+jgkspsx Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 2023 HSC rules This round we’ll be playing Switchblade II for the first time since 2010 in honor of this year's release of the game on Jaguar! We'll also be playing one of the first prototype retail games to be completed and released on the Lynx, Lexis! I think you will have an advantage if you have the retail cart. Round Over: Friday September 1 (full points), Sunday October 1st (rank points only) 2023 12:01am US Pacific Switchblade II Manual / instructions / discussion: https://atariage.com/manual_html_page.php?SoftwareID=2420 / 2010 discussion with tips Settings - N/A HSC Record: @EricDeLee: 82,540 Description: Journey through caverns, finding secrets, collecting money, buying upgrades, and just trying to stay alive! Bonus Challenge: Two ranking points for every level you complete! That's two ranking points for getting to level 2, four for getting to level 3, all the way up to a whopping 12 for beating the game! Scores: 1. @KidGameR186496 - 84920 2. @MichaG - 26590 3. @jgkspsx - 25990 4. @jeremiahjt - 24440 5. @Ninjabba - 23490 Lexis The cartridge from @Songbird I believe fixes some bugs that the original prototype has that makes it hard to do well. Or maybe it's just that hard. In any case, you can use the prototype rom if you want, but I recommend the Songbird release. Manual / instructions / discussion: https://atariage.com/manual_thumbs.php?SoftwareID=2440 Download link: you're on your own, but you can buy the cart here: https://songbird-productions.com/product/lexis/ Settings: Pages/challenge 0/drop width 0/skill 1. Start from page 1. I'm not sure if warps throw off scoring but let's try it and see how it goes. HSC Record: First year! Description: Try to spell out words according to the rules of each page, which could be length, direction, or orientation. Remember you can spell words backwards! Bonus Challenge: Score 25000 points for two ranking points. Scores: 1. @Ninjabba - 36850 2. @jgkspsx - 31350 3. @MichaG - 21200 4. Your name here! 5. Your name here! * Achieved bonus points Current season point standings: Name Total Total Retail Total Indie agradeneu 325 100 200 JagChris 285 285 0 jblenkle 115 90 0 jeremiahjt 793 597 196 jgkspsx 1291 597 694 KidGameR186496 127 102 0 MichaG 1263 566 672 Ninjabba 695 278 392 OldAtAtari 102 0 102 Rick Dangerous 1050 474 576 Songbird 127 0 102 thegoodwillgamer 113 88 0 tripled79 211 92 94 Any corrections please post. Please put your score in text in your post please to make my life a little easier. Thanks for joining us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 My initial scores: Switchblade - 19190, level 2 Lexis - 28700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabba Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 My scores for this round: Lexis: 36850 Switchblade 2: 23490 I'll definitely give Switchblade 2 a few more tries, but I gotta admit I do not like Lexis at all.. at higher speed the edges of the screen are not reachable as hard as I try to move (very uncontrollable) and though the score looks alright I didn't focus for a second on creating words; just strategically placing vowels and consonants created words I do not have in my English vocabulary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 Lexis would benefit from a few more pixels across, but I really enjoy it. It’s important to keep the stack low. Although you scored way more than me so maybe I shouldn’t be giving advice! What I found in the prototype version was that after level 10 random letters started appearing everywhere every time I placed a letter, completely ruining my well laid plans. I don’t think that happens in my cartridge version. It is almost impossible to clear dead letters. It would benefit a lot from some kind of bomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabba Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 I think I got till page 9 when things moved so fast I couldn't get the letters to the edges of the screen anymore. Curious to see someone beating my score now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted August 6, 2023 Author Share Posted August 6, 2023 Improvement in Switchblade: 25990 I experimented with warps, they didn’t help my score. I also experimented with arcade mode: It gets quick fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 For Switchblade II, put me down for 24,440. I think I was still on level two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Switchblade 19,370 Lexis 21,200 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted August 29, 2023 Author Share Posted August 29, 2023 Improvement in Lexis! 31350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Switchblade 26,590 Level 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 1, 2023 Author Share Posted September 1, 2023 Extending full poiints until Tuesday, September 5 - @Rick Dangerous, @agradeneu, @JagChris, @jblenkle, @KidGameR186496, @Songbird, @thegoodwillgamer, and @tripled79, I hope you can join us for these fun games! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidGameR186496 Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 (edited) 58 minutes ago, jgkspsx said: Extending full poiints until Tuesday, September 5 - @Rick Dangerous, @agradeneu, @JagChris, @jblenkle, @KidGameR186496, @Songbird, @thegoodwillgamer, and @tripled79, I hope you can join us for these fun games! I've played Lynx Switchblade II from time to time. I'll give it a shot! Of course, i swear right here on this post that i will not use save states whatsoever on the Wii emulator. I want to do it fair and square, just like i did with Robotron 👍 Edited September 1, 2023 by KidGameR186496 Added further explanation 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 1, 2023 Author Share Posted September 1, 2023 The rest of the season is still open to play, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled79 Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 3 hours ago, jgkspsx said: Extending full poiints until Tuesday, September 5 - @Rick Dangerous, @agradeneu, @JagChris, @jblenkle, @KidGameR186496, @Songbird, @thegoodwillgamer, and @tripled79, I hope you can join us for these fun games! Which games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 1, 2023 Author Share Posted September 1, 2023 1 hour ago, tripled79 said: Which games? August’s were Switchblade II and Lexis, but the whole 2023 season remains open until the end of September! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 2, 2023 Author Share Posted September 2, 2023 Please vote on what we’re playing next here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabba Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Last position on Switchblade... unacceptable! I need to dive back into this game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidGameR186496 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Even though i missed the deadline due to work, i will still post my high score from yesterday. Taken from my Wii using Mednafen without using save states. It took me some tries but i finally finished the Lynx version of Switchblade II 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 On 9/18/2023 at 12:40 AM, KidGameR186496 said: Even though i missed the deadline due to work, i will still post my high score from yesterday. Taken from my Wii using Mednafen without using save states. It took me some tries but i finally finished the Lynx version of Switchblade II I updated the rankings! One of these days we'd love to see a video of your setup so we can compare speed etc., that's a heck of a score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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