Vocelli Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 (edited) Week 18 Paddle Week 2 G.I. Joe : Cobra Strike 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 G.I. Joe Cobra Strike Released By: Parker Brothers 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, May 19, 2024 Bonus: More Paddle Game Fun! Play Steeplechase (Game 1) by Sears (Atari) What is your fastest time to the finish line on Game 1? Fastest Time = +10 Bonus Points Finish 2–5 Place = +8 Bonus Points Finish 6-10 Place = +6 Bonus Points Finish 11-20 Place = +4 Bonus Points Finish 21-30 Place = +2 Bonus Points Just post a time = +1 Bonus Point G.I. Joe Cobra Strike Scores 135430 - ZilchSr (+50) 59640 - McCallister (+49) 49780 - Absalon (+48) 41600 - GBAG (+47) 41140 - CentipedeFan (+46) 40830 - UnRedeemed (+45) 34050 - Alex (+44) 30880 - WarZownd (+43) 27960 - Kermit (+42) 27120 - Keilbaca (+41) 26620 - AtariSphinx (+40) 25250 - Vocelli (+39) 24120 - JasonAtari (+38) 23440 - CapitanClassic (+37) 22270 - 5x7 (+36) 21390 - Mack (+35) 21330 - JasonHRB (+34) 13190 - FakeCortex (+33) 11440 - Mikey (+32) 9530 - Keir (+31) 9360 - LaurenTyler (+30) 5850 - OyamaFamily (+29) 5720 - Slider (+28) 5620 - DrMooCowz (+27) 5590 - Krytol (+26) 4140 - Micha (+25) 4110 - Atarian7 (+24) 2960 - MoisesTuseto (+23) 2210 - AtariWarlord (+22) Steeplechase Timed Bonus TRIPLE CROWN WINNER (+10) 1:10 - CentipedeFan Top Notch Jockeys (+8) 1:11 - Absalon 1:11 - ZilchSr 1:12 - UnRedeemed 1:13 - McCallister 1:13 - AtariSphinx Weekend Riders (+6) 1:15 - CapitanClassic 1:15 - WarZownd 1:15 - JasonHRB 1:17 - JasonAtari 1:18 - DrMooCowz Farm Horse Riders (+4) 1:21 - Mack 1:22 - 5x7 1:25 - Kermit 1:25 - Keir 1:29 - AtariWarlord 1:29 - Alex 1:33 - Vocelli 1:44 - LaurenTyler 1:48 - Krytol 1:53 - Atarian7 Mule Riders (+2) 1:59 - Slider 2:27 - OyamaFamily 2:48 - MoisesTuseto 3:00 - Mikey 3:00 - FakeCortex To the Glue Factory (+1) Overall Standings Remember the Top 26 will qualify for the Tournament at the end of the season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 870 CentipedeFan 858 Kermit 836 WarZownd 806 JasonAtari 806 McCallister 796 Absalon 796 Capitain Classic 795 JasonHRB 791 ZilchSr 786 AtariSphinx 779 Alex 695 Keilbaca 683 OyamaFamily 665 Vocelli 644 Mack 634 Dr Moocowz 627 Evandro 601 Slider 561 LaurenTyler 531 Atarian7 528 FakeCortex 527 GBAG 527 MoisesTuseto 525 Keir 523 5x7 507 Mikey 476 Micha 474 AtariWarlord 408 LivingRoomArcade 367 Krytol 346 JamesBradWitt 337 ClassicGamer 278 PengPeng 249 AGB 248 JacobZu7Zu7 234 JimHopper 232 GType 195 UnRedeemed 190 Mchetzel 182 DomBradley 163 HumanPacman 156 TheActivisionary 128 RetroBreakout 110 LittlemanJack 108 SkippyBCoyote 102 Zoyx 75 Alena 69 DonForster 67 RetroRussell 65 BigFriendly 60 Rickster 57 MustardCowboy 56 SneakyTurtleEgg 41 Micheloni 36 RetroDean 35 RGC 33 JBlenkle 26 JeremiahK 23 SnowBound 22 DevBR 20 RedMiller 10 Kris Season 15 will have: Here is what we can expect: ~ Play and Replay week ~ Beat the Leaders ~ Beat the Leaders ~ Beat the Leaders Tournaments Start in 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) G.I. Joe - Cobra Strike.bin Steeplechase (Sears).bin Edited May 20 by Vocelli 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted May 9 Author Share Posted May 9 (edited) Paddle Week 2! A Great Game with GI Joe! And a never played game of Steeplechase.... should be interesting. (I imagine Steeplechase would be a great game with friends and family) Edited May 9 by Vocelli 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Played this with a friend some time ago. Fun coop game! G.i. joe cobra (1 B/B): 29050 Never seen this game before. Pal version starts in a total different screen. Is this the same game?? So I played the ntsc rom. Steeplechase (game1): 1:16 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) Steeplechase - 1:15 Edited May 10 by CapitanClassic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 G.I. Joe - Cobra Strike: 2,370 Steeplechase: 2:49 (How the hell did they get such a fast time?) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warzownd Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 G.I. Joe - 18170, didn't even know it was a paddle game 😆 Steeplechase - 1:40 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Better score... 9,360. Honestly, this seems more like an attempt to cash in on the G.I. Joe franchise while demonstrating a new (for the time anyway) graphics technique. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 While I’d love to blame my jittery old paddles for my lackluster performance, I’m really just not very good at paddle games. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnRedeemed Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Steeplechase - 1:47 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) On 5/10/2024 at 1:25 PM, Lauren Tyler said: Steeplechase: 2:49 (How the hell did they get such a fast time?) Since you asked. The paddle controls the height of your jump. It has 4 positions (I think). At the lowest height, you are able to clear the small hedge. The longest hedge requires being at the highest height, and one of the 2 middle settings are required to clear the middle length hedges. The lower the jump height you have when successfully clearing a hedge, the earlier and faster your horse can sprint to the right of the screen. Missing any jump causes you to lose a significant amount of time, and move leftwards/backwards. Therefore it is vitally important that you keep you paddle close to the highest setting when you are near the right of the screen with little reaction time. In the early game, before the 2 speed ups though, you should be aiming to clear the hedges with the minimum possible jump height. I don't think I am anywhere near the shortest time possible, but I think I will do some testing in Stella and figure out the likely minimum time. Edited May 12 by CapitanClassic 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 The manual says, that beginners should start training with leaving the height at max and just concentrate on the rhythm of the jumps. So did I! My score happened just like this (got 1:20 the most, than 1:18 and lower). Yesterday I got only 1:20. The opponents seem to have a certain amount of random crashes. So I guess you need both - a good run for yourself, and a bad for all the others. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) With some hacking and code examination in Stella, I was able to get some approximate fastest times. I just changed the code that performs the crash handler into a no op. If you don’t ever jump, the minimum time is about 0:43 seconds. Then I performed some testing with spinning the paddle to the appropriate height, and jumping when a hedge came (not worrying about exact timing) and the computers always beat me, but their time was about 1:07 (min would have be about 1:10). It looks like the opponents adapt to good players by missing less. So I guess I was wrong about being close to the minimum time. Either that, or the ROM in the AFB5 is some prototype version that has different scoring/logic. Heres a crappy emulation score for GI Joe. Edited May 12 by CapitanClassic 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Steeplechase 1:29 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnRedeemed Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Steeplechase - 1:26 (improvement) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnRedeemed Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Steeplechase - 1:16 (improvement) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) Real hardware makes this game much easier. Still need to work on my timing for moving the shield into place, pressing fire to lock the block, and use that time to score hits on the snake 12,880 - 23,440 - GI Joe: Cobra Strike. Not sure if the second score counts. I think I found a glitch. If you kill Cobra during the warm up laser blast (possibly the first few frames at the start of the audio buildup), the audio will sound weird when the next level Cobra respawns. Also, the next Cobra will die after one hit. It looks like I got a huge point bonus too when that happened. (So probably a scoring glitch). Edited May 12 by CapitanClassic 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 GI Joe 5620 Steeplechase: 1:18 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 2 hours ago, CapitanClassic said: Not sure if the second score counts. I think I found a glitch. If you kill Cobra during the warm up laser blast (possibly the first few frames at the start of the audio buildup), the audio will sound weird when the next level Cobra respawns. Also, the next Cobra will die after one hit. It looks like I got a huge point bonus too when that happened. (So probably a scoring glitch). Not a glitch... it is part of the scoring because it is listed in the manual as a 10,000 point bonus shot. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnRedeemed Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Steeplechase - 1:12 (improvement) 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnRedeemed Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Cobra Strike 7840 what kind of crazy control scheme is THIS? feels like trying to ride a surfboard while throwing wiffle balls. 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Atari Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike (1 B/B): 24,120 Steeplechase (1 B/B): 1:17 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warzownd Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 G I Joe 25760 - a good reminder to always read the manual 😆 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warzownd Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Steeplechase - 1:15 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentipedeFan Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 G.I. Joe 29,060 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 GI Joe 4,140 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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