MichaG Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 River Raid 41120 1st live bridge 10 1st live score 15240 1st live bridge 1-4 7360 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 123330 - Bridge 50 I've only played the 2600 version before. This version's pretty neat! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Torq Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 High-Score: 126,770 Furthest Bridge: 58 So a nice improvement over my last attempt, but clearly still not good enough! Might take a stab at starting at bridge 50, next. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 Sorry am behind with everything - this round extended until Thu 18th 4pm UK time Round 6 POLL OPEN https://forums.atariage.com/topic/364805-hsc21-round-6-poll/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 On 4/9/2024 at 7:54 PM, Torq said: When you say earlier rounds, do you mean, say, for the Galaxian round? In which case, my first game of today (I've been playing on the Mini 400 a fair bit lately): ... This probably shouldn't count, even if it were within the original timeframe, as I was playing with a keyboard rather than a joystick (not sure I could do it with a joystick, though it'd be close). Interesting things happen at this level ... The PRIOR screen, when all the flags are flashing colors, you get either "J.T." or "J.J." (I'm not sure which, things are happening a bit fast) as the "explosion" when you kill one of the yellow ships when it is charging - instead of the occasional FUJI or Pac-Man graphic "easter eggs" (mentioned in the original manual for the cartridge). THIS screen, the first flag turns static yellow/orange ... and the attack speed for the chargers DOUBLES (it's insane). I'll have to record a video of it. Also, there's a sort of "Pac-Man Pause" on wave 13 (it might be 14), where the aliens rarely charge, only one or two does at a time, and they only drop 1 or 2 bombs each when they do, and it takes an unusually long time for the next wave to start once you clear the current wave. Anyway, I don't think it was a "thing" for the original Galaxian round, but I've managed this a couple of times ... which is getting to having all the flags color-cycling on my first life: Yes scores for any of the earlier rounds. Interesting comments on Galaxian On 4/11/2024 at 9:49 AM, McKong said: MckongJnr2 (Jack 5) 1020 1430 1980 3900 Bridge 4 He thinks the boats are whales and the tanks are spiders! Guess the graphics aren't up to the standard he's used to on the Switch OK Tables in a minute... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 This round extended until Thu 18th 4pm UK time Round 6 POLL OPEN https://forums.atariage.com/topic/364805-hsc21-round-6-poll/ catch-up scores R1-4 in before the end of this round please - points tba. Torq - Galaxian 43,970 first tables River Raid Player Score Points 1st McKong 267,200 12 2nd Torq 126,770 11 3rd rdrunner 123,330 10 4th Sikor 64,590 9 5th AtariSphinx 57,460 9 6th graywest 55,670 8 7th MichaG 41,120 7 8th jblenkle 36,720 6 9th pjedavison 35,870 5 10th Atari8guy 29,990 4 11th carlsson 18,320 3 12th RedThunder 15,040 2 13th McKong Jnr2 3,900 2 Highest Score 1st life Bridges 1-4 Player Score 1st McKong 8,150 2nd Sikor 7,560 5th pjedavison 7,530 3rd MichaG 7,360 4th AtariSphinx 7,260 Highest Score 1st life Player Score 1st McKong 68,050 2nd Torq 65,650 3rd Sikor 28,840 4th AtariSphinx 26,170 5th graywest 25,670 6th pjedavison 16,850 7th MichaG 15,240 Highest Bridge Reached Player Score 1st McKong 106 2nd Torq 58 3rd rdrunner 50 4th AtariSphinx 32 5th Sikor 31 6th MichaG 22 7th pjedavison 20 8th Atari8guy 20 9th jblenkle 17 10th carlsson 15 11th RedThunder 11 12th McKong Jnr2 4 Pro: Highest Bridge Reached 50+ Player Score 1st McKong 84 2nd devwebcl 55 3rd pjedavison 55 Pro: Highest Score 50+ Player Score 1st McKong 92,870 2nd pjedavison 15180 3rd devwebcl 14500 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Torq Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 40 minutes ago, therealbountybob said: Torq Galaxian 33,970 That should be 43,970, if it counts. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Clearly I'm playing in the children's division on this game... Total score: 22530 pts Bridges 1-4: 5150 pts First life: 8980 pts Highest bridge reached: 16 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 At last time for a play need to swap out this joystick as apart from the movement and the firing being difficult it worked just nicely 73.900 Bridge 33 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 River Raid 42060 1st live bridge 16 1st live score 26370 1st live bridge 1-4 7420 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 River Raid (level 50 start): 15170 (level 56) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 182090 - Bridge 72 Gave this another go and had a nice improvement. Really gets hectic when the fuel tanks disappear for entire sections! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 River Raid (high score): 58,080 River Raid (1-4 high score): 7490 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 Final tables up next! Improved slightly to 79,610 and 7,810 for the first 4 bridges! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 (edited) Congratulations to McKong for the win with rdrunner in runner up spot and new player Torq on the podium Nice game still fun to play. Will start up R6 now!! Final tables RIVER RAID Player Score Points 1st McKong 267,200 12 2nd rdrunner 182,090 11 3rd Torq 126,770 10 4th therealbountybob 79,610 9 5th Sikor 64,590 9 6th AtariSphinx 58,080 8 7th graywest 55,670 8 8th MichaG 42,060 7 9th jblenkle 36,720 7 10th Goochman 36,580 6 11th pjedavison 35,870 5 12th Atari8guy 29,990 4 13th carlsson 22,530 3 14th RedThunder 15,040 2 15th McKong Jnr2 3,900 2 Highest Score 1st life Bridges 1-4 Player Score 1st McKong 8,150 2nd therealbountybob 7,810 5th Sikor 7,560 3rd pjedavison 7,530 4th AtariSphinx 7,490 6th MichaG 7,420 7th carlsson 5,150 Highest Score 1st life Player Score 1st McKong 68,050 2nd Torq 65,650 3rd Sikor 28,840 4th MichaG 26,370 5th AtariSphinx 26,170 6th graywest 25,670 7th pjedavison 16,850 8th carlsson 8,980 9th therealbountybob 8,140 Highest Bridge Reached Player Score 1st McKong 106 2nd Torq 58 3rd rdrunner 50 4th therealbountybob 36 5th AtariSphinx 32 6th Sikor 31 7th MichaG 22 8th pjedavison 20 9th Atari8guy 20 10th jblenkle 17 11th carlsson 16 12th RedThunder 11 13th McKong Jnr2 6 Pro: Highest Bridge Reached 50+ Player Score 1st McKong 84 2nd rdrunner 72 3rd AtariSphinx 56 4th devwebcl 55 5th pjedavison 55 Pro: Highest Score 50+ Player Score 1st McKong 92,870 2nd pjedavison 15180 3rd AtariSphinx 15170 4th devwebcl 14500 Edited April 24 by therealbountybob Late scores added! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 (edited) Seeing as it turned out to be the winning score, and a new HSC record, a screenshot is probably in order. The game doesn't seem to get any more difficult after bridge 50-60. I got to the point where, fatigue aside, I felt like I could play for ever, gaining a life every three or four bridges. That said, I did have some more games after this one but couldn't get this far again Edited April 19 by McKong 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 6 minutes ago, McKong said: Seeing as it turned out to be the winning score, and a new HSC record, a screenshot is probably in order. The game doesn't seem to get any more difficult after bridge 50-60. I got to the point where, fatigue aside, I felt like I could play for ever, gaining a life every three or four bridges. That said, I did have some more games after this one but couldn't get this far again Great effort McKong You can suggest an entire poll as you wish - perhaps for the next round (R7 as R6 is now up), 9 games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 1 minute ago, therealbountybob said: Great effort McKong You can suggest an entire poll as you wish - perhaps for the next round (R7 as R6 is now up), 9 games Wow, an honour indeed. There are 9 games on my suggestion list, I'd be happy to give any of them a try. I haven't played Great Escape, Blinky's Scary School or the Atari version of The Last Ninja 2 before, so I don't know whether they're any good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Torq Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 23 minutes ago, McKong said: Seeing as it turned out to be the winning score, and a new HSC record, a screenshot is probably in order. /*Best Darth Vader Voice*/ Impressive. Most impressive. ... My issue once I get up to about bridge 40 is fuel. I've a tendency to hold the stick back early in the game ... and I have to consciously think NOT to, so I can make it to the next fuel depots before I run out. I'm also not good at suppressing my urge to shoot the fuel after getting 90% of it, which doesn't help later in the game where you largely need ALL of it. ... Congrats! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 36580 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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