Vocelli Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) Week 10 Challenge Week Solaris 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 Solaris Released By: Atari Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: 1 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, March 24, 2024 It’s Challenge Week! Here are this weeks’ Challenges: 1) You MUST score 10,000 to receive your regular points for the week. Posting a score under 10,000 will net you +5 points only. 2) YOU are playing against someone for BONUS points. Beat your opponent for +3 Bonus Points. See all the matchups below. 3) Make it to Solaris for an extra +3. This game has an ending. Take a Pic of the ‘Made it to Solaris’ screen for +3 more bonus points. Solaris Scores 97680 - McCallister(+50) 71860 - Alex (+49) 70520 - DrMooCowz (+48) 65960 - JasonHRB (+47) 59540 - Absalon (+46) 52020 - CentipedeFan (+45) 50180 - Mack (+44) 45280 - GType (+43) 40160 - AtariSphinx (+42) 38720 - WarZownd (+41) 35620 - CapitanClassic (+40) 34660 - Atarian7 (+39) 34480 - Evandro (+38) 33440 - 5x7 (+37) 32740 - AtariWarlord (+36) 32420 - LaurenTyler (+35) 32160 - JasonAtari (+34) 27760 - FakeCortex (+33) 27400 - Vocelli (+32) 25700 - TheActivisionary (+31) 25560 - Keilbaca (+30) 24340 - Slider (+29) 24000 - GBAG (+28) 21640 - ZilchSr (+27) 21580 - Krytol (+26) 21360 - LittlemanJack (+25) 20460 - Alena (+24) 19860 - MoisesTuseto (+23) 18320 - Micha (+22) 18120 - LivingRoomArcade (+21) 17920 - Kermit (+20) 16960 - Keir (+19) 16880 - JimHopper (+18) 7320 - Mikey (+5) 6390 - ClassicGamer (+5) 4560 - Mchetzel (+5) 3080 - AGB (+5) The Matchups ZilchSr (+3) Vs Kermit CentipedeFan (+3) Vs CapitanClassic JasonAtari Vs WarZownd (+3) GBAG Vs JasonHRB (+3) AtariSphinx Vs Absalon (+3) PengPeng Vs McCallister (+3) Alex (+3) Vs Vocelli OyamaFamily Vs Keilbaca (+3) JamesBradWitt Vs Evandro (+3) LaurenTyler (+3) Vs Slider Mack (+3) Vs Micha DrMooCowz (+3) vs Keir FakeCortex (+3) Vs Mikey 5x7 (+3) Vs DomBradley JacobZu7Zu7 Vs AtariWarlord (+3) MoisesTuseto (+3) Vs HumanPacman ClassicGamer vs GType (+3) RetroBreakout Vs Mchetzel (+3) AGB Vs Krytol (+3) SkippyBCoyote Vs TheActivisionary (+3) JimHopper Vs LivingRoomArcade (+3) Atarian7 (+3) Vs RetroRussel Zoyx Vs LittlemanJack (+3) Mustard Cowboy Vs SneakyTurtleEgg RetroDean Vs RGC JeremaihK Vs DonForster SnowBound Vs DevBR Alena (+3) Vs RedMiller JBlenkle Vs Kris Any New Player Receives +3 Bonus Points! Made it to Solaris (+3) Nobody Made it to Solaris. Overall Standings Remember the Top 26 will qualify for the Tournament at the end of the Season!!!!!!!!! 510 ZilchSr 498 Kermit 456 CentipedeFan 443 WarZownd 437 JasonAtari 430 Capitain Classic 415 AtariSphinx 407 McCallister 402 Alex 395 JasonHRB 395 OyamaFamily 393 Absalon 352 Vocelli 349 GBAG 346 JamesBradWitt 331 Keilbaca 320 Evandro 319 Dr Moocowz 304 Slider 303 Mack 298 Mikey 279 MoisesTuseto 278 LaurenTyler 278 PengPeng 262 Keir 248 JacobZu7Zu7 247 5x7 242 AtariWarlord 242 Micha 241 FakeCortex 199 ClassicGamer 199 JimHopper 198 LivingRoomArcade 186 GType 182 DomBradley 182 Mchetzel 175 AGB 172 Atarian7 163 HumanPacman 158 Krytol 128 RetroBreakout 108 SkippyBCoyote 107 TheActivisionary 69 DonForster 67 RetroRussell 65 BigFriendly 60 Rickster 59 Zoyx 58 LittlemanJack 57 MustardCowboy 56 SneakyTurtleEgg 36 RetroDean 35 RGC 26 JeremiahK 23 SnowBound 22 DevBR 20 Alena 20 RedMiller 15 JBlenkle 10 Kris Season 15 will have: Here is what we can expect: ~ Special Weeks ~ HomeBrew Weeks ~ Buddy System Week ~ Paddle weeks ~ Play or Replay week ~ Beat the Leaders ~ Beat the Leaders Tournaments Start at the Beginning of June 2024! 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 16. ~ 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 16! ~ The TOP 2 ranked players will get to pick the game each week. (The Minor Leagues will last 4 Weeks) Solaris.bin Edited March 25 by Vocelli 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 Welcome to Challenge Week! Solaris is listed as one of the BEST Games for the Atari 2600. It came out much later in the 2600 life span. It was not played by most players. It is a Challenging Game and takes time to learn the 'ins and outs'. Those who dive deep seem to enjoy it the most. Enjoy! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) I never got a chance to try Solaris until I was about 17, when I'd gotten a decent computer that could handle most modern software properly. I finally tried Solaris and I was impressed with what I was playing. This should be fun. EDIT: I'll get this started! 32,420 Edited March 15 by Lauren Tyler 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slider271 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Hadn’t played Solaris until last night so hopefully I can improve a bit still Great score, Lauren! Solaris: 24,340 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Congrats GType this looks like a read the instructions game 6390 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack25 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Do you have to do all 3 things in the same try? get more than 10k points, beat your opponent and reach Solaris (which I will likely never do)? Or can you post photos from 3 different tries? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5x7 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) Reversed controls are crazy! 33440 Edited March 15 by 5x7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, mack25 said: Do you have to do all 3 things in the same try? get more than 10k points, beat your opponent and reach Solaris (which I will likely never do)? Or can you post photos from 3 different tries? Doesn't have to be on the same post. You can post a regular score.... which may be different than your 'Reach Solaris' Score. Which in turn, may beat your opponents' score. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 3 hours ago, Slider271 said: Hadn’t played Solaris until last night so hopefully I can improve a bit still Great score, Lauren! Solaris: 24,340 You did pretty well too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warzownd Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 38720. This is the game I've been meaning to play forever, and it is awesome!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonhrb Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) Wow, this is awesome. It's a shame that this came out too late for it to be that well known, because in absolute terms you can make a good argument for this being the best 2600 game of them all. By 2600 standards, it looks absolutely beautiful, and the gameplay is utterly absorbing . . . . . .you really do end up feeling like you're exploring this vast area. It's easy to see why Atari pushed this as part of their "The fun is back" adverts when they relaunched the 2600. Frankly this game is an astonishing acheievemnt both for the 2600, and to fit this much game into 16k on any machine. Indeed, if I'd seen this game and didn't know what platform it was on, I would have thought it was on the 7800 or one of the 8 bit computers rather than the 2600. I just don't think I'd have belived the 2600 capable of this. I don't think I'll reach Solaris in the next week, but having played this more "seriously" than previously for the HSC, that's a challenge I'll definitely look to meet in the future. Thanks to @Vocellibringing this to the HSC this week. Anyway that's enough from me, here's a score : Edited March 16 by Jasonhrb 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 On 3/15/2024 at 2:49 PM, classicgamer_27330 said: Congrats GType this looks like a read the instructions game 6390 Yes! I read the manual after trying once and things are a lot more clear now. Not a good for a "pick up and play" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Solaris: 70520 Really cool game and I'm intrigued to try to finish it since apparently there's an ending as Vocelli said! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I need help, please. I just visited a "federation planet" and now I want to move LEFT or UP, but the game does not allow this move. WHY? The only way I can go is right, from where I came. But I cleared the area to the right - there is nothing for me to do. I'm stuck in a loop...help 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+McCallister Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 @Absalon It’s a trap. Pretty sure you need to blow up your own planet to progress. Just to be safe, try docking on your planet first and see if that allows you to move a different direction. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 1 hour ago, Absalon said: I need help, please. I just visited a "federation planet" and now I want to move LEFT or UP, but the game does not allow this move. WHY? The only way I can go is right, from where I came. But I cleared the area to the right - there is nothing for me to do. I'm stuck in a loop...help I had that EXACT same problem! The only thing I could figure out was blowing up the planet. I don't understand why it happened either. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 How can I blow up the planet by myself? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 3 hours ago, Absalon said: How can I blow up the planet by myself? you have to blow up the fuel depot on the planet. The big negative with that is the whole sector will turn into that red screen/reverse controls stuff, which obviously stinks. That was the only workaround I could figure out at the time. Hopefully there's some other solution, but I'm not familiar enough with the game to know for sure! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Solaris: 21580 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 3,080 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentipedeFan Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Solaris 52,020 I tried using the the map posted here in the forums but upon reaching quadrant 7 I got totally lost with no way to move North. Im not even sure I was in quadrant 7. The wormhole here only teleports you to the northeast corner with no way to move North. The maps for this game are more confusing than the game.. It's good though. Deep exploration and decent gameplay for a 2600 title. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonhrb Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Improvement on Solaris. Man this game is good 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_813 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Solaris 50420. Really digging this game. Hopefully I can get to the end before the end of the week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 I have this one but I’m away from my Atari so I’ll have to emulate it (if I find time to play at all!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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