TheCurlyBard Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 (edited) Round 3 - April 2024 - Scramble Status: This third round of the Vectrex HSC is now over. Thank you to everyone who took part, and congrats on all the great scrores! Final scores & ranking: 1st playvectrex 128,670 2nd cheeko 128,440 3rd Madwindoman 91,720 4th Carey85 74,580 5th hcmffm 68,510 6th jbrodack 65,640 7th Lord Innit 65,330 8th Mikey50 62,760 9th VF 2084/Vorkosigan 55,880 10th jgkspsx 52,290 11th TheCurlyBard 49,640 12th Darrin9999 37,120 Welcome! Scramble! Often credited as the first recognisable shmup (although from long before that word needed to exist) and the Vectrex got a solid port. The game is very tough, but also very short so which makes it easy to learn. Availability As this was an official release, Scramble is freely available to download from many places, it's included in all multicarts, and the original release sold well so there are plenty of original cartrigdes out there too. Scramble is of course available on Dr Snuggles emulator too: https://drsnuggles.github.io/jsvecx?rom=Commercial/Scramble_1982 Manual http://vectrex.de/_static/2017/Scramble_Manual.pdf Settings Game mode 1 (default) Edited May 26 by hcmffm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey85 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Several tries to get this one. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeko Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Figuring this one out, my controller seems to want me to fly up sometimes when I’m pushing to the right 😆 54 410 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 On 4/2/2024 at 4:37 PM, cheeko said: Figuring this one out, my controller seems to want me to fly up sometimes when I’m pushing to the right 😆 54 410 A digital joystick might help here... something that has corners like an 8-way arcade stick. I like to use my Vectorcade controller for Scramble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCurlyBard Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 It does seem to highlight controller issues this game. Great scores though guys, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Innit Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 65330 Original hardware and Sean Kelly multi cart. Is it me or is the collision detection a little less forgiving when flying through the maze on the 2nd run compared to the first run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madwindoman Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Damn this game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeko Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 The way the screen freezes for the game end message is brilliant, I can feel everyone’s pain from dying in the maze 😁 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCurlyBard Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 11 hours ago, Lord Innit said: 65330 Original hardware and Sean Kelly multi cart. Is it me or is the collision detection a little less forgiving when flying through the maze on the 2nd run compared to the first run? The hit box doesn't seem consistent to me either. Not sure if that's on purpose, a bug, or a result of the finicky screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcmffm Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) 9 hours ago, TheCurlyBard said: The hit box doesn't seem consistent to me either. Not sure if that's on purpose, a bug, or a result of the finicky screen Until now I haven't experienced problems tegarding collision dtetectipn but I haven't played much and haven't made it far, yet. From what I experienced, if your shots pass an obstacle your ship will also pass savely. But in the maze there's little to no time to check this. Edited April 5 by hcmffm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey85 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 21 hours ago, Lord Innit said: 65330 Original hardware and Sean Kelly multi cart. Is it me or is the collision detection a little less forgiving when flying through the maze on the 2nd run compared to the first run? The collision detection in this game is brutal. Even the first run of the maze is a complete PITA. I do want to have a go with a d-pad or digital joystick to see if it makes life a little easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Innit Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 57 minutes ago, hcmffm said: From what I experienced, if your shots pass an obstacle your ship will also pass savely Yeah, that doesn't seem to be happening for me on the 2nd maze. On the first run the top and bottom part of the ship can glide through the wall unhindered, but on the 2nd run it's not happening. I was just wandering if it was designed that way or just one of those quirks the screen can have. Whatever it is, I'm just going to have to get gud. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Innit Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 13 hours ago, cheeko said: The way the screen freezes for the game end message is brilliant, I can feel everyone’s pain from dying in the maze 😁 My screenshot shows the fourth death of my last four lives, all at that same spot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcmffm Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 1 hour ago, Carey85 said: The collision detection in this game is brutal. Even the first run of the maze is a complete PITA. I do want to have a go with a d-pad or digital joystick to see if it makes life a little easier. For me, collission detection in first level is fine. Perhaps a matter of differences in the adjustment/tolerances of the Vectrexes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcmffm Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 . o O (When playing the first 20 seconds of Scramble it really feels like playing the arcade. O.k. it looks very different but the Vector graphics are quite appealing, too). A first score: 39,350 (Vectrex console with digital controller from Victor Marland) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcmffm Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Maze craze: 58,910 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcmffm Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 On 4/5/2024 at 10:46 PM, Lord Innit said: My screenshot shows the fourth death of my last four lives, all at that same spot. 4th level? I'm in level 2. I guess you could score much higher if you tried to shoot and bomb away as many stuff as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Innit Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 16 minutes ago, hcmffm said: 4th level? I'm in level 2. I guess you could score much higher if you tried to shoot and bomb away as many stuff as possible. No, my last four lives were all wasted at the exact same spot. The photo is of the final life on the 2nd level maze. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madwindoman Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 I think some muscle memory started to kick in 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey50 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 my first score 37370 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcmffm Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 (edited) On 4/7/2024 at 4:22 PM, Lord Innit said: No, my last four lives were all wasted at the exact same spot. The photo is of the final life on the 2nd level maze. I see. You're in 4th level of 2nd level maze / round - same here. Looks as if it's me who I should try to shoot and bomb more items to get a higher score. 😉 I also wonder how you manage to get past this corner of the maze but we'll find out... On 4/7/2024 at 4:47 PM, Madwindoman said: I think some muscle memory started to kick in Well done, Madwindoman! I hope that no anabolica, no stereoids, and no other drugs were used during playing. Edited April 9 by hcmffm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 35,860 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeko Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 66 910 Need to be more careful when taking a pic of the score, almost missed that one! Making steady progress. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 On 4/7/2024 at 9:47 AM, Madwindoman said: I think some muscle memory started to kick in Great score! But how the heck did you die right there? xD My best is only like 80,500 from years past, but I died in a silly way just flying too low, ran out of shots, and crashed into a fuel station or something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madwindoman Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 8 hours ago, playvectrex said: Great score! But how the heck did you die right there? xD My best is only like 80,500 from years past, but I died in a silly way just flying too low, ran out of shots, and crashed into a fuel station or something. My hands were so sweaty by that point I could hardly hold the stick. I wanted 100k bad but alas it was not to be. I think I’m all scrambled out 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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