McKong Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Thanks @AtariSphinx @carlsson @rdrunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Double = 11,900 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 11 hours ago, MichaG said: Not all of the software taking part in the competition were games. Aha. I thought there were two result lists for games and non-games but I see now that all entries were in the same list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Der Schranker 3: Game Completed (score appears to be unimportant, but it was 54,110) Goal: Collect 4 yellow keys from the first 4 caves to gain access to the last one, which has a bunch of treasure. Once you do that, use the exit somewhere at the top of the overworld map. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Time Wizard: Game Completed, "Total Score" of 20:46 (combined time remaining) Fun take on the rewind mechanic that has recently become popular in modern games and even retro compilations. A bit short though. It left me wanting another 10-15 levels at least. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Caverns of Eris: 5740 (Level 21) Barely worth anyone's time, though the music is nicely done. I did reach an ending after 21 levels. After this, the game returns to Level 1 with no change in difficulty, so I just quit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 Keep the scored coming guys, I'm back but have some non Atari stuff to sort. Will get more scores in soon Plan to end this round and the Season on Monday 8th Jan 12am UK time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+skr Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Double: 107900 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Night Knight: 91010 Beat Stage 80. When completed, the game gives you a special bonus of 8000 points followed by the message below and a game over. This is my favorite game from the top entries. Really smooth platformer with just the right amount of challenge. Controls are responsive, with the only quirk being that you can sometimes fall sideways through a solid wall and off the screen. The coolest enemies are the creatures that teleport to higher/lower platforms every few seconds. Never seen that trick before! The game has some learning curve, but it's fairly easy to learn from mistakes without repeating them, which leads to nice improvements with each attempt. It's also quite generous with the extra lives as your score gets better (had 9 in reserve at one point). Hints: Use the clock to freeze the game timer (!) and the enemies. Also look for the hourglass when the timer gets below 30. It resets the timer back to 60 for either extra help or a higher clear bonus. The shield is also very useful, allowing you to survive one hit during the current stage. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) It's the Great Pumpkin, ZauberBall - 439920 Not sure how to count level progression here. I think got the correct color quota about 10-15 times. Interested to know if this game has an ending. Never played anything like this. Thankfully, there were some in-game instructions on the title screen (press "any key for tips" like it says). The game mechanics are a bit awkward, such as activating power-ups by "wiggling the joystick" (I found that it's more like a rotation) and moving the "cat ball" to collect colors by holding down the fire button. Once you figure them out though, it becomes a lot like Gradius, which is not a bad thing. Music was the best part in this one. The theme song is stuck in my head as I write this! Turns out that the points get significantly higher after you reach the color quota a couple of times, which unlocks some tougher enemies to shoot at. Oh, and whatever you do, IMMEDIATELY get the first upgrade to stop your ball from bouncing uncontrollably (still can't believe this is a thing). Edited January 7 by rdrunner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) Double - 147900 I used to play 2048 a lot. Can't remember what my biggest tile was, but I think I got a 32768 once. Nice touch turning a square solid after clearing a 4096 tile. Edited January 7 by rdrunner 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Night Knight - 7990 pts, stage 8. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 Well getting there, had a play on the other games: Ink Spill is well executed but we've seen other similar puzzle pass-timers in the contest before - did 10 levels before retiring. https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=8525 ZauberBall 6,490 Great to see the finished version at last, remember playing the 1989 demo(?) version and thinking it looked great. https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=8528 https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=5232 Would have got further had I realised to press "any key" on the title screen to see what the objective was and how to activate the power-ups Will put up some final tables soon and get the new season running in the morning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 Thank you all for playing this season, I'll update the final standings in the morning and officially crown rdrunner as the world champion Final Tables Player Score Points Points Total 1st rdrunner 33 5 12 17 2nd MichaG 18 11 11 3rd AtariSphinx 18 10 10 4th carlsson 12 9 9 5th therealbountybob 11 8 8 6th devwebcl 7 7 7 7th skr 6 6 6 8th RedThunder 5 5 5 Night Knight Player Score Pts 1st rdrunner 91,010 5 2nd MichaG 8,030 4 5th carlsson 7,990 3 3rd AtariSphinx 7,600 2 4th therealbountybob 7,510 1 6th RedThunder 2,590 7 Double Player Score Pts 1st rdrunner 147,900 8 2nd devwebcl 134,800 7 3rd skr 107,900 6 4th MichaG 51,700 5 5th AtariSphinx 19,600 4 6th therealbountybob 12,000 3 7th carlsson 11,900 2 8th RedThunder 11,900 1 Zauberball Player Score Pts 1st rdrunner 439,920 6 2nd therealbountybob 6,490 5 11th AtariSphinx 4,490 4 3rd MichaG 1,760 3 4th carlsson 960 2 5th RedThunder 680 1 Caverns of Eris Player Score Pts 1st rdrunner 5,740 3 2nd AtariSphinx 3,320 2 3rd carlsson 2,540 2 4th MichaG 1,840 1 5th RedThunder 1,680 1 6th therealbountybob 1,000 1 Time Wizard Player Score Pts 1st rdrunner (20:46) 20 5 2nd MichaG 9 3 3rd AtariSphinx 3 2 4th carlsson 3 1 5th RedThunder 3 1 Der Schranker 3 Player Score Pts 1st rdrunner 54110 5 2nd AtariSphinx 960 3 3rd MichaG 700 2 4th carlsson 640 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 1 hour ago, therealbountybob said: Ink Spill is well executed but we've seen other similar puzzle pass-timers in the contest before - did 10 levels before retiring. https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=8525 Will put up some final tables soon and get the new season running in the morning There are only 20 levels, so give it a second try 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Sorry, I didn't get round to playing in the end. I've got a day off tomorrow so I'll have a look at some of them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 3 hours ago, McKong said: Sorry, I didn't get round to playing in the end. I've got a day off tomorrow so I'll have a look at some of them Am sure the author's will be glad of any feedback. I missed a couple too so will report back here at some point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 These contest games were great! Well worth giving them some time if you haven't yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) Night Knight 8440 17430 - really like this Edited January 11 by McKong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 23 hours ago, McKong said: Night Knight 8440 17430 - really like this Yeah I think we should play Night Knight and Zauberball again in the HSC soon! Reminds me of Electro Maniac from abbuc a few years ago but that one had the moving platforms that were too tricky to make it enjoyable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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