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HSC20 Round 6: Millipede and Season Catch-Up for rounds 1-5


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51 minutes ago, rdrunner said:

Emulator question: Is there any requirement to play on NTSC or PAL video mode?  I noticed that the emulator plays the games significantly faster on NTSC mode (especially Millipede).  I live in the U.S. if that matters.

 

Sorry if this is covered elsewhere, but I'm a little new at this.  Thanks!

Good Question :thumbsup:

Emulator users can take their pick, some games play better / are more fun with the extra speed, others detect/adjust themselves in the programming - well mine do though they are not necessarily the same :!:

:)

 

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Millipede - 269963 pts

 

I would like to point out that previously (including last time around in the HSC), I must have played the NTSC version on PAL hardware and was frustrated with all the flickering making bonus levels impossible to survive, unshootable items and various bugs. Then I downloaded the PAL fixed version and boom, I doubled my initial score and improved my previous PB by 25%, despite playing past midnight and being both tired and a little drunk. Hopefully I'll have time to play even more when I'm at the top of my senses, now that I have a working version.

 

Thus for anyone else playing on PAL hardware: make sure you have the fixed version, it improves the gameplay experience by a lot.

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Round 7 POLL OPEN:  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350191-hsc20-round-7-poll/

 

Here are the latest tables

MILLIPEDE

  Player   Score   Points
1st McKong                 484,310   12
2nd Marius   387,623   11
3rd jk40001   384,968   10
4th AtariSphinx   285,281   9
5th carlsson   269,963   8
6th graywest   228,718   7
7th Dinky2008   215,860   6
8th RedThunder   204,726   5
9th MichaG   188,932   4
10th MagicMarc-er   159,582   3
11th Sikor   85,695   2

 

R1-5 Catch-Up (points at end of round)

MagicMarc-er

Dawn Raider - 495.  Too annoyed to try again.

Warhawk - 183,021.  Loved it but I may never be able to use my thumb again.

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316,468

I've never played Millipede before this week.  I always knew it was a harder version of Centipede, but that's about it.  Fun game, but I think it probably plays better on real hardware.

 

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Also, makeup scores:

Donkey Kong Jr: 95,000

Ms. Pac-Man: 91,400

Robotron: 395,625

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7 hours ago, rdrunner said:

378,147

Gave it another go tonight and made some nice strides.  Need to stop though before my blood pressure gets too high.  This is quite an intense game!

4 hours ago, MichaG said:

Last try... 279,724

Nice game, but gets a little bit hectic...

Think these two comments nicely describe the game!

 

I'm going for insanely good :-o

 

Improved to 349,886 (trak-ball)

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Reminder this round and the round 7 POLL https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350191-hsc20-round-7-poll/ close tonight 8pm UK time ;)

 

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Congratulations to McKong for the win with Marius heading off the pack for 2nd place :thumbsup:

I needed more game time but had a lot of fun playing and always nice to use the Trak-Ball :)

Thanks for playing everyone, let's start up Round 7 right away :thumbsup:

 

final tables

MILLIPEDE

  Player   Score   Points
1st McKong                 484,310   12
2nd Marius   387,623   11
3rd jk40001   384,968   10
4th rdrunner   378,147   9
5th therealbountybob   349,886   9
6th AtariSphinx   285,281   8+1
7th MichaG   279,724   7
8th carlsson   269,963   6
9th graywest   228,718   5
10th Dinky2008   215,860   4
11th RedThunder   204,726   3
12th MagicMarc-er   186,786   2
13th Sikor   85,695   2

 

R1-5 Catch-Up

points based on positions in previous rounds, if I've scored anyone else catch-up differently already this season please let me know.

 

MagicMarc-er 2pts

Dawn Raider - 495 1pt

Warhawk - 183,021 1pt

 

rdrunner 28pts

Donkey Kong Jr: 95,000 9pts

Ms. Pac-Man: 91,400 10pts

Robotron: 395,625 9pts

 

jk40001 16pts

Moon Patrol Redux: 101500 8pts
Ms. Pacman: 18850 3pts

Donkey Kong Jr. 12600 2pts
Robotron 12950 3pts

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On 4/5/2023 at 6:24 PM, rdrunner said:

Emulator question: Is there any requirement to play on NTSC or PAL video mode?  I noticed that the emulator plays the games significantly faster on NTSC mode (especially Millipede).  I live in the U.S. if that matters.

 

Sorry if this is covered elsewhere, but I'm a little new at this.  Thanks!

@rdrunnerDid you play on NTSC in the end - I've given you the NTSC bonus point ?!!

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3 hours ago, therealbountybob said:

@rdrunnerDid you play on NTSC in the end - I've given you the NTSC bonus point ?!!

Oh weird.  No I used PAL for Millipede.  When I asked before, I was asking to switch from NTSC to PAL, not the other way around.  I had been playing exclusively on NTSC up until now, but I switched to PAL for all my scores during this round.

 

Millipede is way faster and harder on my emulator on NTSC mode.  I was able to do okay with it (270k I think), but switching to PAL slowed things down, which helped me learn and improve at the game.

 

Sorry for the confusion.  I didn't know that there was a bonus for playing on NTSC.  I was going to ask about what that "+1" meant on my score, but yeah please remove that bonus point as I shouldn't have it.

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Had another multiple goes but could not improve. I managed to have 6 lives left at score 300000 multiple times, but then I lost them very quickly, about 1 life every minute, so I always ended up with a similar score with no progress. Still, it was a good round.

TRBB: I did some catch up homework (well partially, because I totally suck at Donkey Kong Jr. and Robotron too), still begging for some points for other two though🙂:

 

Moon Patrol Redux: 101500
Ms. Pacman: 18850


 

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18 hours ago, jk40001 said:

Had another multiple goes but could not improve. I managed to have 6 lives left at score 300000 multiple times, but then I lost them very quickly, about 1 life every minute, so I always ended up with a similar score with no progress. Still, it was a good round.

TRBB: I did some catch up homework (well partially, because I totally suck at Donkey Kong Jr. and Robotron too), still begging for some points for other two though🙂:

 

Moon Patrol Redux: 101500
Ms. Pacman: 18850

 

No problem, will leave the Catch-up part of this round opem until the weekend ;)

 

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In addition to previously posted Moon Patrol and Ms. Pacman scores, here are some for the other 2 rounds I missed. Donkey Kong Jr. and Robotron did not work for me, so I see these as some low points for participation at most🙂

Donkey Kong Jr. 12600
Robotron 12950
 

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