Vocelli Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 (edited) Week 17 Atari Quickies Air-Sea Battle Game 15 Sky Diver Game 4 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 Air-Sea Battle Released By: Atari Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: 15 USE RIGHT CONTROLLER PORT! (One Player Games on this Cart uses opposite Port) ~ Score as many points as you can vs the very crafty AI ~ You only have a little over 2 minutes! Rankings will be based on HIGHEST POINTS… and then BIGGEST WIN vs the crafty AI. Sky Diver Released By: Atari Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: 4 USE EITHER Left or Right Port ~ Highest Total after 9 Jumps MAX Score is 99. 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 August 27 , 2023 Bonus: Score 99 Points on Air-Sea Battle for +1 Bonus Point Score 99 Points on Sky Diver for +2 Bonus Points Score 99 on BOTH Games for +3 EXTRA Bonus Points +6 BONUS POINTS POSSIBLE! Air-Sea Battle (Game 15) Scores USE RIGHT CONTROLLER PORT! ~ Score as many points as you can vs the very crafty AI ~ You only have a little over 2 minutes! Rankings will be based on HIGHEST POINTS… and then BIGGEST WIN vs the crafty AI. 99 - 4 - Kermit (+50) (+1) 99 - 5 - Vocelli (+49) (+1) 99 - 5 - ZilchSr (+49) (+1) 99 - 6 - AtariSphinx (+47) (+1) 99 - 7 - JasonHRB (+46) (+1) 99 - 8 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+45) (+1) 99 - 8 - Keir (+45) (+1) 99 - 9 - Rickster (+43) (+1) 99 - 10 - JasonAtari (+42) (+1) 99 - 14 - Evandro (+41) (+1) 99 - 14 - Mikey (+41) (+1) 99 - 15 - McCallister (+39) (+1) 99 - 17 - FakeCortex (+38) (+1) 99 - 19 - Keilbaca (+37) (+1) 97 - 24 - DrMooCowz (+36) 94 - 15 - MoisesTuseto (+35) 86 - 9 - Mchetzel (+34) 85 - 20 - Krytol (+33) 82 - 24 - CapitanClassic (+32) 79 - 08 - LaurenTyler (+31) 72 - 22 - AGB (+30) 71 - 11 - Absalon (+29) 71 - 19 - TheActivisionary (+28) 53 - 17 - Atarian7 (+27) 39 - 29 - GBAG (+26) Sky Diver (Game 4) Scores USE EITHER Left or Right Port ~ Highest Total after 10 Jumps MAX Score is 99. 99 - ZilchSr (+50) (+2) (+3) 90 - McCallister (+49) 89 - Atarian7 (+48) 86 - Rickster (+47) 86 - Atarisphinx (+47) 85 - CapitanClassic (+45) 83 - JasonAtari (+44) 83 - Mikey (+44) 80 - DrMooCowz (+42) 80 - FakeCortex (+42) 74 - Keir (+40) 74 - Vocelli (+40) 72 - Kermit (+38) 71 - JasonHRB (+37) 66 - Evandro (+36) 61 - Mchetzel (+35) 60 - Keilbaca (+34) 59 - GBAG (+33) 53 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+32) 51 - Absalon (+31) 51 - AGB (+31) 50 - Krytol (+29) 50 - Sapo (+29) 45 - TheActivisionary (+27) 36 - MoisesTuseto (+26) 34 - LaurenTyler (+25) Overall Standings Remember The Top 26 will qualify for the Tournament at the end of the season! 1062 ZilchSr 1020 McCallister 978 Kermit 891 JacobZu7Zu7 888 AtariSphinx 872 JasonAtari 845 Dr Moocowz 830 Keir 821 Absalon 819 JasonHRB 801 Vocelli 795 Evandro 788 Capitain Classic 770 Keilbaca 761 FakeCortex 751 Mikey 719 GBAG 699 Atarian7 686 MoisesTuseto 661 TheActivisionary 627 SnowBound 623 Rickster 612 Mchetzel 604 LaurenTyler 561 ClassicGamer 518 Krytol 422 JeremiahJT 399 AGB 375 GType 282 EricG 255 RaymanC 188 Nads 175 Danger 133 JimBlargh 105 RGC 81 Sapo 67 AbleMVada 60 HankRearden 47 SkippyBCoyote 45 PatBB 40 BentPin 32 p1Fq03 26 JGKspsx 18 Jblenkle Season 14 will have: ~ 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 August 28, 2023 by Vocelli 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 1 Quick Week of Atari Quickies! Enjoy! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonhrb Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 A couple of really early titles this week. Of the two, I definitely prefer Air Sea Battle. While the computer provides no real challenge as an opponent, and it only took me a few goes to get to 99, I can see how this would be fun as a two player game even now. The game fits together remarkably well within it's obvious limitations, and that gives it enough for two well matched players to have some fun with in short bursts. Sky diver on the other hand didn't do it for me. It's interesting to see as a piece of history, but I didn't actually enjoy playing it very much (hence my rubbish score ) The interesting thing for me with these, is that there's nothing in these games to suggest that this was a system that would bring us Space Invaders only a year after Sky Diver, let alone some of the classic games that we wll love in the years that followed. These two games made the 2600 look very much the system that was designed to play Pong and Tank, and makes me appreciate just what a remarkable feat of coding the games that came later were. Anyway, that's enough from me, here are some scores 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Air-Sea Battle: 79-8 (Not bad for a first attempt.)Sky Diver: 34 (I remember when I saw this in Atari catalogs when I was younger, I wanted to try it. When I finally tried it, I found it wasn't as good as I hoped it would be, but it was still fun.) By the way, @Vocelli, Sky Diver was made by Atari, not Parker Bros. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Sky Diver - Game 4 - B/B 40 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Sky Diver - Game 4 - B/B LOL, I played a few more games and got this score. HAHAHAHHAAHAHA!!! 69 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Sky Diver This is the game you wait until the last second to open your parachute and end up going splat! some of the time. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 I’ve really been enjoying the homebrews and I’m excited to play on actual hardware now! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 6 minutes ago, Keir said: I’ve really been enjoying the homebrews and I’m excited to play on actual hardware now! I've been playing in emulation (Stella 6.0) all season, but Air-Sea Battle doesn't work right in emulation so I will have to fire up the 2600 as well.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Sky Diver - Game 4 - B/B - Managed to squeeze out a few more points.... 😏 73 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Couple of tough quickies. Air Sea Battle 15b - 54-42 Sky Diver 4b - 29 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 (edited) Played some 'Quickies' using my 2600. 👍 Air-Sea Battle - Game 15 - B/B - (99-28) Sky Diver - Game 4 - B/B - (76) Edited August 19, 2023 by Rickster8 Formatting 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchSr Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Sky Diver - Game 4: 99 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchSr Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Air Sea Battle: 99-9 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonhrb Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Had a couple of minutes spare so tried Sky Diver some more. Got a decent improvement 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 (edited) We played Sky Diver game 3 in season 9. I scored 93. I just tried game 4 and couldn't hit the target. Well, I actually did hit it but my parachute wasn't open at the time. Edited August 20, 2023 by Atarian7 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Atari Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Air Sea Battle (15 B/B): 99-14 Sky Diver (4 B/B): 74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Managed to get 51 points on each game on my first session. Air-Sea Battle - Game 15 - B/B - (51-09) Sky Diver - Game 4 - B/B - (51) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Air-Sea Battle - Game 15 - B/B: 70-20 Sky Diver - Game 4 - B/B: 43 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Big increase on ASB ASB 15b - 73-30 My strategy for Sky Diver: 1) fall asleep playing Sky Diver 2) wake up with a pb Maybe it’s a meditative trance thing. SD 4b - 37 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Air Sea Battle (15 B/B): 99-13 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Air Sea Battle: 97-24 Sky Diver: 80 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Sky Diver Update: 79 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Higher score and larger difference in Air Sea Battle Still get angry when the computer’s auto fire snipes a rabbit away from me 😒 ASB - 83-27 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Air Sea Battle: 99-4 It would be much easier to shut out the opponent if we were allowed to play game 13 or 14 😄. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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