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Galaxian

Lovely job HSCers the superb Galaxian wins the R3 poll :thumbsup:

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http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1942

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-galaxian_s2142.html

 

Play on default "skill 0". High score shown on bottom left if you start another go.

Bonus challenges (on skill 0)

Highest score on first wave on first life (not for HSC Champs)

Highest score for waves 1-3 on first life

Highest score on first life

Highest score playing on skill 9 :-o

If you have littl'uns they can play on skill B where the Galaxian's do not shoot back ;)

 

Round now ends 13th March 10pm UK time (6pm EDT)

EVERYONE WELCOME TO PLAY, JUST POST A SCORE!l

LATE SCORES WELCOME FOR ROUNDS 1 AND 2  IF YOU MISSED THEM

GET BLASTING !

 

Edited by therealbountybob
Extended to Weds 13th March 10pm UK time
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18 hours ago, graywest said:

Galaxian: 15,390

 

It's a lot different than the arcade, but I think I like the 8-bit version better. It seems more fast-paced.

I was surprised to read the discussion about this on Atarimania, have played the Arcade ver but was a long time ago. Our version is great :love:

 

 

Added more bonus challenges to the first post - players who have not been HSC champs may pick up credits here to nominate a game for the R5 poll even if there scores are not top ;)

 

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The Atarisoft version of Galaxian for Atari 8-bit also is radically different than the Atarisoft version for Commodore 64, both visually and in terms of gameplay. I suppose those were two different teams working on the ports. I remember last time we played Galaxian (April 2021), I went through both the official and unofficial versions on the C64 but neither matched or was as playable as the A8 version. Since then I've played Galencia which is a good game but not a perfect replica (*) of Galaxian.

 

(*) Those who follow my posts elsewhere on the forum know I'm not too hot for perfect replicas of games. I prefer when games add something unique, does something better than just mimicking an existing game. Other people have the exact opposite opinion and simply are too lazy to download MAME and a bunch of arcade ROMs.

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Notice that the motor control signal turns on when playing Galaxian. So, in theory, you can put your favorite album in the tape recorder and enjoy the music.... 

By the way, I missed the end of the previous round. Should I submit my hi score here or in the other round thread? (The score is pretty miserable, but still).

 

 

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Anyone having trouble with Galaxian: it loads but locks up/no missiles showing etc, try just loading the XEX from MyDOS - doesn't seem to like the MypicoDOS menu :ponder:

 

Had a game at last!

14,550

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On 2/28/2024 at 2:37 AM, manterola said:

Notice that the motor control signal turns on when playing Galaxian. So, in theory, you can put your favorite album in the tape recorder and enjoy the music.... 

By the way, I missed the end of the previous round. Should I submit my hi score here or in the other round thread? (The score is pretty miserable, but still).

 

:thumbsup:

On the other round is good for me (anyone who missed R1/R2) - I'll score it all at the end of this round and do the current standings for the season so far ;)

 

14 hours ago, Atari8guy said:

19,100.  Took me 10+tries to beat my first attempt.  I don't why that happens.

:D

 

This needs a name... HSC syndrome?!

 

On your heels with 18,400

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Will start up R4 poll in the next couple of days :)

 

first tables

  Galaxian        
  Player   Score   Points
1st McKong                 27,610   12
2nd Sikor   22,020   11
3rd Atari8guy   19,100   10
4th AtariSphinx   19,090   9
5th therealbountybob   18,400   8
6th graywest   15,390   7
7th chevymad   11,880   6
8th jblenkle   10,220   5
9th devwebcl   6,620   4
10th RedThunder   6,340   3
11th MichaG   4,640   2

Galaxian, regular skill - 18350 pts (first ship 13210 pts, then it mostly went south)

 

Edit: Wow, that was a new personal best for me! I thought I got much further last time we played it, but I must have mixed up the score with a different game.

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