+therealbountybob Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 Many DD videos on youtube but found one showing the impossible level on one of the Creative Sparks versions.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Little more: 1st level 1st man: 2980 Score: 21270 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Desmond's Dungeon - 9620 pts (dungeon 3) I forgot to keep track of my score after level 1, but I reached 7090 pts on my first life (spanning over multiple levels). At least my joystick works again, and it is telling that I score thrice as much with the one that I'm used to, than with a random Tac-2 which otherwise is considered a decent joystick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeptari Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 10 hours ago, therealbountybob said: Welcome Zeptari, always great to see a new player join in here Thanks for the warm welcome. Found a nice little TV yesterday at a discount reseller and figured I'd set my XEGS back up again. Which in turn brought me here. Anyways I've been playing this afternoon trying to improve my score. I did it!! On 5/6/2024 at 9:22 AM, therealbountybob said: Bonus Challenges (Points for top 5 in current standings, and a point for everyone else to go for) 1. highest score on level 1 (both screens in 1 man) I did it with (1) guy!! 2,930 for the bonus challenge and my new high is 16,040. Time for a break. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeptari Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 1 hour ago, carlsson said: At least my joystick works again Nice! I'm using an original CX78 controller right now. A bit mushy for my taste. I gotta dig in the basement to see what else I have for options. I think we need a poll to see what others are using. Wow! looks like Atari is selling brand new ones too!https://atari.com/products/cx78-gamepad and https://atari.com/products/cx40-joystick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 On 5/19/2024 at 7:05 PM, therealbountybob said: Many DD videos on youtube but found one showing the impossible level on one of the Creative Sparks versions.... Hmm, i don't see, why this level can be impossible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 (edited) maybe it manipulates too fast on faster NTSC frames than PAL timing or something silly like that, it is Thorn EMI game. Try on NTSC, PAL machine or PAL, NTSC emu. and vice versas. what are the differences between all. Edited May 22 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 (edited) 9 hours ago, Sikor said: Hmm, i don't see, why this level can be impossible? There's a ladder missing in the lower left, this stops you from getting the two bags of gold in that area Edited May 22 by McKong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Desmond's Dungeon - 8,360 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Failed on Vault 14 again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 4 hours ago, McKong said: Failed on Vault 14 again Failed on Vault 11 again again (78,210) 3000 then 3030 on the first level Might get in one more go before the round ends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 2 hours ago, therealbountybob said: Failed on Vault 11 again again (78,210) 3000 then 3030 on the first level Might get in one more go before the round ends Yeah I had a couple of 3030s on level 1. Think a better score is possible though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Desmond's Dungeon - 10,350 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 On 5/19/2024 at 5:49 PM, carlsson said: Ugh. It turned out to be a broken wire somewhere in the cable, so resoldering on the joystick side didn't help. Fortunately I have a small stash of crap joysticks, in the value range $2-5 from which I can steal a cable if I find one that is good, and replace this one, which already was replaced at least once in the last 40 years. Retro computing is fun, I have a batch of sticks with various issues and I think well that one with the dodgy up is ok for this game etc, usually can cobble one together and trying to save the good ones for BBSB and other critical platformers We'll McKong, not sure if I have the will for another go today but last night after much cowering and bomb dodging to recharge my power got past level 11, 12 and made it to Vault 13 which I can fairly describe as *bloody insane* 102,400 with 3,040 on first level (only got screenshot of earlier 3,030 !) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 latest tables Desmond's Dungeon Player Score Points 1st McKong 120,650 12 2nd therealbountybob 102,400 11 3rd MichaG 24,820 10 4th Sikor 21,270 9 5th AtariSphinx 16,220 8 6th Zeptari 16,040 7 7th jblenkle 10,350 6 8th carlsson 9,620 5 9th graywest 9,610 4 Level 1 Challenge Player Score 1st therealbountybob 3,040 2nd McKong 3,030 5th MichaG 3,010 3rd Sikor 2,980 4th Zeptari 2,930 Reminder: Round ends Sunday 26th May 12pm UK time Anyone not voted?!! Round 8 POLL is still open: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/366394-hsc21-round-8-poll/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 (edited) On 5/22/2024 at 7:20 PM, McKong said: There's a ladder missing in the lower left, this stops you from getting the two bags of gold in that area Oh, yes. I don't see that. Thanks. Some progress: 1st level: 3010 Total: 28370 Edited May 24 by Sikor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 (edited) 89610 - Vault 11 Love how crazy things get at this point. Pity it takes so long for the game to reach it. Also, I couldn't help but notice that Desmond looks a lot like the Bonanza Bros (it's the sunglasses!). Maybe he's their distant relative or something? Edited May 26 by rdrunner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 4 hours ago, rdrunner said: 89610 - Vault 11 Love how crazy things get at this point. Pity it takes so long for the game to reach it. Also, I couldn't help but notice that Desmond looks a lot like the Bonanza Bros (it's the sunglasses!). Maybe he's their distant relative or something? That looks like Keystone Kapers ?!! R8 poll is now a 3 way tie - might be heading for the first multi-game round this season, i was thinking of playing 2 if they were smaller games https://forums.atariage.com/topic/366394-hsc21-round-8-poll/ Round closes in around 3 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 3 hours ago, therealbountybob said: That looks like Keystone Kapers ?!! I can see that too! Desmond's Dungeon also plays a lot like Bonanza Bros. Both games have you raiding and escaping a building like a thief. Bonanza Bros has fewer traps and instead has security guards to avoid that can either by stunned with your little pop gun or (my favorite) hitting them with doors to slam them into walls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 Congratulations to McKong (again!) for the win thanks for playing all and we'll start up round 8 promptly... Fun game and we'll worth another HSC outing soon final tables Desmond's Dungeon Player Score Points 1st McKong 120,650 12 2nd therealbountybob 102,400 11 3rd rdrunner 89,610 10 4th Sikor 28,370 9 5th MichaG 24,820 8 6th AtariSphinx 16,220 7 7th Zeptari 16,040 6 8th jblenkle 10,350 5 9th carlsson 9,620 4 10th graywest 9,610 3 Level 1 Challenge Player Score 1st therealbountybob 3,040 2nd McKong 3,030 3rd MichaG 3,010 4th Sikor 3,010 5th Zeptari 2,930 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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