+therealbountybob Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 ABBUC SOFTWARE CONTEST 2023 GAMES Quickly posting this to get the round started - Help me out here and post any links and comments to the games, this may turn into a longer round and end the season or there may be one or two short rounds after, let's see how it goes. A selection of games from this year's contest: find them on fandal's site in the news (aka new releases): https://a8.fandal.cz/index.php Night Knight Caverns of Eris Der Schränker 3 Zauberball'23 Time Wizard Double Round ends YES! EVERYONE WELCOME TO PLAY 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 (edited) Night Knight =2,590 Caverns of Eris = 1,680 Der Schränker 3 = 180 Zauberball'23 = 680 Time Wizard = Level 3 or 4 Double = 7,700 Edited December 17, 2023 by RedThunder 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Caverns of Eris - 2540 pts, level 11 Der Schränker 3 - 260 pts Double - 6400 pts Night Knight - 2650 pts Time Wizard - Finished level 3, got stuck on level 4 Zauberball '23 - 960 pts Caverns of Eris - it seems like a lot is going on at the same time. On one hand a nice shoot 'em up, on the other hand partially a flickerfest. It gave the feeling more of a tech demo than a complete game. Der Schränker 3 - not sure how to control this game, as down direction seems to do nothing. It means once I'm stuck at the top of the maze, there is no going back and there is no way to dodge for the birds. Since down appears to work on the other games, I'm not sure it was a hardware malfunction on my side. Double - fun game, same priniciple as 2048 but more Tetris like. Unfortunately my brain no longer is compatible with these types of games, so I only had a very short go. Night Knight - another fun game, based on a MSX original as noted in the game. This is one I might play more. Unfortunately it has default high scores way above what you might reach, so if you don't write down your score, it is lost. I thought preparing a high score table with silly scores was something programmers did in the 1980's, not in the 2020's. 😞 Time Wizard - a bit different controls in that you hold down fire to scroll time back and fourth. On the first level you don't have to, but already on second level you need to learn this mechanic to clear it. Zauberball '23 - a bit of poor man's Wizball, but more action oriented. Fun for a short while, but again pre-populated with insane high scores so most of the time you won't be anywhere near the high score table. If I were a judge in ABBUC, I would definitely deduct points for this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 6 hours ago, carlsson said: Der Schränker 3 - not sure how to control this game, as down direction seems to do nothing. It means once I'm stuck at the top of the maze Down should let you duck if there is no down maze exit. The game though is quite fast (maybe NTSC vs PAL timing?) making a duck quite a challenge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Der Schränker 3 - 960 Double - 16400 Night Knight - 7600 stage 9 (could not capture final score!) Zauberball '23 - 4490 Of these 4, Night Knight is my favorite although can be tough. Double is an interesting puzzle game that looks very polished. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 Season 20 Current Standings updated with the last rounds' games: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/348454-hsc20-current-standings/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 15 hours ago, AtariSphinx said: Down should let you duck if there is no down maze exit. I suppose I should double check the joystick and the port with some other game and try again. Maybe it is yet another one of those hard to identify faults of my 130XE that manifested itself, as down did absolutely nothing in the session I played yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Night Knight 8030 Caverns of Eris 1840 Der Schränker 3 400 Zauberball'23 1760 Time Wizard L09 compl. Double 51700 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I cannot run Caverns of Eris or Time Wizard on an Atari800Win emulator. Can anyone provide loading instructions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 48 minutes ago, rdrunner said: Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I cannot run Caverns of Eris or Time Wizard on an Atari800Win emulator. Can anyone provide loading instructions? I have not them yet as was running on my 64k 800xl actual hardware which wont work as I know they need 128k ram (e.g. a 130XE would be needed). Probably need to make sure your emulation is 130xe 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted December 20, 2023 Author Share Posted December 20, 2023 Had a first play on the games on the first abbuc disk: Numeru - completed a couple of levels on various settings. Nice puzzle game, well implemented. Double 12,000 looks slick but need to play it more to see if it is skillful Dota again nice game but only played the first life got to level 6 Night Knight - very nice 7,510 my favourite of the ones I've played (high score on titles not working) COE 1000 too many lives / health played 5 levels, Zybex style game has potential! May be into the new year before I can play the rest but we'll see 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 15 hours ago, AtariSphinx said: I have not them yet as was running on my 64k 800xl actual hardware which wont work as I know they need 128k ram (e.g. a 130XE would be needed). Probably need to make sure your emulation is 130xe 128k ram did it for both of the games I couldn't run. Was using the default of 64. Thanks for the help! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 new HS: double: 37000 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Der Schränker 3 - 640 pts Night Knight - 5310 pts stage 7 So yes, I got down direction to work in Schränker, so I can dodge birds, move down in the dungeon and get to the Montezuma stages. I also enjoy Night Knight, too bad it has a built in high-score that is difficult to overcome but perhaps the binary can be hacked. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Caverns of Eris - 3320, level 14 Time Wizard - level 3 Double - 19,600 Interesting game concept un Time Wizard. Want to spend some time with that one. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 double: 43300 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Double: 11900 pts (never finished) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 62000 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 94900 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Sorry, I haven't had time to play yet. I'll probably get chance this week. Which are the best games, and I'll start with those? I haven't got a PC to run an emulator on at the moment, so preferably games that will run on a stock 800XL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) @McKong the ones not crossed out should work on a stock 64k machine. Double and Knight Night are the most fun for me. Night Knight Caverns of Eris Der Schränker 3 Zauberball'23 Time Wizard Double Edited December 27, 2023 by AtariSphinx Updated wording 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) If you go by ABBUC final results from the 79 members voting, the ranking was as follows: 1. Time Wizard (130XE) - 617 pts 2. Night Knight - 605 pts 3. Zauberball '23 - 516 pts 4. Double - 500 pts 4. Der Schränker 3 - 500 pts 6. Caverns of Eris (130XE) - 494 pts plus another 8 entries with lower scores that TRBB has played some from, but were not listed in the first post. Edited December 27, 2023 by carlsson 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 (edited) Some more points playing "Der Schränker", needs much more practise. Here you can find a version 1.1 and a 5600-ROM: https://www.kveldulfur.de/derschraenker3/ 13 hours ago, carlsson said: plus another 8 entries with lower scores that TRBB has played some from, but were not listed in the first post. Not all of the software taking part in the competition were games. Edited December 28, 2023 by MichaG 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 I haven't had much time to play due to the holidays, but Der Schranker 3 is fun. It's like Montezuma with an overworld map. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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