+DamonicFury Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Welcome to the sixth round of the 18th 5200 HSC season. Galaxian tied the poll but won the coin toss. Play using the default settings (Game 0). Emulation is fine, as are custom controls. Pics preferred, but not required except for HSC wins and records. Phuzaxeman set the current record of 37,550 points. Beat it if you can for a bonus point. The ROM can be found here: https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-5200-galaxian_13599.html Round ends Sunday, March 31st, 2024 @11pm EST Standings: phuzaxeman - 27,440 RB5200 - 24,640 Micheloni2600 - 24,540 mikey50 - 23,500 RyanWitmer - 21,910 Cafeman - 15,800 NE146 - 10,440 bemis - 10,340 jeremiahjt - 7,450 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 7,040 here's a starter score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Altirra doesn't play well control-wise with this game's ROM. It keeps going to the right when you stop pressing left, and I can't fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 7580. I had to use my old Atari 800Win emulator which controlled fine. I probably have this on cart, need to check. The programmers forgot they had a POKEY sound chip? Sounds are not good, like a beginner coder with a TIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ryan Witmer Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 16,950 The trak-ball really does give you higher scores! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 21 minutes ago, Ryan Witmer said: The trak-ball really does give you higher scores Will have to give it a shot, didn't really even think about using the TB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 10,330 new score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ryan Witmer Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Here's 21,910. I forgot how much I love this game. Galaxian is better than Galaga, don't hate me because I'm right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 11,920 new score 1 hour ago, Ryan Witmer said: Galaxian is better than Galaga, don't hate me because I'm right. we won't hate, we will just have you gagged and beaten, stoned, and then possibly sentence you to life in the dungeon, but never hate. 😂 I dunno, I think for me, I like galaga better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micheloni2600 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 (edited) Late to the party this season my bad. Score and system w/controller provided below 😀 35,970 Edited March 20 by Micheloni2600 Didn't have score typed on post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 16 hours ago, Micheloni2600 said: Late to the party this season my bad. Score and system w/controller provided below 😀 35,970 Hi, Micheloni2600! One of our eagle-eyed players noted that the 0 in the left corner of your screen appears to be green (instead of the usual blue.) A green zero would signify the game is in easy mode (using the bottom left button of the keypad to start.) Could you please play again with the default setting (game zero)? If you were playing the default setting, could you perhaps play again and take a photo that more clearly shows the blue zero? Sorry for any inconvenience... please don't let this sour you on playing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 14,090 new score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micheloni2600 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 4 hours ago, DamonicFury said: Hi, Micheloni2600! One of our eagle-eyed players noted that the 0 in the left corner of your screen appears to be green (instead of the usual blue.) A green zero would signify the game is in easy mode (using the bottom left button of the keypad to start.) Could you please play again with the default setting (game zero)? If you were playing the default setting, could you perhaps play again and take a photo that more clearly shows the blue zero? Sorry for any inconvenience... please don't let this sour you on playing! No worries I'll do another play and submit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 (edited) On 3/19/2024 at 10:36 PM, Ryan Witmer said: Galaxian is better than Galaga, don't hate me because I'm right. Well Galaga IS Galaxian 2 after all.. both are great The one I don't like is Galaxian Pt. 3 AKA Gaplus. Never liked the sound in that game. Anyway I'm glad this is making me play 5200 Galaxian after all these decades. I totally rejected/ignored it when I got the 5200 at launch because by that point Galaxian was old news, at least in my mind. The 5200's version is pretty interesting because the movements of the enemies aren't standard Galaxian swoops. The way they can move erratically in weird patterns, or even just hover around remind me of Nintendo's Space Firebird. I also like how you can kill enemies without even shooting if they run into the bullet in front of your ship. Anyway.. first try 10,440. I will try and do better later. Edited March 21 by NE146 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 15,800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micheloni2600 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 (edited) I do apologize for my previous posting score. I indeed must have hit the incorrect option on the keypad! Here's an updated score. 24,540 Edited March 21 by Micheloni2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 4 hours ago, Micheloni2600 said: I do apologize for my previous posting score. I indeed must have hit the incorrect option on the keypad! Here's an updated score. 24,540 Awesome, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzaxeman Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 24,300 been so long since I played this gem. Rusty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 17,380 new score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 18,520 new score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 20,530 new score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 23,590. Also, so what does it mean in the end instructions that after stage 10 you’ll see special graphics? I played a round on easy and got to stage 20 and didn’t see anything different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 23,060 new score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey50 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 SCORE 9680 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 24,640 new score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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