on a single power pellet twice and all 4 ghosts on a single power pellet twice. So I'm estimating that the max possible score on level 1 is about 14,370 (my score + (1600 for the fourth ghost x 2) ... unless there's some other way to score points that I'm not thinking of. (EDIT: Can't remember if I got both fruits, so it may be slightly higher.) Edited February 2 by graywest 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thank you Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, graywest said: Wow - this version is HARD! I'm used to the 7800 port, and in this one, the ghosts become little cruise missiles very quickly! I only remember it from the arcade, and this seems much harder than that as well. One tip for new players, use the tunnels. It slows down the ghosts but not Ms. Pac-Man. 33290 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Ms Pacman: 61,390 (banana level) Ms Pacman (1st screen, 1 life): 12,520 Ms Pacman (1 life): 19,710 Big fan of the small silver style box Atari computer games ever since seeing them all lined up at my friend's house whose dad worked for Atari. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Played a round. 55,200. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Bottom cellar dweller again... Not sure if anyone mentioned, but this game has no high score feature so write down or take a screenshot of the score at the final screen, as otherwise you might forget what your best score was. Ms. Pac-Man - 21290 pts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Did a bit better. 76,580. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I used to be extremely good at this game (if I may say so MODESTLY haha). But I have to exercise more. First try: 54980 screenshots will follow when my score goes up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 22 hours ago, carlsson said: Bottom cellar dweller again... Not sure if anyone mentioned, but this game has no high score feature so write down or take a screenshot of the score at the final screen, as otherwise you might forget what your best score was. Ms. Pac-Man - 21290 pts The only way is up Mr Carlsson 😀 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 On 2/2/2023 at 5:26 PM, McKong said: @therealbountybob I was thinking, maybe we could have a new rule for this season. How about the players finishing in the top two or three in a round don't qualify for the bonuses? That way we can offer plenty of bonuses to keep it interesting Yes as we've seen already I'm tinkering with things - it won't always be fair, will try and give others a chance - usually exclude former champs etc! Some games will have special challenges and I'm working through a bunch of menu disks looking for new to the HSC bonus games, I have a few goodies already - trying not to play them much just see if they are ok enough Going to be on emulation for most of this round 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I am surprised that I have such a hard time this time with Ms. Pac-Man. I remember a few years ago I had more than twice my current score. Is this due to getting older haha? I have to admit, life is currently quite challenging, and asking a lot of me. I notice this most in concentration and energy. So I blame it to that. But the round isn't over yet, so prepare for some good scores 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 57340 Not a game I've played much before 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 39390 Participation score unless I get some more time to play 😄 Things really start to heat up after act 2! I really like this version 😍 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzabass Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 36370 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 9 hours ago, McKong said: 57340 Not a game I've played much before I must say I have always been a huge fan of Ms. Pac-Man on Atari 8bit. Before Pac-Man the Arcade remake came, it always was my favorite Pac-Man creation. It is quite challenging, and that is good. Not too hard, but definitely not easy. The variation in mazes is really cool, also for the eye and the game behaves very well (well that is my opinion). The three different animation scenes make it a really nice package. I also love Pac-Man Jr. on atari 8bit... that is even harder. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 15420 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 2 minutes ago, Sikor said: 15420 Do you play with a real joystick on the emulator or with the keyboard? I haven't used an emulator for gaming in AGES. (Last time was with an emulator called XL-it or something like that). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMarc-er Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Darn ghosts seem smarter than the arcade version. 27,780 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 50 minutes ago, Marius said: Do you play with a real joystick on the emulator or with the keyboard? This time on emulator with keyboard. Yes, it is terrible I prefer real hardware, but i don't know, than I will be time for play it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Was lucky hunting ghosts. Screen 1: 11,040 First live: 12,520 (made a screenshow just in the very last second of the poor Mrs. Pacman) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMarc-er Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Update. 34,230. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Ms Pacman (1 life): 22,970 Some improvement on the bonus but had some bad luck finishing the rest of the game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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