+therealbountybob Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 REPTON METEOR STORM, ROCKBALL, ELIMINATOR & SKY BLAZER NEW to the HSC, well here goes, I think I had my eye on Repton for a while but only picked Meteor Storm based on the screenshot so fingers crossed! We can extend the round time and add in a third "not played" similar looking/style game if we see one perhaps? [several games added to the round, some may end up as bonus games, scoring to be made up as usual] Game Settings All on default apart from Rockball - play 1st life only with a bonus for the high score if anyone wants to stick with it. Repton Hold fire in to move [Space] is Nuke [Select] keyboard/Joystick control [Esc]/[Option] Pause, fire to resume Manual: https://archive.org/details/repton-iron-on-sirius/Repton_Sirius/ seems to have no page 3 so not much info at all! I Meteor Storm Rockball 1st life only Eliminator Sky Blazer Downloads: https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2745 https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2324 https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=7332 https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1830 https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2909 Atarimania has info: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-repton_4343.html http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-meteor-storm_3335.html http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-rockball_31892.html http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-eliminator-_1826.html http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-sky-blazer_4703.html Round ends Weds 5th July 8pm UK time EVERYONE WELCOME TO PLAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumn_fire Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Repton: 4760 Anyone having issues getting the game to run, or wanting to read the instructions, should grab the .ATX from Atarimania. Controls definitely take some getting used to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 18, 2023 Author Share Posted June 18, 2023 20 hours ago, autumn_fire said: Repton: 4760 Anyone having issues getting the game to run, or wanting to read the instructions, should grab the .ATX from Atarimania. Controls definitely take some getting used to. I've added the links to the first post - fandals versions are usually good, if not let me know folks and I will let him know Another reason for playing Meteor Storm is it's by John Atack who gave us the superb Quasimodo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 Meteor Storm - 5900 pts Repton - 4670 pts I agree that the controls in Repton takes a bit to get used to, the fact that you need to shoot to move anywhere. It also opens up for multiple strategies: stay where you are and wait for enemies to approach, or hunt them in traditional Defender style. At first I thought the game appears simplistic but after a few rounds I noticed it has its challenges. Meteor Storm is more of a bonus game to me. Release your vessel from the mother ship, navigate through the meteor storm and land on the yellow bars of the city. Pick up a citizen, move back through the meteors to the mother ship. Sometimes you lose 1000 pts for something hitting the city. Cute, but to me clearly Repton is the main game out of these two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Repton, 4550: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 19, 2023 Author Share Posted June 19, 2023 13 hours ago, carlsson said: Meteor Storm - 5900 pts Repton - 4670 pts I agree that the controls in Repton takes a bit to get used to, the fact that you need to shoot to move anywhere. It also opens up for multiple strategies: stay where you are and wait for enemies to approach, or hunt them in traditional Defender style. At first I thought the game appears simplistic but after a few rounds I noticed it has its challenges. Meteor Storm is more of a bonus game to me. Release your vessel from the mother ship, navigate through the meteor storm and land on the yellow bars of the city. Pick up a citizen, move back through the meteors to the mother ship. Sometimes you lose 1000 pts for something hitting the city. Cute, but to me clearly Repton is the main game out of these two. I've added in Rockball which looks like an Asteroids clone, might be too easy to start with at least from my quick play. Music will drive you nuts so hope there is a key to mute it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) Meteor Storm 10600 12200 16550 Rockball 143700 Rack 14 Don't need to play this one again 🙂 Can't get Repton to load from the ATX or XEX from the links above Edited June 23, 2023 by McKong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 19, 2023 Author Share Posted June 19, 2023 3 hours ago, McKong said: Meteor Storm 10600 Rockball 143700 Rack 14 Don't need to play this one again 🙂 Can't get Repton to load from the ATX or XEX from the links above Try atarionline.pl http://www.atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=katalog&sub=R&tg=Repton#Repton Rockball was too easy / no difficulty setting ? How about Eliminator ?!! https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1830 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Has Sky Blazer been part of the HSC before? http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-sky-blazer_4703.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 4 hours ago, therealbountybob said: Try atarionline.pl http://www.atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=katalog&sub=R&tg=Repton#Repton Rockball was too easy / no difficulty setting ? How about Eliminator ?!! https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1830 On Rockball you seem to get an extra life every 5k. It's not a bad game just a bit boring 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumn_fire Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Repton: 8455 Still need to play Meteor Storm, just seems fairly easy from the little I've messed with it. And just saw the new game added so have to check it out too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 15 hours ago, carlsson said: Has Sky Blazer been part of the HSC before? http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-sky-blazer_4703.html No! We'll add that in too and I'll add another week on the round Maniac Miner will go into the next poll btw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Wow, this round is quickly becoming "Summer Fun in Space". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 21 minutes ago, carlsson said: Wow, this round is quickly becoming "Summer Fun in Space". OH Yeeeeaah we need a catchy title, watch this space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumn_fire Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Meteor Storm: 7450 Rockball: 73300 Eliminator: 1505 Sky Blazer: 1640 Rockball is a poor man's Asteroids clone, not too bad aside from trying to aim for the tiny asteroids. Eliminator is a unique game I enjoyed. Best as I gather you blow up the buildings on the bottom to reset the growing static pattern that is slowly limiting your movement. Sky Blazer is quite a challenge. Couldn't get past the second mission. Don't know how you're supposed to bomb the tank when it moves ahead faster than you can catch up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Anyone else thinking of Dig Dug when listening to the "end" music from Meteor Storm? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 On 6/19/2023 at 8:40 AM, therealbountybob said: Rockball was too easy / no difficulty setting Gives you a ton on lives to start and extra life every 5k. Well implemented just needs some additional tweaks. Looks like never released? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Repton - 5495 Probably rather play Defender, Stargate, or Dropzone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Meteor Storm: 5450 Rockball: 127,400 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 24, 2023 Author Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) ROCKBALL - How about we play just the first life (sorry to those who have already played), with a bonus for anyone who wants to set the high score. Will finally get some Atari time next week Edited June 28, 2023 by therealbountybob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 I think you mean Rockball regarding 1 life score? I spent some time yesterday trying to identify where the life counter is, in order to stop increasing it but I failed to find it yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 5 hours ago, carlsson said: I think you mean Rockball regarding 1 life score? I spent some time yesterday trying to identify where the life counter is, in order to stop increasing it but I failed to find it yet. Another way to fix it would be to make that fuel meter drain much much faster. That would make it challenging. If that is an easier find could try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 Sky Blazer: 1360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 Ha! I gave it one more try, realizing that while on your last life, zero more ships are displayed meaning that you don't start with 5 but with 6 lives. The "offending" memory position holding number of lives is $A4 (player 1) and $A5 (player 2). There is even code included that compares those values to #$FF in order for not the lives counter to overflow to 0. In this patch, the sound effect for an extra life still is played but the number of lives never increases. It was tested very briefly in Altirra, let me know if it works properly. Tagging @therealbountybob as well. Rockball-noextra.xex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 Eliminator - 1508 pts Rockball (no extra lives) - 32750 pts, rack 6 Sky Blazer - Mission 2 It seems my patch above for Rockball works well. Regarding Eliminator, I'm not sure exactly what to shoot and not to shoot. The blue pattern grows shorter and shorter and at the end, the static is removed and starts over as it is a new level. Sky Blazer seems to reset your score when you lose a life, so probably playing more for level reached than highest score on that one, though I agree that the tank on the second mission seems very hard to reach unless you can raise in altitude, cheat the tank and move ahead and then drop ahead of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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