Season 14 ~ Weeks 4/5 ~ Starpath !

[Vocelli]

Weeks 4 and 5

Featured Company Weeks

Starpath

Rabbit Transit (Game 1 B/B)

 

 

The Official Frogger (Game 1 B/B)

 

 

Communist Mutants from Space

(Special Settings... See Below)

 

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

 

Rabbit Transit

Released By:  StarPath

Left Difficulty: B

Right Difficulty: B

Game Mode: 1

Rabbit Transit.bin

 

 

The Official Frogger

Released By:  StarPath

Left Difficulty: B

Right Difficulty: B

Game Mode: 1

The Official Frogger.bin

 

Communist Mutants from Space

Released By:  StarPath

Left Difficulty: B

Right Difficulty: B

Game Modes:

PL: 1

Dif:   5              You will Start on Level 5!

Sh:  YES           (Yes, we are Playing with Shields… Press Down to use it)

Tw: YES            (Yes, we are Playing with Time Warp…. Press UP to activate it)

Pf:   YES            (Yes, we are Playing with Penetrating Fire … You’re going to need it!)

Gf:   NO             (NO, we are NOT playing  Guided Shots… Too Annoying)

You MUST play this game with these settings. Use your Joystick to change setting.

Then, Use your Joystick to highlight START to start the game.

 Communist Mutants from Space.bin

 

 

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 June 4, 2023

 

Bonus:

No Bonus… 3 Games in 2 weeks

 

 

 

 

Rabbit Transit Scores Scores

 

117566 - ZilchSr (+50)

  95256 - McCallister(+49)

  80821 - Kermit (+48)

  74543 - Keir (+47)

  71590 - MoisesTuseto (+46)

  55665 - TheActivisionary (+45)

  52968 - JasonAtari (+44)

  49231 - Atarian7 (+43)

  44669 - AtariSphinx (+42)

  42667 - DrMooCowz (+41)

  35597 - JasonHRB (+40)

  31880 - SnowBound (+39)

  30175 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+38)

  29968 - Vocelli (+37)

  29720 - ClassicGamer (+36)

  27024 - Keilbaca (+35)

  24958 - Mchetzel (+34)

  24524 - LaurenTyler (+33)

  24162 - Evandro (+32)

  24016 - Absalon (+31)

  23069 - FakeCortex (+30)

  22515 - GType (+29)

  22383 - CapitanClassic (+28)

  21138 - RaymanC (+27)

  18597 - EricG (+26)

  16427 - Mikey (+25)

  16183 - Rickster (+24)

  14688 - AGB (+23)

  14432 - Krytol (+22)

    8250 - GBAG (+21)

 

 

The Official Frogger Scores

(Rollage at 98,000)

 

ROLLAGE - ZilchSr (+50)

97690 - Kermit (+49)

59340 - JasonAtari (+48)

59260 - RaymanC (+47)

46270 - McCallister (+46)

37440 - Keir (+45)

36430 - AtariSphinx (+44)

35540 - JasonHRB (+43)

35230 - DrMooCowz (+42)

31930 - GBAG (+41)

26670 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+40)

26140 - Keilbaca (+39)

17640 - TheActivisionary (+38)

16750 - Mikey (+37)

16160 - Vocelli (+36)

14220 - EricG (+35)

14180 - CapitanClassic (+34)

13370 - Evandro (+33)

13110 - GType (+32)

12220 - Atarian7 (+31)

12110 - Absalon (+30)

11790 - Mchetzel (+29)

11150 - ClassicGamer (+28)

  8910 - FakeCortex (+27)

  9540 - SnowBound (+26)

  9380 - LaurenTyler (+25)

  8820 - MoisesTuseto (+24)

  7070 - Rickster (+23)

  6860 - Krytol (+22)

  6800 - AGB (+21)

  

 

Communist Mutants from Space Scores

PL: 1

Dif: 5                           Start on Level 5!

Sh:  YES                       (Playing with Shields… Press Down to use it)

Tw: YES                         (Playing with Time Warp…. Press UP to activate it)

Pf:   YES                        (Playing with penetrating shots… You’re going to need it!)

Gf:   NO                         (NO Guided Shots… Too Annoying)

 

348590 - SnowBound (+50)

151090 - Kermit (+49)

129170 - ZilchSr (+48)

  95610 - Evandro (+47)

  71250 - McCallister (+46)

  70260 - CapitanClassic (+45)

  61420 - AtariSphinx (+44)

  57870 - Mchetzel (+43)

  57850 - JasonHRB (+42)

  49830 - TheActivisionary (+41)

  45970 - Keir (+40)

  44780 - DrMooCowz (+39)

  39790 - JasonAtari (+38)

  38510 - Absalon (+37)

  37470 - Rickster (+36)

  32740 - Mikey (+35)

  31590 - Keilbaca (+34)

  25650 - GType (+33)

  25390 - LaurenTyler (+32)

  23000 - Vocelli (+31)

  21120 - MoisesTuseto (+30)

  20520 - Atarian7 (+29)

  14100 - Raymanc (+28)

  13630 - Krytol (+27)

  12180 - AGB (+26)

  11930 - EricG (+25)

  11620 - FakeCortex (+24)

    4770 - ClassicGamer (+23)

    3960 - AGB (+22)

    3560 - GBAG (+21)

    1960 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+20)

  

Overall Standings

Remember The Top 26 will Qualify for the Tournament at the end of the season.

 

219	ZilchSr
211	McCallister
195	AtariSphinx
191	Kermit
186	JacobZu7Zu7
180	Vocelli
178	Capitain Classic
175	Danger
167	Dr Moocowz
167	JasonAtari
161	Keilbaca
160	JasonHRB
154	Absalon
153	Mikey
146	GBAG
141	EricG
138	Keir
134	JeremiahJT
130	ClassicGamer
129	LaurenTyler
126	GType
116	TheActivisionary
113	Evandro
113	FakeCortex
110	MoisesTuseto
107	Atarian7
105	RGC
98	AGB
96	Rickster
93	Mchetzel
86	Krytol
67	AbleMVada
60	HankRearden
53	JimBlargh
51	RaymanC
47	SkippyBCoyote
32	p1Fq03
26	JGKspsx
18	Jblenkle

 

 

Season 14 will have:

~ Paper Medal Pick by FakeCortex

~ Silver Medal Pick by Kermit

~ Gold Medal Pick by McCallister

~ Summer Special Weeks

~ Challenge Week

~ Special Weeks

~ Request

~ HomeBrew Weeks

~ Quickies

~ Company Weeks Part 2

~ Beat the Leaders

~ Beat the Leaders

Tournaments Start at the End of September!

 

The TOP 26 will qualify for the End the Season Challenge.

The End of Season Challenge is:

 

Major Leagues Survivor 3 Strikes Tourney

~ The Top 13 Players will Qualify

~ It will last 3 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 3 Rounds, gets to pick a game for Season 15.

~ The Top 4 Ranked players from Regular Season will have a hand in picking the 3 games each round.

(The Major Leagues will last 6 Weeks)

 

Minor Leagues Survivor Tourney

~ The Players who are ranked 14-26 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 15!

~ The TOP 2 ranked players will get to pick the game each week.

(The Minor Leagues will last 4 Weeks)

Edited June 5, 2023 by Vocelli

[Vocelli]

Special Weeks (2 Week Event) are upon us!

Please Play on the required setting and...

ENJOY!

[Atarian7]

Good company pick. 'It threw me for a loop.'

[Lauren Tyler]

Rabbit Transit: 24,524 (At least he had a 'hoppy' family!)

 

The Official Frogger: 9,380 (Oh, Frogger went a-crossin' the road and the river! Frogger went a-crossin' the road and the r-r-river! Frogger went a-crossin' the busy road, cause you know he's no lazy toad!)

Communist Mutants From Space: 4,480 (They should've come from Mars, since it's the Red Planet!)

 

[Natsume]

Anyone please  tell me what I need to play the stargate Frogger on a uk 2600 system

 

i have the pb game and I’m not sure if this needs something extra to play.

 

thank you

[fakecortex]

19 hours ago, Lauren Tyler said:

Communist Mutants From Space: 4,480 (They should've come from Mars, since it's the Red Planet!)

Haha good point!

[Keir]

On 5/19/2023 at 6:23 AM, Natsume said:

 

Anyone please  tell me what I need to play the stargate Frogger on a uk 2600 system

 

You need the Starpath version of the game which comes on a cassette, a cassette player to play it, and a Supercharger to connect the cassette player to your Atari via the cartridge port.

 

[agb]

5,110

[Natsume]

5 hours ago, Keir said:

You need the Starpath version of the game which comes on a cassette, a cassette player to play it, and a Supercharger to connect the cassette player to your Atari via the cartridge port.

 

Thank you so much

[DrMooCowz]

Rabbit Transit: 42667

Official Frogger: 35230

Communist Mutants from Space: 44780

 

I liked all 3 of these. The rabbit animation is nice!

[Jason_Atari]

This week reminds me that i still have a sealed copy of Stella gets a new brain. Never opened it because soon after i bought it i bought a harmony cart.

 

 

[+jeremiahjt]

9 minutes ago, Jason_Atari said:

This week reminds me that i still have a sealed copy of Stella gets a new brain. Never opened it because soon after i bought it i bought a harmony cart.

 

 

Well then, since I have neither Stella Gets a New Brain nor a Harmony cart, you can just send that my way. I also do not have any of these three games.

[agb]

14,688 Rabbit

[G-type]

[Jason_Atari]

The Official Frogger (1 B/B): 56,670

 

 

[Keir]

I'll post pics later, right now I'm just getting on the board:

 

Communist Mutants - 3,410

Official Frogger - 15,620

 

[Krytol]

Rabbit Transit: 14,432

[gbag]

My first go at frogger and rabbit

 

31,930 for frogger

 

8,250 for rabbit

[classicgamer_27330]

I forgot to screenshot frogger, but it was at least 9000

[agb]

Communist mutants. 

[EricG76]

Finally on to carts i don't have!

Rabbit Transit - 16272

Never played it, hadn't even heard about it. Like a Froger & Q*bert mashup...Q*ger.  I want to see a screenshot of that whole field filled with baby rabbits!

Edited May 24, 2023 by EricG76
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[AtariSphinx]

Rabbit Transit (1 B/B): 44,669

 

They should have called this one Frogbert

[Jason_Atari]

Rabbit Transit (1 B/B): 47,293

 

 

[Moisés Tuseto]

Rabbit transit 49772

[Jasonhrb]

Interesting choices this round. I don't ever recall seeing the supercharger here in  the UK, and I'm not sure it ever arrived here. So it's interesting to play these properly now.

 

Rabbit Transit is the weakest of the three imho. It looks good, and has some nice touches (eg the cutscenes), but it feels like it could have done with less focus on the presentation and more on the game.

 

I also confess to being a bit disappointed with The Official Frogger. Parker Brothers Frogger was my favourite Atari game when I was a kid, so I was really looking forward to an improvement on that. But despite looking fantastic, the gameplay felt a bit sluggish, and the monophonic tunes soon grated. It's still very good game, just not as good as I'd have hoped.

 

I'm probably in a minority of one here, but I think I actually still prefer the Parker Brothers Version. The gameplay feels quicker and snappier to me, and I prefer the balance of a smaller amount of better music. That could just be nostaligia and me defending an old favourite though.

 

My favourite of this bunch is definitely the briliantly bonkers Communist Mutants from Space. Fast frantic and fun, and exactly the sort of thing that made the 2600 such a hit  . . . .even if it is just  a (very good) Galaxian variant with a silly back story. This is the sort of game that could have only ever come out in  the early 80s, and probably only in the U.S !.  

 

Anyway, that's enough from me, here are some scores.

 

 

Edited May 24, 2023 by Jasonhrb